Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-10-13

paced up a nd down his luxurious apart /
inent, for he treinbled for her reply. What
If she wonld not consent and even while
he thought, a servant handed him a note.
He recognized the delicate feminine super
scription, and hastily tore open its rose
tinted envelope. As he read, his brow
grew pale, his eyes seemed riyited on the
page, and moi a muscle stirred. He sat
there long-over and again he read it, at
last he murmured to himself Mot till
yonr sisters will be proud to own me as
your wife g 40 darling, | cannotlet you go
thus. must see you at once" and be arose
to get his hat, but he still clenched the pa
per in his hand. and there were the words
too plain to be misunderstood. think not
to see me, for when this reaches You | shall
} be far away. If | win a name, [ shall re-
turn il not, take another for your bride
be happy-and forget You ever knew poor,
; unknown, May DELvILLE."
: He sat down again in perfect agony ;
t sometimes he almost blamed her, but he
: did not know what it cost her to pen those
words; did not know that three times she
: had written to him, and three times com
: mitted them to the flames on a second pc
/ rusal. In one, she told how she loved him,
/ how it grieved her to say farewell but
v that would not do; it would deepen his
n sorrow to know how she suffered. When
Z he knew that she was lost to him, he school
) ed himself to be calm, to bear his sorrow
in silence. He came forth from bis trial a
ID changed man all who saw HIM knew this,
D. vet they knew not what had wrought the
g mighty change. But he was still the
lie wealthy Paul Somers, and as such he was
re ever courted by all n the highest circles.
is For three years longer he remained IN
II married his heart seemed entirely inper-
~ vious to all female harms, when Inez Claire
We like a bright sunbeam, fitted across hi
pathway and lit his soul again with some
thing Of the old JOY. There was something
in the large earnest eyes so like May s, tina
he loved to sit and gaze in them, aud wer,
her complexion not so very white, her form
not so very fragile, he could almost hav
fancied it was his longloved, beautiful
" May. Inez had learned to love him; an
had he not been her teacher? The ten
If drills of her heart were entwined round b
20 affections, for train the young vine and WI
it not cling to the strong oak for support
y "AIas for the constancy of man !" you wi
,VI exclaim "Why did he forget MAY, an
.rn think only Of another?" In memory's cal
met there were cherished thoughts of h
now shattered idol carefully secreted, new,
HE to be forgotten or revealed, but sacred ev
till the thoughts of all hearts shall even
~ uallv be made known.
hot Circumstances all seemed favorable
che this union. The friends of Inez were pie
nts sed that she WIS at last to carry captive t
naughty millionaire, to the v~exation
HE ''manpuvering" mamas and "marriageabl
Moo daughters. His sisters were equally {
lighted, and declared they were almost |
side themselves with JOY, to think that tn
brother was acting so sensibly in MARTY
not the beautiful, intelligent htiress Inez CIai
mod He had thought we'll of the step be "
700 about to take, and had he not known tt
InezIoved him as slledid, he would not la
moor asked her to become his wife. 1t was
t6ov though he loved two in one; he col
dayy dream on of MAY, and awake to find /
ARTS image before him. He loved the tr
loon blue-eyed creature too, and determir
i, col that after he became her only protector
tbor her hnsband-not one unkind look or ",
bone fromhim should eycrcloud her sunny brt
or mar her peaceful happiness. They b
Som seemed happy after their union, but e
Iond- lnez' brightest smiles could not sometil
rorI-s win him from his pensive moods.