The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-12-06
THE CID CARTMAN.
4 TRUE STORY.

IL ID brief may be seenat glance, and that
il 10 true 4 most emphatically svaw. II
the reader slespises il because Of the 6rst,
or the editor rejects IL for the reason cf the
last, then will eschew truth in the futare.
aad devote myself 10 the elaboration Of lies
into chapters, and the purest fiction into
volumes Of seventeen hundred pages each.
With this understanding proceed AZ
snee TO remark that 6vc years ago. OF there
abouts, John Ainsley--or Pap Aiusley." !"
~ he was familiarly cs.led--was the own
or of hand cart, and earned living BY
conveying miscellaneous parcels from one
section 20 ansther. and receiving therefor
he reasonable remuneratioa of tifty cents
per icad.
To designate the occupation in the pro-
siess language possible, he vas q hand-cart-
nan, and when not employed. could always
be fnund during working hours Il the cor.
aer of Montgomery aud California streets.
His hair and long beard we're quite gray
and his limbs feeble; and IL he could not
shove as heavy load through the deep
ssnd sryp the steep grade above him as the
staiwsrt Teuton on the opposite corner,
thereby losing many dollar. all the light
leads in the neighborhood fell 10 his lot.
and kiad-heartrd men not unirequenty
travelled q square or two out Of their way
10 give an easy JOB 20 " Pap Ainsley."
Fosr years last September. recolIect
the month. for | had q note OF four thou
sand Solisss to pay and was compelled 70
do some pretty sharp fnancierirg TO meet
IT, having two or three dozen volumes oil
boeks 10 transfer TO nv lodgings. 1 gave
Pap Ainsley' the task Of transportation.
Arriving - nv room Just ~ he drpasit
ed The last armiul on the table. observing
that the old man inokcd considerably "a
tigsed, afterclimbing three flights ol stairs
ave Or SIX times. invited him to take 4
glass nf brandy bottle oi which usu
ally kept in nv room lur medicinal and so.
Porihc purposes. Although grateful for
the invitation. he pnlitely declined. lurg.
ed. but he Was infrrible. Was greatly
astonished.
DO you never drink 7" said I.
VERY seldom" he replied. dropping
iato chair at my request. and wiping the
perspirstion from Of his forehead.
well. IL yau drink at ALL" insisted
you will not find in The merit sir months %
iair an excuse for indulging. for you seen
istlgaed and scarcely able TO stand"
"'ro be frank" said the old man. II a,
aot drink am now. have 30; tasted in.
tericatIng liquor for fifteen years--sinee-
since"
"S,nce wheai' 1 asked, thoughtlessly
observing his hesitation.
The old man told me that sixteen year.
ago he was well.to.de farmer near syra,
ease, N \. tiehaJ but one chlld-a daugh'
ter. While attending boarding school IN
that city. The girl. then but sixteen year,
st &C. formed an attachment for Young
physician. Acguainiing her father viii
tie circumstance, he flatly refused his con
sent - her union witt, man he had never
seen, aud renewing her from school. dis.
patched note 10 the Young gallant. will
the somewhat pointed inflammation that Nj,
presence 70 Gle netghhurhond oi the AIMS
ley farm would not meet with fasor.
The reader oi course surmlses the re.
snlt. Tor such proceeding could and cai
have but one result.
In less than month there va. m clone
rent. The father luaded his double bar
rel shot gun. and ssore vengeance; but
failing % tlnd ihe iugilIses, he took Il III,
bottle. Ills good vile told him MT to ,lrs
pair, but he drank The deeper and accuse,
her Of encouraging the elppenenL
In three muhtl,s the wife died. and a
The expiration ola year The young coapl,
returned u Syracuse from Connecticut
where they learned that the old alan, aftc
the deatl, Of his wife Of which they Ia,
Of course been apprised. had sold his form
squandered the proceeds. and was slmss
destitute. Learning Of their arrival, Aims