Spirit of the age., 1853-06-22
CHAPTER ".
&" Pass n score or two away,
I shall moulder-and decay;
But the years which crumble me-
Shall invigorate the tree"

" Pass q two away,
/ shall moulder-and decay a.
But the years which crumble me- u
Shall invigOrate the tree. Ii
" The houses of these three students stood Il
along the road in the same direction from 8
this place. Ellen's came first; Harry's halt q
mile distant, and Lucy's, still mile farther. !
| 1t was Harry's custom, each evening before \
leaving them, to see both girls within their !
paternal enclosure. 1t was asilent trio, which
was usually so merry, that traversed their
road this evening. Not word was Spoken
till Ellen's house was passed. A dialogue
then ensued, which, as | was Harry's fast
| friend he related to me.
Ha7Ty.-I am glad it is your house, Lucy,
which stands farthest from the school-ground. '
Lucy.-Why SO Harry
Hdrry.-Because | shall dislike very much
for Ellen to walk alone so late, and yet
should not like to go home with her."
Lucy.-And why that l thought her a
great favorite of yours and know she is so
beautiful most of the boys would deem it an
honor.
Hdrry.-Yes, Lucy, her beauty is very at
} tractive, and had nearly been its slave, but
l henceforth defy its power, and disclaim any
/ allegiance with its unprincipled owner.
Lucy.-Why, Harry, how harshly and un-
: like yourself to speak so you surely jest, or
{ if not, what has altered your opinion
;. Harry am in earnest though, and my
s opinion has been altered by the incident of
r the Mulberry bushes.
10 Lucy.-Mulberry bushes what do you
D mean
i Harry.-Do you not remember braiding
e those little switches to-day
Id Lucy.-Yes, now / do, and am sorry that
J. done it if it causes you to think so severely
e. of one of my companions.
s. Hdrry-And am glad that it was the in
n nocent cause of bringing tolight such hateful
Of traits, and boasted disregard of truth, in one
Iy whose very love would be tyranny and
shall ever cherish it, Lucy, because it has
r shown me your real worth, and | shall go
I'd early in the morning and drive boards round
er it to keep it from being trodden under foot !;
r and moreover, | shall ask farmer Wade who
r. owns this place land who was, my father
nd said, the narrator) to allow me to fell some
ed timber near by, and will hire your mothers
yh SAM and our man Abram to help me split
le rails of nights to enclose it to keep the cattle
nd from it.
to Harry was as good as his word ; in less
rls than week small lotround the spring was
to neatly fenced in, the bushes grew apace-
,p- beautifully blending, yet each limb branch
EN- ing off separately at the conclusion of the
ur- braids. /" And" continued my talkativt
,ut friend, it has been my care ever since to lor
or place In repair, and on holidays and lab
n bath evenings the young folks ofthis genera
Ter ton resort thither to enjoy its shade anC
est speak Of its origin. But have digressed.-
EEL The friendship of Harry and Lucy ripene,
he into love after the incident alluded to, an,
ar, and when he was twenty-five and she eigh
lif- teen, they were married and went to house
lid keeping"
= :" And where" eagerly asked, do the
fa- live now 7"
lie Lucv died in less than year in givin
the birth to an infant"
till "And what became Of Harry 2"
ng- Harry could find no pleasure after Luc
My died, so when the late war broke out he sol
mt his land, moved his chattels to his father
and listed under Captain c. and went O
to B, where he met his fate"
81 thought" replied l, ''that there was r
battle fought at that place, only the trooI
were drawn up and kept in readiness in Cat
ued the enemy should land"
at He met his enemy in the shape of yello
heir fever contracted in that ungenialcIime. Poc
play Harry and Lucy they are both long SIM
and dead, but Lucy's truth shall never die"
her, He paused, raised his eyes upHysardis isuiah al
lem and beautiful with faith. "And now," sa
,Iav. he, as he raised himself from the tree al
near stood upright" have given you histo1
ing of the origin of this wonderfultree, (not brit
ms ly as to others, to whose questions | mer
n or ly state that " it was done many years al
and by a little school girl, for l thought VIII
ents | looked in your face that had found XII
dred spirit which could sympathize with O
lired who was partial actor in those scenes"
ceased, and rose from my mossy seat, than
ed him for his story, gave him the hand
friendship and returned to my carriage.
pen- Slowly rode away, but had not gone
she when recollected that / had not learned t
eigh- tate OF the beautiful Ellen: Though not 9
,ade of calling distance, yet to have called alO
4 Il would have spoiled the romance of the oc
, fin sion, and yet was sucha creature of impu
she my whim must be humored-so, speaking
,ner my silent squire | requested him to go ba
little and ask Mr.. Wade what had become of
d as len Sinclair T? His lips slightly parted, a
his great gray eyes opened wide, as thou
oired he thought it foolish request but tur1
,wev- MS morse head ana reluctantly rode ba
sdain put the questlon-and received Tor answer
+. did q That she married a dancing master, "
carried her off, squandered her property, q
d no she died in want and Distress"
mpl,, And such, thought, is the end of van
elyes land such the result of education, but 81
cy's truth shall never die" MY mind /
are sufficient employment during my evenin
Had ride. 1t was pleasing to contemplate the
have mans fond "reminiscences of the past, and
TnSGe-
and rounding objects, but above all, his reg
YOU" for the truth was most admirable.
ered Though he assigned no reason for the n
% nv removal of the school-house, / imagined
was from association and attachment, it
mat been permitted to stand there isolated
ut be- alone. Doubtless the accumulated rublisl
the humble edifce had enriched the soil
III bo der-neath and rendered it FIVE times more
ish to liable than the same portion of ground in
other part of the field yet it was allo,
could to stand--and long, thought l, may SC
? and remnant of it remain to remind the affect
ate pupil of old Jimmy.
not May the beautiful mulberry greatly
h dis viveany of its species, as monument of
/ she cy's truth and Harry's love. May no r,
III - less foe ever invade this sacred spot
ID not may no callous axe of Indifferent wood-m
and ever seattle its fourishing branches.
nearly these heartbeatings were realized
Ellen, reader will see in the sequel
y, and
tn he CHAPTER V
hen it Truth crnsbed 70 oor+b