Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-08
CHAPTER xxxv.

CGAE46h AAANs
The Grille t,oins s~eparate-Louis on the sea
AID Jerome In COlege-the ResurTectionist
dnloag the GeRbs By starlight-hts fright
, The Uioldted grace popular excitement.
On the 18th day of September the two brothers
took an afeetionate leave OF each other and Oh Mr.
GrandoR, sad departed from Havana; the one 10
the sea. As master of a new and swift corvette, and
the other to finish his medical education IN h"x
Medical College, whittier he had been recommend
ed by his Preceptor.
Proud of his new ship as a child would be of his
| toy, Louis stood upon its clean decks and gave his
men orders to heave the anchor, and she stood out
before the land breeze and in a few hours was on the
bosom Of the Southern Sea clearing the waves on her
way to the destined Port where she was bound
Jerome had a pleasant trip to R-x, and when he
arrived there at the Dock where he left when a boy,
an indistinct memory of the scenes were revived,
and he looked upon the city, where he left a drunken
father and mother, with the big tear in his eye. In
G going up from the wharf in a hired carriage he pas
t sed in sight of the spot where he had left them
r Years had fed but the old familiar Alley was stamped
4 upon bis memory; there was the dilapidated howell
9 with its messy gable jutting over the Alley, its gray
rock at the door and broken palings. lie caught
but one glimpse of it as the carriage whlrled along
I the noisy street, and the memory of his little sister,
Ii Ada, she who was burned to death, the night OF the
to snowstorm, came rushing upon him and the tears OF
natural affection fell unbidden and unrestralned:-
Jerome was never before so overpowered by emotion
and he was surprised at his weakness.
arrived at the bOJel IN view 10 pdlO OhO Us
his fee, dismissed him and recorded his name on the
Register as-Jerome Grandon, HGrGna.
NV He Matriculated at the R@x College, entered
m its halls and gave himself up wholly to the prosecu-
as ton of his studies.
To- He had an almost uncomfortable desire to learn
FOR the fate of his parents, but owing to a pledge that he
and his brother had entered into he refrained from
AZ making any enquiry respecting them. AT tunes the
'Ol inclination to make inquiry for them was well nigh
irresistible but he overcame it and went on in his
Ich studies.
it A fatal disease of the heart and a Dropsy, conse
9TH ouent upon the habits of dissipation had brought the
I II once fair and lovely Agnessdown to the brink OF the
grave. She died at midnight about six weeks ate
S1s, the arrival of the son in R-x. She never saw
ulo him-he never saw her. Lamentable that her if
the should have passed away thus; one who was quail
fed by her natural graces and acquired accomplish
s a ments to adorn any station in life to go down to tn
grave from a filthy hut of poverty and degradation
M. and to a drunkard's grave, is ind~eedlamentable an
ten, CO.. +bo fro;ltios &c bis raoa g. wos hur;od - i
give Potter's Field with a rough stone to mark the sp,
the where she lay.
And Jacques? Come and see. The voice of Il
city is hushed in the quiet of a sleeping midnigh
you, the dn ana 9nste OF a busy DAY has dled away al
ntly e9e ia!e1t Ian lantng ol inG SHADOWS a tne ueeP mo-
ange inc amouo the dead. and tbe dim stars look doy
Tor upon him and glitter among the dew drops on t
On to graves. Not a whisper is heard; a silence, like t
YOUR solemnities Of a funeral, reigns all around and oy
' boz the Field. Jacques stands over a new grave a
owe. his spade is resting upon the red hillock. O
mpo- for tho sI;abast footfan tba+ miab+ diStrrh bis vo
low l ton. He is in the Field for "a subject" for
yet L College for which he will get few dollars to spe
emp for Rum. That ~grave-beneath the red clods o
If pa. which he stands sleeps his dead wife! Agnes is
erred neath ms rect ana ne Is contemplating the hor
We laea OF Glsln1erlng her anu selnng me snaIe
'aoC for the Demon that is dragging him down to
grave too! He cautiously removes a spade full
grow dirt-1nOthor and another is thrown uOOn the n
cords gin of the grave. The Resurrectionist goes DE-
m the into the grave home OF his own Wlfe-ever and a
And a clod fir I'm the margin rolls down at his feet wi
- dull, death-like thump. He takes a drink of
Aho"h from a flask in his pocket, curses his failing c
en- pa age and works on! Down he goes into the
Don't depths almost hid from the starlight. Down to
mother boards and his spade knocks upon the rough
know of the coffin! That monotonous thump has n
to our shot through the soul of the hardened wretch bt
1901 as it does now-it paralizes his arm-his heart
and springing from the damp pit, he exclaims
so! Heavens that is Aggy's grave I ca
lenGe, rob it. If l die l cannot rrTg The re e4r Sc Of #, 4G1d
estruc- the deed? There are other graves around me.
in NV did L single oUther's? All hers was fresh
I 49, terdays grave, and I'm a crazy fool. All its a
: 10y ire " L see now-my brain reels-what is tina
'oGheF; over with you! All! you can't brighten me
sleeps only my own half shattered senses-imaginat
Ill our that conJures you up-WaYe your lank arms
break your snroud-it must be a ghost sent from
f. Pray Thoso 49,
broken expressions escaped st. Clair's lips, g
- SAD evidence of a failing mind, and he stood
o. !he open grave c%hattering for some minutes.
rod IN lengtn ne became frightened at the spectres hi
orking ing down to the coffin boards udu IL laval ,old ne y gtaue
,on the of the Field and fastened owav The ororo
ry mo- observed the next morning in this mutilated CT
j over uon and strange stories were soon afoat. R
cerned was IN a buzz Of excitement about it.
em un- CONCLUSION NEXT WEEK.