The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-08-31
AN ME LEE;
THE HAPPY RESULTS OF 4 MAIDEN's
FIRMyESS.

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/ THE HAPPY RESULTS OF MAIDEN'S
FIRMNEsS.
In the neislborhood Of Liverpool there are
many pretty villages, quiet, unobtrusiye
places, with charming rural aspect, no
where else in the world to be seen but 10
England. In such charming retreats-the
more charming because they derive some
prosperity from tteir cont;guity to the great
sea-pori-there is generally to be found a
class of persons, who, to limited agricultural
pursuits, unite the business of tradesmar.
OF this class was Mr.. Lee, worthy. and to
use the familiar phrase, a /" well.to do man.
he had married late in life, and at some
what advanced agc had been left widower
with an only child, daughter, and. accord.
Ing TO the unanimous testimony of the male
portion Of the community amongst whom She
dwelt, the "pride Of the village"
Annie Lee well deserved this title, for she
was nat only beautiful in person. but amia-
bic in disposition, and, for young girl in
her statinn Of life, exceedingly well educa.
ted. We will not specify the particular vii
lage, but We will attempt to describe sweet
Annie Lee. She belonged to that class Of
girls who, in personal appearance, are deci-
dedly English. Ol the middle height Of her
sex, she possessed that poetic indescribable
grace which We associate with form whose
modest pliancy and moderate iullness at once
impress Us with the idea Oi woman who
has not long passed out Of the sparkling
buoyancy Of sporting girlhOol. Annie was
twenty. and her department had acquired
that tinge Of seriousness natural 10 girl of
her years when the cultivation Of her mind
has not been neglected. Her face was ex.
tremely beautiful in outline, although some
Of the features were not classically regular
The rich lips when in repose were rather
firmly closed, and the chin was little too
large for those critics who look for perfec.
ton 10 every feature. But the upper portion
Of Annie's face was unexccptionabe. Her
straight nose, with slightly curved nostris,
above which beamed the tight Of dark blue
ewes, and all crowned by 4
dclicately archcd. white forehead. on each
side OF which reposed thick bands of dark |
brown hair. together with the blushing bloom |
Of maiden health on her cheeks, rendered the |
ensemble OF her loyeliness delightfully."- attrac.
tive. Annie, however, had an inward beau.
~ which manifested itself in her daily life.
With the most exquisite tenderness there \
was linked moral courage-an elevated /
moral courage sense Of duty 10 herself
and others rarely 10 be found in young wo.
men upon whom nature has layished her
Iayors, and who are continually exposed TO
the incense Of ilattery and admiration.
As might have been expected, Annie Lee
bad many lovers, but there was one in The
lbron,, ,ts,np ,.bn,n ai,o had lonfr am h.s,a,y
u her preference. lie belonged to the
same village as herself; and their pecuniary
prospects were about equal. with the differ.
,nce that Frank Harvey was already IN pos.
session of his patrimony, his parents being
lead. The young man rented on long
ease small, we'll stocked farm, and had al
command several hundred pounds in money ; I,
10 that the match appeared a promising one.
II was evening Of the market day ~ Iiy.
'rpool, and Annie was slowly returning from
lie railway station. about mile from thc
iIlagc. She had gone there 10 meet her