The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-05-10

sion are experfing nc mlnislffs thihA
yoB Just nos saidl''
/. frs. Mr.. ". our nsu PEesid-
ing Elder. il 10 prearh Io-morHw. and he
vas 10 have bern here This sfsrnoon."
lie 10 IN STAY wiih yenl"
Certainty be 10. The preachers al
stay ~ my houEr."
The nan &c, up. and vent 10 The door
and l0nksd oui. @ $685.
.Cnuldn'i you give mr. q liiile snme.
thing o. cat belnFe CO." he said. return
ing. - haEn'i lasnd f,od since Ibis
.nnming. and EEL linle faint"
"Jsne. rsn'i give him some e.h meat
and bFradi'' Mr. Wade turned 20 his
uife. and she answered. JUST little fret.
fully, L" Dh. yes. suppose sos" and GO
ing 20 lie cupboard. brnughl oui . dish
containing = pirre az rold al bacon thai
had been bailed with cabbage lar dinner,
and half q lnzf of bread. which she plared
upon the old kiichen table. and inld the
man 10 help himself. The slznger dad
not wait Cor another invitation, but set o.
work in good earnest upon the bread and
hacnn. while ire farmer stood with his
hands behind him. and his back tn the
FIRE. whisIIing The air Of " Aud l.ang
Syne." while he mentally repeated the
words Of the hymn OF when ] ian
Read Ny Tnle Clear" and wished that
his yisil0r would make haste and gel
through with his supper. The latter. afirI
eating for SHIRT time with the air Of !
man whose appetite was kern. began ia
discuss the meat and bread with more de.
liberation, and occasionally to ash qnes'
lion or make a remark. The replies 10 which
were not very gracions, although MIR
Wade forced himself TO be as polite az hs
could be. --s~-a.s
! The homely meal al length concluded
the man hnaontd up his old coat snt
drew on his coarse wrollen gloves again
and thanking Mr.. and Mrs. Wade f"r thei
hospitality, opened the DIOR and looke'
ont. II was quite dark, for there was M
moon. and the SKY was yeiled in clouds
The wind rushed into his face, cold ant
piercing. For moment or two he st0o'
with his hand upon the door, and thrI
closing il, he turned back into The house
and said to The farmer
You say i, is s.ill three miles Il
DIP
81 do" replied Mr.. Wade. coldly. "a
~a'd go tu Won wren you first stnppeu
and you ough, To have pushed OF like
prudent man. Yen could have reaches
there before il was quite dark"
I bat ! was cold and hungry, and nigh
have tainted by The way"
The manner of saying this tourhfd III
farmers feelings liule. and caused hin
TO luok more narrowly into The Stranger
face than he had yet done. But he saw
nothing more than he had already seen.
). "You have warmed and fed me, 70
. which | am thankful. viii you not be
slow another act nf Kindness upon on
, who il in strange place, and IL he goe
out in the darkness may lose himself am
perish in the coldl"
The peculiar form in which this reques
was made, and the tone in which II wa
uttered. put il almost out Of the power .
the farmer TO say no.
Go in there and sit down." he answer
ed. pointing to the kitchen. /" and | wi
. see my wife, and hear what she has :
say" 49,
] And Mr.. Wade went into the parl"
+ where the supper table stood. corere
with snow.whiie cloth. and disp'ayin
. his wife's set OF hlur-sprigged china, ,ha
. were only brought out on special occasions
. Two tall mould candles were burnin
, thereon. and on the hearth blased cheer
+ FIJI hickory fire.
Hasn't that old fellow gone yeti!
asked Mrs. Wade. She had heard hi
voice as he returned from the door.
mo. And what do you suppose? II
wants us to let him stay all night"
Indeed. and we'll do no such thing
We can't lave the likes of him in III
house. no how. Where could he sleep!
mot in The hest room. even if Nj
~ shouldn't come"
No. indeed !"
But ! really don't see. Jane. how "
can turn him out of doors. He d"esn
look like very strong man, and it's dar
: and cold. and full three miles To D..
"l.'s too much He oueh, to have gon
on while he had daylight, and not lingere
here as he did until i, got dark"
We can, turn him out of doors. Jant
, and its no use to think of il. He'll hav
to say now" @r
." But what can we do with hint"
" lie seems like decent man, at leas
r and don't look as il he had any thing ha
, abou, him. We might make him be
on the floor somewhere" U-s -
~ wish he had been to Guinea befnr
: he came here - said Mrs. Wade. frelfully
The disappointment the conviction III;
. Mr.. N would no, arrive occasione
her to feel. and the intrusion Of SO unwe
, come II visitor as the stranger, completed
ri ,,,h;nrej her mimi d ## 49, sd