Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-09-15

Walter and Emma, and indeed to the greater
e portion of tlt neighbors. that Will was made
5 and it was 9nerally known what its nature was
: but when a1d how it disappeared no one could
| possibly tep 1t was generally believed howev.
t er, that Mt Wingfeld bad become dissatisfied
2 with It ane had DESTROYED it and had died in
] testate. / became the province of the law to
divide thSestate of Ambrose Wingfeld, which
J was doneby making an equal distribution of
the landI between the boys and an equivalent
! in funds 10 the sister. The large sale 0flands
t which TIE old man had made In the latter years
of his life to the citizens ofthe city for building
lots and his provetbial prudence and economy
had been sufficient to render him rich in world
ly goods and his Three children when his estate
was equally divided amongst them found them
selves in independent circumstances.
81 WaIter, sharing Moss Rose Cottage; contin-
{ 1ued5Eo live there with his Sister, while Allan
waae continually hanging about the city ma
kinemoney at rapid rate, but exactly how.
no ele was prepared to say one thing was
cerEin however and that was that more funds
cam into his hands than could possibly ac-
cruz from the rent Of his houses in A..
Heeeldom visited Moss Rose Cottage where
his Brother and sister resided in happy quie-
tudei and it may be said with propriety that
Allan would gladly have shook their relation
ship from him had it been in his power. and
moreover it was said by those who knew him
that he was wretched, unhappy being, appear
ingEat times entirely absent minded without
will or a care where he went. He still con-
tinued his habits of dissipation but it was evil
dent that he was not indulging to such excess
in the use Of spirituous liquors as he formerly
had done, which circumstance gave rise to a
remark from an old capitalist, who knew him.
that "Allan Wingfeld was too shrewd chap
to kill himself with liquor" He still contin-
ued to use the beverage to some extent, how
ever, but was not often seen to be under its
immediate influence to any great extent His
association Wit ythe characters hinted at here
to1ore was nJJt3lh6terupted by this circumstance !;
but day after day he might have been seen
holding secret conferences with men of bad
habits and suspicious characters. What his OBJ
ject or their intentions were was profound
mystery to those who witnessed, in part, their
proceedings.
About this time change came over the
life Of one of the personages we are noticing;
Walter. He formed an attachment for a love
| ly young lady in the city and was happy in
finding the tender feeling reciprocated by
her. Mary Ashton was an accomplished and
an afectionate girl, and it was pronounced
wisdom IN her by those who knew her, to ac-
/ cept the hand and fortune Of Walter Wing
field. She done so. The sentimental reader
must pardon us for not expatiating more at
length upon this interesting point but as we
are dealing more with facts and actual life
occurrences than sentimental fancies, the read
er will excuse us and add, to suit his or her
own taste. such sentimental speeches as smaY be
tor Wingfield united his fortune and his fate
with Mary Ashton and took her to his home
at Moss Rose Cottage, where she proved her
affection by being one of the best OF wives.
Allan he too, soon after formed an acquain-
tance with an aristocratic French woman, ,and
after good deal of matrimonial speculation
with her he yielded up his hands and sub
mitted to be yoked with her. They furnished
a house in the fourishing city which has be
fore been designated and commenced life II
a very superb and aristocratic style. Hel
fortune was moderate, but Allan's was daily
: growing larger and larger, which fact may
e have justified them in the superb style which
$ thev had commenced living. AS to the dis
:, position of Allan's wife, and the nature 0
their domestic enjoyment, it does not at pres
n ent become US to speak.
e Emma still continued to live with her broth
e er at the Cottage after his marriage, and he
Is and Mary were sisters indeed; for they wer
e loving and affectionate towards each othe
" and the little family circle that was no
n fours1 III Moss Rose Cottage was pattern {
domestic felicity. Emma was fully grow
and possessed, instead Of the too treque!
oy girlish fancies and friyolities to be found
w her sex, the more dignifed and genuine
be complishments of the woman. 10 the sup
at rior beauty Of her person she blended ra
- accomplishments Of the mind, and the swe
- 4r0I~-- or
I'M month were rendered more attractive by Il
as sweetness and afability OF her manners.
,et Her heart it seemed wGts all tenderness a.
ad her ear was never shut to to piercing cry
of distress she well merited the name OF
,ed Good ANGEL of Moss Rose Cottage, which W
M given her by some suffering sisters years a
got when she was hardly half grown. This
ur position to visit the sick and minister to
she CRYING wants of distress she still cultivate
her and if there was care of need or suffering
ing the neighbOrhood she was not unknown 10
ing and indeed her presence in the chamber
the misery was more like the visit OF an An
ha- than anything else to the suffering one Wn
the misfortune it was to be the wretched VIC
of there Her heart was tender and she
ihle beloved by all who knew her. She was ent
l;n0 siasticaly fond of the beauties of wild nat
and and the cliffs and mountain g0rges just b
. of the cottage were well adapted to the Wa
y;no of the individual whose INCLINATION it
2o,s9 ranble in the forest shades, listen tothe
,ead music of nature in her pristine loneliness
not worship God in His own Tabernacle. 1t
,ngb Emma's daily custom, when the weai
~ If would admit of it, to go into this wild
=, a1,ra Lunmolested retreat, and there spend h
b;S in silent communion with her own h'
,aIas Ies whisperings One evening she was thus
na;e ra cupied She was seated on little gr
10, ,,o.1 embankment which was dotted here and
"JeP Sbd with pure, gem-like flowers peeping, out
80; 80 their half-concealed places of growth, ar
.asS her the majestic forest lords reard their
r;.od ,Ho clothed in waving plumes of Emerald gr
lll1a a full orchestra of the forest choir were
ell.al tendance and were making the vallies
Nun alen with their warbling songs of gushing rap
'hey near at hand, and in fact jutting over
was tall cliff of overhanging rocks
with yerdant drapery of vines and sc
~. ready to drop loose and fall in one era
't'y destruction upon the head of the maidel
a. was reclining beneath on the grass plo
IN II, '.e busy in. communion with her own tho'
= su ,.e - go shall be so happy hapPyl" sal
: lliC o1,Y41 o.,5 f,,.r~o4fu1 IF her situation.