The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-11-04

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Charley csying.tH n lsaea age ssd "a has.
T. Not 10 let US see the tears. he got up and
went 10 the mantlepiece. did not look
around until 4 heard cry. ss'J n@ aq
.g;reat Heavens what is that 7" As 1
|tarnsd Charley had the tobacco pouch the
| |tnaa had dropped, 10 his hand nf t#a1
"Where did this come from ?" said he,
III teelas though | had seen a ghost, l
lsSs this to Bob Hada~ay the day he say.
"a me. We had not much to give, you
know, and he vowed never to part with il
While he lived. How did il come. moth
|eF y I fell back in, my chair white and
|eold, and said !. "A wandering tramp left
/ IL heyys never yonr Bob. my dear never
loUv b0A He must have been an iinpos-
hs. \ wesid not turn away person in
I~ant; on no, no, no; il is another pouch
schiid. nas ,aSs. ~ he stole il. A tall fellow
with abIue eyes and yellow brown hair,
sounded, he said. and going TO see his
muiher at Greenbank. Not your Bob" Ill
Il And Charley stood staring at me with
clenched hands; and said he, !" il was my
BIB. il was my dear old Bob.who saved my
| life, and you have driven him out in such q
night as this, mother, my msther, to use
Bob So" s~'f 81"
Course me, Charleys" said l. curse me
liz you like Tn afraid God win. Three
times he asked only for crrst and a place
10 lie, and drove him away. land he's
lying on the road now. Oh. If had known
oh il had known
And Charley caught up his ha:. III 6nd
| him If he's alive" said be, "Oh Bob. my
tdear friend !" t. 1''."# @@4 #*@
And then never saw The girl in such a
hurry-dowD went Drscilla on her knees
as IL she was saying her prayers, and says
she. i" Thank Gud dared to do it" and
Esays she 10 me 20, aunt, I've been trem
sOling with fright. not knowing what you't
say TO me. took him in the kitchen way,
could not see him so faint, hungry and
wounded. and put him in the spare cham.
Der over the parlor. and I've been so frigh.
! tened all the while" o." ..~s @'1
!" Lord bless you" said Charley.
Amen :" SAYS |. And she getting bol
der. went on 7" And I took him up hot
short cake. and apple sauce and tea" says
she. "and took him q candle. and hol
brick for bis feet. and told him to eat ant
40 TO bed in the best chamber. Auat Fsir-
iax. with the white eaunterpane.
!, After This Charley. not being ungrstsfal
or poor. helped Bob into business. And be
gei ovsr his wounds at last. and grew q,
handsome as a picture, and that day enc
year uas astried TO Drucilla.
"ld give you any thing have" said |,
"sad 1 won't refuse Drscilis." whsn hs
asked .ae. telling me he loved her sssr since
she was 80 kind TO him on the night I've told
you of.
Aud Charley is 10 stand up with them,
and I'm 20 give DrLsilla away. and Bsb',
sister 10 to be bridesmaid. and | have a
guess that some day Charley will bring her
home TO me to Drueilla's place.
don't drive bsggars away nov a. | Us,
Ell to. and no doubt Tn Imposed upon. bui
this Is What say. +" Better TO be imposed
upon always than 10 be cruel to one vhs
really needs help" And I've read my bi.
Bile mure Of late snd know Who says: " ln'
asmueh as ye have done i, unto the least ol
these, ye have done it unto me-"
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THE WE.Poss OF wKsTrss woxEs.-By
the Law of Kansas il appears that wonet
can prosecute any landlord Or saloon. keep.
er who sells liquor to their "lords ant
masters" Ia recent number Of the Law,
renee Tribune The following peculiar ad
vertisemeni appears:
TO Whom IL May Conesn.--I hereby
give notice that the sale Of spirituoul
liquors 10 Homer Hays 10 contray to a,
wishes. and that shall prosecute, accord
ing to Law, any person who disrsgsrde,
this notice. CATHARINE HAYS"
The mill owners OF Fall River Msssa
chusetts, hsve decided % return to th,
elevsn.hour system. after having tried fh,
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