The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-05-01
MY COUSIN JEREMIAH;
OR, IDA A1HELING's AWKWARD HIrsRANr
ny MARY W. STANLEY oIBsoS.

| bh NARY W. STANLEY GIBSON.
Aud so, Clara, you want to know i" how
Ida Atheling, who was famous for her intense
appreciation OF grace and beauty, almost
from her cradle, and who raved about Gre.
can contonrs and fnrms with howing, wayy
lines. and all the rest of it, till she was
chr'stened 'PyRmalion in petticoats,' ever
came to marry that anomaly-an awkward
man !"
In the first place, what is awkwsrdness ?
have only TO look across the room to have
my question answered. Jeremiah sits bal.
ancIng his chair on its two hind legs, ga la
Yankee } against the wall, while he reads
The morning paper-his huge limbs sp,awliny
~ another chair. There is no DENYING that
there i pure awkwardness, if wish 10 see
III only hnpe his neck is not endangered,
thereby. Bui stop, ! drop nv pen and sigh.
Down goes the paper-the great limbs take
just two strides across the fuor:
I" Did you speak. Ida p
No, Jeremiah"
The paper is resumed. What do YOU
tlnnk Of that anxious loving look, that light.
ning-like attention 10 my slightest fancied
wants do they not atone for any lack IL
grace! do they not nruiral,ze the awkward.
ness, and make il even something d, be cop.
led and admiredi J You hereto are you
laughing in your sleeve and saying. j" Wait
bit-iliis Is only the honeymoon p All.
Clara, though you women Of the world nav
affect TO snerr al the fact, there are some
matches that are never tipped with brim.
stone. aud some honey -moons that only wane
within the grave!
Hnw did come 10 marry him: WHY. as
all other, or, at least, most other women mar.
ry-by loving him. But you had a hand in
this match which you are pleased TO con.
drmn.
When you set sail for Europe, avowing
your inientlon Of roaming over The old world
till your heart was contented-"i il might be
for years and il might be forever,"--I grew
tired of my city life, and thought Of my m.
Gle Georges iarm, my uncle Georges house
and barn. and cows and oxen. aud nv cou.in
jeremiah, my cousin Fanny, and the dog
Talbot-just as had tried to draw them one
day. when vas spending a vacation there.
Ages ago il seemed. Why should not go
to the Saunders Farm againi
! answered the question by taking NV
place IN the cars tile next day--a simple
leathern salise holding all my belongings
Al three o'clock in the afternoon, the cars
dropped me at g station; by eve the
stage coach which went over to B., toll.
ed up the hill that led to the farm.
Stop here" said TO the driver. "Pat
my valise down beside the road. wish 10
90 up to the house alone"
stood on the brow OF the hill Iookiny
about me. Hnw fresh and green the country
lookedl What pleasant house The old red
iarm. house was The barn doors we're closed
now, but FAR OF in a ploughed field could
see four or Eve men al work and heard
some one whistling in kind Of she'd al my
right hand. went aud pushed open the
door. A tall. sunburned young man stood
there 10 bis shirt sleeves, repairing a take
when he saw me, he started, turned red, and
cut his fingers with the sharp knife, as
thought, mast dangerously. The blood fow.
ed ina stream. aud as he did NOT seem to
know what to do with u, took my pocket.
and ran up 10 him.
"f"u will bleed to death IL you dent
mind" said. Let me tie your hand up
Tor you."
lie let me tie the handkerchief round his
hand without word. Was he dumb
!" shoald think you ought to 70 into the
house aud sit down. or have q plaster put
npvn H." remarked when had finished.
"0h mott won't hurt me any 10 70 on
working" he said, stumbling over the rake,
snd making such extraordinary gestures with !