Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-09-29

great metropolis, but it will serve the pur-
pose ] have in view now briefly to say
that she succeeded in supporting herself
by her own industry more than two years,
and to have q trife in reserve for q we'd
ding outfit, 50 that ON the return of her
lover she Informed him of her whereabouts,
and he at once few to cOnsummate his
promise to her. After their marriage he
took legal steps to recover the property to
which she would have been entitled if she
had married With the consent of her guar
diah: But he was stern and unyielding,
he returned without an answer the letters |
which his niece sent him, and all attempts
to obtain anything from her friends were
abandoned; snd the young couple, who
were IN reality as happy as it was possible
for two humat beings to be, determined
to look 80 themselves alone tor help and
support in the future. London had be-
come a hateful place to reside in, coupled
as it was with the miseries and suferings
she had endured while her lover was ab-
sent. Shedreaded living there again when
he was at sea, and they therefore deter
mined to come to the New Wsrld, where
there was q better chance for employment
IN the Merchant Service than England Of
fered. The young wife was but too happy
to turn her back upon the friends who bad
deserted her, and to make her home
among her husbands kindred in the New
World.
They were very nearly p%enniless when
they arrived in New York, but her hus-
band found friends at once-what was bet.
ter, employment. It was in the summer
season when old captains are 10th to make
voyages to Southern ports, and therefore
stay at home, and permit younger men to
run the risk Of dying of fever in their
place. 1t was 10 such a position as this
that our hero found himself soon after
landing on his native shore, from which
he had been absent so long. He took
the command of a ship bound to New Or
leans, as a yellow fever captain, and placed
his wife in a cottage in Brooklyn. She
parted from him with a presentiment tina
she should never behold him again, for sh,
knew the risks he encountered but b,
had no fear, and the hope Of gaining
regular employment would have causet
him to encounter much greater risk tina
he did.
To his wife it was a prolonged agon
during his absence ; she had many kin
friends to console and encourage her, bu
she was so seriously convinced tina: SD
had seen her husband for the last tim,
that she never smiled after parting frol
him. When the time came to expect til
arrival of her husbands ship, her ankle,
increased every moment until her feal
became intolerable. She tried to suppre
her anxiety, but her friends saw t 90 plail
iy how ~fearfully she suffered, and when
: last the news of the arrival of the ship
quarantine, and that the captain was {
board and well; was received by the age
: of the ship, they hurried to convey Il
Joyful intelligence to her. She saw
their looks that they bad good news
! tell, and as they broke the glad tidinI
> 20 her, she attempted to speak but inste;
of words, only blood flowed from her liz
The excitement had proved too great t
T. her. She had burst blood-vessel. TIL,
S called in medical aid, but it was of no ava
n She Dever spoke again and when her hu
band eLtered her apartment, he found b
q wrapped in her winding-sheet.
Here this little romance of real il
e should end, and the readers imaginatit
e be left to picture the distress of the hu
:, band. But real life is not altogether VII
l. the Imagination pictures it. The husba'
n was stunned by the spectacle that prese
ted itself when he entered bis house, a
his grief was as inconsolable as the grief
IT most husbands. Among the neighbors W
.e came to offer their services was a young Ia
20 who bore a very striking resemblance
his dead wife she was assiduous in
Is attentions, did not desert him when
te funeral was over, wept at the mention
vi the unhappy woman, and was so tr
er sympathetic in her grief, that before
d. captain sailed on his second voyage, he
he her behind as his second wife.