Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-11-18

rde us and for the sake OF my son. WIT ul
ont vo,1r proffered assistance, and Heayen. PEI
N reward YOU fla widows prayers VIII II
anything. | have nothing to keep me ey
this city. SO / viii go with you, sir, &c your III
,thern home, and you snail nnu me ~ III
rthen to you, for there are many ways IN 70
,;eh | can be useful to youand yours,
every good, madam, l am glau you nav -
ne chosen. for I know you and your son ia
~ 18th he better satisfied. In a very few Ct
- cbal he ready to return home; in the v
YOU can be making the necessary
rra,,pements for your departure. lake this 1
urses and supply yourself and son with sucn I
r+;clee as NAV be necessary. Your furnl- !
nre here. excepting such as you may not 9
C;sh to part with, you can give to some Oh !
,oIr ne;ehbors whom you may think deserv-
no. Won will never needit again. Peyton need Il
sell papers any more, but must assist you
n making your preparations, and | desire that
Won will send him to me at my hotel every
7 shall not see you again until | am
re3dv to start. Till then bid you goodbye.
And the stranger departed, leaving the wld-
ow "a prepare for the great change IN store
for her. and guided by Peyton found his way
back to the hotel where he parted from nm;
The bell rung for the last time, the captain
shouted .sall aboard the enormous Wneefs
Fh Assga attte e sas shdssPg az n sls EassF So =
South was off for the port of Savannah, bear
ing upon her noble deck the kind and gene
rous Southerner and his protoges, the news
boy and his mother.
The newsboys with whom Peyton associated
mostly, and to whom he had made known his
good fortune, had assembled to see him off,
and as the gallant Steamer. left the wharf they
gave three hearty cheers for their late COM
panion.
In due time the steamer reached it's desti-a
nation and the newsboy and his mothe r de-
parted with their benefactor for his home in
the interior of the state and after a days journ-
ey they arrived safely at the plantation, which
5 was called Brookside.
t The stranger made known to his wife what
he had done and introduced the newsboy and
, his mother to her and the rest of the family.
They received a hearty and cheerful welcome
and were soon made to feel themselves per-
! fectly at home. The newsboy being dressed
genteelly, was a handsome, fine looking fell
low, and he and the daughter of his benefac-
d tor, who was about his own age, were soon
upon the most sociable terms.
e In a short time after their arrival, the wild
Ow was placed in possession of a neat little
cottage, nicely furnished, within a short dis
= lance OF the mansion house, with several
acres of ground attached, and a servant was
placed at her disposal to cultivate it for her.
Arrangements were also Immediately made
for educating the newsboy, and there beinga
70 fine school within a few miles of the planta-
ton called the "Brookside Academy" he
was duly entered therein.
Years rolled or.
The neWSbOy was attentive to his studies
land fast mastered the smaller branches of ed
~ucation taught in the Brookside Academy
he He was then transferred to a higher school
nv some distance from home, to prepare for a f.
" nal course at some University. He was no
u ticed for his constant attention to his studies
and was looked upon as a most remarkable
y boy on account of the ease and facility with
III which he mastered the most difficult branch
m es. He was a great ~favorite with the teach
be ers, and all his companions loved him, 81
ne respectful, kind and obliging was he in hi
as intercourse with all.
He entered the University of Virginia a
: an erlies age that is customary, and at tn,
age of nineteen, graduated with all the hon
'ut ors of that celebrated Institution. His teach
lid ers pronounced him a young man of the E
lat nest intellect, and predicted a brilliant an
ole prosperous career for him in whatever pre-
fession he might enter.
AZ lit SuSScSIlOl Vi Ills Hlcnu anu Dcn'
ny factor, and in pursuance of his own inclin;
7y- tons, he chose the law as his profession, an
am entered the Office of an eminent barrister
arm his adopted State to prepare himself for til
his bar. In two years he was admitted to pra
arv tice and opened an office for business. ]
nv course of time business flowed in upon hi1
his practice became lucrative and he was co
sidered on the high road to fortune, hon,
10 and fame.
Is During his attendance at school he hi
1m- been in regular correspondence with his be
de- %efactor's family, particularly the young G
sell Juliet, and his vacations were spent at t
9th plantation. When at home and not engag
in study, Juliet was his constant companio
they read, sang and played together; we
'% companions upon walking, riding and fish
gnu excursions, and at balls and parties he "
on her regular attendant.
oath The widow all this long time had been !
only ing happily in the home so kindly provid
will ior her. She had entirely recovered
ooh health and had become a hale and hearty V
mar. She would not consent to remain
burden upon her kind friend, but made h
mad self useful in various ways and was grea
9Th liked by all.
med x = = X = s.
ming Impossible 1t cannot be so p
OOOuI IL Ao = IAlIuJ tut. L udu II HUH
: the doubted authority"
~ Everything gone, did you say. Will
Ia 1T am 4nfd NOT Tho non f uh;o,
t VI is endorser for the house of LaGrange q
nsent is large, and will sweep off every dolla
nome his fortune even the homestead, Brooks
S my will have to change hands"
that Il am truly sorry to hear it, for a XIII
sion and more liberal hearted man than he, {
4ond not exist. 1t is too bad. How could
. 90 have been so reckless as to become secu
aCsiy to the whole amount of his fortune %
ler.- Il can't tell, though it seems there
some rascality in the case, and it is said
have LaGrange has absconded with full pool
6 CIV At any rate he is missing"
This LaGrange is some relation of /
'I %e toms, isn't he p
puDhc Eyes, a distant cousin | believe. He
your a shrewdfellow though, and a cunning sc
with drel to boot, and seeing a good opportu
dent ? to feather his nest has improved it,
e any "Well, l amsorry for Preston, for the
acome will fall hard upon him at his time of Ii
n only ~ min ne aoan I ia aogeS 70 recover hlmse
No; he is not in the city at present
her, 81 of course has been apprized of the failu
ion.- the house of LaGrange & Co., and wi
would doubt be here In. a day or two to see
~iect;on can be done"
IT, "Well, | trust matters may not be so
perate as is supposed But | must hurl
for, ne to bank. Good day p
VI pro- UCood dauO