Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-01-04
CHAPTER w

orphans prayer.
CHAPTER Nv.
Six years from the commencement os opr
story, again the old stage coach was rumh.
ing Ger the dusty roads, bearing the nre-
cious form of our heroine vet not the hmm.
oie orpnan but the wealthy, admired Author.
ess-the Principal of Malmosia Academy
Lillian still was sad, and as different familiar
scenes met her view, she turned aside and
"ept. Arriving at the City Hotel. scarcely
oaklng time to rest her weary limbs. she nro-
ceeded las she thought unobseryed1 to visit
tne sacred homes of the dead. Yet her form
lior ner lace was closely veiied) had attrac.
'eu the attention Of a noble looking person.
age, OF sad countenance, who CHANGED 10 he
standing near. Could it be that he bebeI5
before hlm, her for whom he had long sonobt9
were not those the same light footstens9 HE
heart beat rapidly as he followed her nnnor-
celVed. As she entered the lonely gate an
eiegant, highly perfumed handkerchief kiss.
eo the ground at his feet, and picking il nm
ne found beautifully embroidered-SL, w
oemour.' Despair almost drove him mad
as the idea flashed upon his mind. she az Il
was her. was now, or had been another's.-
he turned to retrace his steps, when a voice
seemed to whisper" onuard.n
AS a token of his esteem. he had caused
10 De erected two monuments over the graves
onnfholding which Lillian was much snrnris,
CO. ysc she knew the spot, names, &c, and bow
Gu oeloIe ner parents dust. On proceeding
ne nearu ner breathe oh that l could re.
vaii Inc sunny path of my youth. And Char
tue old familiar voice. In a moment he
clasped her to his breast, and she viewino
that old friend and lover, tainted on his ho.
som. With consciousness returned all of woun.
oed pride and raising her head with a look
OF scorn, she bit her p%outing lips, and bid him
leave her presence.
Hear me awhile" murmured he stbouob
you be the wife of another. You shall not
ueen me false. Eighteen months ago Istood by
tue oeaslde OF a dying woman, who gave me
.neSe tdrawing from his bosom a package of
iettersl WIN the information that we had
oeeh the dnpes OF her ~artifice. She it was
.hat wrote thee that cold letter; we'll know
ing the nature of thy heart she succeeded
put TOO well we each believed the other
iaise. That one was Ida Wilson, Since
snat time, have roamed in vain in search of
ner VINO now stands before me; vet (pointing
10 the name) | fear it is now too late"
Feeo We endeavor to picture that scene ?
language would prove Inadequate. Suffice
u 10 say that there, beside those hallowed
mounds, was that pledge of youth renewed
In justice to Ida we would say she loved
mares, and thought thus to win him to her
sell yet she succeeded not, and died Of re.
morse-unloved and unhonored-fsr from tho
scenes of her youth.
Inc bloom of beauty again adorned the
wrecks OF Lillian happiness entered that
> sorrowlng heart, and could she have known
tnat the passion of the noble Harry Lam
grove nad been soothed down to a brothers.
io'e' all would now have been sweet peace.
CHAPTER Y.
ne bridal wreath adorned her brow, as
she sat awaiting the arrival of the bride
groom when a stranger craved but one mo-
mehts conversation. Accustomed to life's
changes, she could but hear him. whether no
was a messenger of JOY or woe. But iudce
of her surprise when the familiar voico of
Harry greeted her with the sweet name If
SISTER Then came the mystery. He had
s Nff6 1871 Tor BIS H H5 9HS EhR Ru had r6 6arpR evtfrbbes been .
carried toa soutEern State, where he was left
at the door of a wealthy planter, who being
without children, had adopted him as his
own. Not many months afterwards he NOV
ed still farther south, so that no one knew
otherwise around them. Harry was brought
up to regard the ~Langroves' as his own fam
lily. w..
Mr.. Langrove died leaving him ignorant of
the fact that lie was but an adopted child
: Only a few months before, had he learned
his true name and history from a condemned
criminal, who Acknowledged himself guilty
OF stealing him, as his first step in a long ca
reer of vice. Winding up his business he
proceeded to his native home, arriving lust
IL time to see that devoted sister pledge her
love at the marriage altar for the long.loyed
friend Of their youth.
How happy and grateful were these true
hearts, when they reviewed the awful past,
and none were more so than the husband Of
: the meek and gentle Lillian. Together thew
visited the Osbourne family, where they were
greeted by tears of JOY and sorrow. All was
frankly forgiven, for Lillian had never ceased
to love her dear benefactress.
Once more we will raise the curtain. then
let it drop forever. A thousand lights CLEAN
from yon stately mansion-.soft music
breathes upon the air-voices of mirth greet.
the ear-then all is silent. They comeothe
talrest of earth's fair-and tina. venerable min.
lister p~ronounces the words, that forever bind
together-WALTER WENTWORTH and the Ell
lDEsr OF THE OsBoURNE's.