The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-11-21

Y n Ellen. nv child. why did you a 10
WORK to-day! | knew Il would make yon
sd" The oil man said, in = voice Of an
! gtssh.
Ellen tried 10 smile and 10 appear not
: sssery Ill; but nature was too much ep-
pfsssed.
= brought home some work. and will
, M go ouI Tomorrow" she remarked.
/. lIhink the walk faiignsd me more Than
, asy thing else. | will feel better in the
morning. alter good nights sleep"
i But The girls hope failed in Ibis. The
! manning found her 50 weak that she could
. nds ri,e from bed; and when her grand
, faher came into lie room 10 lean how
she had passed tie night. he fund her
! weeping on her pillow. She had enira-
I, yUtd 10 gel up. but her head. which was
acb NC terribly. grew dizzy. and she fell
, back under despairing consciousness that
, her strength was gone.
HE day passed, but Ellen did mol
grow better. The fever still kept her boz
dyprostrale. Once OF twice. when her
: grandfather was out Of The room. she ionk
Tie work she had brought home. and Tried
. TO DO some Of il while sitting up in bed.
Bat ere minnie bad passed, she became
faint, while all grew dark around her.
She was no better when night came. il
her mind could have Iesled-if she had
been free from anxinns and distressing
thoughts, nature would have had some
! power TO react. bur as il was, The pressure
upon her was loo great. She could not
:. forget that they had scarcely SO much
money as dollar left, aud that her old
grandfather was too feeble TO work. Up
: on her rested all the burden Of their sup
pori, and she was now helpless.
On the next morning Ellen was better.
! She could sil up without feeling dizzy.
though her head still ached, and The fever
had only slightly abaied. But the old
man would moi permit her 10 leave the
bed, though she begged him earnestly 10
lei her DO so.
The bundle Of work thai Ellen had
] brought home, was wrapped in news
paper, and this her grandfather took up 10
!. read some time during The day.
".Thls is Mr.. rs newspaper
= said he, as lie opened il, and saw the lille
n 81 knew T. when lie was poor Iii.
lie orphan boy. But, OF course. he DON,
d remember me. He's prospered wonder.
If fully"
d rn,i8d JhsR bis ,asssEsH. stGav-shS.rV.
II Ellen such things as he thought ould in
q lerest her. Among others was reminis
cence by the editor--ihe same that W.
n have jus, given. The old mans voice
fa,ered as he read. The little incident
.. so feelingly described, had long since beel
hidden in his memory under the gathering
= dust Of time. But now the dust wa
o. swept away, and lie saw his own beaui
i ful garden. lie was in il and among Oh
a flowers; and wishfnlly looking through th
fence stood The orphan boy. He remem
r. bered having felt pity for him. and he re
&. member now as distinctly as if il were b.
Yesterday, though thirty years had inlel
he vened, The light that went over the child
s. face as he handed him Few flowers III;
ou were to fade and wilher in day.
Yes, the cid mans voice fallered Will
Sc he read; and wheu he came 10 the last sci
ne ,ence, the paper dropped upon the foo
and clasping his hands together, he life
his dim eyes upward, while his lips mo
ne ed in whispered words Of lhankfulness.
Ter 9 VIVA, ais you, grandpa!" asked Z
Oh len, in surprise.
But The old man did not seem 10 hear d
DID voice.
" Dear grandpa" repeated the gil
lps why DO you look so strangely" 81
IL had risen in bed, and was bending iowa
not him.
.EIlen, child" said the old man,
The light breaking over his counlenance,
ne. though sunbeam had suddenly come
rn. 10 The room, !" il was your old grandIaih
yer who gave the flowers TO that poor III
she boy. Did you hear wha, he said!-l
would divide his last morsel. T"
did The old man moved about the roo
ing with his unsteady steps, talking in wa
&C Idering way, so overjoyed al the prospt
his of relief for his child, that he was near
beside himself. But there yet llnger
can some embers Of pride in his he2si; .
he from these the ashes were bloFn ava
lear and they became bright any CLOWN
The thought Of asking favof as retC
,ed for that liule act, which was TO him,
use The time. pleasure, came with ieel'
len of reluctance. But when he looked at
,ger pale young girl who lay with her e;
for closed and her face half buried in the
inn. low, he murmured to himself. It is
was you- for you'll" And taking M his ST
,;no he went lettering forth into The open a
and The editor was sitting in his oili
itch writing. when he heard the door op
eng and turning, he saw before HIM an
fall man with bent form and snowy ne
the Something in the visiler's counlena
and struck him as familiar; but he did not
she cognize him as one whom he had s.
de- lheIore