The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-10-31
THE BROTHERS. MEETING.

THE BROTHERS. MEETING.
"Stop!"
Twas bustling up 10 buy my ticket home.
ward. wns rnshing In ahead Of every
body, thinking none hal 80 goDd right
to he In hurry ~ myself, whom police
mans grnif ''slop gave me pau-c.
Take your place at tho end Of the linsn
he growled.
Iobcyed, Ikea lnw-abiding citizen.
Soon others fell IN, nnlil thcrc was quite
queue behind me.
One after another Of those in fruit paid
their money. secured their tickets, and
went their way. AT last my turn came.
Diving my hand into therrkrtin which
j always carried my nUn,cy, jerkei II
out nervonsly; and. IN fewer wnr,ls Than il
takes 10 tel II, had explored every pouch
aud Ipnckcl on my pcrsnn.
4 have lnsi my pockct,book Y ! ex-
claimed. II had II hut moment since.
and mus; iavo been rohhed In lhe crnNd.
Then you'd pet:er slcp out ofthe line
ill you find t., tnecrssl tic sleek -lookinE
official who started a moment through his
square hole. aud Then called out
.Nsxtn
My position Has extremely awkward.
! was fnr rnJm homeand sinong strangers.
TouunIt u remittance would consume
more than week, and III that hr-oT
place 10 find n landlord sufficiently con-
fiding 10 irast me in the meantime, might
or might not l,e among the possibilities.
That dodge of cxpcc,iug money froIn
friends at distance has grown fearfully
lhreadlars.
4 am very anxious 10 60. home |
pleaded, in utter helple-shs.s, and pledge
my word To- pay Immediately OH my ar
rival .- -s
Another snoer through The square hole,
aud Gn impatient wave of the han,l. nIo-
ilomlug tie aside, was { = tic answer re-
cciyed.
How much Is the gcntleman's fare ?
spoke up rich, clear vuico behind mU.
turned about. There was no niistakiug
It's owner. Itcuuid have come from no
other il,an the tall, handsome gentlemen
who glancedoyer my heal at the iinpsr-
tinent face framed Ia the square hole.
Here, SIR be- said. whom, At length .
reply hal been designed to his question.
handing me hank nnte considerably
over the amount named; received this a.
q loan for the present, I'll give you my
address when We get out Of this JAM
accepted his kindly offer without hesi-
taiiot, knowing my ability o. make
promp. repayment. and thanking the
gentleman for hIs favor, purchased my
tickc, and stepped aside. Ny usw friend
dill likewise Then n bell rang Then
all aboard = shouted the conductor. There
was a general scramble -pell-nIsll, helier-
nkelter, everybody getting mixed up with
everybody else. .-...
I tried 10 get asiTht 81 tho tall gentle
man, but fpunl u impossible.
This ~ay for--~r shouted ninn In =
labeled cap, swinging his ialern like a
conser.
Following his direction, hurried up the
u.eps. never doubling but ! should hnd
my hcnsfactoF on tho train.
In another moment We were In motion,
and, N tho samo Instant, another train
moved or III Tic opposite direction
Amer pre.smpting a acat hy planting
my luggage IN Il, went back through the
train, fromI frunt 70 rear, but nowhere
caught glimpse of the gencrouss sstrnnger.
A second and more careful search proved
equally fruitlrss. with watering cycs ]
pesrsi through the cloudy atmosphere of
the smoking car. hut In vain. My con-
hdiug friend was moi visible
A thought iiashed upon me. He must
have gone by the other train, conjecture
which caused mo deep annoyance.
lie will surely take me for sharper
said and think played him tho slip
on purpose
Bul lhcre was no help for II. I could
only bItle my time, and keep ssharp look.
out, trusting that nv opportunity might
one day bc offered 70 discharge debt 20
sacred.
fput .pcmnnnia' in The newspapers,
scFulInlzei every strange face ] meth
short, exhausted all the means ofdlscovcEs
my Ingenuity could devise, but 70 90 pur-
pose, had 10 give Il %.
ri was one
night, ten years sitter. "a strelled along
the Ems, river. cniuying the cIItctnf Tie