The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-16
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aGueIsIll be going"--pith a move
ment teIards the docs.
"WhE's your hurry s"asked Lucrs
TIA in keble tone. :
aNotllng rarticular-guess thoueI
had bfter De going. Good night.
Good night-.f you must 81"
Stunning over a chair. in his en-
deayor dappear llatoaeerned. and bu
toning II right hand lapel of bis sur
tout to de left-hand tassei Of his dres
coat-alerror wh1h he did not disco
yer und he had reached the snew
banks bfore his own door MIR. Kep
per toolhis departure, leaving Lucre
tia wit the wIdower. in q regular
eourtip4ttitude. \
No slner was our hero gone. thar
Miss L4e. who kept gradually hitch
ing her hair from the widpwer. made
an erraN to the Gre. an excuse foI
hitchingft back again. Nice Young
inan--st Keeper" observed tbe.wi-
dover, }aacing at Llcretia, and lay
ing his tIn on the back Of herchair.
"Na1' said Lucretia, stopping ia
place a tick on the and.r
Mn ltooks perceived that the glow
Of the r. made her checks look very
red
"Usd tobe pretty neishborly. ! un.
"Ye4-yes-luite."
Lacrea was crimson.
"NotAng hat a friend. ] shppose:'
"0h, nj! no"
" Hem and il l should--that is, il
any one eke should wish to marry yoa
he wouldn't be in the ways.
4 don't know why be should" fal
tered Llcretia.
The wjdower's arm slipped from
the back Of the chair, ana fell some,
how, around her vast; and The w.d
over being an absent minded perssn
neglected to put il back again.
And would anything else be in tn
way. my dears"
aThafs according"-(how the fir
did glow on Lucretia's face "Accor
ding TO who the person is"
The clasp Of the arm about her wais
tightened.
aAh! hem! and fit was me? ?"
"Yous ha! there's M danger Of tina
l guess" said Lucretia, trying
"laugh it off,"
Another movement Of the arm--an
Lucretia's head lay on the widower
shoulder.
"But | am in earnest" exclaim'
Mr.. Brooks.
"0h! ! didn't suppose-if that's 4
case" stammered Lucretia, preten
ing to struggle little.
4 This afforded the widower an excu
for clasping her waistsstill closer. !
laid his whlskers against her wet chez
to the imminent peril of Samson Ke
per's happiness, and the. smoothness
his ownSunday dickey, then you mig
have heard kiss.
| "There! now say you'll have m'
exclaimed the widower.
I III you-want me to-"
Lucretia thought Of Samson, and !
, stated. She had aslingering affects
for that young gentleman; but thu
| he had really exhausted her patien
!, Samson was certainly desirable mi
, but Lucretia was twenty three.
: would be sweet to become Mrs. ~
per. but it was awful to think of bee,
!. ing an old maid.
:, The widower's affections at that !
/ ment struck her as a happy medium
\ comfortable certainty, although it ?
i missed no uncommon happiness; and
;. lwirmured--
= I" j will."
" And this is the manner in VIII
II Samson, through habit of too IN
; cautiorf and indecision, lost the fail
T, maiden in Grassborough, after court
k her for FIVE years.
Mr.. Brooks took his young bI
n home, to fill the place Of mother
three children; and Samson, who ha
J. married sister, with small family
( Strengthened circumstances, resolve
give his poor relations home IN
lie house, and liyeswith them an old b
elor to the end Of his days. On lo'
is Lucretia, Samson, in despair, had N
I'd vow never to marry.
e. Eight years afterwards, howe
ed Mr.. Keeper had occasion to recs
en- der his VOW. Mr.. Brooks died
he denly. leaving Lucretia the mothe
MS three children and the. step motks
lis as many more. Samson was font
in, children, and Lucretia was more
ne angel in his sight now than ever.
To- visited her, carried presents to
by- children, and did all in his powe
console her IN her aIliiction, and
zee Young widow dried her tears, pla
af- some flowers on the grave OF tn
,ir. mented Brooks. and smiled encol
apt ingly on her old lover.
People began to talk again. Sal
u'll and Lucretla were going to be ma
now, at all events, said the gossi
zen But two years passed: every body
puzzled, and the fact that Mr.. NJ