Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-09-08

tnan all Wnen 1t was declared Dy the powers
thatb be- that city should be built on his lands,
it was great cause of JOY to the old man.
What a nice sum | shall exact for town lots y
sohloquized the old capitalist, and when the
workers in stone and the hewers of wood came
to rear greatcity ON his lands the old mans
heart leaped with Joy and was glad. Gold
fell in the purse of the old man for his lands
and he thanked his stars for leading him to
that land of plenty. The din of hammers,
the harsh bass of an hundred saws and the
creaking ofmany planes, was sweet music to
the old mans ears, and he danced with
delight when he saw the shining roof and
glittering spires of the city 49, rising
up as if by the touch of the magician's wand,
in the very spot where few years ago the
smoke from the Indians fur-lined wigwam
went circliEg up among the fFest bougAs a.
way to the clouds.
The Oldham was happy, and it was his Gus
tom of an afternoon to sit on the outside of
his cottage near the large show window be-
fore mentioned, through which night have
been seen the bright pewter plates arranged
in rows; near this window was old Ambrose's
seat under the shade ola huge elm thatstood
in front of his cottage, there he would sit for
hours and quietly smoke his pipe and in the
meantime watching the carpenters on the
housetops in the distance mailing on the clat-
tering shingles. The old man was happy be-
cause he was growing rich because the city
was growing up rapidly, but Ambrose was
growing old He was happy to see his fam
lily around the cottage fire and the cottage
board, he was happy because he saw they too
would be rich. He was happy because he
thought his wife was growing young again !;
hefancied that the bloom ofyouth was spring
L L L
too was growing old, growing old !
| His family consisted of his wife, his two
sons and daugher His oldest son, Allan,
wicked boy-distrustandt treachery were prom
inent traits in his character, while his brother
| Walter was his opposite in disposition; he was
obedient kind, mild, gentle, honest and con
fiding and was never known to try to take
any advantage of any one, but Allan, the imp,
was always plotting out some means to cheat
his brother and all others with whom he met
out of what toys they had. Allan was bad
boy. AS for Emma, the daughter, God bless
her memory, she was only known but to be
beloved by all, she was beautiful, kind and
affectionate, which traitswere sufic1entto gain
for her the appellation of the good Angel of
Moss Rose Cottage. This name was given her
! by some poor women in the neighborhood
who feel sick and suffered greatly both from
the pangs of disease and the pangs of poverty,
the latter the good child Emma sought to al
leviate by carrying warm food from the cot
tage to them, and kindled with her own hands
their fires and smoothed their hard pillows.
These little acts of kindness gained for her the
name of the good Angel of the cottage by the
poor sick ones but from Allan, who was, now
cious curses not so with Walter andthe old
father Ambrose however for the former would
90 with her and cary her turn and help her
to gather sticks to make fire forthe inyalids,
while old Ambrose would pat her gently on
the head, smooth back her soft curls and
! pray Gods holy blessing on his child. This
would always excite the malignancy of Allan
to more deadly venom and he would curse the
poor sick ones, curse his sister, curse his faith
er It seemed that. avarice was the ruling
| Demon in his bosom and had always been lur
= king there-it was plain that there was some
J thing in Allan's bosom that was malicious
5 that was wrong-that was sinful
As the children grew up in years their sew
eral dispositions grew more and more self-evi
+ dent the several germs that nature had plan
Q ted in their respective bosoms now sprang t
: vigorous growth and displayed their tru
fruits there was Allan, now almost man
: with his naughty arrogance gaining the ascen
/ dancy over him more and more as he gains i
n years until its rank growth had well nigh smo:t
q cred the few good seeds that had been depos
n ted in his bosom, day after day his sordi
q avariciousness became more and more palp;
G. bic and rendered him byeword among his al
d socates the little softness in his natural cha
lie acter became hard and unsusceptible of tn
+ kind and humane feelings of the human. hear
c,o4 eooyood 4bof Ayor;oo bod
r. his soul like a Demon and with destroyir
ne breath had withered every flower and dried l
a every gushing fountain there :-Allan's so
W was n DESERT
= There was Walter, as fine boy as V,
,iS would see in many day, not quite so lar
-, and stout as his older brother, but much mo
40 10 respected by his neighbors and better low
ac by his parents. His arm, and indeed his c
:; tire muscular organization, hadnot SO much
l. the burly look as Allan's, but his face and he
bo had far more intellectual cast, in fact the
% was none of the savage appearance Of feroc
~ connected with him that stood out in bold
~, lief from every feature of his overbearing bro
=. - er. The rebuffs, taunts and various acts
pd nd tyranny to which he was subjected in ca
~ life was not forgotten now he had become
= ripper years, but he did not choose to resent
hot oppression q his brother, but, on the contr;
nc he chose to return good for evil, and for
i harshness he received return kind words
i gentle means. Although Allan was sordd
md cruel yet he was his brother, and the ties
IS natural affection taught him to use every me
to soften the asperities of his temper and
,or- position which he was apprehensive would |
orn him to ruin in the end. 1t seemed that A
Iar regarded his brother as a base inferior, and
bent upon treating him as a slave ratker
sat- brother in whose veins flowed the same
ora- rental blood, and Walter did not seem tC
vas disposed to revolt from his CALLING yoke,
ono yielded to the servility imposed upon him W
da9 out single murmur. This was probably
,on- ing to the prejudice of his early training
su- partly to his earnest wish to reclaim bro
5 in who he saw plainly was in the swift road
tied ruin. We shall see how his kindness wa;
) in Quilted.
rich The gentle Emma she too grew up to b
uni fine and handsome lass as was seen in
with parish church, and so beautiful and loving
ured 1t is not our purpose to consume time or s