The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-08-25
From the Sacrament, l';al) Onion.
A MINERS LOVE STORY.

II was dreary winter evening IN Decem-
ber, lS49, that party OF Us miners were
sirtn. before a rousing fire on Feather river.
The ram was pouring down IN torrents upon |
our canvass roof, for we had no CABIN then;
the wind, in itiul gusts. was sweeping up
the deep gorge. and the tall pines were sigh
ing with q melancholy sound which only
gave US more desolate and lonely feeling.
A long pause had occurred in our converse
ton, aad we were fast relapsing int" state
of feeling consonant with the outward state
Of things, when Ned suddenly broke the
silence with :. Old swamp, how under heaven
did such an ungainly old specimen oi hu.
man.ty as YOU are contrlye to get marr'eds
come, tell US the story"
| ella! ha ha! laughed Old Swamp, in his
usual quiet manner.
"WelI. buss, seem as how the weather IS
! rayther gloomy, ! wall give you gloomy
warn on that gloomy subject. and u may DC
YOU II larn something by my experleGce. iou
know | was always great on hunt,n an"
4 trapp,n of w,ld yarm.ts IN nv young days.
but N al ANIMALS found the worst 70 trap
was gal. Ned, reach me coal tall light
nv p.pe. Thar thatll do. The Tact IS, put
mani ilst Al we'll turn over and cast theii
/ SKINS a. onst but when was on the trail ol
, a val, nv heart kept slch an iniarnal double
! shuttle, regular heel aud toe break uosi
! that couldn't cotch one NJ how could ~
/, it. When ] war about twenty got on th'
, trail ui one Poll Rlinehart that lived up y
], the settlements. and It wern't long before sll'
i ca,ed aud agreed to have me. The time wa
i .lt Tor the wedding, out the Yer, n.Snt De
tore Il vas 10 come oil Poll changed he
!. m M. AMI ran oil across lhr rlyer with Jh
i S,ke. and married him, and lett me TO *
: n, ttap somewhar else. The tact i. tha
. plt danper on me. and made up my mn
: mat CON hun,.n pad altogether better tia
ril hunt.n, ani Just turned my attentio
l. l., catcnln cnpn. mink, and bar. anh thal
= b,y,, never missed ire. kini % iorg,
/, that thar war any sch live critters as ieindl
II w,.en except mother, who was widde
with n,bud, Dui me TO care Tor; she aud
:. together suplo ted the family, aud as tlia
i war no,ody else to work for, we lad up
Il right smart chance of mink, coon. and sou
:. d me. fnur Or i've wears passed. when
Z. began to notice that the old woman grow
III as pecklsh as settin' hen. What on eartn
1 in The wlnd. thought III scented somethin
10 II can't be that the old woman has fell 70 los
~ begun 70 think about bllIn' up some bu
r. ternat bark aud gettin' tamarack plast
a. for her back, when one day when the "a
Al had drive nv dug Wolf and me into =
Il. cabin, and had sot half asleep On the sto'
,.r The old woman broke losse.
he "Ah! Ambrose" says she--it was alwa
/ Ambrose when the flint was out and Z
te. powder damp, but when the horn was full a.
la. the primin' dry, il was--Am. you yarmlr
.et an, Ambrose, nv son, the end Is comm
ne i" rhc e'cni Of what. mother saysi, "ist
=. hog used up. or the homm 'ns meal out :
.r, Worse nor ali that. AMBROSE, says y
M. I" Ahat's IN the trais now, mother
;lr vaim urawin scarce or wolf gittln mad WI
III. an arih il the matter I"
~ "Oh! Ambrose. i'm gcttin used up-l ie
w. the rheanat, IN ny back; ny spcc'acles
4, broke-l cant bake haecake nJr Try.
nj po.um fat ike used to--fm gcttin old a
,.r. broke down aud you must get married.
rd. "phew phew! phew" couldn't wins
,m. lit wouldn't come out no how. Mo
YOU yarmint." the dog set up one o.
en-. dulefulest yells. jist as the critters do vi
ssd snyhcly's gsis' - die, ard sAsa hs snea'