The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-12-19
AErER sEYEN lYEARS.I ]

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Ut was ihi- season 81 the yaar, just seven l'
Years ago. that an extp0rdlpary scene r-
rurred Ia Danhury II was ~ the eren-
| ing. and compile were hiinaiiie IN several
imis 0f nlains from the eyhrd toasase them
from Tie frost, which ihe temperature Of
honi-dnors Threatened, While lhuss en-
gaged she snokeir-Ieriing ioa lssr'.piun
/ SHE had IN her ,hal,,l;
!, u wouldn't lose His ole for agrnat deal.
as mother gave it 10 hie.' ''ss 'lsis1 '..S5
pa tHehokeanNit. SKA sid Il iKnssfe
s,Ynurtn tno,her gave 10 Iyonss dness bot
| Ilnught that plant n.yseIf.'' l.saHa
:'Why,. it's nnsueh thing. t
.Itell ycu did, lie a,i,le,l, speaking
with warmth. te 3. '"
sAiid | tell you yon didn't she firmly
asseverate,I tDo yoa suppose 4 don't
know what was given toline2' tisi
En- 'Doyau slppnse ! don't know what ]
bought viii, my own money? ,,s.
If you say you bought that geranium,
she said, speaking very slowly, aud with
white lips, sou say what you kilow'to' lie
/ false ia ST '7''ast . 4sst s1aa 81 ti 2ess
bod DO you lnean to say i lie aihe hissed
say that, / do f.saa5s sH
etf'lou shall pe sorry for this he threa.
| tened. IA, ..s .sF,..,;..s-, ar..,r..s.s
I He nut on Ills hat aud coat aud left the
! house. @""At ny"
+ 5!iliat was seven years agnthis fall She
never SAW him again nor heard from him
/ III all that seven years. What must. have
been the thoughts, the agony of Inin'i
.eDduIe,I by that wretched wife in that
! time 40 one on eait, knows. She Kept
Her tlloughtsto Ier-elf, aiil patiently, ~
! fitr ~ outward appearance weilt, bure the
i bur,ien putulmlr her.
Il On Friday eyenii,e, Of lasi week her door
opened, and 4 man walked into her
presence. There WAS n lonk. a cry, aud
size was in The arms Of her husband.
| What II happy hon,c was that. All the
agony nfihe seven long years was for.
! gntt,-, IN that hour of reconciliation and
reuninn. A hearty supper WAS shrea'i
4 and with tears AMI. smiIys she ,hoyered
about him, mimisiering 10 every want.
After supper there was u lomg lalS of the
past. .4.
| III is 50 singular She said, speaking in
one ofthe pauses. that IL should have
happened asst did can scarcely COM
4 prehend il at all. II sreins ike aa awful
dream. We both lost our tenipers, and
We have both suffered for it. The niiser
able geranium! Do you know cai,no
hear t0 zee cme OF those plants told
mother Ia come and take ii back, for
woIldn't have IL in sight saea., T.
'Whatv lle calculated, ,la' you still per.
sist ~ saying thai she gave il to you 2 -
Why, john. of course she did. Haven't
you gdt over that idea yet?' ..' 81
M. / haven't he persisted, his FAC,
iarkening. Il bought that geraniurD jus
us sure ny rnr diving man.' a4a@
She Thought III his years ef cruel de
ssriinn. ofall he bad eause,l her hsnilrl
because Of his ol,stinacy and her hear
hardened aud her face flushed "a
You are mean To say that when yot
know II l. falsr.a a1tl saiisss sl5i5isHa.
/ IL iss't fiilse' It's Heavens truth!
II 'lt's no -iIrh thing. lisa mean com
iemptihle lie.,S raa 81 }n ,,5ast ED
/ He jumped up from tie chair, seized hi'
hat aud cuut AID shot out uf tire house Ia
Hash. and Sllr never uttered q wotd u
protest. Slie sat there wi.b eleuct,et
hands aud white face, and let him pc.
Aud so lie Is gone. And to-day size !;
alune again with the old burden aud the
old lall. s1.ssfs4as : f FazI5ar t.- I'll