Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-01-04

ing out from tt, anu rOr on III q rCCIe due
cloud on the floor. A horrid truth flashed
upon me ; | seized it and cast it into the fire.
A moment afterwards the internal machine
exploded with the noise of a cannon, scatter
ing the fire and ashes over the room, and
shaking the house as if it had been a child's
TOW! This brought some of the guests to the
room. | was standing like q motionless
statue covered with ashes. could but point
to where lay my bride. A physician was
among the number. lie went to the bed and
threw water in Martha's face, and quickly
employed some means for her restoration-1
know not what, but she revived. Her first
words were-'Jacques help me! Oh! Heav-
en-, be merciful! ? This aroused me from
my stupor; l caught her in my arms-the
physician tore me from her, and whisked me
to the other side Of the room. | raised q
chair to strike him, but it was snatehed
from my hand. l became docile, and a friend
held a bottle of Eau de Cologne to my nos
trils. The physician examined the pillow
a large, discolored blotch was on it-he APP
piled his nose to it-shook his head-laid it
down and attended to Martha. | initiated
him it bad a ho s1h smell Of drugs; in
mated Doubtful suspicious seized me my
brother, the Alchymist, drugs, the Internal
, machine, but l said nothing.
> After that fatal night Martha was no more
9 the joyous, laughing being of sunlight and
g hope that she once was from day to day
7 a cloud of gloom hung over her; she sighed
, when l would try to call back the sweet mo-
, ments of blissful rapture we had experienced
G before we were married, and when | would
tell her of the happiness we had pictured for
our future life, when w sat on the messy
stone beneath the arbor, a hot tear would fail
F,O,, hon o-o o-1 -1o1~, IL
hand the bloom of health and youth for
sock her cheek, and she looked like one grown
prematurely old. One day, just six months
u from our marriage, she bent her black eyes
g sorrowfully upon me and told me that she
had u ~presentiment that she should soon be
l. in Heaven l would not believe it-yet the
truth was forced upon mel knew it, but
would not confess it.
About twelve months from our marriage
3 Martha was taken suddenly ill-an infan
daughter was laid in my arms and I smiled
with JOY. Martha called me to her bedside
n took one hasty look at the babe and pointing
her finger upwards, said: 4" the time ha
come-adieu!' and her spirit was anon;
the Angels!
d My brother showed no emotion at he
burial, on the contrary he seemed to gloa
on my misery, which I felt was more thai
+, HuHlal nature cOulu endure. MY cnllu
named Martha, in memory of her departe,
mother, and she grew in strength and intel
ligence and she was my solace and comfort
Six months more passed, and in one fata
night my father and mother left this world i
is hoped for a better. It was spoken Of a
an unusual occurrence, and they were burie,
a together in the church yard where my wifi
n was sleeping the night Of death. l had m.
suspicious, but spoke them not for want Q
"a evidence. In a few days a Will was foun,
D. and proved, giving me a few Francs, and tn
81 remainder of my fathers estate to my brotf
z er. / was detected and helpless; it SCENE
IT that a fatal destiny was mine that no human
r power could avert.
In One day Nicholas took me into a room i
5 the Hotel de- and unrolled a small whit
flag on which was painted in glaring re
g colors a long sword transfxing a huma
n heart! He pointed at took my han
e and bid me adieu. Since then I have nc
is seen him, but have heard he was a Buccs
III neer in the Southern Seas.
ne This extract from the Printers private at
TOPOGRAPHY will give the reader an insigt
ne into his former history.
wv TO BE CONTINUED.