Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-10-17

~. " Oh, will you, cousin !! put nef ]
face was suddenly clouded as she
murmnrcd, ''but there will be no such
there rs you, cousin Herbert, they
all be so cross that | shall hate to study"
. Lima, if you do indeed love me, study for
my sake, so that when / next meet Lana
Leslie, | may find her an educated, refined
young lady will you promise !" Yes, l
promise" said she, gazing in his face with a
new, earnest light in her large eyes. ANA
faithfully she kept that promise. Aunt
Susy was persuaded by Herbert's elnquence
to send her to a neighboring seminary, where
her uncommon intellect and untrlng dill
gence soon won the love and approval OF
teachers and scholars. Not that Lima had
so changed from the little hoyden as never to
feel inclined to throw Music, French and
Mathematics to the winds. No, her gipsey
feelings were not all conquered, but she sup
pressed them for the sake of cousin Herbert
each difficulty was mastered for ms sake.
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Three years passed away, and could Herbert
Grahame have seen the graceful maiden OF
sixteen, who returned from IL. Seminary to
Widow Belford's cottage, he would hardly
have recognised his ~favorite Lima. Although
in childhood she was not beautiful, at sixteen
none could look upon that fair young face
without tracing the impress OF beauty
Twas evening, and Lima stood in the cottage
door, reading by the fading twilight, a letter
from Herbert. A proud and g~ratifed flush
mounted to her cheek, for almost her Hottest
wish for him was satisfied, he was to repre-
sent his State in the National Congress-
"Lina," he wrote, 81 cannot think of ma
king my maiden Speech without feeling
that you are listening to- me, that your eyes
are beaming approval upon me. Will you
come, Lima? 7" Caroline's heart seconded the
appeal. She could not think of fleeing absent,
5 when others were applauding the eloquence
, of cousin Her ert therefore, with aunt
Susy's consent, q few days after she started
for Washington. AS Herbert Grahame met
$ her at the station, he hardly believed that it
! was indeed his little pupil that he welcomed;
!, those large eyes were still as bright as ever,
I but there was an intellectual light beaming
there, which Herbert felt his own power had
kindled. But Caroline perceived but little
s change in her friend true he was not at
L twenty-seven what he had been at eighteen,
but he still greeted her with the same kind
n smile, laughed at all her r%aillery and jokes,
as before. A few days after, Lima proposed
a trip to Mount Vernon. The next day Her.
= bert was to make his speech, and she laugh
ingly told him that 'unless he first made a
ss visit to liberty's hottest shrine, his speech
a, would disgrace the representative hail." AS
Cn6 DELL OF the bOAt GOllSu IO SuulinOH Lio
Q, passengers for g the Mecca of America" and
cd Lima saw the white walls of the mansion
es cleaning through the empowering tiers, her
ri enthusiasm was as great as that of tho orien'
eo tai worshipper at the grave of the prophet
I'D And there on the sacred shades of Mount
ut Vernon, Herbert and Caroline lived over
'st again their childhood hours-they ramble(
Ut over the plantation, visiting each object rem
dered dear by its sacred association, stood il
no ~reverent silence in the mansion where WASH
as INGToN had enjoyed the blessed peace of do
OF nestle felicity, when his country's voic
=, called him not away, and where he ha'
Itty breathed his last and now they were stand
IN ing by his humble tomb. Lima seated her
a.. self in silence at the foot Of a weeping willow
ee' while Herbert stood gazing intently upo
Tou her thoughtful face. "Well, Lima" said h
=. seating himself by her side, Twill you shar
with me those thoughts? You know" h
$ a continued, Sin the days Of long ago, | ha
'us- free access to your hearts most cherishe
secrets" Lima looked up, and the expret
ant sion Herbert read upon that earnest, tearf'
face, he never forgot. cousin Herbert,
re $ she exelaimed imrnlsiValy. of whom shou-
| be thinking ut this moment but OF youF
y q was you who taught me to. love what WI
yer good and noble but for you, what should
the have been ?' An that was good and bea
rose tiful," said Herbert, ~interrupting her. "N
lrds no." she exclaimed; you have been II
guardian angel; if you had not come to NJ
use, what should Ihave been?" Lima h
dol voice was very low, and his hand trembl'
ros- as it clasped her slender fingers, Lima,
and years gone by you were my darling; the
ably happy days we spent together endeared y
his to me with a love.that can never die a
on. now, with mind matured, my boyish 10
has deepened, almost to reverence. Lil
Her can | claim you by a dearer title than that
AT cousin? Will you tread life's pathway
ellar my side, MY guardian angelo" Lima did
d be speak, but her head sunk lower and low
road and the tears fell thick and fast upon
,e to clasped hands, and Herbert needed no
but swer, for he knew she would be his.
the -
here CHAPTER ".
vol The Congress Session was ended the n
Sead, day Caroline and Herbert were to return
.v' rtrnuunE JogeEner. Inc young member Il
sing Virginia had received the unqualified pr;
l. put of all-even grey haired Senators said,
5 H. they listened to his wit and eioquence g
, nail must look we'll to our laurels." And Z
, had how her heart throbbed with pride as
seat listened to his praise; it seemed that her
sorry was a happy dream, from which she &C
sa'u' never waken to sorrow.
ming, "Come, Grahame," said a brother membt
d not Herbert, tomorrow we separate; let's
the club party and drink to future sue
.sllke, and prosperity" Herbert hesitated, fol
d his thougbt of the nromise he had made lin
IN the spend that twilight hour with her:
aunt half n dozen voices exclaimed YES
rang come on" SO banishing reflection, he
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