The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-11-22

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this Al not satisfy | or; she had heen Al
hrr il elinging IN he edge II anoshrr
and eQnld knor no eOniFnimeni until shs
had slipped herself fairly IN. Had he
ambition been for Mary onlv. il nigh
have been abundantly grasifed her swer
looks snd manner unrnnselnnsly war
their ssy IN rIrrles where her lalller hst
been intimate many years belnre. Bu
no one thought II requisite 10 include Mrs
DANNY In he attention paid la her daugi
Ter and each solitary invitation Mnnld
have been q source nl lreeh yexalion, had
she nei regarded Mary as the stripping.
stone 81 which her wishes were 10 he
accomplished In The end.
II might have bern false and moriify.
ing position for Mary 10 find herself ae.
eepied on memory that had all hul
passed away, wllile her actual connexions
remained unnouced and unknowr-eyen
her nsslher. Bui she had tho much iael
ever 10 complain inslinriiyely she sla0d
in awe Of Mays true hearI--her single
mind she knew her daughter would ney.
er NIT in society where her mother Mas
rejected; and sllll hoping on. made her
presens retirement seen both Ia Mary and
her own companions quite matter 81
choice. :.
How ofien would Mary, in The midst oI
her assiripaiions Of some party. lay down
her simple attire with sigh. and exclainl
i-.Oh, mamma, what pity that you ,oo
may not wear a white musIin--ihen you
need nol stay al home from unwilIIngness
10 sprnd money in suitable dress
though shame for me-" she would add,
throwing her arms round her neck. "to
give even This as reason. when / know
Too wei you lost all heart fnr amusement
befpre ever You came here y
And again how often would the moth.
er scan The sweet ingenious face Of hrI
child. on her return from some excursion
10 discover whether il bore any trace ol
the morlificalions her own sensitive van
i,y Always led her TO apprehend But no
Mary, a. we have said, was ton true-hear
led, 100 gentle, ever thus 10 suffer: sh,
made no vain pretensions. and her com
i panions we're well conienied TO love he
for what she really was; so well. tina
when Frank Nugent began 10 love he
hhssrsS- hoped he would deserve her. ant
thought him fortunate indeed when he
won her true and warm heart. Luckily
they knew but lille Of Mrs. Dandy, or
/ Of her boas,ful delight al "the connec-
tons" little Of worthy John Trarers ant
his grayer anxieties, else their judgment:
might have remained suspended hetweer
the hopes Of one and The fears oil the 9th
er. until The scale had been turned agains
Mary herself.
Franks eldest brother, George Nugent
indeed, protested they were a couple o
fools: Frank for selling his hunter. ant
giving up his free quarters at home; Ma
~ for refusing rich old squire, whose
admiration had long heen their standln!
Joke. And confounde.lIy unreasonable
10 use his own words, was Franks re
quest 10 be paid off the few hundreds, hi
| portion as younger son. and in fact al
he could call his own. So the none.
81 not being convenient. George bestlrre'
himself 10 find some equivalent. Muster
ing together two or three past obligations
and some unpleasant information whlcI
he had equally stored up. he now brongh
them 10 bear, in the friendllest manner, 9
Mr.. Jones. the agent; received in reiur
the lease OF the farm. which Frank in hi
turn accepted in lieu of his claIm-nn III
lrsquen, mode Of management; and Thu
all parties were pleased-the agent, uh
gave only nominal bargain; The orothe
who cleared off all encumbrance, on hi
property; the young lovers rejoicing
their own happiness and the good will
their friends. needless that in one ins'anc
ii had been purchased. and dearly. TOO
and Mrs. Dandy and John Travers bot
, right in their conclusions: Mr.. Nugent
, interest had obtained the farm-frank
, money had secured that interest.
: Some few. very few years had passe
. by, when whispers began 10 float abo'
r TOO much in the zone Of John Travers
!; early forebodings. Mrs. Danby's cou'
!: ,euance--a true barometer-no long
e bright and exulting. revealed much IN
j. her lips were sill far from utserng. -
: had moved down again 10 The i"wly ifo
parlor. again condescendng TO be a'nus'
by The movements of the village stree
!, and il now and then she did ascend TO h
!. former quarters. and station herself aga
a al the fasori,e window. i, was no long
;s ostenta.iously 70 poin. out 3" the reslden
- of Mrs. Nugen.." but 10 weep. whe
: none could see her, over Mary's iall
- prospects and her desola,e home.
a Perhaps had she visited it oiiener s
n would have found less occasion Tor 81
e. row. How many griefs. how much
il regret and disappointment. might we
n. find ourselves spared if we only took
ed sober and probable view Of the future
IS, the morning of life! In the morning
no life! Yes; not that of The youthful dr'