Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-08-26

Ork and about the time that ne expeceou
20 arrive at home. That was a thankfully /
letter, by Matilda-it made her aoi'
to think that within a few more wo'
weeks, a few more lonely days, and she ues
stand by Henry's side as his bride. son
From morning until night was she ever Of
cumming some cheerful song. Ever ready sin
Cor a lively romp or a hearty laugh little OBJ
dreaminq of misfortune's dark cloud that grt
was lowering then go near her, that would me
soon envelope her and deprive her forev- u
er of the pleasures OF earth. tc
Henry had written a letter to his faith an
or. also, announcing the time of his arri- co
val. Mr.. Baldwin, upon receiving this al
letter, started Immediately for New York d.
his son Henry arriving there one day af- st
ter him. The Father resolved upon wri- ~
ting Miss Barron a letter, and forging .
Henry's name, hoping by this means to s
erase the l~astlingering spark of love or even v
respect for Henry, from her bosom know n
ing that she would no longer look upon Y
Henry as a lover, after receiving from him {
such a letter as he should write. :
Matilda was now expecting Henry daily,
aye hourly. One morning Matilda was
observed by her Parents as looking rather
melancholy, as though something greatly
troubled her mind. Her mother remarked
to her Matilda, my dear, what makes you
look sol serious. ttdg morning 2wbs rs ~
bavah~s1oad I--~f morning song.
Matilda replied MA, | cannot tell some
thing seems to have taken possession OF
/. me, a strange feeling; [ can hardly say
what Just then the conversation was
arrested by the ringing of the door bell
ooh suppose that's Henry said Mrs.
r Barron. Before Matilda could reply, the
D servant bore to her a letter. One of the
f Clerks of the Post Office, noticing the let
|, ter being marked in haste and having
! to pass the residence of Mr.. Barron upon
d some other business, had taken the letter
N to Matilda. 1t was addressed in Henry's
er usual style and post marked New York
ID Certainly the forgery was we'll executed
@, So we'll that Henry could hardly have tolt
at it from his own writing. Trembling, Ma
to tilda broke the seal. 1t read thus.
my DEAR MATILDA:-In complianc
m with my Fathers request--'tis solel.
So through his desire his compulsion,-
ro- (you know that l cannot act against hi
of wilD l shall this evening at II o'clock, b
sad another's. [ shall be married to Mis-
his Sallie Stanford. Yours
ed HENRY B.
AS she read the name, the letter droppt
ne) from her hands, her frame trembled, 81
at tottered and fell upon the floor in a swoo
low When she recovered, she was a ravir
and maniac. Medical aid was In attendan
His hourly for several days, but, alas to
re- effect. No human power or skill ccu
restore her reason. Continually was s.
With crying Henry, Henry, my dearest Hem
Use l know you will come But when he cal
,ars, Matilda was gone, she was where l 8
we're her, in the opening of our story.
PASS After Henry discovered how he had be
i of so wrongfully injured, he never ceased
lonr search until he had traced the whole plot
its source, except the finding of Matilda
tlhle All his friends feared to tell him where
ling. was, thinking that by SO many troubles com
alb at once upon him, it might have equally
d be bad effect upon him as the forged letter :.
his return, that | saw Matilda at the on
wLo ing of our story, l feared to tell him. :.
Wv ter keeping him thus in such painful
pense for about eight weeks, some one
q ire him where his Matilda was. He hurried
and the Tow of w., which was only alb
like, two hundred miles distant from his ma
ttera- City. After his arrival there, he imm
NJ al ately fastened to the Asylum, and inqui
word for Miss Matilda Barron. Accompanied
49, a Physician he sought her room, and t
Neu- and there, he looked upon his bride as a
is not ing statue only. He offered her his ha
enry, but she recognized him not. She screar
e he forth go from me you are not my Hen
zone one has taken him from me-
Nh Henry offered his hand, still he insisted
ro;n. Matilda gazed steadily at him for sew
30 minutes. Not a word was uttered all
pray perfect silence while thus she gazed, but
ming who can imagine the storm that was rag
hrank in that poor mans breast. At length
until tilda knew him. With a clanking CT
jingling upon each fair wrist, she ella;
Nor him to her maiden bosom, while Hen
n arms were not slow to return the embra
@ Reader, imagine the scene. It is no
u Snls me to picture such a meeting. Henry s.
8 had first. Said he-'My dear Matilda, [
this wronged my name was forged not by
Iualed Father, but by his accursed aDeaHh. ] W
! been that the vessel that bore that letter to
should have sunk to the depths of the OF
:. l would that its lying pages could have
consumed by the flames of He'll
Raid oh! Henry, dearest Henry Ma
re, he cEleu, AnaT ! Touiu nave seen thee SOC
olesale ;t;S .oo ,ato 700 Iate tno iotaS on tba :
> ume of the words too late died upon air, \
lslness da Barron expired upon her lovers b(
He The mental excitement was too great 70
young already greatly weakened constitution.
> heart could hold on no longer.
to be : ano no S month nau PASSED away
ng, en- min rsd mangba died of . broIau bo,
Henry and Matilda both sleen in the
selfish old grave yard side by side.
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and he Reader this is no tale of fiction, the
ye they cipal features having come under the "
DIS man immeuiase oIseVaslon. nao II peen
more pleasantly.
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