The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-12-05

thing. 20 ! gin him caution. JEFF.
sa,s ]. .you lei them seminary gals !
inns they're Wild set: faint proper Il
cut ~ 30 in The minister's house. Jci
promised 10 keep clear on 'em-he gene,
rally does as ] want him iew. I'll say
that much Tor Jefferson. he's always beer
gnod about mintin'. hut II vent har,
with him 10 dew il Then; lie was ripe iol
fun, and determined 20 lei of The steam
some way or aiher. So he l0nks round
and he sees Charity Grimes siurk up on
The sriiee 'loiher eide o. the room. Still
as poker and rrim a. pea.pod--yOu
know what siarched M. affected nld
eriIler she Is. JEFF went TO school ieW
her when he was lille. and size snapped
his ears and cuiTed him round. so he's
always hated her like pizen ever since.
She's been rryin' his twenty year d gil
married and can't make il out. She'd
chased alier Squire Fuller ever sinre his
wife died. Squire Fuller got married n
bon, month afoTe llat--and yer uncle
says lie verify believes he did il IN sell
defence, jest 10 gel Ill o. Charity Grimes
--she b0iher'd him 70 death; he couldn'i
60 ou, into company but what she'd con-
lrile TO hook onto him. lies a very
petite man, the Squire is. and he didn't
want 70 be rude 10 her. hu. he couldn't
bear her, though she tried hard 10 make
folks think he was her beau. Al last he
got married. quite suddenly. to a young
woman in chenang County; and yer
uncle says he don't believe he'd done IT,.
il il hadn't ben to get rid o { harily
Grimes; for his wife had ben dead FIVE
year, and he seemed to he uncommon
conienitd for widdiwer. But was
gwine 10 tell YOU what JEFF done. H.
see Charity siliin' there YIN to dew
The agreeable 10 Cappen Smalley, lhls
wife hadn't been dead long--by the waN
they'd make gnodmalch, wonldn'tihes !
Well. JEFF he says 10 me, says he
'Molher, may 60 stir up Charity Grimes.
II don't know what you mean by slirrin'
on her up says |. % says he, i Jest
want 20 condole with her little on the
loss o. Squire Fuller No.. says ], you
needn't dew no such thing; 'Iwould be
very improper, indeed, and very aggra.
yalin', tew.' WELL SAYS he, mayn'i I
jest go and lalk little Shakespeare few
her! (Jeli's always quolin' Shakespeare,
you know. I'm aleard You'll say some
thing sassy says |. No WON'T, says
he, IN be all.killin' perlite.' We'll go,
them says |. So of he Steps, demure
as dearon. sGood eyenin', Miss
Grimes, says he. Good eyenin', Mr..
Nagwire, says she. II seems like old
times 10 see you agin, says he; and then
he obsaryed 10 Gappen Snaley--'l used
10 GO 10 school to Miss Grimes when |
was young Charity puckered M her
mouth and gtinned, 4 says she " Yes,
Won was quite boy then--anh was a
mere child myself. exceedingly youthful
for teacher WELL says jeff. says
he, you hainl altered a speck since--you
hold yer own amazingly--you looked
every bill as old then as you dew now
but how do you feel about these daysr
: Feel y says she, prickin up her ears, /
feel as well as cninmon-why shouldn't
II Excuse me- says Jelr, | only axed
because didn't know but you felt rulher
nonpussed, put tot for business as il
were, since Squire Fuller got married,
told leiler's occupations gone now, |
'spose, as Shakespeare says Gracious
how mad Charity was She BRUSHED up
like seilin' hen, and, says She JET
Magwire, don't care straw for what
Shakespeare nor none O. the rest o. your
rowdy acquaintance says about me, I'm
above il; but whoever he is, you may tell
him he's an impudent puppy, for CALM
young lady an old ieller-and you're an.
other for ielln ont So she got up and
Sounced out into the hall. The folks all
giegled and seemed wonderful iicklcd;
but JEFF, he looked round as aslonished as
he could be, and says he. ! wonder what
ails Miss Grimes. thought for the life
o me she was gwine TO snap my ears,
as she used 10 when was young /
was vexed at JEFF, and took him 10 task
as soon as | got chance; but he de-
clared 'lwant "old fellow" he sand, but
something else--howeyer, il sounded jest
like il any way.
Just then the door was thrown open,
and we was invited out TO supper. So
we went squeezin' and crowdin' into
the setlIin'-room. Some o lie folks push.
ed land jammed as if they were afeard they
should'l gil the best chance. Glory Ann
Billins sot at one o The table pourin
coffee, and 10 Gipson's wife a, ',other emf
a pourin' lea; and | tell We, twas as mucl
as ever they could dew 10 pour il las
enough. JEFF, he flew round and helpe,
the ladies. For my part, did't feel lii,
ealin'much--I was jammed up agin III
wall and couldn't sir hand nor foot. S,
| told JEFF to fetch me cup o. tea an
nu,.cake. and he did: and | took 'em ans
managed to ca, the nnt-cake, but somebo
dy hit my elbow and made me spill tht
lief, o the tea; so ] stood and held ing
empty cup, aud looked on TO see the pes
Torrance. ! say for'Iiif 'lganl WORT