Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-04-14

Days, months passed by; to Leila and ID
Efhe they brought no sorrow. Busily en- s.
gagged in their studies, time flew rapidly a
lhey loved their school-mates dearly, es-
peclally Lucie Clare and Lefty Leighton =
but their love for the latter was compa !,
led with fear. BY the bright blue veins il
winch were visible through the unearthly n
whteness Of her complexion, they saw as n
II written thcre-"passing awavr' Her !
Slight form too was too frail for earth.- Z
She was a southern flower, transplanted to !
a colder cline, where she was dropping, I
dying, without the balmy air of her sunny i
home. As winter approached she became Il
weaker and the racking cough came on G
1t was evident that she could not livethere. !
Ellie wondered why her friends permitted :
her to remain in so uncongenial a cline. I
She enqulred of Miss Lacey, who told her :
that her uncle was her guardian and only >
friend; that lie seldom ever visited her, !
| 4 tA ~ Gtt a8 66ffARGgre alt tq Fife Efiemm a4y 10 WatcRt 1
over her, she would soon have strength
again. Famed by southern zephyrs health
would surely return. She made the pro-
posal to Miss Lacey, who promised to get
her uncle's consent. This she readily did,
and soon Lefty was an inmate Of Aunt
Mary's home with gentle Willie Arlington
as her teacher.
Summer came, and Efie and Leila were
in their own dear home again; and Willie,
darling Willie, was clasped in their arms
once more; and good dear aunt Mary had
welcomed them over and over to their
sweet home. And Lefty, too, was there !;
stronger and happier than for many long
years. o it was a happy time. Once
more at home! No stranger to it can I'M
d%erstand the earnest JOY the heart feels on
returning home after a long absence. Eff
fe and Leila felt it. Charles Marion, too,
came to spend his vacation at the pleasant
home of his aunt Mary, and with him Wal
ter Glynn, his bosom friend. Mr.. Roberts
came over to see his old pupils and to con-
graduate them on their progress
"Well, Leila; we'll Efie, | would hardly
have known you. You will soon be young
ladies! Seventeen, you say, Miss Effie ?
Hope you will have a pleasant time Efie
could not refrain from whispering slyly to
Mr.. Roberts, and asking if he was happier
than before? He replied "Ah, Effie
happiness is not for me-. l do not ever
dream Of it."
+, "Yet, Mr.. Roberts. you might find some
= happiness, fyou would seek it at the foun
4 tain head of all happiness and joy"
4 81 will try, Efie, DEAR" the stern MAJ
; said with fearful eyes.
: "Why, Efie, my cousin" said Charles
V gravely "you and Mr.. Roberts seem to fee
r a very deep interest in each other, i'll Nigh
Judge from your whispers"
S Now, Charley, you know he was m
4, old teacher and | like him very much"
: Charley did not seem we'll pleased, an
n thuU ne %worshipped Efie as the bright sta
u Of his destiny. And he was her ideal
/ perfection. Walter Glynn was a mob
G young man. Endowed by nature with
II great intellect he had cultivated it car,
fully. With the devotion of an eastern d.
e voice he had kneit at the shrine of learning
J. He loved learning for its own sake. He W.
e Charley's counterpart.
c Pcnsive, thoughtful as he always wa
e yet he loved wild, rolicksome Charlie
Is with a brothers love. His visit was er
/ joyed with ardor. He liked Efie, an
l. Lefty and Willie but in Leila he found
g charming companion. She would talk
L. him for hours, not of trifing things, but
P, high and noble ones-science, ~litcratur
et mysteries, unknown worlds, higher and b.
II lier ranks of being, mind, its conncctic
le with matter, the unity yet the complicatic
n Of the human mind, thoughts, feelings, tt
"a beauty and mystery of the "harp ofa tho
IS sand strings" nature, all were their theme
y and with her the hours passed by "on %
III den wings" When the pale silvery moo
ne lighted up the twilight hour, Walter al
le,' Leila would sit and watch the twinkliI
IL stars and arrange them in their appropia
IL consultations. They saw the mighty Orr,
OF with his glittering girdle, and it led the
le thoughts to heavenly things.
N "Do you know, Miss Lind, that I SON
ne times think that after death we may
permitted to learn ofthe mysteries of the
III upper worlds that all that now appe;
c so mysterious in its grand sublimitv, "
al appear plain to us then, with our facult
ms frightened and enlarged? Perhaps
es' will watch with heaven-enlightened ey
ear the scenes and actions in other worl
ny which now appear to us as only feeble gil
ess merng stars"
ess al have thought so, Mr.. Glynn; an
ing have almost wished for death to unlo
he the shackles that bind my mind to cart
md requirements, and let the freed soul S,
the away from earth. Yet this was wrong
osy know. feel it was wrong"
the eyes, Miss Leila, let us be content to lie
ON earth, till we are called away. There
nth you know, much that we will never kno
When day was gently fading into nj.
Iple Leila and Fife would sing some sweet SC
and with their melodious voices, for poor Wi
for he loved the music of the human voice
COZ 1t soothed his weary heart; it seemed to
ct him. Oh how merrily, how happily
anu vacation passed away. To all it appeare
a bright oasis in life's desert. Would its
the ever come again? Would all those ha
n l faces be seen again beneath aunt Mary's r
DIV Such were the thoughts that filled their n
was the evening which closed their visit to /
Dale, and it painted sadness on their face
90 they united to sing
lar- "When shall we meet again
,ops Meet ne'er to sever"
All were gone; and Aunt Mary and "
axe were once more alone. How they missed
with ~ortlo ,0;0o kka loyo1u cnoo 80 i it,.