Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-06-09
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tbo aloud an. IN her anguish, or sink belnlo.. :
1a' Ine noor' but she restrained barIoIs piess Z
a. onJa nh: upon him calmly. A golden IaaE aI(
Iaa b. "nlcn @ even the wild dash Of the n ,r .oek
4h naa spared, lay upon his breast sIe o..S wave'
t3 Ing snroud they had made for hin ou'slae ss
,.su oent over him, and clasned !. tTa 1ne
ltees OF halr she had sent hin, - / Inc
oai DAY, lay folded there. She - nlaOz ner 0ri- /
reSolutely, and regained her bnSt b,eu ), Il
side. Her usually pale face worn nu9oand y $
daaJ M u ueatn, and cold and pulseless as t,l tbo
ol was tne hand she laid upon his arm r,e
aor iou look like corpse yourself Fiea p =.
49, He sald k'-efy, isae.3 no ,soSlc.eT,
; :" ltn your nervous temperament and acute
senslDllltles you must never witness such =
scene again. Ugh! it makes me sh1dder
to think of it." - '-' ! 'uei
:, Iney went home, and Lady Beaufort
threw herself down upon her bed T;setta
who was still with her, perceived at once
that she was i'll, and summoned a nbTs;1
clan. =" P"ysl-
!" A hard cold" was his verdict 80 bora
cold, and too much excitement and bona
was strong in Hyde Beaufort's heart h
looked, at most, foran illness of a few davs
after which she would walk by his side
once more; but IN her own heart she l,por,
otnerwlse, and rejoiced in the KNOWLEDGE
snail die" she had said from the fESt
When she was alone with her attendont
She was proud, and not even deafL ;tsoIf
could have had power to summon tho con-
ieSsl9h I3 TO her lips, that all her welded life
haa Deen he that she had loved Har-
old Beaufort =" Ai'i-
:. one never breathed to mortal ears tho
uiScoVery she had made. HYDE Beaufort
never knew that she had looked unon tLa
corpse OF his brother; but hour after bonr
she lay with her face turned toward tLa
wall, IN silent thought. By a fearful ;ntn1
itlon she had understood the who4a ana
her vivid fancy pictured Overland over oaa;n
I the lost lover OF her youth, listening in his
despair to her declaration that She had
never loved him; believing her false crow
ing mad IN his agony, and dying. The
picture was ever present with her Sba
would nave given all Beaufort, witt, it,
proud halls and stately woods. only 70 oh
MN one little moment back TO lifo onI,.
10 tell HIM that to him, at least hers ba3
not been the false heart he deemed # tbo+
Sne had loved hila In secret and.in silence
all tla ne[ ieI me- But 1t could not be, it was
'o1 laIe ho"-neVer more could he come
80 - saFssy sRa sSnsts1tlE KsEs hsg
one .cartznlSiFe1 1fLToe a. aaaoy /. tLat her
days by his side were umbeFed-f6at be
mustlook his last upon her woDdrous beau
ty.
One summer afternoon she called him
to her-"Could You take me home to Enc
land z" she asked with an intopation Of
hope.
"Could you go are you we'll enough,
strong enough, my darling?@
Not like this, not now; could you car
ry me when am dead %
She had spoken calmly, nav, even with
cheerfulness, but he bowed his head upon
the pillow, aid sobbed chOkiugly. She
raised her thin arm, and laid it over his
neck. 1t was her first act, in anywise ap-
preaching to a-caress, since the commence
ment OF her illness, and it helped to soothe
Don't IN mercy grieve me So" she muir
INJURED. Il can bear anything better than
your wild sorrow. Tell me if YOU can take
me to England. You know not how I
long to sleep my last sleep, in the shadows
of Beaufort woods"
Il promise it, if you must die, nv plide.
my Eleanor, but oh, can never give YOU ,
up"
"lt must be, my husband, but we will
speak of the other matter now. You know
that spreading oak, the halfway oak we
used to call itf l must be buried meath
the very shadows of its boughs. Then
sometimes, when my boy gets older, YOU
may bring him there, and teach him to
tread gently, where his mother sleeps in
death p
Three days after this, the Lady Eleanor
closed the lashes over her lustrous eyes, in
the long swoon Of death. Her husband
bore her across the sea, and her grave was
dug In thevery shadow of the halfway oak.
1t had been her trysting place with Har-
old, and peIchance she thought his spirit
wouid hover near. She rested there 1ery
quietly, at last, with all her pride and pas
sion. Over her waved these woods of Beau
fort for which she had bartered life and
peace and womanhoOd. Was she happy.
with the troublous dream of her restless
life over-its wild tragedy played out -
Who shall say! Perchance in that other
sphere hope and love dawned edeyen forher;
| cannot answer.
Years have passed since then. Her
flashing eyes and rosy lips and bands of
shining hair have faded out from every hu-
man heart but one. Hyde Beaufort, de-
ceived till the last, believing still in the
love she pGghted, goes to her grave, in ev-
cry days sunset, summer and winter. They
will meet by and bye, and she will rise at
that last, great day, even as she died-the
beloved of his heart-the Lady of Beaufort.
H 1t is found that robbins subsist
chiefly upon the worst enemies of the fruit
trees, tie curculios. Not the first particle
of vegetable matter Is ever found in the