The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-11-29

Ini4 nlafflage . ith one mhoHh shr ntesi
rnsA have lofed, even il she had MT
bre. = she was. seereIly beir"ihed 70 a
yoslg, have knight. with m laIinne hui
lis word. To avoid this hateful msr-
riaes il,e loEeFs iied away cne moonlight
Nell; bar SOMEHOW The harm goI 81 hear
&c itand burning with rase. SET spurs :"
his hrse. and overlook them just orp"-
size The way side chapel. in whielh The
Iadylsoughl refuge. She was kneeling
and having bs.lme lhe altar. whrn her
TallIf entered hastily with his sword
draIn and covered s,iih blood; and she
knes Nv that, rs well rs by the expires
sinllof his e0unlrnanre, that all Vas Nv
er. lFor \ moment the old harOn was
slarar,i hy a wild and thrilling shrink.
and 10 advanced. alter pause, and lifted
her rom The ground where she had fallen
III Gnuud tia, she was dead : her heart
had brnken. The Indy Of the yonng
knis a Is said 10 have been secretly inter
red. somewhere within the precincts of the
chatel. while that Of his helroIhrd was
ronIcyed hack 10 the splendid burial
PLAID &c her ancestors but every night
her tpiri, comrs TO weep over the lonrly
GRAVE be her murdered luyer! !"
.And did YOU really ever hear or see
ANYTHING - asked the little Eric "f Paul
Valaerpanl, as his sister concluded her
narrihve.
/. Yes. I remember now. One night
I WITS sitting alone in my rotiage, when
di.lhcily heard three deep grams, sue
cectsel hy heavy fall without"
= And what did you do = asked the
bayl creeping closer 10 him. and fixing
his urge eyes eagerly upon his cO0nie'
named -.
!. n got up directly, and orened the
don't there was nothing 10 be- seen. al
though, 10 he sure, The night was dark
| hal, however. hardly resumed my seat
than HE groaning was repeated IN some
wha, fainter accents"
!" Haw frightened you must have been,
said Xiv.
/ .I was startled, | confess and ihi
time | look the lamp with me, but whel
I opened the door there came anoihe
gustol wind and blew il out. so that
was 40 better off than before. In step
ping over The threshold stumbled agalns
fbme,hing whirh lay proslraie on IN
vronsl and another heavy groan succeed
ed. ftwas apuUr wanurrIrg T,rrir''rr VIII
had lost his way, and was half frozen 4
death by the cold. so that he had not eve'
sufficient strength left 10 demand admit
taace al the door. to which the light burn
ing within had providenlially directe
him."
"Then il was no ghost after all !" eS
claimed Erie, with Disappointed air.
/ We might have expected as murh,
observed his sister Lilly.
! Gertrude put her hand into her lover
and smiled. "Did the poor man recoV
er?" she asked.
| YES, and you will doubtless see Inn
some day. for he never passes this wa,
| without calling.
"Snpposing that you had sat still all
feared 10 open the door," said Lily; I"
am sure should"
! 81 hope not" answered. Paul 4" f.
then the poor old man must have Perlsi
ed with ihe cold; as Gertrude says, v
should fear nothing but God.
ally smiled and remained silent. Il
she well knew that whatever Gertrut
said, or thought. or did, was sure TO
RICH, in the eyes of Paul; and the your
girl wondered If ever she had lover
possibility which she often seriously col
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. il would he the sam
and whether il ever would he "as l'Il
saws" Time enough. sweet Lily. The
art little more Than child as yet. allh"ug
though woullst toss thy pretty head, an
curl thy small rosy lips, if any body sllou
venture 10 tell thee so.
Assisted By her mother and sister, Ge
trude spun all her household lmen' a,
arranged her simple wardrobe against II
now fast approaching period which h;
been fixed upon for their wedding to tai
, place. Il was so delightful To think III
she was not 10 be separated tom h
family, but could see them every d'
, and 90 in and out of the old cottage, al
g, ascertain tina, her mother had every TIM
comfortable, and pu, Lily in the way
:, doing many things which would see
strange to her at first; for the active al
! busy Gertrude had been hitherto the pr
=, siding spirit of her cheerful home. The
were one or two little articles, howevt
r which Gertrude wanted 10 complete h
;, ,rousseau. and which couldn", he procnr
nearer than the market town Off -.
ua,ed al the extremity Of The wood, alb"
" five miles off but she knew The path we
=, having been that way many times oeio'
v Accordingly, one fine morning: at
trude started for s., accompanied
II Lilly, who. as their mother appeared
N usually well. and Eric had pr"m's
no, 10 leave her, asked PERMISSION !"
with her sistsr; fnr there was NOM
}! that Lily enjoyed more than gong
s.. which. small as the town W
seemed to her like another world.