Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15
A Lucky Hit.

Hiram Vcazie was plain, good
l.Art,i, honest farmers boy, whose
,arer,. iyrl on the farm where his
grandfather was born, not half doZ n
uiI,- from Augusta, Me. With good
common school education, and natural
an,itulc. Hiram was considered at the
,ur of twenty to be a very promising
vou,.g man, and was certainly OF great
srryicc 10 his father upon the farm. Old
Mr. veaMe wns comfortably situated as
10 ,-cuniarv means first, because his
want. were few, and secondly, because
Ai4 hand very nearly supplied them all.
But when Hiram asked his father to
advance him some small amount with
which to commence business, the good
Oh man frankly acknowledged his ina
hilEv, and rather wondered that his son
could not cont,u himself on the farm,
as his father and grandfather had done
before INN.
Tie truth was, that Hiram had from
boyhool. and during all his school hours.
been the intimate friend and companion
OF pretty Lucy White, the squire's
daughter. and lnis childish friendship
lad ripeAcd with years into love.
Incys father undt rstood the position of
affairs perfectly between the young
people but never interfered, until one
day when Hiram took the old gentleman
our side, and asked him for Lucy as his
Vfe Old Squire White, as he was
universally called, replied kindly, but
firmly, that Hiram must first acquire
soar trade, and means enough to sup
port Lucy, before he could give his con-
sent 10 such an arrangement. The
future looked blank to Hiram, therefore,
tar he WAS but poor farmers boy.
Lucy was gentle and lovely girl of
II. as Intelligent as she was pretty she
ie',d Hiram sincerely, but she was too
sensible to sit down with him and pine
over the situation of affairs. She was a
PRACTICAL Yankee girl, and her advice to
Hiram Was sound and loving.
"tio, she said, ''to Boston or New
lorS. ion are active, good-looking,
intelligent and industrious-th very
ehtrsc'crlstlcs that command place,
should say, II large city, and see if
s"N do not tind the means Of earning
such wages as shall help you to lay by
something. |, too, will be industrious.
~ i.ie meantime, and what little l can
say shall go to make up the nee essary
sum ior the purchase of snug little
home far lis.
hiram kissed his sweet little school
mat, and promising her that she would
never for one hour be out OF his mind.
s"". gathered a small sum of money to
et'Aer, and with kind farewell and the
b.t'sng OF his old father and mother, he
'"oA the cars for Boston. 1t wa. his
mt visit to large city, aud at the out
s. lie was almost bewiliered: hut, seek
i6t economical lodgings. he began a,
o"'' - look about himself for employ.
me-. This he found it hard to obtain
"e Nas daily growing more ant
:. 2" '"hversant with city life and ways
- q" "'"te every few days to Lucy
1'S''' y lis observations and fortunes
i,Hslt or three weeks in BostoI
l. :" iaartuI threads into his slende
l5T'. and At the suggestion Of some nev
'-a'anec he determined t. - ::
y" York.
'''i@ he passed sum,, I'VE we. Ks Wit
rs adventures, Int without findin,
o' pAyl9g occupation. He wan
4'''rl ,,-rywhere. observing and search
- 'Nt places. mquiring freely of all
Fl u" end of the third week. i
~ing,e dollar lrf, IN his pockc
iur the .ir>. time nearly d.
l., this mood he ,trolle
one Il The uptown cross stree'
). t..aA Pax, AID found l.ls attel
"''Fact"d by tile operation of
- -4"Nlll, which he entered an
Watch,d the business of. q
LA. hut ets cient euglne drivin
'A's 'et ~ !uui men, vA!la thel
- a. arsA Aagl by ole evident