Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-02

when like a Heen sword the unwelceme truth
pierced ny sdil-that my mother-my a.
dored mother. was deemed an outeast-her
heart sought for with hnrHing zeal then
coldly trampl9f upon until the light of its
lie went out a almost utter darkness-that
same hatred4harns nov in my bosom, fire
that can be esinguished only in the triumph
of Justice. Icare not fer conssquences-l
know no Fightor wrong now-my decision
is unalterahH woHans heart must
stand hack, anil let outraged nature pass her
verdict. Trus he is in one sense innocent
but that he SD III not know till he has suffer
ed my will.
Summoning her old servant, who came
bent up and skivering. from blazing FIRE,
she prepared to arrange herself for the dread
ed meeting. A magnificent toilet case, set
in gold anil curious gems, was placed upon
the table hef1re her, and the dark. Wrinkled I
FattehIas assonnd 1ssr long tressee, and +
with s5Tt Of pride shook them IS they roll
led from her fingers, that she might a,lnite
the rich 1qstre that took its tinting from the
warm. n'id-day sun, then proceeded to ad- I
just them according to the directions of her
mistress.
But she was neither pleased nor satisf d |
with her new home and its surroundings /
yet she was privileged, and far advanced in
yeas, and toe fair woman murmured not at
her querulous fault finding.
What a mirror, she marmured what
a dressing room-hnw comfortless and shah
hy s; aud how much mistress Raust long to
get away from such barharous things For
my part, [ do not sleep Of sights !; it is very
hard for me miss my own couch my
old bones ache /; miss my own little
parlor, my nice furniture, which your pre-
cious mother gave her faithful Zl'lah for my
own. am chilly Ever, thing is mean
here mo gold no silver it is harharons,
indeed it is, and she shrugged her should
7'Ts'>s.fsisss g npstisonsly. u
lt'isa new country, Mother Zillah,' said
Rosa soothing!y. You shall have a softer
bed. if you do not sleep we'll and | will get
you silver cup if here is one to be had
suppose you feel the cold here much more
than l.
Yes, yes dear Miss Rosa Zil1ah's blood
j is thin, and this is not India-cold, freezing
climate !. and the poor creature shiyered
again. though the sur of a warm July day
was pouring through tie windows.
.THere !! she exclaimed, iii few moments,
what beautiful cnrls All they fall even
lower than the waist they are SO like your
POOR mothers how bright they are not
50 black, though. And now, she continued,
; placing on the little jeweI-box, shall | use
: the cry same ornaments
The gery sane,' said Rosa, passiVely.
Shat [ tix them in the same manner9'
i .'Exaotlg as she wore them, murlnured
, her mistress.
Z 'Ah how we'll remember! Twas young
them Continued the old servant, AS she gath
/ ereI tie curls in clusters and studded them
:, here and there with Jewels And she was
J 80 happy, the blessed heart too happy,
was sadly afraid. oh! she looked enough
0 to dazzle ono, after she was dressed ! cal
; remember how your father But perhaps
}, must say nothing about HIM
II Yes. yes 90 OIL, said Rosa, with author
ity, her brow contracting.
r Well how lie smiled and showed thost
It beautiful white teeth,-Ee was a handsome
E. fnan,-and called her angel and 'houri,
is and all that. You look like him, my chiIt
J. look like them both. All little did
II think it would be 50 sad with her rs now
" Poor heart poor heart = and busy with re
!. fection. he continued her task in silence
r Sesonthe magnificent creature stood hefor
er hes-4sFstsror,> array ed as for a bridal. Ever
article Of her dress was arranged with stu1i
in Gus effect ; and precisely, even to the textur
10 and pattern ofmAierial, like what her mothe
ID had worn on her wedding night, twenty-fy
in years ago She surveyed herself approsingl;
is agratlfed 4 smile stole oyer her exquisite Tea
~ lures.
in Consulting her watch, she found it wa
near the time of her engagement and just
id that nomeht a servant announced that til
nd Judge had come. lie WAS in the room u
.e underneath in the parlor. How tumulll
ch ouslv her poor heart beat She pressed bot
sr hands tightly above it, as if with her wes
n strength she would reduce it to quietness.
2. Sac was, for the first time in her life,
Il behold father Who had never been a pa
At ent to her--an entire s,ranger-and vet h
ed blood couised through Ier ems. How strans
| and even awful seemed Tho dreadful reah
that he was to fnd in that unknown Chi
tic an a'enger
ro- With trembling limbs she descended ii
he stairs stood near the halfclosed door. For
,ry moment, moment OILY. conviction of
tx morse for the deed she Was about to accol
f a pli>h found place in her heart; but s.
thought Of her mother-it was enough +
ia law Of peace, the d.ne law Of forgivene
mn had never rightly been incuIcated. Lei
i'm her mother, acted from tenderness, not frc
Of a sense Of religious obligation. Rosa KIN,
nth not the meaning of the word religion.
nv One mighty effort, and she WAS calm
ler [To BE CONTINUED.
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BILE REMEMBER lhESE FAcTS:-n you wo'
lOw Felisn your loou' i'tooI 1oi IL you Wo'