The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-06-07

uiih yoa d IL sHrr. yesterday alleF-
noon r.
Her nsme . I.soanard."
The dznghirrol0ld ieonEatd in -
STREET.
Yes. SIR"
NJ. Bake, looked gase. mi shook ~
bead.
Do yoa know anything shout her =.
asked The con.
Nolhing about her. bul ! know lll.l
her father j. gong 10 he dogs as fast y
ever q man went"
indeed! thought he was very wei
off,
a0h. no. I've been leoking 70 see his
shop shut up. or 10 hear &c his being sold
ont BY lhe sheriff. every day. Tor these
Iwo years past" --@--
aMiss l.connaIl is very Lovely girl. :
"She's The daughter Of poor. vulgar
mechanic. II Won see anything so lovely
in llai, Henry. your have strange taste"
aThere j. M gFinsaying Adelal,lc's per.
sonal attractions" replied The son; s. but
if her EiIl.eT is in the condition you al
lege. that settles the matter as Far as she
and are conrFnei. lam glad you 10.
nodEced lhrsuhjer'. for might have com.
milied myself, AMI. when 10 late, hare
discovered my error
"And n sal error il would have been.
Henry. In any future matter Of this kind.
| hape you will be perfectly frank with
me. have a much more accurate know
ledge OF the condition and standing Of pco.
pie than you can possibly hare"
The son promised 10 do what the father
wished. From That time the Wits 10 Miss
Leonard were ahaled. and his attention
TO her. when they met in society, became
roid and fnrmal. The sweet young GIL.
whose feelings had really been interested,
! felt the change, and was. Tor time, un-
happy, but in few months size recover.
ed herself, and was again as bright and
cheerful as usual.
| Time went steadily on. sweeping down
one and seiling mp another, aud still old
Leonard didn't 60 10 The dogs, much 10
the surprise Of Baker. who could not ina.
gine how The mechanic kept his head
above water after having driven away his
best customers, as he must long since have
done, il all were treated as he had been,
But he was satisfied of ono hing. al least
and that was, that the mechanic must DC
miseFably poor, as he. in fact. deserved 70
be, according 10 his idea Of The matter.
One day, abou, year after his timely
caution 10 his son. in regard 10 Miss Leon
nard, Baker happened TO pass along ;
street where he had no, been for soms
months. Just opposite large, new, ant
beautiful house, 10 which the painter
we're giving their lac, touches, he met ;
] friend. As they passed, Baker said
"That'san elegant house. II has beer
built since | was in this neighhorhood."
/ .Ycs. il is very fine house, and
/ suppose didn't cost less than ten Thousand
DOLLARS"
mo. I should think not. Who bull
iii DO You knnwl"
/ yes. II was built BY leonard
/ by whom!" Baker looked surpris
ed.
I, "By old T.eonnar,l. you know him.
lmpossiblel He's mol able 10 bull,
:. a house like that
a0h. YES he is, and half a dozen NOR
like it. IL necessary"
4 " Lc0nnard ~
Certainly. Why. he's worth al leas
seventy thousand dollars
You must be in error"
"No. His daughter Is 10 be marrle
mex, month to an excellent young man
, and this house has been built, and is TO b
handsomely furnished, as a marriage pre-
! sent"
| Incredible | thought he was going
or had gone. to the dogs. long ago.
Leonnardr. The friend could nc
|, help laughing aloud. !. He 60 to the dogs
!. He's the last man Ia 60 10 the dogs. Ol
i no! There isn't man in his trade VII
: does so good business, as little show q
+ he makes. Good work, good prices, an
punciuali,y, are the cardinal virtues Of h
: establishment. and make all subslanlia
1 How in the world could you have take
!. up such a notion r.
i 81 don't know, but such has been m
!. impression for long time, replied B
hker, who felt exceedingly cut down {
: account Of the mistake he had made, al
particularly 50 in view Of the elegant hou
and seventy thousand dollars. which mig
all have belonged 10 his son. nasiime, il
E had moi fallen into such an egsegions err
S about old I.eonnald.
Most persons are apt 10 make mistak
Of this kind, and imagine that becau
from some slight offence they have wi,
IS drawn their custom from man, he MI
1, necessarily be going 10 the dogs. Prob
Of bly. in the matter OF stopping suhscri
tons 10 newspapers and periodicals, pc
pie IRE more prone 10 fall into this err
than in anything else. A man gets !