Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-08-10

tor lad no belief in Titchcrafi; but when !
he beard what the girl had asserted, rs /
1t s, ned, for tie purpose of gaining her !
emit ethouslls t:,at she must belong 70 4
BAD at, for he co6,d not imagine that I
" tlete conld SO lie to his own soul as his !
brot bad Gone that day.
IL was driven firth harshly; but when {
she tsnto tile court yard She trn on her /
s kIieE Md invoked Il maledictjon on the !
houf u which she Had besii trekted SO cru
ely NJ as both brotileF sud sister md bro
Ken 81 with her, She praygs5 lna1 the IL :
ture Ws and the daughters OF The Walnlsetes
mig 10 act as to prove bitterness and .
casss b one another for generations tu CONG,
unit heir pride WAS humblcd and their
haras IS OF heae1 tufue6 away.
Ah had been fcTcrish, and she became
Wors To their restless inquiries Helen had
alga answered that everything was going
on She took care to keep her i'll eas
tire Dfance until two days after the exc
cutie OF Dame Leigh, and then she inform
ed h that her brother having denied the
girPs nteuent, the matter had been thorough
~ ai1lR and her falsehood proved And
Dame leigh has been executed 2 said Edith,
her Rhed lips quyering Helen'acknowl-
edged Then may Heaven forgive al those
that &c had hand in this black work !
excls hed Edith solemnly.. disgrace 8 be-
fore 70 y olld you all feared bat you had
not & fear of Him before your eyes when
you tered this iniquity to bel [ thank
God 30 my time amongst you will not be
long. 4 am proud Is you are; but my pride
wilI1.k allow lac TO live scorning my own
flesh
s'ta 1t same night Elitn Wainilese died,
ravIr. They ali stood round her bed in
: her dsaum, .anj jsichard marked well what
word Hae SAID lie looked at his brother
and q Ieieted bim where he stood, Shivering
J like . sltroon, but he said not a word to
him.
&c E@ae day Of The funeral there was q
large ssenblage OF friends and relations il
the 6 80 hall Of the north front. There was
el;44of a quarter an hour, because Cap-
I tala ishard was missing. At length ii
strod4.s, with lis heavy sword girt to hi
A1lll s1..d Les. aud ace2l.l5 IA 81 shv tn!
SauIe1 1y0ung clergyman VINO snsa hlAfrIe,
Edwin to Alice Leigh He had not gone
abroad rs he had intended. and on that da,
he had arrived to visit his friend Alice hat
meufio?cd his name to Hlith, and Edith il
her raYlngs had repeated it Richard him
self scarcely needed his testimony to con-
vince nlm or the truth.
: take you all to witness, said Capta
Richard, striding INTO the middle ofthc roor
and pointing TO his brother who turnet
pale and tried to shrink away, that neithe
|, nor, so far as know, any of mine hav
had hand IN the wickolncss OF this mar
whom proclaim to be o disgrace to all of hi
bio ID, and an alien to me henceforth a I'd fo
ever, and also shame to the name of man
hood; in token OF all which here brand hir
/ as dastardly poltroon and q liar. If an
wish to take his part / am ready to max
good what [ have SAID
AS Richard spoke he struck his brother
heavy blow with the fiat of his sword, lai
it on the table, and strobe out leaving tn
mourners to follow him.
You may imagine what consternation ther
was Most of those present did not under
stand what was meant, bat theya all rose an
! followed Richard. The colonel himself,
he was not conScicnce-stricken, was to
great an adnirer Of his elaess son to with
stand him in favor OF one whose baseness h
| now understood, knowing it could not
hid long
6 The nOurners observed that Edwi
! Wainlletc was not amongst them, and the
returned to the Grange to learn that he ha
committed suicide.
: Captain Richard had lost his favori
sister and when Helen came to undcrstau
how ne lad exposed his brother before o
their kir!fTBd and friends, she was eHaspe
rated against him and refused to be- recol
cied; So tha. when the colonel died, and
came 70 live there, she left the place, ar
they were altogether cstranged. The cur
PRONOUNCED by Alice seemed to be at VOL
already, aud it has worked ever sincan
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