Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-01-31

shockingly tame, mean-spirited and coward
ly, and not worth spending their time on
But at commencement they sang another
tune when Alfred Summerson received the
highest prize, and the warm praise of his
friends, while to him the happy faces of his
family, and the tear in Jessie's eye, were
more than payment for his selfdenial. He
introduced his friend Walton to them, and
Mr.. Summerson discovering the state of his
circumstances insisted on his accepting the
loan of q sum sufficient to begin his career as
a lawyer.
AT u party given by the Summersons, Wal
ton met Mrs. Grey for the first time, and dur
ing the course of the evening that lady In
quired with some hesitation:
Pardon me sir, but have you no relations
by the name of Greyi Your resemblance is
so striking TO nay late husband that | cannot
forbcar to ask the question:
Indeed, madam, ! think it extremely proba-
BILE, as my name was Grey once, and was chan
ged on NY being adopted by a gentleman of
the name of Waltoals
Mrs. Grey in an agitated voice exclaimed :
6 Do not think me curious. but at what age did
he adopt you and do you know anything of
F your father family?'
Il was about six years of age at the time,
and of my father | know nothing, except that
he was sea captain, and by name Phillip Grey
! He was interrupted by his companions fee
BILE exclamation and deathly pallor, as she
q leaned for support on the arm of the sofa.
sWhat is the matter, madam-what-
D ri am better now if you will have the kind.
q ness to bring me a glass of WATER
Walton flew to fetch it, and on his return
r Mrs. Grey had nearly recovered herself. In
d a few minutes she said:
is there any mark on your right arm Of an
r anchor?'
Walton started to his feet, a sudden ligh
e bursting upon his mind, and eagerly replied
sYes-yes, it was marked when ] was a chile
by a friend ofmy father. Who are you, mad
am, that you know so much of meg
Il am your mother, Philip
The scene that followed We will not at
d tempt to describe. An explanation was made
+ las: voyage, which was made six years pre-
vious to the time our story opens, left his wife
e. with an infant, now the lovely Jessie, but too
bis son, "a boy of five years, with him. o
ct the passage out, his slip was wrecked on tn
v coast of France, and all on board except it'll
- Philip persisted. A vessel bound for Ne,
It. Orleans picked him up, but he was unable
Is give any account ofhimself, except his nam
d, and age. One of the passengers offered t
d. take charge of the little fellow, and thong
ed hardly able, had adopted him on arriving
his home.
L When Philip was sixteen his kind protects
or died, and left him barely enough to carry hi
se, through college, with strict economy. Beir
to so long accustomed to the name of Walto
Grey, as we must now call him, did not THU
te, of finding relations in the New Englar
is States, and almost forgot that his Dame hi
lis been other than the one he had taken.
so Great were the rejoicings in. both famiiie
F.! and Summerson felt how deeply he was indeI
Lir- ed for all this happiness to his endeavor
conquer himself. IL he had not shown by |
altered conduct his good resolution, CIR
but would never have noticed him, and depar:
I'll for the South to pursue his profession, forey
in losing his chance of regaining a mother a
till sister.
red In "a few fleeing years there was a doul
marriage at the splendid mansion of Mr.. Su
sic merson, which gave another son to Mrs. CIR
its and another daughter to himself and Aft
as Summerson never regretted that speech
Jessie, or the year of trial, and the noble s.
ion conquest that followed it.