The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-01-17
Pom Our Ysung Folks for January, 1885.
STORY IN TWO W AVS
A HOLIDAY TALE.

who is this: A careles little mhlship-
man, iding about IN great city. with his
pockets full oI money. lie is waiting tor
The coach; u comes up presently. and he
-e,s on the ipp Of il, and begins 10 look a.
bout him.
They soon leave The chimney .pots be-
hind them his eyes wander with delight
over the harvest fields. he smells the hon
r,suekle in the heslge-row, and he wishes
lie was down among the hazel bushes, that
he might strip them of the milky nut. !; then
lie sees great wath piled up with barley.
and he wishes he was seated aa the top OF
il; then they 20 through little wood, and
he likes ia see the checkrred shadows si
The trees lyiag acress the White read, and
,hen a squirrel runs up bosgh. and he
cannat forbezr 10 whoop and halloo, though
he cannot chase j. 10 Us nest.
The other passengers are delighted with
his simplicity aud ,hildlke glre and they
Encourage hlm TO talk 10 them about the
sra and ships. especially Her Majesty -
wherein he hss the honor to sail. In the
lsrson ai the sea he describes her many
rletiiuns. and .nlsrgss ON her peculiar
ad,snisgrs; he then canfdrs to them ho~
certain MILDLY. having been ordered 10
,he mssihesd as = punishment, had seen,
while sitting on the top mast .ross trees,
something 1scommeniy like the sea SER
prni-bui. finding this hint received with
ineredsisss smiles. he begins to tell tLen,
hos he ropes that, some day. he shall be
promotrd TO have charge OF the poop. The
passengers hope he will have that horor
the, have no doubt he deserves il. fli,
cheeks fash with pleasure 10 hear them "a.
50. and he little lhinks that they haze ne
notisn lI what "that honor" may happen
10 c.aslst.
The coach steps; The little midshipmsn
with ~. hands ~ his pockets. sits rafting
his money and singing. There is poor
wuman sl.nding by the don oI the village
ina; she i.oks care worn, sRd we'll shs
ma,, lac IN the spring her husband went
an ~ LONDON % seek for work. Tie sol
~crk. and she was expecting soon 10 join
him there, ~hen. alas a fellow workman
wrote her word Inv he had met with sn nc
,ijen:. how he vas very bad. and waite,
his wife TO eeme aud nurse him. but sh,
has t~s young children. and j. destitute
,hs must walk up all the say. and she il
.ick st heart @hen she thinks that perhap
he may die smeng strangers before she cal
reach hin.
She does no, think VI begging. but zee
,ag the bos's eyes attracted % hsr. sh'
makes him q courtesy, and he withdraw
lis haEd and throws her dosn "a, rrcIgn
she locks at II with ineredulcus joy. an,
lhes she lsoks AZ him.
IT. all right" he says. and the eoac
lati. again. while. iall 81 gratitude, sh
hirr. cart 10 take her aeress the csantr
10 ihe ralwsy. that the next night she taa
III by The bedside sf her sick husband.
The mid.hipmaa kRsws nothing abuu
ihai-and IL never will know.
The passengers ~ an ialking-thr It'll
nidshipnan has told them whn lie il. an
where he = gang. But there is nae VII
has nr,rr iainrd 10 the conversation; Il
is dark lroking and rrstless--he ats apar
w. hs, se.n the glitter NJ the falling coli
and INV he watshc, the bay mere nsrrov
|, thas before.
lie is a sfons man. fcsolutr and ,lr,sl
mined. tie bos With the puckeu full
mnuey will be 90 match for him. Tie HI
ield the ether passengers that his father
house is the parsonage at ". the eoac
goes within i've miles of IL. and he mear
TO get down az the nearets point. and wall
sr rather fun. over 10 his home, throua
the greenwood.
The man derides 70 get down tao. ar
20 through The wood; he will rob the lit
midshipman; perhaps, il he cries ou,
struggles. he will do worse. The boy,
thinks. will have ne chance against hin
IL ia ouite impossible that he can escap,