Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-07-16
WOODSTOCK, VT., THURSDAY, JULY lO, 1874

IeFeliSe, aye eVeli w LID heailS ploou
before -will see him the husband O
Edith Weld"
"Fred, Fred! what are you saying
Would you stain your already cloud
ed name, with the blot of wlltull mur.
der After bringing a father and moth
er to an early grave, can you not re
pent, before you add a dear and low.
ing sister to your list of victims. II
you will not hear me, if you will 60
on in your evil ways, if you will not
trrn from your mad career, for the
love of a sister, cannot think what
will be your end You are young
yet you have talent that VIII place
you in any position you may choose,
tr"n from your evil ways, repent and
be man again, and your sister will
blels you to you" dying day, and can
go among her friends feeling that her
name is not clouded by the remember
ance other brothers II repute. Oh |!
Fred, can you refuse me this p
Have my wardrobe in readiness,
for me tomorrow morning, as l shall
leave town and shall not wish to BE-
detained
"Where are you going, Fred p
"No matter; do as / bid you if you
wish to please me. If my sister will
not aid me, can find one who will.
Your eloquent appeals are as chaf' to
the wind, for when Fred Raymonds
mind is once made up, no power on
earth can turn it, / should think you
might have seen that before this"
'Do IS you will, but there will come
a day of reckoning. Some day you will
wish you had followed sisters ad-
vice, and wal ,ling, and wherever you
go, whatever you do, however sinful
Or shameful, remember my prayers al
ways follow you, and when you tire of
your life of wandering and crime, if
sickness and repentance ovel take you,
she will be ever ready to seek you out
and care for you as in days past. You
will 81 S(wayS be ny brothe S5s i Erred" "es
with are easily explained. The par
ents of Fred and Tilly, were kind,
easy going people. Too easy for
Fred, who was early led astray by
bad associates, and lived an idle and
profigate life. 1t was the same old
story. Debts of honor, which the
father paid sunk his little fortune, and
when he found he could not bold his
head above the stream he gave way to
despair, and filed q suicides grave.
Ms. Raymond, was so deeply affected
by his death that she never recovered,
and soon followed her husband to the
better world, and two more rames
were added to the long list Of parents
crushed by their ung:ate.ul and prof
ligate son. Better for them that
they were called home than that they
should live to see the caleer he con-
tinued to pursue.
Edith Weld was lovely little be-
ing as one could ask to see, and the
only and idolized daughter of a kind
and generous father, who was possess
ed of ample wealth and was looked
up to by all who knew him as en- up.
right and honorable man. His great
est wish was that he might see Edith
happily settled in life, with one who
would love and cherish her, for her.
self, aud in Charlie Wilmot, he SEEM
ed to see just such person. Once
he had hoped to see Fred Raymond
in that place, but when he saw the
downward course he was taking he
dismissed the thought of so unworthy
suitor
The day before the beginning of our
story he had sent Fred from his pres
ence, with the request that he should
never mention the subject again, and
for this it was that Fed was trying
to gain the assistance of his sister.
She very naturally shrank from it and
from him, for the two gi'ls had been
brought up as sisters, and loved each
other as such.
Having thus brought all our actors
in view, let us dismiss them while we
follow Fred. His wardrobe, thanks
to the nightly toll of Tilly-was in
readiness, and with no signs of graft
tude or regret, he took the train
at eight o'clock and was speed
ing far away to the city of B.
place which he always visited
when he was in funds, as was the case
now, for he had lust won a considera-