The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1873-11-12

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read o glowing account Of the valley Of the
SAcrameptoife cauehtthesenthusiasm and
sepping into the Office asked more aboat
the business, aud 6ually resolved % 90 10
califorsia, let the consequences be wbas
they might just % lie could alnass fortune
enough 70 support bis lovely Lucia As hand-
somely Us she bad been reared.
Tile characters shove named. were
ach,ol conn anions arm could not but envy
them the aifcc;ionate regard they cherish
ed for each other. They had been thus
rom childhood. but Lucia's perents were
rich, vi ile Louis were poor indeed.
The parents Of both either did not notice
their intimacy. or else considered it Of too
little importance to require their interfer-
cnce until The Young couple were respect
lively sixteen and seventeen, Louis being
the eldest.
At that period both left'sehool or rstl,-
er tie Academy, having gone through il
highest branches Of study. Lucia was sent
to college, hnt The parents Of Louis we're
too poor 10 send him longer, and lie bad q
be content with helping bis parents At
home.
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ed 70 her home. Louis attempted to renew
their intimacy. But be was respectfully.
but decidedly given 70 understand that it
would no longer be permitted b. her pa.
rents, Who bad higher hopes for their child
than that ste should marry an humble fish
erman's boy, and il was ibis dash uron his
dearest hares that made him Il first mis-
anthrupie. then reckless. aud 1t last lie re-
solved to leave neighborhood that render
"a him 80 miserable. aud from the sssoci.
ations u pleasure which were now gone for
ever.
Thus resolved. lie travelled on foot TO
Boston. distance II nearly sixty miles,
and here he sought employment. lie could
get none, became desolate. dispiriied.
hopeless and wanderer. in a strange
place.
Lucia had loved him d tenderiy as he
had cherished her and one day he happen
e.l tothink il the Post Office, anil has,ened
thither 70 Inquire for letter TO bis ad-
dress. and Il his surprise feund one.
Fortunately lhe postage vas paid for he
had not the means to ray FOL il. lie
seized i, eagerly. and found is contents 70
be what our readers have already seen.
and after il was read. and road, and kiss
Ell over aud again. be fellinto resefie.
and walked Oh IL knew not where. Until
he come % the shipping house above men
TONED. aud resolved 10 take passage If he
vas obliged % work his passage. and told
tie clerk as much. hut told him be bad
net The means 20 pay.
Well. We waet some hands forward.
ID ,ou know l seaman's dutyf' No.
Green. eh ycs. have never been on
shipboatd.
you ike an intelligent though: IIon
would ycu ike 10 clip, aud work yourpas-
sages
Iwill do % with all my heart.
Very well said The clerk. calling bis en-
ployer. and after few in,erehangcs be-
tween them. the bargain, was made.
Twas i beautiful auiumnal afternoon
that The ship cast loose her moorings.
and dropped down Boston harbor. 70 lay
her course 10 The south. In one hundred
aud fopty days. the same ship was moored
ii the wharf IN San Francisco.
Louis Girsrdin bad defaito object ID
view; but be said little to any one. lie
stayed 10 the city engaged ~ common ~
hor long enough 70 earn small sum 70 car
u hin, inland 10 The mines.
With 4 modest outfit be started FOR The
diggins. aud sclcc,iuga spOs worked sigo-
rOusly.
Ills success seemed almost miraculous !.
Striking good vein, snd after realizing
some fifteen thousand dollars worth Of dust
ho sold bis right toa neighbor for FIVE
thousand. aud selecting snothera few miles
farther on. realized equally good fortune.
During bis stay IN tho valley Of The
Sacramento. he chaueed % meet on aged
miner ~ hc was one evening returning 70
lie humble dwelling, and Louis going from
his work. Louis noticed that be was miser-
ably dressed, and being noble free heart
ca. generous sooled fellaw kindly offered
him some of his clothing which he accepted
with many thanks 20 bis kind beuefnetcr.