The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-08-10

loved truly, yet Mary would not marry me
while her r,tather lived. She was his ali, she
said, and he was old, and she could not leave
him. Years sped on. Speds They drag
ged wearly and heavily; heavily dragged.
tor her and for me; but release came at last
her father died" -. j
The old lady wiped away tear as she
murmured:
!" Dear father he was very kind in all
Ielse'
!" May he rest in peaces' replied her hus.
band; he lived in this house," he contlnu ID,
and was deemed wealthy; yet he left his or
phan penniless, but free to become my bride.
and we were married. lived with my ia
ther, also, and there took my wife, but we
met only reproaches, scorn and curses. Not
one hour did we remain beneath his roof, but
went forth together, strong in our faith in
each others love, and prizing nothing else.
But love is neither meat, drink nor clothes,
and the children of wealth can ily endure
what the children Of poverty call comforts.
tried to labor; did labor, and yet we suf-
fered much. We knew nausht of economy
but the name, and my earnings were scanty,
Experience is hard master, YOU know.
These were sad days, as well as dark. God
gave US children to brighten the darkness,
and. Mary, dear wife, twas God that gath.
cred them in his arms"
Aud now tears stood in those ewes, un-
dmmed by years, and the old LADY softly
sobbed. The listener was not unmoyed.
Necessity obliged me to accept an offer
Iot situation IN distant city, and extreme
poverty deprived me of the society Of her
who had made poverty cndurable. left her
in HaSerhill with kind old aunt Of mine,
and went forth alone and dispirited to earn a
maintenance for US two. | asked no more
o. fortune, but this little seemed denied mel
Scarcely had three months elapsed befo e
sickness prostrated me, and when | was at
length conyaescent, how wretched was nv
position !--Iny situation gone. my little ear
nings gone, my strength gone, and almost
gone my faith in Him who doeth all things
WE'LL With three dollars in my pocket. and
, those borrowed, returned TO my wife. I
rode as far as my means allowed and then
} thought TO walk the remainder, twsniy v miles,
! afteraa nights rest and sleep. But | over.
rated my strength at nightlall, with scarce
ly half the distance accomplished, sank ex-
hausted in the saow. Il was cold, frosty
night; the bitter, bitter winl seemed TO
reach my very ytais, (ior my purse afforded
me no oVercOat) and prayed to God for my
) wife; and FOR myself, despaired. A boy Of
: some fifteen yelrs -"
81 know you now, sir--I remember the
/. night" said Moses. " slept enough the
] sweeter that night to fully repay me. Please
say no more of that, but, it you will. continue
your story am much interested"
9 lou took me to my wife. There awaited me
! letter from my father. lie was on his death.
bed, and desired to see me. reached my
!; my childhoods home in time to receive nv
fathers pardon and dying blessing and his
last act was to call for Goals, and therein 10
: burn the will which disinherited his only son.
!, Sweet as II was to receive my fathers par
D dun. swseter yet was it to give my wife, not
= only the luxuries OF her former life, but also
: restore to her the home Of her fathers. But
for you, had even survived that ieariu
!. night, had been too late for either"
The old lady arose, and laying her trem
y bling hands on the head Of Moses, SAID:
y May the blessing Of the aged prevail
y nightly with God for you, as the bread yoI
!. east upon the waters has nourlshed Us !"
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