The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-12-19

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meet ne solnnlanly on every side. nnl
merely III socieiy. hul IN cIianre rrnconn
tiers al ne lie waysides Of life. rarely
Journey five miles away from my home
vi b NJ discovering, or. il you Will. nlsn.
ulaeiuring. some pleasant and usriul pas.
sage IN human life. which makes me feel
one with my I, llow.cIcalurcs. as though
the world stretched out lovingly is hand
10 The solitary one, and rallied her " Si.-
ter"
The other day | took my way hnn e.
war,l. Reader. ! may rs we'll tell The
truth. that am a liiIle old maid. living in
l.ond ~, and working hard Thai may live
a. III; al,o that. IN riirlo adda sn al mite
10 my slinder mod cum Of health. | hid
abIded for brief space at Ina p, ra,iise Of
Coeknrys-S u'he ID. Av,y es, G Ia
BILE paradise il is too. with III lovely er en-
lanes extending close TO the shore nf what
is all bnl The sea; lis pleasant cliffs fea.
ihercd with rich underwood, which the
tide almost kisses al hislI.waier. making
the whole neighhrhnod as pretty rom.
pound Of seaside and rural scenery as
the lovers ofboih could wish. When my
iairie hnrque" Hhe London steamboat
Drysd. please. reader. waited me from
thence. felt slight pain al my heari.
One suffers many such on quitting earih's
pleasant nooks. ~ onght 10 have got
used 10 good by By this Tune" thought,
10 myself, half patiently. half sadly, and
began TO divert my attention by noiiring
The various groups on deck. always
DO so on principle, and il is hard if do
not hnd some "hii'' Of human nature 10
study. or some form of outward beauty
in man, woman, or child 10 fall IN lore
with. Travelling alone las ever do ira
vel-whai should | fear. with my quiet
face and my ferry yearsi) had plenty Of
opportunity 70 look around.and soon my
eye fell on Two persons, meet Subjects 10
awaken interest.
They were young couple who sal OPP
posiie 10 me-so close thai | could herr
every word ahove whisper. But whis-
pering with them SCENE pleasaniesi, al
least for a long lime. | should have IA.
ken them for lovers. save for certain air
Of cheerful unre.erve which lovers never
have. aud an occasional undisgnised .my
dear" falling from both their lips. Al last,
keeping watch over the girls left hand,
saw II unglo.ed, and thereon The we'd.
ding ring! IL rested with sort Of new
importance, as though the hand were un-
used 10 lis weight. Unconsriously .he
playedan iidge,ed with lis shining crcIei,
and then rccolecled herself with smile
and blush. Il was quite clear IN. new
pets were bridegroom and bride. Hele,
then. was page in human life open be-
fore me-; | tried 10 read il line By line. 70.
manring where could moi read. Fullop.
pormniiy ! had. for they took no notice
uI me: they saw nothing in the world but
their own Two selves. Happy blindness!
| believe much in physiognomy. 50
amused myself with decipheling theirs.
The girls face was slrickingly pretty.
There was the high brow, showing lille
talent, but much sense: the candid, loving,
aud yet half wicked dark eyes; ihe straight
nose and short curled upper LIP; bur there
The face changed, as faces sometimes do,
from beauty inio positive ugliness. The
lower lip was full-pnuung-showing
that i, could look both sulky and sensual;
end The chm reirrated--in fact, positive
" ran away! said 10 myself, Il The
under halfof the character matches the
under half ef the face, the Young husband
there will find few more difficulties with
the wife he has M Sei tha~e,he ie"
he "woued." : &c
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expression so su II
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