Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-08-11

That I am father, and So nother-but 4
lother was already at the door, win q :
milling face, an extepded bad, a warm how :
10 you-do, husband. Thfn there was
nomentary appearance offestraint, as II at
SO much misery and arrangement, they
,ad no right to indulge in a warmer greet
Inr before visitors: but it was only amoment
Mrs. Dawson tire" her arpas about her
husbap8s neck and burst Iko tears upon
Why what a greeting! his will never
do. Mary; he tried to say gaily, as he press
ed her to his heat; but his vdce would trem-
BILE and be hastily dashed sdnething which
glittered in the taning sun-rF that just then
streamed through the open basement, very
much ike a teal, from his @e.
How do youEdo. Miss Bel and how are
YOU, Mrs. Labrun; / am SO I'd to see you
and God in Heaven forSk bless you,
he added as tbs renembrake of the last
time he had seen them and D. kcircumstan-
COS connected with their vikt crossed his
mipa
Mrs. RaWson has been acIsing YOU of
extravaganza in buying this ice chair for
her. said Mrs. Labrun, to gi' another turn
TO conversation.
It was but right; the first sperfuous ar
ticle, as she terms it, introduce IN our homa,
should conduce to the comfl[
most deseryingit It; he replies
love andne
F-Do hot spoil me at this hRday by Hat.
terry, Thomas; [ don't BELIEVED could stand
it; returned his wife. as the lappy tears a,
; gain overleapt all barriers az g%littered a
mong the dimples which Wer also at play
upon her cheek. 81
| The ladies soon after witdrew, wisely
promising that the intercourse Of heart which
had been 50 long withheld beReen the hus-
E band and wife would requir9tfe full vent
+ now.
I have retracted my opinion oathe Sons,
! Aunt. said Bella Gordon next morning, with
i a blush and a smile, as she laida fdCed
i white paper in her relatives lap. Mrs. Lab
run adjusted her spectacles, opened the pa
h per and read as follows:
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE!
q. They have called back N glow
To poor woman's wan fac,
And the spirits glad flow
Which her girlhood did gace;
re They have reIit the smile
IS That her lip used to Wear IA
er Her heart they've beguilet
IF: From it's burden of care.
:; They have taught her the deans
=, Brightly gliding her youth,
'P- Were not all fancy beams
But pure inkIings of TRUTH;
~, That the wreathings Of love
Which then wound round her heaY
he Had been dropped from Adore, 4
at Not engendered by art.
!" They have brought back the loSeI
eP- Which she trusted with pridea
.no When the orange-Wreath wove
po- Her dark tresses-a bride.
GU, Many years of despair \
you Had since filled up her lotg.I ~ ~
Wis For no pleasure was there ~ bue
With foul drunken sot. cdRps
= They have rendered sad hi
Joyous.rosy and 9gEigkt
Tith Glad creatures of light;
tig- Whilst their low wailing vices
owe Have grown noisy with glee, I
cen. Ask them why they rejoice
ia "Our dear father is free"
They have helped man to shake
PPy The foul dust from his soul,
'ect- Brandy letters are broke,
Tour He may spura their controls
1t a And the branding of shame4
Will Is flung back from his brow
Not again may his name
Link with infamy now. Il
con- Woman stay not their mai,
ON Then, as onward they go;
sue For bleak misery they seara
ions And will tighten its woe;
,nId But onward and upward
Let thy kind eheerings be5
day The bold march ofthe FREE
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