The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-11-02

NAAAatA-M- MhAM 0f rAtM
a. look. In the afternoon | had nior
! leisure @ study the phssiognomv Of m
: neighDor. lie was a Young man. (,
y about three or fur aud twenty, wit
handsome features aud rather inteI
ieciual cast Of coueienance. His fac
was quite pale, and tie raven darkness
oi his hair, eyebrows and ewes mad,
nee immediately come to the canelu,
SION, after thoroughly stndying liz phy
siosnomy. that he was hard siuden,
during has leisure hours, Or that, de-
priving himself of the recreation o
books or other sources oI enjoyment
he spent all his waking hours at III,
case. The latter supposition tim,
proved correct.
As day after day passed by became
more acquainted With him ana found
him TO be singular character BE.
meath his stand he had constructed 4
KIND OF closet, which contained spirit
lamp, mattrass with bedding, a few
cooking utensils. aud q snail stock of
the plainest kind Of ioud. When the
hours for meals arrived, he would light
his lamp, ami putting some food over
II 70 cook, would work until all tie
rest OF the hands had Left the Office.
when he would set down to his FRUGAL
repast. He worked necessarily during
working hours, hardly leaving the Of
iice unies to purchase food, or upon
some errand Of that kind. Morning.
noon and night, when returned from
my meals, invariably found h,m al
the case working away with ali lis
night, as if some great issue depended
upon the Improvement oi every minute.
| suppose he slept upoa the cot which
he Kept IN his closet; bus as he was
always at work when | left at night
and when | returned in iie morning.
| could nor positively assert that he
did so. l am not yery garrulous, es,
pecially when employed at tie case,
and as be would not first address me,
! would not speak to him; SO while the
fun and Joke were passing round the
other cases. we were s.lentas ihe grave.
was not long in discovering that there
was some mystery conAected with llm,
and that his intense application to Ia
Dor was aOt pscnpted merely Ds q
desire 70 make money for il ,herc Is
anyth NJ IN phrenology, judging from
the formation Of his head, he MAS the
very one whom | would have selected
from a score for a spendthrit. 0cca-
slonally his cheek would flush, his ewes
light up. and a happy smile o,erspread
hls features; then the smile would 80
away, his eyes would I'LL with tears,
whiic al expression 0! ssdrnss-almcst
despair, would seat itself upon lis
countenance. have been tempted
thousand times to ask him the cause Of
tins, but as he appeared 50 cold and SO
Isolated reira'ned from doing 50, as
1t is not SO pleasant proflering sympa-
thy unasked.
!" Well how do you like your neigh
Dor Z" asked one oi the journeymen of
me, as we were descending the stars
one evening.
/" can hardly make him out" said
i" he appears TO be strange sort of
being. lou are better acquainted
with INN than 1 how do YOU like
him -
" For my part, hate him, and what
Is more, he mas not a friend in tie
whole Office. fhat fellow has been
here for three months, anu lie has hard
~ spoken TO any one. A man who
makes such bills as he does, and boards
up his money like mlser, have no
Tor. We wouldn't any Of
Us care So much il, he would be llttie
soclabte and spend dollar, or even
dime, occasionally; but uo-eyery live
cent piece he gels he hangs on TO as il
he Was afraid the eagle would spread
ms wings and ny away with il, doing
HIM out OF a i've cent piece. But he
cant stay here long. We've insuited
hun dozen times; and lie has less
spunk than thlnh he has if he don't
resent 1t spme day. We'll get him
into a quarrel thenS Snd have hun d.s>
charged"
But" said |, "dS YOU know any,
thing about his history He ma, have
some all absorbing end accomplish
which is the cause of his Atiriap as,i
duty. You u-slrc -
ly for the fellowYv vhafSS
motto, re sure md taking u
90 ahead" you're right, 5e'
if circumstaIow nothing OF him
will be his fees are as you suppose
fered too6wn fault il they are dla
lin. " late for acquaintance
us side5u had beth ke
''f2,,Iss fRss : q ''s
aw that IL was VI
llowances for hlmj
r.end. Many wss