The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-01-10
From lie PhiIadsll hia saturday Evening Pos,
THE LAWYER and THE PRINTER.
81 ANNIE .. ASHFORD.


No. No. SIS. | cant llIink of thai.
! never can rnnseni 10 throw AWAY my de
! liH'e sister by giving her in marTiag..
! Charles Brown. lie is not half goe
enough f,r yOu."
Well. Ned. lis a graf PITY VI
eonldn'l find snHr ore gn,d enQugh I,
Your dear lille sister. DO ynu think
am so much heller Than oiher people Ihi
no young man ~ our acquaintance il GO
enough for me! lou already hrgin /
lease me ahoni he NJ IN old maid. aud
] am moi married soon. mamma will do
her sperlacles. aud 90 hunling out snll
~ law, rs oiher good mammas do; Ihel
The world SAYS il Is lime for me 10 8,
married. a ! am passing ont Of nv Teens
and The world is very wise On al sucl
Inpics. Now. under al these circumsian
ces. no me EAU lie found that = suitable
Ter me. IN your estimate %. You always
have lroopof young men here. snd some
Of them YOU exall beyond measure. bul
4 they manifest murh interest m me, and
begin to be particular il their attentions,
then Tie lime i changed. loIsooill. and mol
one of them is good enough lor me-"
. Really. pet. you are Jealous. Before
YOU get too determined IL Tile matter. |
hope You will aspire 10 something higher
Than The hand &c Charles Brown.
should not like TO see my si.irr-M ade.
line Gay-become he wife OF a printer.
Why, II We lived among nohlemen, /
should think Of nothing less Ilian eoro
net for yon." Then Edward Gas took
his liIlle sister in has arms. Just as he
would child. and attempted 10 elise The
conversation by a ynllsy Of kisses.
But Madeline was ii earnest. and she
did not intend 10 lei Edwards aristocra.
Tic nolions. his satire OF his kisses. pre-
vent her from anexpression Of her opin
ion. So size dlsrngaged herself. and as.
Stunning rather more dignity Than was her
wont. proceeded
. Ned, think YOU ought to be asham-
ed OF yourself. You talk great deal
about The dignity OF labor; and il . hui
lew evenings since you addressed The Ne.
chanlcs Association. and expalIaied large
ly, am told. npon the merits, The impur-
lance and The true nobility of The working
man; bat now that il suits your purpose.
you attempt 10 depreciale truly worthy
person. because he has practical know.
ledge of an arr which has done more Than
any other % bless and snlighten the world.
oh. shame there Is mol BIZ &c deinnrra-
cy about you. IL the mechanics knew
you as well as do. they would know
thai Your speech was all hlarney-il's
just To get their votes. 10 make yourself
popular with The masses. Lei Charles
w. Browns occupation he what il may.
| trust that he will never DO an acl SO un.
worthy man"
Brown, Brown. that's beauty uf
name" responded Edward, who began 10
feel the force Of his sisters remarks. but
thought il would not answer To get often
led. hrs. Charles w. Brown! that
ronH sound pretty. With such name
10 one would ever suspect you Of h,ins
,lher than one Of the vulgar herd"
There il is again." cried Madeline.
. ] don't believe there is another such an
'ristocrat in ten counties. Instead Of rs
ima'ing man by his intellectual and mo.
al worth. aud his capacity for usefulness,
IS you profess 10 do when yon address
he dear people, you estimate him BY
us name, his parenIage, the length Of his
,urse, and The accident of station. | be.
ieve in your heart you dpspise lie work.
W. .man, and have an abhprrence of all
,iuds Of manual labor, and that YOU place
'ourself very far above all who have not
njoyed the opportunities for improve
rent that you have. Il il mark Of good
cnse, think, for one 10 consider the sn.
,erinr advantages from which his superi-
rily is derived"
Then YOU do rrgald me as a superi-
r sort Of being, exclaimed Edward, with
ne of his hearliest laughs.
No. no didn't mean that. Oae
nusl be a Ounce, indeed. il he don't make
Of man. when. like yourself,
e has had every advanlage--thaI Of edu-
atian. travelling. society, and good toun-
Fl at home. Possibly the name Of Ed
Yard Gay might never have been known
eyond the purliens Of his own hamlet,
ad he been forced TO struggle with pow
rty, and pass through the adverse scenes
{ an exacling world, implied and alone,
S others have done"
Speak j! out, sis, say as Charles
'rnwn has done"
Well, as Charles Brown has done.
10 fond mother hung with delight over
he cradle Of his mfanry-no gentle spi.
lis diflused around him their atmosphere
{ love--no watchiul guardian directed
is Steps in chlldhond; bui he was hereii
{ friends, cast upon the cold charities Of
ocieiv, then left like worthless plant,
ncared for, unframed, miored. Gov
rned by the noblesl impulses within
i'm. and the upward tendencies Of his
nergetc nature. lie rose from his humble
lalinn, and step by step he ascended to
Il emintnce Than none need be ashamed
o rcsupy. Oh, | love 10 see The free.