, 1869-06-06
THE HERMIT OF HhapETH.

From TIE .yassszlt t7:rn, EInncr. Ny 10
Rtbccca Freeman, commonly known As tho
MI Robert Haley. near COLLEGE Grove, Williamson
County, tay or tNo since, ID tht seventy fnlrd
yssr ser Tns Rases aE1ass ws,s
and incnmrrehenable character and she remained
Until her death the wonder Of The bills amonT
which sae had osen reared and where she nved
The name OF Becky, rhe hermit" WIS well
Hosn to ain1oes every child and nsnfns Infant
e, o happened TO le born within len or Qtteeo
4, les oi ner Mid ani rugged abode Upon tnetr
N IDS a1l hearts her nane had lorehodtng In~
nuence perfectly irresistible. ,
Tue ucatlon Of It was enough ~ awe them tnto
tie mort profound silence, hn1t To Eake them
quake with fear. Even altulrs, who were more o.
suTerua,ufs! power oy which she could elyanea
the PROSPERITY OF aCI fr.e1dA Or tase11ate. wTeA6
veuEealce upon and destroy her enemies y =
single lilow OF thc magic horn, which she claimed
70 Fare tahey,te.i ron her Dothfr.
\ short sketch Of this strange creature now
tbs: she has psased away, may not prove uatoteF~
ssr ~ II t5e daasnter Of poor bu. ha.l-wurk.nz
anu respectable Parents, who bad only been ane
70 secure to her neAE7e knowledge Of The mora
Il she was lefr N ofpEaH, aep 1dec: atEe Epo1
her ovn exeTtIous for . livelihood.
Taus thrown upon he nefrtss q e!eak an1
prpteCtlUn Of parents wAs nioat nece5safJ, many
You'd bare fa3:e1rd aau a1Era up u iesplr. bnt
tie id not. Her spirit Of Independence vas OF
fortune. She nrInly resolved. though young md
inexperienced. to earn her OWE subsistence and
To nscusactuEe hcE osn e!otafa9. xaa1sSaz ps1ns
or .Ur 1t c.stt co.l, ra,her tt11 be dependant
on aor one Decentralization w1s r111J 8crou,-
rr.nrN she 1cr enly succeeded n Sustaining
hersef, hut made enough, By spinning ho1 weas,
OF j Lit. patch Of cleared ianl AID dense VI
de.r-usth o! forest 'Fees sss7atss! AMONG tHs
hi;s .cce a.s.:aee from co'eFe If osnss. ,,,-.vA~
he Z hsu,l And heart ~eEu v Oh b. holla anil Get-
erpus you.n tih1 old s.p;J>, wEo lo:ei nes BET
taan nis ae Sae ~; j.; een5sa9L |, amsoe, ~ 1aa
mites abe had entoyed- lie bad good education,
And was tie son OF , well-to-+lo farmer Hef Pow
ert{ prused a. obstacle % saets 94ss.aSc. @ @So:-
bore tow ar one smother, hts faolJ rery seriously
objected 70 hls marrying person Hhoae fortune
did not hsppe1 70 eoue up To their ssaauaHa oS
TSe youthful couple iesptse this opposition, had
determined N cas7J out the holy voFs Thlca they
saand au T heF Wedding astlle- Tne eousunnstton
Of ttelt auptia!4 noEeFef. "as cnauy preyenLeds
AID ite,: fond ard a;den: a. dsen2s ensated
u a lingering disease This Bereavement drove
her Anost 10 distraction. she hEooded over nis
ssn 1a. &c n q ntis;sg T.. Ss
lie TOP Il high and rugged hil, a1aid N A1,oEt
le.s te aese nns snS sn s1 Iaa ~ rs
tied. She often s:atett sHas she had been ":EoEs
ed IN love" )" anu thus her changed mode Of Tile:
tep 1e rss s,ssD sDPsfs s9 S.1n, me
| the day Of her death To these she often pointed
! With sssanse melancholy: md EouM nsool owe;
Wccrcyrr tic spirit Of s@tuers fastened upon
her ahe weut 10 her door and hiew long tin
horn, bequeAtned to her By her mother, for hours
a. ttme. she did this, she said, 70 give her re-
lei. Il was atwa5s elective. She ningted INT
re1y Ets1e VITA the World She Wis fully posted
On fce B1nIe, which seemed to have been bet
md n1