Spirit of the age., 1858-07-21

dying.
Sorrowful farsas moved silently around
his bc,l, waiting in brcathless anxiety the
oomng.< the pale messenger, aud listen
ing with suppressed sobs to the btitcring
words Of his expiring breath.
Enpcnc md Flora stood beside his weary
couch andsmoothul with trembling hands
his DIVING pillow. They watched with ca
ger interest ahe oLbing and flowing of his
life. ard saw with bursting hearts, his faint
eoReattings with the fearful monster.-
Once he seemed to have aroused from the
death-likc stupor in which he had lain for
some time, and when they bent over him
10 catch thc faint words from his trembling
Hps. I've said: II Ava dying, Bury me in
iic shady little dell by my sainted moth
CTS grave beneath the waving branches OF
thc weeping ri3ow. shall sleep peace
fully, Farewell ~ Here the voice of the
dying man failed and he sunk back upon
his pillow 10 die.
4 faint struggle; - slight quiver ran
through ls frame. Death had done its
work
IL sould be impossible to describe the
,nricf Of Flora and her bereayed mother. 1t
= enough To say that hc WAS buried as he
requested, i'm the vine shadowed dell where
ia his bovhood days he had so often sat
and listened to the low murmur of pas
sina rivulct or kuclt to scatter flowers on
,hismother's tomb. Flora and Eugene lin
gcrcd long beside the new made mound OF
her parents grave, and mingled Their tears
and weeping in mourntul harmony. AS
Eugene sat aud looked upon the fairy form
OF the young girl all beautiful in tears, and
lLclicld her snowy bosom heaying with an
ruish, he first seemed TO think OF hs sltua-
tioD. Was il possible that he was joined
to the bright Gcing before him, and yet
Ehe did not .Lsye him! Could she have
aiade so grcat-sacrihce of her feelings, for
her fathers sake alone-for "a parents hap
pincss Theu he first thought himselfun-
worthy Of hcrl9ve. lie had loved her so
truly, so blindly, he had not thought OF that
before. Now he thought he saw why she
did not leve lin. He was unworthy
Then he rcproyed himself for having as
scnted to the union so quickly. He loved
her before. Now he worshippcd her. lie
saw and admired all her sel-denylng no.
bleness ofSou. 10 his already strong love
was added the greatest, the most profound
respect. He thought ii she, blinded by pa
ternal affection and childlike devotion t.
tks. wishes Of a father, had not hesitated t.
cspousc ono whom-shc Gid not love, am
a..s.l,r ,r-,nl,anl- sha anull not hn hannv. h.
from n life Of misery. lie would willingI
have endured long years Of suffering, t,
have added to her lite one moment ofhap
piaesa. lIeimagned her unhappy, am
for that reason he was unhappy himself
lie would siayc GiFen.W orlds--ior her SAX
to have recalled the moment that mad
them one. He would have deemed it blis
TO suffer in her stead.
"Ihnt night when he retired to his cham
ber weary and worn out with sorrow, h
determined ia think no more of his or he
situation, bnt,to tear himself away and wi
name iu,ii5tant landF, which would max
t,jla worthy ofher affection. He resolve
if possible to yet,win her love.
In few days after we see Mrs. Beat
mont, with Eugene and Flora, on the sam
good ship which'bore them to Bermuda
faiHng away from the land where they ha
xpei.cnecd so,nuch sorrow, and bendin
their course .AoGhcir own quiet home O
the island Of Roanoke One would hay
thought thattis would Lave been the desi
Of the widowed mother TO have rcmainC
in Bermuda--thc home of her chidhoo
But all herreIations having emigrated
the continent, timc had long since alien
tel her affections from her native land an
GXcd them to the place where she had live
80 long and happily. She sighed for ii
rustliug g-oycs and cool shade of Roanol
the birth place of her daughter. The
she wished to spend the remainder of h
days IN peace and quictness.
The morning of the second day of IL
voyage was one OF uncommon beauty
The sun she'd down upon the water hoo
of golden light and gilded the tips of Il
waves with ten thousand glittering gen
"A gentle breeze filled the sails of the lig
vessel and she danced over the waves ii
feather. On deck the sailors were ch;
ting in groups, or hanging idly in the ri
ging. Flora was sitting Hstlcssly in i
cabin, gazing out upon the sea and longi
.Cpce more TO press the green sward of h
isaa,l home. She scarcely thought IL
she was bound to one she did not rega
with affection; but conscious of hayi,
done her duty was content.
fEugeps stood pensively gazing into
waves as they dashed beneath him, D,
haps painting upon their shining surfa
and smid,theig EOaming ripples visions
future greatness, and rearing in their mi,
castles OF fairy architecture. He did !
think, as he had. once before, to cast hims
beneath their surface, that he might hi
from present trouble ip the stiffness of
ocean grave. No he waa calm now.
had resolved to be man; to 90 forth W
determination TO conquer or die, and
gather laurels to twine his brow and Law
Ahe tsct of his own beautiful Flora. Brio
hopes and glorious antiepations W
springing up in his heart. lie forgot
present gloom in the brighter dawn Of
future, which his imagination painted
fore him.
Towards evening the sun, which !
shone with so muck sFlendor in the INC
ing, began to be obseured bv clouds: ,
the wind which had bcca slowly ncreas
in violence now blew almost gale. d
clouds loomed I'D in fearful orandeur