The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-11-19

wasn't ~ MD as he - ~ fun wears. q lrl
! leasned nv III: long lrsson 81 Honesty.
! don't think rsuld have been irmp'ee
10 take an apple aiirr That"
Why. you new . stole anything an
sure. nnrIe wsier." sxrlsimed Grurge
wha like all lnlIe boys thought thai il WA
impossible lnr man "a do wrong.
.SuheIy." rommsnced The dneior's
wife. LAYING dnun the pretty pink so
she was hniIlirs. and looking up with !
very Earnest air.
'"it thr truth must lie ibid. and things
rallied by their right namrs. I'm afraid
musl plead gully. ljoh'i hoax ro shark.
ed. NY dear. and you Charlie. hold thai
wessled Tor your .un-. bile | tel you the
whole sl.ry; us isr your express b,ne6i,
so you nusi lie very allrniI,e. fuuI
grandfather was stem Scotch Covenan.
Ter, aud so was my mother. a Stuart 81
Brasside. aud as prald IL hen name as
your mother is Of you. 30 we children
were brought up in The slrielesl- possible
way. Sundays were dreadful 10 US. We
were up in The morning al The break oil
day; had prayers in winter by candle lghi.
and then We al al around IN group aid
studied The calcchism. For a. long tune
! thought The ff,i question, Wha, IS The
chief end II man. an inpenelrable mys-
terry. .Chiei end.' look for une word,
and wondered what il could possibly
mean. However. I'm none The worse a
,man Tor lllaisame cairchism!
so You see Thai il was not my faith
er's fanl. il | did nol know The ten COM
mandmenls. and how 10 use them. Es-
pecially thou shall. no, STEAL believe
il summed np all the law in my lslh
er's estimation. and u is still proverb IN
Newtown. where lie settled when he came
10 this conntry-..3s honest as Hugh
Monfiefh.'
Aunt Jeannie smiled. She had heard
this pruyeih often befole, and knew that
the Doctor was more proud Of IL than any
legacy he could have received.
You boys have never lived in The
county," continued uncle Walter; "a
you know noilng of The delights Of Ge
neral Training. Muster Day. some
peuHe call il. Alter all, It's rather ques-
liona6lc amusement. hu, we boys thought
il very grand. | wonder my father al
lowed US To 60. but all the village boys
did. and 1 went with them Cor the Ere
time The spring was nine years old.
can remember nov what a grand event !
was. scarcely slept all night for fear
should oversleep myself in the morning
| had hunted an old rusty fnwling piece
oul Of The garrei, exhausted my science
in cleaning il, and started off by daylight
with the gun upon my shoulder, al
your aun,'s new song says.
"The village WIS three miles of, ant
II was almost as good as The Arabian
Nights when reached il. The para,l,
ground was filled with Tho militia men il
their nandcscripi uniforms; The little fife
blew Hail Colombia in FIRST rate s,yleS =
the six foo, drummer was as emerged r.
the occasion required. There were bs
all along one side Of the green,
apples, and cakes. and mead for sale
obey didn't have mineral water in lhos,
days. and candies, mol Quite as good a.
Stewards refined but full as tempting Il
us. Well. Charlie, how do you like my
siory!"
oh please 90 on" and Charlie. who
had quite forgotten the occasion of The
recital IN his interest.
Well. with all your grandfather.
honesty. he wasn't particularly rich il
this worlds goods. leaving his nine boys
out Of consideration. So my pockei.mon.
ey was rather slender. had Just five
cents thai eveniiul morning; so il needed
a great deal of calculation to make The
most Of il. In the first place must have
some llints for my precious gun"
! Rng-aling came the Tea bell at this
precise moment, and as DR.. Monteilh had
missed his dinner. wife was despolic, and
srdercd Them ALI the dining room with
out further delay.
Chapter II.
10 go on with my story" said DR.,
Mon.ei.h, after refreshing himself by re.
pealed attacks upon cold tongue, and
bread and butter:
a think was telling you about my
pocket money. wanted flinls for 2y.gun
glass Of mead al two cents, and lie rest
be il mrre or less, was likely TO be invest.
ed in cakes'and candies.
$50 after counting over the coppers
five times al least, ! walked over TO the
store-for there was but one at New
towmCorner, where The muster was held,
Il was full Of goods. aud full Of people.
There was everything that could be want
ed in a country community, from plough
10 pins. Barrels Of flour and pork, cof-
Zee. sugar, tea. fire irons, hoes. shoes, hats,
bonnets. baskelsLoh DEAR" said uncle
Waller, u can see il now. Such a col
lection! had Often been there with my
mother, when she came 10 change yarn or
butter for domestic muslIn'-(sn't thai
what yo,rcall il, JEANNE! and leasled my
eyes on The fish hooks in the little glass
ease. The red aud blue tops. and The
tempting rows oi marbles. That store
was enchanted ground; and now | was