Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-03-14

edge OF the ROAD, WneFe a Httle Dank with
its seanty covering of withered grass sloped
away in the deeper green of the valley
The heavy folds of her long blue riding
dress fell over its side, while the upper por-
ton of her form rested across the margin Of
broken rock which bordered the highway
The cap of dark blue velvet, with its wa
wing plumes of snow and azure, lay at some
distance from the beautiful head il so lately
adorned, while the rich tresses flowing back
ward from her shoulders, swept the dust
with their black and shining Gu Is. sd
St. Auborn raised her gently, yet be
made no effort to restore her to conscious
ness he saw as he lifted her from the ground
that her left temple hitherto concealed BY
her position, had been severely cut By stri-
king on sharp piece of rock, tiny Grim
son stream stole down the side Of her face as
it rested on his shoulder, and be felt it fall.
ing slowly, drop by drop, just above his
heart, and yet he moved not still as the
still features upon which he gazed with q
weird wistfulness, wholly absorbed, encEan-
ted, as it were by some strong and spirit
claiming spell. = =
Thus he relnainded, one knee bent to the
ground, the lifeless form Of Miss Cameron half
recklining in his arms, her head beut upon his
shoulder, and her long hair sOiIed with dust
swaying to the evening wind, when his coln-
panOn approached. For the love Of heaven,
ST. Auburn ? he exclaimed on beholding the
. young girls inssnsibfty, while her attendant
appeared If possible more lifeless than his un-
! conscious burthen, in mercy's name what mean
you? 1t is the lovely Miss Cameron why,
man, don't you see that she has fainted-corne,
| viii as hest may, assist you to carry her up
to the farmhouse yonder and he laid his left
hand upon Glendora's arm as If 10 raise her from
The Students half embrace. st. Auburn started
= AZ awakened from painful and bewildering
dream, slight nervous quivering passed over
d his frame, aed exclaiming, as be knit his brow
a darkly, Stand back-I will do it myselfl'--
= lifted her rs lightly and tendefly as though she
bad been an infant sister, and bOre her 10 the
! , dwelling at the summit Of the hill. Here the
usual restoralives proved efeciual, and vehicle
(Uf rather primitive construction, it must needs
;, be confessed, obtained TO convey them 10 the
n village. Ere night-fall, Gendora was restored
n to her friends, a surgeon procured TO attend 10
o the wounded arm Of the young student, and .
: search Instituted for the missing sc0bairTi--
The acquaintance commenced BY an intToduciioR
e 50 unceremOnOus, was cultivated, as Miss Pres
q cutt remarked, al proper and convenient inter-
n vals.' A letter Of thanks from her 10 the gem
Is tlemen on behalf Of her young charge; was fol-
N lowed by an occasional invitation 10 visit her;
p but these visits, few and far between,5 seemed
;. to aid very inconsiderably the growing iniima-
. cy Of lhe-what shall we say, dear readsr r.
for friends they were, yet more than friends
q lovers they were not although they loved. At
d first, Ga purely accidental circumstances; Of
course,) 81. Auburn would frequently appear at
Glendura's side as she was riding, and gallantry
would compel him 10 accompany her-then came
h whole volumes Of address and reply in the Ian.
~ guage Of stolen gances at some evening concert
and then, (nay, do not start; for the zephyr
never brealhed ilyand the white stone pillars
were as silent as the dead tete-a-tets CONVEX
!, sation over the balcony railing, al the moonit
noon Of summer hight. '0ra's hours sped
swiftly Onward-if their hue was that Of the
rainbow, their light was merged ia tean-ifh her
"a dream was glorious, it was also troubled. She
:. was bewidered as TO the feeling which posses
'eS sed her, and len thousand times she asked her
'e hearl, 'can this be love my father told me that
an fur me there was no such feeling, but this must
lie be what they call BY that name and how strsve-
I'M ly, how widely does il differ from what | had
its imagined love would be TO the = Often, after
ad ST. AubBTn had lelL her, would Ora sit with
:, her arms folded sUftly over her bosom, her eyes
full of tears, and her slender foFm with its wa
"a Wy, willowy grace, drUoping toward the place
mt he had just quilted, while her heart was busy
ice recalling each impassioned glance, each low
ar IUve-murmur. Long after his presence passed
m from before her, suit insinuating smile, and
od deep, rich voice, al times laden with dewy
od tenderness, and again thick, and heavy with
= concentrated passion, would steal upon her mem
Ury, and 'Ora's heart would thrill, and her eye
nu lid IreInble as though 'twere charged with un-
he shed tears '.Hsn.
IN Proud and passionate, yet true and tendef-a
ad suppliant, yet etumPtuUus-thTeatening, yet
he cOncillatIng-adOrlng, yet must exaciIng-such
sh. a lUver was Paul ST. Auburn. Just such a icv-
~. er, who could make her feel his power his
II superiority at the very moment when most Ut
su' Ierly abandoning himself to her influence !, was
ro' the one to win Gendura Camerun's heart Of
Mt, pride. And she would have been won bot for
lex a weird and phantom-lke presenIiment Of evil
dc, which chilled and weared her. Her imagina-
ed tiun excited, her fancy was enihralled, nay
G,l 10 degree her feelings were enlisted-andy vel
GlendUra did not love why, she could not tell,
ST. Auburn was high-souled, generous, and
om gifted personally, too, he might have won the
be- admiration of queen, and Ora did admire him
nth but he felt by intuition that her feelings wert
lat- not 50 glowing as his own, and his impatieni
ck-l spirit was vexed and irritated. She was tht
nod dol exhalted high within his spirits inner tenn
~: pie, and with more than eastern devotion he
"'' bowed before her shTIBe-he allowed the stFean
ler' of passion to flow freely forth, until he was IN
Ink able 10 curb its tide, and when he felt it gath
of er round him like singing whirlpool, with al
the impeluosily Of his nature, be threw himeel
be upon the wave, 10 revel wildlyin its delirioul
: ~ and intoxicating vortex. II he had faults, a
~ least he might be IardOned if he was passiOnat.
~; nay, sometimes bitter, it was but the passing
=. violence ofa spirit which never bruuked contTu
the If he was exacting it was his right, and h,