Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-02-06


Victim OF Sorrow Etc, Etc.
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CHAPTER VIII.
wig 10 weep 70 leave the vine
Whose clusters DER me bend
The myrtle-yet Oh call Il mnel
The flowers loved 10 tend.
thousand thou, hts Of all things dear,
Like shadows DER me sleep,
leave my sunny childhood here
ON therefore let me wcepl
MRs. HExANs.
Il was with feelings cf despondeacy and
sotroN th,t May MelviIle on her return from
Noarort lc1roed Of Mark Claytons depar.
turr flrm B. ;yet ber parents secretly re-
jniccd 10 know that tc was gone. They could
not brook the idea, that their only daughter
should marry poor lawyer and be suite
ted to the CALLING yoke Of poverty. She vol
unfairly discarded the addresses of William
Blakemore for only % Nhim. as they fancied.
and in lieu therefor q secret dete nnation
lived in tlcr bosoms, that she should never
we'd Frank Clay ton, by their consent
Five years have passed away and May
has received go t'dugs from Frank Having
dtterui iued - remain tu Pensacola, lie had
twice written % hcr, hut receiving no an.
swcr, tried toblry in his heart every thought
of the Calling past thinking She had proved
it'lfAHl lt btH ~ -lttQ vows,
Co. Leroy md taken those epistles from
tn Pos Ohce, eguted with ruth and hon
es'y.-tis wife rad read them, and prompted
by uuworthy drives. they had bequeathcd
them t. the flames Pooc Nav knew moth.
ing Of this yet she could not believe Frank
had proven false She tried to console her.
self with the thought that he would vet come
back again ; but in the dim vista OF time the
light Of that star had kept decreasing until
almost night Of despair had settled upon her
soul Thus the period mentioned had pass
cd by and It's scenes we're forever gone.
Reader 60 with me TO pleasant villa in
the vicinity Of Pensacola, hemmed in by the
palm and tall waving trees-surrounded by
all that industry and refined taste could sug-
gest, and We will show you the home Of
John Whitman and Ida Clayton Here they
live in happiness-h re is the fruition of
hopes enkindcd in childhoods sinless hours,
and here may they live, contentcd as now,
until the trump Of God shall call them up to
goryl They have been married more than
two years, and one prattling cherub blesses
their union The sunny curl is yet preServ-
ed by John as the relic Of his first and last
love, and he always remembers with fondest
pleasure the occasion when he received it.
Go with us, reader, again to Bristol, the
adoUtcd home Of William Blakemore. He
was dupe to the stratagem Of Stella Bower,
and married her thinking he had welded an
heresS. They visited his parents soon after
their union, but William was too proud to be
subjected to the monotony Of a country fc,
and determined to go to Bristol Stella's
home, aud revel with the elite Of that city.
What was his chagrin on arriving there, to
learn he had married but poor, yankee wo-
man, devoid Of any wealth. but possessing
sense enough to gull her verdant husband !;
he was too obstinate to ask assistance from
his parents, having previously informed them
of his success as he fancied and now we
find him seeking redress in plunging himself
into the vortex Of dissipation, fallen and
miserable drunkardl
We have, for explanation, been somewhat
DEPRESSING from the theme resumed in the
outset Of the Chapter and will now return.
II is Summer, and May is in the garden
amid the lovely flowers that arc blooming
there? Uncle Tom is busily engaged in hi,
usual avocation, and Frank Clayton with the
other things of five years ago, is seemingly
iorgotrcnl
'MisSus May, never could count fol
Massa Frank Caylon's sudden 'parture from
here he's never wrote back yit, has he
MissusY ?
No uncle Tom. Though last summer a
the Snftn,s I,,canc acouainted with a GEN
uem,n from Fl,,iIa vh1 inCnrmed me 1ba
the was a men,hr, in the state LegisI,tnre
the session before, 10y the name of Clayton
who was welding a mighty influence by hi
dazzl,n, eloouence
IT'S Massa Frank know it's him salC
uncle Tom. hi, ehon eountenanca brighten
ingl
Il should think. iC alive he would writ
to me- snid Nav
NAV lie he 6a,, said rncle Tom an1 d
letters got wav laIdr
Nav laughed NJ tins murder # words an
repIied lie could write asain, uncle Ton
merriam, a second rn.~sive yrolld reach il
destination
.But won, h. thirk Missrs dat Won ha
go, do fl. :, or, and 'r.,lrel rot 20 ar.v,
-
IL. t.. ,yrl ~,,u,.,..od with mo
dbt ...ot, ...a NJ.
.Ni.s'. ,',,f5 t.r, ,o,,,,od moro ho,
him. G.,, 10 rintIe,n.o at de Snrings,
Il fcn.ome delicar, nncIe Tom in actin
the onil ,y o.Ii,,, - ,'.,,,, oncstions
.Spcse da, ND Ionlcd had Nissns h,
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"aNoe ,e = t'Me hacK Seme oi desc days.
ne ne maps he MI, MI, said May.