Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-09-14

Cdll YOU see WIldt #tttf oSS"SS
them. Oh! you stupiessnf
Abner opened wide { eyes and gave {
a prolonged whistle, VIII be artfully
turned into a waltz. as ~ made ges-
ture to him that it mie be noticed in
the room. We'll! [ va may never
why, it never once fnrred to me-
But you must acknoslage, ma chcre,
that / have been laboris sander blind
ness myself, of a soma At similar na-
ture, only more so; yotFIpresence viii
account -.
There-stop,' said Eey. laying the
geranium leaf on his mo9E, you have got
to stay out. here and llhnize with me
until they want US instr
When we parted l.Ay expected to
meet you again under $ clrcumstan-'l
ces as the present, Miss Wy said Ches-
ter Fielding, moment 3iter the others
had left the room ne He'd falntly as
he spoke.
Unfortunately in th{s horrid times,
Mr.. Fielding, we cannoFf ae toe thankful
if our SURPRISES are orfI,1 That we should
not have dreant of ..iaost of them
bring no pleasure with hem.'
Mary was conSciou that she spoke
with sententiousnes1pa pahich was not
natural to her, but she 1ald not help it.
Another awkward p&45c ensued, which
Chester broke.
sDid you receive Il S of my letters
from abroad, Miss Mar, r
+ But two; the last was dated May
10Th, 1861
Chester leaned his / I'd upca his hand,
and for a moment sti ,ge to recall the
contents of the letter i. question.
I'm Sfraid that it il IN very bad taste
Miss Mary, under the circumstances, bu
z cannot torbear askinE il the contents o
/ that letter had any relstion to suejec
which was forbidden when I last saw
| your His voice thici cianed, and his dec
inspirations showed t9aI he was move'
to no ordinary degrees 1t was not IN.
last !; nor can [ rentnaber whether
whether-the subject kgas. referred to i
( it. forebore as long He could kno'
\ :, -,5s:.g.l ~ se.shsl abersss
mary Hyde turs,ssss Yer the. leaves /
| the book nervously, Ind Chester oarea
caught the words, 'th ire was'
L am conscious, Kiss Mary, contir
/ qed Chester, with hi yskiness in his vol
which altered it strangely, that it.
unfair to speak to you here but Il
4 same motive which made me break n
promise Of not alluding to it IN my lie
| ters, must be my excuse now-lf
conduct be excusabfe. Will yoa ma
! some allowances fo- me? It is beyol
my power to tell you now harassed | ma
| been since my returrlyytot to havehad a
, means of communicating with you
= though have written. know 1t ioe
!, as if were availing myself of my pres'
h position, which may excite your sym
n thies, to express anew my hopes. v
:, you pardon me, Mary?
n With an impulse which he was
n aware of until too late, Chester fog
l. himself by her side, with her hand
$ his; but az her startled glance iowa
4. the door, he droppedsthc hand.
le Deeply mortified, Chester blunde
le through short apology, but still k
his place by her side. She moved a 81
lg distance towards the window of the ro
ut and hid her confusion by pretending
ed be interested in the view. / have ira
ne gressed so far, Mary, that / must sp
us on, said Chester, eiIA at her SIDE.
u member, you did noL decide. You p
ID, youth-you did not know yourself
IS said; it must, at any tate, remain
abeyance until | returned. You told
ch frankly that you liked me, but that s
mt an avowal must have no influence.
'ut me. You said that you would hold
on, no hope-that [ was free, and that
er. should consider yourself so. swea
leu you that what transplred at our pal
lcy has been an anchor to my hopes; a
Vi have been true to " nat | assured 20
w parting-my love to you-and re-;
'er- it now without anygsference to the
sue 1t is SOME salvo TO my conscience
III speaking to you thus unfairly, WI
an intended to have written you, wi
less remember that the next time we M
oy' may bel cannot say the word
oh- from your shrinking that you under
s'er lne-and O.! Mary, ifI dare hope
new your liking has fipened into str
ook feeling, may / alsOfope that no mi
E tune which may happen to me will
oor, it? She cast sudden glance q
up wounded arm, and with shudder,
III Mr.. Fielding'-but Chester inter-
area her: Saying nothing now, | beg
d. Miss Mary: For Heavens sake, l.
be buoyed by hope which is my
rdon consolation now, however vain II
y, is. prove.
fraid She would have spoken nevert
ILL but Chester interrupted her aga
calling Abnsr and Lucy. Com