Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-12-05

lnez, Oscar
/ answered, " as the Queen Of Sheba
s2id Of Solomon and his glory, the half was
not told ne"
"Oscar," said he, lis she not beautiful? :?
Is not I replied, 'Tbeauty itself beau
tiful, and yon planet bright?'
g | am, said he, g SO intoxicated with
her wondrous beauty, that | almost reel.
[ feel to night, all the intense truth in the
Oriental expression, q stay me with flag
ons, for am sick with love" "-overconle
with the intensity of my feelings"
xhd ready said to de in arc
matte pain, and be enebaEnsed in bliss
Help me, Cupid, or sink
@ Don't laugh at me, you hard hearted
villain are only fit to be a Lawyer;
there is not a spark of love and sentiment
in your tape-bound soul So much for
dwelling in that ''valley Of dry bones,"
Lawyers Office"
Il will prove to you the contrary. Will
you deed me all your right and title to
Inez Lascelle ~
"No, no you limb of the Law; for
I verify believe you would mortgage her
priceless smiles
" Raymond, [ have half mind, in
revenge, to cut you out. Beauty loved
the beast, you know. Bellies ring changes,
women are tickle, uncertain, coy and hard
to please"
g IF you do, said Raymond, I will mur-
der you with your own hair-trigger. But
tell me, Oscar-what do you think Of
Inez's disposition %
well, oh most devoted Benedict,
about-to-be, without exhausting my most
valuable breath, and all the superlatiyes in
Webster, I will sum up my verdict in
} single sentence-Inez will make you no
bic, affectionate, amiable and beautiful
wife We said goodnight and parted
Inez, said her father, to her, not long
after her engagement to Raymond Inez,
are you engaged to Raymond McGregor ?
The smile kindling up her classic fea-
lures, was suddenly eclipsed, and Grim
son flush from brow to bosom, was the an
t swer.
: Raymond, said the old man sternly,
/, is too wild and dissipated, to marry my
daughter
Father said Inez, have not [ always
been a dutiful, obedient and affectionate
daughter?
. You have, Inez,' he replied.
Father said Inez, Il mean no disre-
spect now; I a0iW marry Raymond Nc
I Gregor'
The old looked at her Her rosi
lips were white with the soul-damp Of aS
: iron will, and in her fixed eyes there stead
IIv O. lowed ~ c4raDua
There was something so unexpected, so
measured cold and steey, in herquiet tones,
e that they startled the old man, as much
l as if he had walked in the midst of dead
u ly combat, and the ring of sword and bay
: onet was clashing in his ears.
Father continued Inez, did not my
,, mothers father say the very same words
of you, and did not mother steal off in the
e night, and marry he, wild and dissi pated'
Il lover Father, | am my mothers oaon
daughter
The old man was speechless with aston
ishment. Inez had carried the war into
L Africa and conquered.
g Don't run away Inez, don't run away.
Marry at home, if you will, and take your
!; old fathers blessing with you when you
;, go-you are my only child, and the old
mans voice trembled.
u To Inez this had been an exceedingly
painful scene; she threw her arms around
: her father, and kissed him again and again
y This had been the first time in their lives
ie that their chording hearts had ever SCUM
ded single discordant note, and it jarrec
strangely and harshly upon their souls.
it May you, dear Inez," said he, " be as
faithful as your mother, and may Raymond
y be as true as [ have been;" and he kissed
y her marble brow, and left the room
= Raymond McGregor and Inez Lascelle
l were married. / often made their hous,
v my home Both looked upon me, ant
y loved NE, as a brother At their cheerful
- board and happy 6reside, [ was often
most welcome guest And | felt proud
~ that such noble pair, called me their bes
le friend
Raymond, idolized his beautiful wife
7o 1t annoyed him if I did not visit her often
: for he felt the slightest seeming neglect
= or Indifference on my part, towards her
= as if it was personal slight to him. &C
and see her often, Oscar" he would say
~ 'Emy business keeps me much from home
no and | fear Inez is sometimes lonely" III
ez not only loved her, with all the depth of
strong and passionate nature, but he wa
= proud of her queenly beauty, and the ad
y niration she created every where.
=. Children-those golden links to wedde
-. hearts-blessed their union. Raymond
the tolls of the day over-was perfectl
,;s happy when seated by his lovely wife. Fl
N ~ teased, and kissed, and romped with hi
!; little children.
ras But change came over the spirit of hi
h day-dream.
While the mighty ark still lay upon he
7as heams-ends, high on the rocky peaks {
De- Ararat, ere her grounded keel had crun
so bled-a serpent crept out of the deluvi;
ng slime, and twined its glittering folds aroun
ely the mellow clusters Of old Noah's leaf
sic vines, That basalisk of the bowl, crel
cal into the Eden of Raymond McGregor
nd happy home-bit him, and he went MAJ
vas 1t coiled around his glorious manhood, an
led his Drawn and beauty wasted away. III
en- seen, it crept across his noble heart, an
ful burning slime was left behind, that sea
ed it to the core, and palsied its genero,
urs impulses The keen and killing fangs
we this protected reptile, bit deep into h
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