Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-08-29

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to her heart but more Of that anon.
i Her sister Susan, though older, vas
mot quite 20 prudent. When .fEks fne
.EgentIemen pressed her fngefs-I am
/ afraid must tell the trutIl-she some
times smiled IN return. and when they
sent her ring she wore ii. She was
mot diIigenl ike Fanny. Out Of the
shop she seldom. did anything al all Iear-
ling ali the housework to her younger
and more Industrious sister She was,
however, perfectly willing 70 do double
i duty behind The counter, because there
she was snfe 10 hear The gentlemen's
complimelfs. m
Thus the Brown family went On for
two OF three years Fanny Brown con-
/ tinued serious and good Susan grew
Lighter and more conceited Mrs. Brown
had ffetted herself into decliue-shs
bad len of scolding her hnsbands and
The neightoFs said i was inward moFii-
4 6cation that was killing her; she ought
4 e let il nave vent.
Nsiahbors win lalk-there IS DC help
for It When they have 40 large topic
IL canvass, they viii put up with little
Zones, just 10 keep their tongues in-~ IS
the soldiers, when there is % ehemy 10
6ght. gel up reviews and sham battles.
10 keep their swords snd moskefs from
EgrowinR rusty Think then. what Z
lsfmoil there must haTe been. when
Dick TntpenIine. lhe druggists boy. ffst
brought the news 10 mother Sandy, the
groceT's wife. that Susan Brown had
eioped the night afore With Mr. Peter
Druggel, the TAILOR clerk, and that bis IN
tentions could not be very honorable. be-
cause be had vile and four children,
whom he he'd run away from. This
! story was not nll true, faults and follies
: lof human nature, bad as they are indeed,
Pare never bad enough for fame. Peter
! Dfugget eertainiY had wife, but tbe
four children had all been born in The
: course Of few hours, and Rumor, thai
author Of many things. was the father ol
! them, not Peter pFuggea
J, This indiscTetion Of Susan n's was sad
thing for Fanny. She bad nou all the
-Rork 10 do both in the shop and IL The
house. Her mother was TOO III 10 helE
hes, and instead Of assisting her duiifnl
: lgirl, she herself required 70 be waited on
] in her illness. Not even this cruel even
! could touch the weak heart Of the degfa
ded father. There he was as nsuaI. bal
the day and half the night. spending ths
herd-earned penny ofthe unTepipine girl
: ia that doll, smoky, uncomfortable par
e lof. talking and TESTING. and laughinI
! with q gang Of miserable debauehees
q whilst his wife was lingering and dyini
y ID halg.fnrnished attic, and his eldes
y child was walking the streets.
: OH those public honsesl what bed
I. OF crime they are t--Mhal unseen wretch
Eedneas they pfoducel How many Al
honest family have been brought 10th,
2 poor house by the public house At thl
: ! cornerl We talk Of taxation. and groaI
: at The expenses OF govefnme ent--wh ha
: are they compared to the taxes whicl
2 linen lay upon lhemselvess Father
= eomplaih that they have notbFead enougl
:; for themselves and their families. :
= Whereas the public house viii take on
shilling in i've nom The casual freqnen
|. ter. and one shilling in Two from til
I, drunkard. There are thousands Of case
! Iof single and married working men, VII
Z spend half their wages At The publ
: house. There are some who spend es
q cry shilling there, except the tribe th
= poor miserable wife cohtrives to Goa.
Z tout Of them. To tolerate the publ
= house, as 4 is done FOR The sake Of es
= else, Is 70 invite people 10 debase them
z selves; II Is undcihg with one hand whs
= you do with the other when you ope
& q church. There IS no difference betw
= : the Pagan opening classroom to teac
e little boys the sFl Of picking pockets j
s the street and taking old gentleman
= silk pocket haBdkerchiefs and silve
e snuff boxes, and goVernneht toleratin
e new public house for The people to 2,
s drunk at, that they may break up fam
= lies, and learn to live By crime whe
they have wasted their substance. Taz
as 4 ems and public houses may be heeessaeJ
= but not as necessary surely as baker
Z shops then why ale there fEes flinSee
2, E, lers Tor She baker why indeed
= Il was about the Doth, Of May 1885,
z aud the clock had Just struck u he a
= ternoon. Mr.. Brown had Sided alon
4 the inside Of The counter. 70 The til
= was empty. There was 30 one in til
Y Y shop, nor had there been single cuatc
= = mer FOL two hours before, Poor Fam
4 4 was sitting in The little paHor workin
= hard at her needle.
10 She was now two-snd.twsuly year
81 iold, thin and pale, little more seFiou
re perhaps, but as pretty as she had eve
't- been, for melancholy dsss not spoil
e comely face. She was 4 deep mourr
erIiug. Her mother had died about 81
a weeks before.
be Mr.. Brown had ablack coat on. 10,
ey because be always were black coats 81
er with that exceptiotS and the piece \
er Grape round bis bat, there was nothin