Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-01
the sun shehe out an u he left
the home 4 his chldl
! CHApI III.

Oh a cer bin eyenr Mrs. Brandon was
sitting in her little PAL of entertaining some
visitors, when seran tlought her the let
Ter from Percy. She al 10 the window i'm
mediately and opened L, for she had not
heard from Percy in a unusually long time.
As she read The tears fl 5wed down her cheek,
her hand trembled, h er bosom heaved and
soor she shrieked alou NJ My poor Son !
Nv heart Is brokenv She was soon laid
upon the bed and all d lat kindness and love
could do, was done sud, alas she spoke
not again; she breathe a but moment and
was dead. Her hear was broken. She
was buried by the side d her husband near
the road that led to her title cot.
Percy, poor man, kbew nothing of this
and cheered by hopes Iof better things, was
Fastening to see his mother. When he was
near his home he fell in with stranger,
and observing the fresh clay scattered around
and new tombstone erected, he inquired of
the stranger who had rq Gently been inferred
there. Mrs. Brandon, who lived in that
little cot'-was the ans Yer.
is she dead, Sir a4ked Percy.
YES replied the str knger, she died last
week Of a broken heart from hearing that
her only son had COMM itted suicide
Percy suddenly stopr red his horse, alight-
cd and entered the grave yard. The stran.
Ger supposiug him actdated by curiosity TO
view the tombstones-rb bde on, and left him
with trembling steps h, went to the grave
Of his mother. Oh, the anguish of his heart
almost breaking over the grave of his heart
broken mother!
Alas dried he, is this the grave of my
motherl Here sleeps the dearest gift tha
earth eer lheld or Heaven ever gave-ms
mother. q that could live over agar
hat fatal rkght! Oh that letter Little
Aid / drssln that it would cause such woe
7 Gondly hYped my trouble was ended, bu
70 know that have brought my mothe
broken hedrted to her grave, is a wound t.
NV heart that no timc no care, no chanc
"an heal. It must tester and burn in m
bosom till SGath, to pain, to distress, and t
,orture me. Yet must bear it. If the fl
turo can atone for the past it shall be done
After weeping for hours over her tomb, h
left depressed and disconsolate to return
Fairdale Mansion. On his arrival there h
met with Andre for the trst time since th
night Of bis misfortune They embrace
each other wePt bitterly, pledged their pa
don for the past and werd now good frienc
rs ever.
Then Percy recounted 10 them the hear
landing death of his m5thcr, and they a
,sspt together till tears could no longer hoy
Inlet at length with tone Of sympathy b
souqht him to forget what he could not 8
ar and to make his future excuse the pa
lie then cheered up as much as possible
10 had arfady resolved to brook this sevC
Sst blow vi th all the courage he could col
rnand. ],
Soon A4dre with hop ful smile hand
lin letter which he ld received fro
Fannie Harold. From tho day that she h
'.o;yed THOSE farewell va les from And
"a had bden recreant to e ery pleasure th
sssnds or parents could kstow. Her e
me nee so sparkling lost its brightness ; al
- cheek had EXCHANGE, its roseate for
nalHd hue Her parents, conscious OF