Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-05-04


still better than we do"
"Let all this alone" interpesed Wolfe,
"and don't make such fuss about few
morsels, which,, when they are once swal-
lowed are forgotten"
"Nay, nay" said non-commissioned
officer, ut is for the want of due respect
and honor that we find fault. A soldier
ought to be respected"
"Respectp replied Wolfe, athat indeed |
is an idea which would never enter into
their heads. Out of mere shame they are
full OF poison and gall, and would. there
fore, wis ssgraa1sHs. even Ia tircir own !
eyes consequently bayonet or sabre ap-
pears to them like sword of justice; and
out Of sheer vexation they become insoIent."
"All this will soon have an end" inter
rupted the sereant; "you, my good friends,
will be paid off; then every one will live
on his money as well as he can."
THANK God p exclaimed our hero, 81
shall gladly, with my sixpence a day, buy
Oft their long faces ard sulky tempers"
Gay, ayp shouted jovial merry COM
panion, 'then we shall have enough for
ourselves, and spend it freely, and give
these gentry share of our wealth as long
as 1t lasts !" lie then struck the old song:
"And if then our cash and our credit grow
Fair ladies adieu through the world we
must goW
All laughed at the song (of which we have
given but the first two lines,) and Wolfe
among the rest; for, indeed, it now seemed
to him as if an overpowering weight had
been lifted from his breast. ''In few
days." thought he, "al will be well our
present restraints and difficulties will be at
an end"
Through the day he avoided being too
much at his quarters Louisa at all events,
would not let herself be visible; and as to
the rest of the household, he had no wish
to meet any of them.
1t was now late in the evening, when he
stood under the doorway, and looked
about him through the street. Not LONG
after, arrived the savage rider who had ex-
cited his indignation in the morning. He
came in at a short jog trot and, without
perceiving Wolfe, rode straight forward to
the stable, whittier the poor old hack, of.
his own accord was steering with all his
might. Having dismounted, shaken him
self two or three times, and beat his old
slovenly boots together, this elegant squire
at last hetool1 hirrsc!f TO the low parlor
within doors, to wait on Mynheer john
Wolfe had now stepped out into the street,
and walked up and down before the house.
In short time he heard loud voices with
in, and involuntarily looked up to the win
. dows. The fellow seemed to be in violent
alteration with his master. He held an
empty leathern purse in one hand, and
| beat it violently, now and then, on the Ia
bic that stood before him. Mynheer John,
meanwhile, walked up and down with ges-
lures of evident modification and perplexi-
ty, while the other exclaimed in a loud
voice "What the master wants on cards
5 and dice must never be reckoned or thought
} of-that one of us must be driven to make
: up for; but he had better not begin with
i me, for, On my soul, | won't suffer it !" The
, butcher would now have interfered again,
, but the fellow, over and over, with the red
flush Of anger in his countenance, persisted;
} what the devil shall | allow myself to
. be used in this manner for such paltry
/ sum- that have helped him, in my day
5 to gain so much 2" "Now, now this is
4, all very well" said the butcher, in con
! ciliatory tone. His opponent, however
: came a step nearer to him, and holding VI
= his cenched fist in his masters face
i Z" Let him forget another tme," cried he
= that have him in NY power, and, when
+ ever ] please, can make him as cold as {
S dead dogw
d To Wolfe it now seemed as if an ice
of cold sepulchural hand had been draw
J. over him. He ran up his apartment, an(
locked himself in for he felt exactly as
al he bad fallen into den of murderers-
nj His faithful adherent Lynx now came u
ID to him crouching; he caressed the anims
as as a companion in adversely, and locke
~ into his honest, open eyes for consolation
lc 1t was plain that ever since our hel
u came under the roof Of his present abod
IN heavy, resistless, and unaccountab
sh weight had oppressed him. He could e1
10Y nothing-had no command over h
ey thoughts-and could not apply himself
y, any pursuit for pastime. Mechanically
ig, measured the small room with his steps
hundred times over, and did not lay hir
y; self for the first time to sleep till it was la
ng in the night.
,r; When, on the following morning, t
to trumpet blew for feeding the horse, with
his feyerish timidity and trembling, he start
from his sleep, out of the obscure world
f'st dreams, by whose influences his senses,
ers, kind of half consciousness, had been r
ow ed and agitated. He sprang disorder
out Of bed the small fragment of mir
red that he had in his knapsack exhibited
ons countenauce, pale as death, and the #
the lures swollen, relaxed-almost metam
rds, phosed-on which the traces of a mise
,ut; bic internal conflict still were but too
hly vious Even through the whole succe
ons. ing day his endeavors to recover hlm
ives were in vain. His comrades looked at |
in anxiously and perplexed- asked questlc
en- and urged him for an answer-but he
to manned invincibly reserved, and would
Ives 10 means enter into any explanation
For Meanwhile, he went about all his air
e is and professional duties as if he were
dream, managed Tor mismanaged) eV'
ing. thing under the greatest distraction,
So encountered she reprimands that he rec
one, ed for such conduct without shame,
and indeed, with apathy.
here 90 nassnd the whole day. In the