The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-02-12

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be so provoking as such pretty girl.
|" Doubtless very nice young woman" ar
gued he to himself, " and il had only been
able to take lair view of her should have
been perfectly satisfied and turned away
never to have seen her again. Certainly,
this was ALL" he reasoned, how could 1T
have been anything mores Ofcourse not"
But he could not help thinking about that
wirchins glance o artless thanks that his eye
had drunk in, and he found himself at every
turn drawing all sorts of conjectures about
the yIsion in the pine trees. At such mo-
ments he would strive sedulously to argue
with himself ii q cool and purely disinterest
ed manner. So. on the return trip he dis
covered himself watching for that clump Of
pine trees, anI sighed to find he could not
catch the least glimpse Of a pink dress.
7 i" Never mind" he areaed, " II is only some
country girl who came to enjoy the novel
sight of railroad train, and having satisfied
her curiosity has gone home, and will never
again take the trouble 20 walk down TO the
track. Well. good bye 10 her then, foreUer,
! and now 10 business"
i So contradictory was he 10 his mentally
expressed words, that the next morning he
4 found himself tying up neat package OF pa
pers and placing them carefully in his coat
4 pocket. Ii seemed 10 him the train never
would leave that way station, and as soon as
! it did he was at the car door with the pack
age ia his hand, looking out along the line Of
/ the road The clump Of trees came in sight
they neared-they passed in flash and
were lost 10 view, but there was no pink
dress in front OF which q throw the package
of papers. Harry turned away from the o.
pen door and tried to whistle. he seemed
to have forgotten every air. He tried to
hum, one, but he found himself out OF tune.
"Pshawll" said he to himself, !" was a
fool for my pains, and i serves me right.
But don't see why she need not take pa
per from me. am sure II Is nothing more
than do for many mpn | know along the
road Il is putting one under no obligations
that can see Away out here in the coun.
try person might asSsell have such an en-
ioyment a. not, ifit Is offered them. Ishould
think she ought To be glad OF getting It.
am sure there il no harm IN her making my
acquaintance while fly past her at " twen-
ty miles an hour" With this he flung the
papers into one corner, but. on second
thought, picked them up carefully, as II sor-
ry Tor his hasty action.
Another day came. and despite the IN.
successfulness Of yesterday aud his relterat-
ed determination TO cast no more thought
nppn the subject, he discovered himself ts-
ing up another package Of papers. as neatly
as before. Again he found himself leaning
out Of the door, looking ahead Of the train.
All, there is the clump Of pines, and, yes,
YES, there is pink dress. Il emerges from
the trees; she is walking along foot-path
he had marked well. They approach at a
speed commensurate with his feelings. They
| pass. but the package falls directly at her
. feet his smile Of qualification j. answered
By a similar glance, but one combining that
Of pleased surprise, from lace sufused with
blushes, and then they are far apart.
This time he marked her well, and every
!. exquisite line ol her lovely face was fast SCI
+ upon the canvass Of his heart. Was II real.
I " 4 woman. that graceful, young wood.
Gymph: Did those large and expressive
! blue eyes, aud those classic features, thai
T rich brown hair, clustering 10 natural ring
LETT. and that complexion u dazzling purity
: that form Of faullless mould aud grace O.
edsN WOliNHs 0tibU~ W y WSfG NVuhl1 ST.
. lie was debating this question with an 10.
{ tensity Of ihnught that rendered him uneon.
1 scious to the entrance Of the conductor, who
startled him rudely by the exclamation
] WIZ, Harry, what in creation is the mat
! ter with sou =
!. /" Matter with mc-maiter 7" replied Har.
{ ry, blushing and stammering 10 his confusion
! "noihing Is the matter with me-nothing al
1 all. Hut his looks contradicted his asser.
tim. aud 20 the conductor thought. There
J. seemed TO be cloud before llarry's eyes the
/. balance oT that day. and he never found his
e duties so perplexing aud arduous. He pu
/ out an old woman's trunk Of the wrong sta
e tion, and carried a gentleman's saise be.
n yond his stopping place. lie became annoy
n ed and sexed, lost his usual good nature
! aud surprised every one By his changed
Il manner. On The return trip he watched fc
Il two miles before he reached TINT clump Q
d pines, aud then his eye searched among then
i. in vain for the brown ringlets aud the pinI