The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-07-09


al lokes and wOuid-he wlny s,lins. and
all su.h ilummery. The ul.l Lads llsnugll
n Was all very iine. and hooked IT,, iully
forward Id a day mhirll She Ihougi.l xas
MOI lar distant. Ihal would make Eama
Mrs. DnnisP. Sine scarcely Il. igned I"
nollfe ponr. honesi. unpreIrniing Mailer.
aud would have been highly Inren,ed a
any person ilisi would have dared 10 l.ll
her ilai Emma preferred hlm Ia De. dun
lap. u Is Tue Ihal she ihnughI u ll,'.e
strange that he should ronllnue his lI.ll-.
and nlien limited 10 her da. ghler thai she
ought mol 10 suiIer them. I,a. Mal.rT
was encouraged hy old father : aniy, and
by the preIly Emma Iu,; and bat d shorI
time had elapsed helore Ihe Young Iulks
:. understand one anulhcT." THIS "un-
derslandlng nne annIlltr' has VERY pecn-
liar meaning when applied Ia Young per,
sons m CERTAIN eases. whirh We tn HOl
deem j, necessary lo define or captain.
Walkers vIsils haa brcume, L. uld MTs.
Sianly. alarming'y irequeml. She pre-
tended .n Emma. ;llal she hAI nn i!ea tl,aI
she tEmma) wnnltl rrcriyr lls At en i'n. ;
and would frequently address lleE daugh,
Ter IN the following >.raIn:
"li you do nn. si"p ,iiai p0nr. low bred
Boswell irnm cnmiBg hare 81 much. pro-
pie Will hegln 4" sly ghh he !, coufns
You. leS. although II miy seem la yuu
impossible that iulks should have such ail
idea. yei. yon may Depend upon It, they
wul. 4 prel,y dish oi scandal, truly, To be
served up by some folks. | believe you
may thank Dnrsor Dunlap Tor having
escaped 80 lar; he i gentleman, and
e'ery body hnnws it-every one likes
hm-aud hecause 'e visits ynu, folks
wall nnl talk abnnI Walter liosswelI's be.
ing hls rival. No. they will respect his
feelings more; bnl | shnuld mol be snrpris-
ed II he becomes disguised al his insigni-
iicanl opponent. or iancied opponent. and
quits yon-yes absolutely quits you."
"Cnnl'in'l please me better - said En-.
ma, in a low tone that did not reach heI
mothers ear, who thus continued:
Il could nol blame him much. If he
did. A poor mechanic a rival TO Doctor
and gentleman |, Is awful! | suppose
ihal Doctor Dunlap knows Bosiwel's vi.
sits are inirusions, aud therefore takes nc
offence al them; bus II is perfectly ridlcu
lous -
Emma generally pretended 10 listen &c
these talks, but seldom made any answe,
II all. aud never any audible one. Thi.
puzzled The old lady sill more, and IN
creased her unpasiness; bul she consolet
herself with the reflection that Doctor
Dunlap would soon propnse and be ac
cepled, and thus put an end to The Who'll,
business. She tried to attribute the sill
continued frequent visits OF BOSWELL 10 hi
dogged ignorance and perseverance,. SHE
supposed that Emma had given him al
kinds of hints. but that he did mol know
enough p take Them.
(She had givea him some hints, and h,
had taken them ioo.)
l'',9 II 50 happend that Walter was at oil,
Captain S;anly's on certain Wednesday
evening, aud siait lolerably lale--most o
the time with Emma in The parlor. Th,
next day Mis-. Sanly was more Than usu
ally alarmed. and omitted no opportunity
for abusing Walter and praising Docio
Dunlap.
4 On the Friday evening following. ih,
Doctor paid Emma visit. The old lady
was delighted. She crept softly 10 ih'
parlor door. after they had been there some
time. aud peeped through The key-hole
They were sitting pretty close together
The old lady was in perfect raptures. an,
went To sleep that night in the midst Q
golden waking dreams.
A few DAYS after The visits above men
toned, Mr. Sianly came one morning int
the family room. and finding his wifi
alone. took a seat near her and said;
We'll. wife. have had agifl asked Q
me this morning"
"What was n!" said his wife.
"The hand of Emma
Mrs. Sianly had entirely forgotten tn
last visit Of Walter, but perfectly rec"llect
ed that Of the Doctor, as she replied:
.Of conrse. you granted il. lam sur
Emma is capable Of choosing well, ant
| think she ought TO be allowed 10 hav,
her own choice. do no, believe in eros
sing girls in their selections Of husbands.
= Neither do L. SAID the old man
"and believe Emma has made goo,
choice"
"Oh! she has" interrupted the oil
woman; she never could have done bet
ter =
| BOSWELL is"
"Now. husband. never mention ,ha
poor fellow agan. am truly glad tia
Doctor Dunlap had sense enough to know
that his visits 10 Emma were forced, an
1 therefore lnok no insult al them"
why, il is BOSWELL that has asked 70
the hand of Emma" said the old man
looking surprised.
| Mrs. Stanly was shot. She becam
furious and solemnly vowed thai such