Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-08-17

1f0l AEt84 KATE CARALAEODA @s i
aa For the Spirit of the Age
My Visit, and It's Consequences.
hare a very dear friend, and for the bene-
fit of the readers Of the Age, | will try to give
as perfect a description of her, as ny descrip-
tive powers win allow me- She IS OF medium
size, web formed, ~ceruiean blue eyes, 3 beau-
tiful little nose, pouting eherry-cofored lips,
teeth that would vie with the whitest ivory,
auburn hair, which makes one think of agen-
tie breeze agitating the placid waters OF some
lovely Little lakelet, hands and feet, which
would make all the old maids, of chrlstendom
nearly die with envy whife beholding them,
and 10 crown all, she moves with so much
grace and elegance, that one would almost
imagine they had entered fairy land. ! some
times imagine / hear her clear, ringing laugh
as st comes bounding forth frOm her mouth
and eyes, for her eyes sparkle with merri-
meDt, whenever she is pleased alter she has
perpetrated some piece of mischief at the ex-
pense of some one else. Now, dear reader,
do YOU not wish to know the name of this
paragon ? It is Noble Hardy.
Mollie came or a flying visit to Aspen Bow
er, and 7 ran over 10 see her ; so while was
there It was agreed upon for me to visit her
at her home. The close Of the week found
: me at Oak Grove, and we were IN a very few
minutes talking of "o1d times for though
! we are both young, things that happened two
: wears ago, seemed to as to be a vision OF the
past. We talked of every thing that we
could, bat the presence Of Molhe's brother,
Samuel Hardy, and her cousin, Thomas Carrie
tom, pvt a stop to oar g~arrulxy sooner man
we wished, and We were forced TO play lady
1t for tine remainder Of the evening" However,
- O a c0Ap &c WIS nan eaten
breakfast. and taken a run to inhaFe the fresH
s. ~nornine air. we ran in the dining-Toem to
es warm our almost frozen fingers, for 1t was IN
ul january, and glancing through the window
no we spied Walter Carleton, running up the
- Stems. Mollie ran to welcome him, and after
IN bidding each other good morning, he stepped
it. mast her and went up to his brothers room
Soon after. we went to her room, to renew oul
chat of the previous evening. We TAXED O
ye things past, present, and in the future, un
he Yemen carfing out to as I'd Flow IL 'weewtef
ready for Church. Then we had to be IN
v" great harry TO get oar collars, bonnets, shawl
ers and gloves on, but after a while we deseeAde'
of to the parlor, and there found the gentiemel
til. ready Ito depart" We were so0n cut Q
sSeht, Aollie driving q gentle, bat swift horse
and we went gliding down the road ascsmootE
lv as if we had been on ice, With q pair {
:. new skates, until we came to a miry hill.-
There all did admirably, except Tom Carleton
In trying to show what a superior hOrsema
,ht, he was. he managed to tumble oil, and h
uti- horse walked ON and left him to his tste.-
be Walter Carleton soon caught him, and To-
elo- re-mounted. We were very much frightene
was till we knew he was not hurt, and then OIL
merr7ment knew no bounds. Nothing mo-
ong of Importance occurred till we arrived at tt
IS if Church aia
that DR.. Il preached, and we were very a
tentive during the first part Of the discours
n but after awhile W. thought proper not to pr
and the same attention that we had been dom
hid so we laughed as much as we wished to, /
the which 1 think DR.. Fl. ought to be blamed.
yept AS SOON as the sermon was over, We in
t ted several friends to go back with rs to d
Grove. and this time / took the reins a
when we came to the baking place | we
- through the deepest of the mud two or thu
times but there was no one to see me I
IS Mol, and 1 think she did not see very clear
was for she was laughing so heartily at the tin
sing, that she could hardly speak. We did ]
os on say ANYTHING about it on cur arrival, SO
the company are In profound ignorance OF tt
annie, fact. Ct-,5. os4i a.gss1z -9uc
,erfui Five gentlemen and two ladies went W
I did us, and we found q gentleman and lady $
Piled, ted by the fire chatting very merrily. ]
ut as none of them are concerned in
could Consequence" Of my visit, ! shall not n
IN nv ton their names. Enough to say, they
spoke us in the afternoon, and then Tom. and v
fume Carleton, Sam Hardy, MoI and went b
A~ to the parlor, where We remained till a
scat hour. The next morning we went to j
and there saw thfee of our visitors of the
quiet before. But we did not 60 "a visiting
Eished we did not stop to chat. When We return
1t that Mrs. s., Mollie's sister, had a nice dir
know waiting for us, and we did ample justice
That In the afternoon we pretended to be very
dustrious, and indeed, during the week
kind tsmade believe we liked work, but it wa
some a sham. At night we were up to all (
recol- of mischief, and sitting up tillthe small b,
farm would make us hungry, we would run to
nd the pantry, and rob it Of Mrs. SIS goodies
sum- She must have rejoiced to see me depart
forest. then she did not have to exercise all her
ers to keep me in something to eat, and o
> mischief. s-frs Vs. 1855 i
Now for the marriage: We walked out
eze; of night to plan, for we would have betr
odding ourselves had we remained IN the house
pre- L wrote the license as correct as knew,
or the after tying a towel round my neck for "a
dear vat, Gas wished to make as imposing al
pearance as I possibly could } and pu
K that on an o~vercoat, we marched In. Before 6
ard" any farther let me give you our. names.
Oh mu- lies sobriouet was, Florence Stanly, and
depths was, Louis Lamotte. l asked II 1 could
young, a minister near, and Tom oarieton arose
| meas told me he was one. requested MN
single as expeditions as possible, but II ne nao
leart of going to have been married himself, IN
how | est, he would hardly have been more conf
home of After so long a time, he on
any one know any just cause why ines
may not be lawfully united, let nm
happy speak or else forever hereafter hold ms Pc
in | believe that's the way it is, is 1t notI'
broth Hardy, at this particular point, sad ne q
objection and as our minister" did NJ
Home pear to have revived, | turned to him a
- -. 1871 ca.a:nn +ono ncEod him uha