The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-03-14

ierday aflerRoons' M. indeed. sir. said
J. i was only my brother Willie from
London"
. What IS Thai thou arr saying," said a
neishhnr present. who Was illsi Disagree
able Thing. banierer. or = dealer III far-
rsslir hings. Is The phrase il.
Annie repeated what she had said be-
lore; and poor D-leyal Lad 10 undergo
during lie rest Of The day. lhr coarse
jokes 81 ihis person. and those whlch il
provoked from others, On his being taken
Tor great man.
Well. vel" said be-. al last. impa.
teniiy. -Perh Ips may one day be .
great man myself"
.Thee. Willie Thee well. 10 ll,ink II
The conreii Of llese I.ondoners. Thee .
great man. indeed!"
% No. and am sure hope not" said
his mother. aGeclinnatriy passing her
hand over bis lace perhaps IL lhnu vert
a great man. Willie. thou wouldsl forget
Thy poor old mniheI!'
A most pleasing consciousness, accom-
panied BY SORT Of choking feclins whirh
impeded nllerance, forrd the fears into
the eyes Of the aferiionale son a. he held
The caressing hand 10 his lips-ai length
he ar,iculaled in hoar.r voice. Forget
thee. m0lheri never, never. neser,'
The next morning Lord W called.
but The whole family were cut: and when
they returned. Deleval was lie only one
Of them who did moi feel surprised al sight
Of The peers card.
Why what does This mean" said his
mother 10 die deaf old servant who had
gone 10 the door; .l.nrd W ne.er
called here before"
/" Il was call Of civiliiy, no doubt"
said Deleval.
Pho, nonsense." cried his mother; he
is too proud 10 call on such as We"
!. lie asked for you, am sure" said
The deaf servant.
"Foi me. oh, ! know why he cai!ed;-
he wants 10 buy my grey pony. neighbor
Norton says-and that is what he called
for but her is our neighbour. will ask
him about i,;"-and The bantercr before
mentioned entered the room. on which
she Immediately showed him Lord VS.
card, adding. Our Willie here thought
he came % call oni OF ciyilily, but |
iold him l,oughi he called aboul the
pony"
!. No doubt" replied banierer Norton,
grinning sarcaslicaIIy a, Dcleval, /. but |
suppose that conceiled London gentleman
thought lie called upon him."
Perhaps | did," replied Deleval. Civ
ing way TO irresistible laughter. in which
he WAS joined BY the hanlerer. hui Dele.
val remembered The provcrb !" lei those
laugh who win !" and lie knew lie had The
laugh on his side, aud that lime would
prove il 10 be so. Nor did his incngnilo
last long. The next morning, just before
Norton and The family were sitting down
10 dinner, and while Deleyal was devils.
ing means 10 gel away unsupported as
soon as dinner was over, 10 return Lord :
VS. call, Annie exclaimed. i" Well
declare. i there be mol that gentleman
who spoke 10 me coming up 10 the donr!"
And before am one could express surprise
lhe stranger was 10 the parlor, had an.
nonnced himself US Sir George T.,
aud. after sundry low bows 10 Deleval,
had mnttered" proud 10 make his acquAin-
ance," and so forth; he requested 10 see
him in another room. as he was The bear
RI of message and note from Lord
W.
Great, no doubt, was the surprise Of
Delepal's family, and great The morlllica-
lion Of The banierer at This evident proof
Df Wille's being somebudy, till the latter
exclaimed, striking his hand on The table.
!. have il. | see how il is; this Sir George
lhingimlny is going TO stand for the
county al the next election, and he takes
Willie for The son who has a voie,-ay,
~, and the fellow will be coming grinning
md bowling, and llaltering 10 me next, ]
suppose"
After short conference, Sir George
L. departed, and DeIeval returned 10
his friends with look Of mild benignilv.
. So. London Sir" said Norton, /" sup
pose that the fine spark with his bows aud
lis speeches came 10 ask your vote and
interest al The next election, taking you
or the landholder!'.
mo sir" returned Deleval, smiling.
j. he came 10 offer his vote and interest To
ME- and il you please. will read aloud ,,
he note which he brought from Lord
Before his astonished auditors could re-
,ly, Deleval read as follows:
My Dear Sir,-l hope you will do us
he favor dining with US tomorrow hui
lose no time in assuring you that | find. .
with the greatest satisfaction, you will GER
ainly be returned for the borough of
. as soon as ever YOU show yourself.
md Sir George L. will accompany !
rou ihilher. Parliament is The proper ]
place for talents like yours. i
am, dear SIR, your friend,
w."
When Deleval had ceased TO read. the /
silence caused no doubt BY good and alsn I
partly BY bad feelings, remained awhile |
while he was absorbed IN ! q