Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-10-25

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you never forget anything" 9
Sew have such u father as mine to be o
thoughtful for returned the young girl,
drawing up to his side and laying her arm Il
over his broad shoulders. '
Pshaw, Mary, you always beat me in S
fattery and make me glad to give in-but t
l do not think you have been out pleasure c
hunting this week have your
Not much. | have walked out twice !
and been up town once, but not visiting
/ shall take a tour tomorrow, if the wealth, !
er permits /;
do so, dear; you must not coniue I
yourself too much; the roses O. your cheeks
might fade );
TOO deeply rooted she replied with a
gay musical laugh.
Aud 50 you have not called on Miss
Aristocracy yet
Miss F~enshaw, you mean, Father =
No l have not, bat / shall Tomorrow
Miss Foolshaw, more like {; to come
out here with her grand airs and magui6-
cent distinctions to astound we poor simple
creatures with
But we must make allowances, dear
father. She looks upon these things SO
diferently from %whN we do, and all this
may be as much The result of education as
my plebeian sentiments are of mine.'
'Plebeian 6ddlesticks. l have no patience
with any such folly, Mary; and | would
just like a chance to tell her so. I'll bet a
dollar her father or grandfather was a sad
dler or blacksmith, for all she turns up her
pretty nose at mechanics and sneers at poor
girls who are her superiors.'
Still it would do no good to quarrel
with her, father, on this point; for time
and experience can teach her far more than
we possibly could by u~nkindness. Then l
shall call on Emma Gale continued Mary
who was anxious to turn his thoughts from
the always exciting topic Of family distinc-
tons and social differences.
That's right; she is a girl what is a
girl and not a dressed up French doll,
nor a lisping, walziRg, novel reading, idle,
huzzy, like several others L could mention
Pray don't talk SO, father. 1t is society
that is responsible for the folly of their
opinions and pursuits. If l did not have
you and dear Alice Clare to direct me, and
especially to nave taught me right at first,
l should be no nearer right than they
yes you would. You were not a nat
ural born fool, Mary; and you would soon
have learned better for YOURSELF
so may they, in time; but never mind
all that now, father; besides, here is your
tea, we will have that-and | have learned
a beautiful new song for you, so We viii
! have a pleasant evening in spite of Ned
absence
Where is Ned p
5 ooh he has som terrible hard transla
. tons to get through with tonight and ha
3 gone up to his room begging not to be dis
turbed until he has finished
Even whilst she was speaking Mary ha
wheeled a little stand from the corner t
her fathers side, and the tray being place
: thereon she began to prepare his tea. TIL
being finished and removed there was th
evening paper to be read, whilst Mr.. A
ton smoked his pipe. Domestic consult;
ton to be entered into which occupied thel
very pleasantly for an hour later; the
they were Joined by Ned, as every one cad
{. ed him, and certainly a happier, more mi
ID chievous, yet loving boy of fifteen, new
We before rejoieed in so characteristic soubr
y quet. In music, and jest, and laught'
the remainder of the evening sped rapid
ce away.
Mary's visit was made in due form c
the following day to Miss Fenshaw, an
she was received with far more cordialit
or than she had led herself to expect. i
or deed Miss T. having been told that her r
if mark was delivered to Mary, she lookt
IL upon this advance as a direct acknoWledg
II ment of the wrong she had committed al
st a tacit agreement on her part to do so
or more. Mary however had no idea that
h. false impression shouldrest upon the your
lady's mind, and remarked near the CO
ct clusion of her visit, In reply to Miss he
~ shaw's wonder how people could be SO caI
less and undignifed in their treatment
1 ward inferiors-that she had alwa
~ thought properly educated persons cou
nd afford to treat every class of people kindl
in because it was to be presumed they were
We established in their moral views as not
~ = suffer from a transient contact with vi
- ITSELF
Then you would recognize the verit
0s blackguard's equality with yourself, N
~, Atom
As a creature ~emaaatiRg from the sal
Divine hand, with a similar chemical co
pound flowing through his veins, with t
same senses through which to drink in p
I'm ceptions Of pleasure and pain, and tendi
ok to the same immortal destiny as myself
of could recognize it Moreover, as a bel
lie full of faults and imperfections myself
in am no constituted judge to read out
ng condemnation of his AWn guilt, and wo,
endeavor to swallow whatever disgust
ate conduct inspired so long as hope remain
I'M that he was not beyond the pale of all
out rifying influences. But we have little
or do with that class, Miss Fenshaw, and
llly are certainly not required to assimil
ing with them Unless from the disposition to
s. them good, for between virtue and vic
,au- do indeed acknowledge a barrier VIII
me- mere poverty has no right to build up
God you should be a missionary at one
ted the heather, Miss Alton; / am sure
the possess the requisites for one.'
self The field is broad enough before us
The for the exercise of whatever powers we I
mo- possess, without going into heather Lar
larry There is ignorance and its usual assoc
res vice, near our own doors, if we would
lair, aside the mantle of personal dignity
,tec- give ourselves up to the noble work
him Il suppose | ought to be prepared
,ool hear all these sentiments from Won a