Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-04-28

hanging around my parentage ? fol
if he knew my history he would he
wish to spurn me from him but would ~
not for his VOWS. Efie, such a thing would as
drive me to madness. No, l love him too 10
well for that. Let him be free, and II fl
will suffer alone" ca
"But, Leila, he loved You passionatcly." ii
81 know he did and | would have re- W
joiccd to have been worthy of his love = tt
but | feel this as a burning plague-spot in tt
my heart. If l only knew who and what ST
my parents were. Why did they wish me a
to wait till | was twenty one, before | could
know. Three long years" \
"And is this why you cast from you the e
strong love of Walter Glynn-the sole rea- /
son Oh, Leila, you have been bllnd.-r
Weep not, sister let me comfort you. lie I
will como again, and then go TO him he
will love You fondlv. Your heart is a gem
that he will richly prize. Will you not,
my sister ?" II
40, Efic darling, let me lean my head
on you and weep for the last time" and
the poor, tried, sorrowing girl wept for
hours.
They were gone Leila saw the angel
like girl stand by Charley's side-a trust
ing bride. She saw the agony of the part
ing how the fond heart fingered over eve
ry object at home saw that to the wea-
ried heart the Saviour was a "presents help
i~in'trouble.'' "Peace, be still p was whis-
pered to their hearts, and they turned their
fearful eyes t heaven, as their resting place.
And so they turned from home, to wan
der as strangers in the wide world, for Je-
sus' sake and they we're blest. Long
years should roll away, yet they would ncv-
er regret their Offering.
Leila Lind was twenty one. She was
musing sad and lonely in her ROOM
Thoughts came to her heart laden with
old time memories. Poor Willie's death /:
All, he was at rest. And then dear Efie's
marriage and departure three long years
, before and she would never see her again.
: But letters, long cheering letters had conn
7 from them. The bright, blissful promise
of future usefulness was lighting their path
c way to the skies and for them Leila re
:, ioiced. She reviewed her life since EfiC
:. left. 1t had not been all brightness no
!, vet all gloom but with a thankful hear
She received her many blessings. Now tn
time had come, when she might learn wha
70 she wished, yet feared to know her pa
ar rentage. With feelings which cannot b
We imagined, she took the package which We
u found with Miss Matty Melton's will, an
err opened it, and read
ng My only beloUed child Your mothC
e. is dying far from her home and friend.
Is with no one to watch around her dyir
bed or care for you when she is gone, b
TO aunt Matty, who is a faithful friend of mil
nd This kindness she will extend to you VIII
,ill l am gone. Far away from this sun
for cline l had a pleasant home faith
- mother, sister, brother. With them llv
ay, happily, till a stranger came-your faith
will Lelia-Frederick Lind. Hewon my hea
ltal l gave him all the love which my pc
Is heart knew. My parents thought him
worthy. l believed him worthy Of
Gey rhUrngr ana FAIR sister, aunt Matty. 10y
Go .4S, aHa through the long years [ h;
lived here have been everkind. His mo
MD er is dead. Frederick was to me a k
and faithful husband Blessings rest
'ale his memory. Ever honor him, nv lie
BOD He was worthy of his daughters love.
he had lived, l should have been hap
Dut My parents never forgave me. Before
ath came here, [ wrote and prayed for pard
ure but in vain. | would not ask again. I'll
his do not know where | am. Soon I will
'rm with my own darling one in heaven. A,
and Matty will be another to you. When y
read this, | shall have mouldered into
ier, lent dust. My name was Leila Lyc
life Roberts-of the village of NJ
uld C. My brother, Herbert Rober
SIS my sister Ellen my father James;
err mother Mary Roberts. On your fatht
side you have no cause to blush he '
descended from an English family of {
%tinction, who had however lost their DIT,
lily erty previous to their removal to this co,
ale try,
Je- Farewell, Leila; my only one; nv d
all ling. leave youi in His hands, who has pro
ised to be 'afatherto the fatherless.' WI
ted out doubt He will guide you. Twill meet
mes in heaven. My strength fails. Leila ia
well! LEILA I. LINN
Another year and Leila Lind sat in Al
Mary's parlor-but not alone. Her bril-
ike eyes were shining with a new lustre
,er- heart was trembling with a new found h
sed piness. Her little hand was clasped in
hands Of Walter Glynn, his fond eyes bea
ere ing on her with unutterable love. Not
and once does he hear her say-I can only
4rly your friend but, "Walter, I am til
ataOays"
"Tell me, Leila, my own, that you Ii
lin- me-"
de- "Yes, Walter, l love you as never v
the man loved before. With me your inns
so has ever been resting, as the f%airest, bri,
ute test picture this earth ever knew"
"Then am l blest indeed, nv darl+
are darling me"
be And he had come back with hon
me blooming with spring-time freshness on
to noble brow. His young dream had Be
Our fully realized. The good and great b
we testimony to his worth. From the far
lake tant west he had now returned to Law tn
nv before Leila Lind and she had told
will how entirely her heart had been his
rev. ways-told him why she had refused
chit. listen to his entreaties before.
nv The clouds which had been thickIy ora