Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-08-11
Raj eigh, II. t,-August IL, 1862.

lung to. each other, and in the innocence II,
Of their hearts committed themselves to the {,
God OF storms The bov felt the rock as
the waves washed them against it, and in h
attempting to reach it, an unseen hand
seemed to bear them on their rocky pill t
low I
For few days our little Ellen was weak .
and sick from exhaustatou, bat youth and {
natural strength of constitution, soon con-
quered, and she was again the life and Joy
of our hearts. All she could remember of
the awful scene on the lake were the dark~
ness, the temptest, the embrace of Freder-
lex, aud the sulleE fs,..sage siatSs- the deep,
cold water.
Autumn came, and Frederick, with his /
mother, left US. Time passed on, and few
changes occurred in our quiet circle. Ell
len grew daily more lovely, and was the |
pet of the household, and the favorite of
| all who knew her. She retained her sim
pie, early piety, strengthening and deepen
/ ing as her mind matured, and her knowl-
edge increased. At length the season ar
rived when my sister thought it necessary
to place her at some school, where she
might have greater facilities for improve
ment than in our retired village. The day
: came, and they left US, the mother and
, daughter, for they were not to be separa-
ted. 1t was SAD parting, and for a few
\ days the whole house appeared gloomy and
/, desolate as our own hearts. We heard Il"
d longer her light tootstep, .and the sweet
It music OF her laugh: but our spirits were
IS soon cheered by her letters, which were
1T frequent and sprightly. We learned from
d others that she was considered the flower
le OF the distinguished for her acute
D. ness and quick perceptions. She passed
in her vacations with US, and as each returned
" we found her lovelier aud better than when
as we last parted. At last, school days were
in over. She worried through the verbs in
e. Levizac; had tasted from their very foun-
W, tain sweet draughts of Italian poetry anc
in music : had toilcd through algebra and de
he monstrated problems in Euclid, etc. etc
Ter in one word, she returned through scho-
no lar-pure in heart, and uncontaminated ii
Pc spirit.
115 P"rsy N -osfe,snoon in September, smal
lie IN the vicinity. We had ali been thcl
many times, but had never seen it in hig
lad water before. 1t was wild spot in on
ing place the water would come tearing an
owe tumbling through the massive ledges
ust rock which walled it in on either side an
ore then, in wide channel it would becom
10; still and tranquil as an infant sleeping O
ler It's mothers bosom. Here, its unity won
md be broken by a lone, majestic rock whic
the lowered above it !; and there, it would me,
rem again, and boldly, loudly leap over il
tor precipice into the abyss below; then. iii
ON the exulting spirit released from its priso
l OF rise IN liquid diamonds and pass away in,
ne: its native heaven.
I'VE, Ellen was in more than usually buova
the spirits. Like the young fawn of her natl,
'ho, hills, her light step bounded from rock
gly rock-now catching by the arbor Wit;
our which here grows in wild luxuriance, as
on, its .undying life found congeniality in Il
EN-. eternal rush and murmur of the waters
an My heart trembled, and every fibre vibr;
ear; ted with emotion, as | feared some britt
ain, twig OF treacherous stone might decoy T
and fairy being (for such she seemed into +
At torrent. But the same unseen, Almich
uck arm, which had before rescued her fro
;ted Watery grave, once more preserved he
ock not that the mother might believe she W
ace secure from death, but that He might Il
no more gently take her to His bosom.
1ild. 1t was after sunset when we were scat
ring in, our carriage to return. Tt was love
'our autumnal evening, and the moon shor
= most sweetly upon US, as, for the last tim
ind our Ellen looked upon her smiling face
gam That night disease fixed his grasp upc
the her and for three weeks we watched a.
they prayed, hoped and feared, till fear GA
9th, place to certainty, and we knew that S
ten must die. Through the whole. no murm,
light no complaint escaped the sufferer: and
and observed her gentleness and submissit
the almost envied her the security of pard,
One the certainty OF bliss. which [ felt 81
they were hers. In health she had often lam,
'ther ted the slntulncss of her heart and D.
she prayed that her sins might be blot
No~ out for the sake of the precious Savior
ened AS the rays of the evening star shine Gle
Glen, est when 1t IS setting beneath the west,
not wave, so was the smile which then bean
and IN her dark eye, the brightest that c
e. kinded there, for il rested upon her You
r the tul loVer-and as the last notes of mt
4 she are the sweetest, so were her diving acce
cloak the dearest she ever uttered" Frederi
'ured meet me In Heaven" That smile so swt
'e she ly given, told Of the love which had clo
'nnd; ed in her youthful bosom-and that S,
SEEM tence, so softly murmured, told of endur
adder affection beyond the grave. At last
i'd the hat went forth, and the spirit, which
been so lovely on earth, was gently. pc;
ode f1li