: -4— -. ■—„ JtHhb io Seltd literature anh General Iddlijeiut t VOL II. CHARLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1873. NO. 26. Poetry* It is the Province of Poetry to hallow the ! sphere in which it moves, and breathe around \ it an odor more exquisite than the rose or the lily. [Original J LINES COMPOSED ON MY > STATE. BY SUE J. DICKSON, Oh North Carolina! the place of my birth How more than clear, thou art to me, For there is not a fairer land on earth No, not beyond the dark blue sea. E’en as I gaze around with misty eyes, My vision’s met by rising hills, Wbils’t far above them all, the sunny skies Smile down upon your limpid rills. And the tint of those skies so softly blue Rests upon the waters beneath, Until every stream has caught the bue ; And mix’d it, with her foamy wreath. And when with his refulgent rays—the sun Spreads out his more than splendid light; All is bathed in beauty, till day is done; And dew kissed eve rolls into night. And then, the fair,radiant queen of night Comes smiling, o’er each hill and dale, Until a silver sheen, of glit’ning light, J O’er-spreads each quiet, slumb’ring vale. But Carolina, sweet land of my birth, Tis not thy fadeless beauty rare, Which binds this heart, to thy flower- clad earth, Where sleeps the brave the good and fair. Ah no! tis a stronger, holier tie; Here where the pale, white moon beams fall; And beneath the vault of your dreamy sky, You hold loved forms, in mystic thrall. A brother and sister are sleeping here— A brother brave, a sister fair. Then this—yes this, is why I hold thee dear ; And linger mid thy scen’ry rare. They sleep with many others ’neath thy sell, Round whom death’s icy arms are bound; They’ve laid their burdens down, and ceased from toil, They rest beneath, thy sacred ground. Thomasville, N. C. OR, THE Evil Wrought By One Man How can manufacturing pay when it takes ten mills to make one cent. BY SUE J. DICKSON. CHAPTER 1V- T2E STRANGER’S FLIGHT. Ah! little one, thy wondering eyes, Blue as heavens ’extending skies, Must look on scenes of grief and sorrow, Ere shall dawn, one brightning morrow, “Will she live ?” These were, the first words that'Wlrs. 1 Miller addressed to her husband, as he emerged from the darkened chamber, where lay their strange guest ofthe night before. “I can’t say, Lucy;” he, replied, throwing himself in an easy chair with an air of complete weariness, “her’s is a very doubtful case.” “Then her symptoms are dangerous ?” said Mrs. Miller, gazing anxiously at her husband. “To say the least, they are; and unless there is a rapid change for the better, she can not live three days.” “Oh, John,” cried the good woman, compassionately, “is there no way of finding out her relations “No, Lucy, none in the world, for she is in no condition for answering questions; and I doubt, if she has relatives, whether they would recognize her or not.” “Why, John, you don’t mean to say that a creature so young and beautiful as she ” and Mrs. Miller paused, and gazed at her husband with incredulity written on every feature of her face. “No, my dear, I do not say ^anything; but it is my private [opinion, that this girl is the un happy victim, of some demon’s hellish art, for who but a very devil incarnate could betray such a fair and innocent one ?” “I do not know, Jphn ;” re plied his wife slowly, “but I can not believe it, for there is too much refinement about her face and manners for that! even in her wildest moments there is a grace and dignity about her which one seldom sees in the very elite.” “Well, well, Lucy, I hope the poor child is all right; you step in, now, and see if she is quiet, for she was raving when I left her; and Lucy,” called the Doc tor, as the door closed after his wife, “send Polly down to pre pare my breakfast.” “Very well, John;” and Mrs. Miller passed on, but seeming to have forgotten something, turned back and, entering a small apart ment. approached a little bed; and turning down the covering disclosed the form ofhttle jannie, who lay like a slumbering cherub; the long dark lashes sweeping his rounded cheeks, which were flushed with sleep; and the jetty curls falling over his pure white, brow. Mrs, Mil ler beat down and dropped a (kiss on 11k iunoe’ent. lif e, mm- ’ muring: “God bless mamma’s beautiful darling, and keep him safe from harm and sin.” The child stirred in his sleep; and hastily imprinting another kis« upon his*brow, she turned and left the room, and entering a darkened chamber, she called softly: “Polly !” “Yes, inarm.” answered a voice, and a neat looking servant girl made her appearance, from a darkened corner. “How is she, Polly ?” asked Mrs. Miller,waving her hand to ward a bed, that occupied a re mote corner of the room. “Dun no, marm, how she be, she’s jist been a raving all the mornin, until jist a bit ago, when she sorter quieted down; and has bin layin ever sence jist like a dead angel.” “That will do, Polly,” replied Mrs. Miller, smiling at her ser vant’s enthusiasm over the beau tiful stranger, “you can go down, now, and prepare breakfast, and get Jamie up and dress him and send him to his father, in the study, for I do not want him to find his way up here.” “Yes, marm;” and the girl disappeared. Drawing a chair close to the couch, Mrs. Miller sat down and watched each varying change and shade, that passed over the unconscious face of the sufferer, and listened to the incoherent mutterings that now and then fell from her lips. Very gently the good woman brushed back the sunny tresses from the flushed brow, and bathed the burning lips which were parched with fever. Suddenly, as Mrs Miller stood bath!ng her li; s, the violet eyes flew open, and set in her face, with a wild anguished expression. “Go way 1 go way, and let me die,” she screamed, “for he pray ed for my death—Oh do don’t torment me so; what are you go ing to do with my little baby? Bring her back! Oh God! you are going to murder her!” and springing from the bed b e fell senseless upon the floor. Lifting rhe slight form in her arms, Mrs. Miller placed her upon the couch, and applying the usual restora tives soon had the satisfaction of seeing animation return. Just at this moment her husband entered the room, and motioning him to ward the bed, she slipped omatly out. A^ she passed out, the fret ful eri^B of. the infant, which hap been conveyed to the sitting room, fell upon her ear. “Poor little one,”s he murmur ed, as she lifted the child in her arms and kissed its flushed cheek, “There, there, my darling.” “May I tom in, mamma ?” piped a little voice at the door. “Yes, dear, come see who paid you a visit last night, while you were asleep.” “Oh, what a booful baby,” cried the child, bounding forward, “mamma may I tiss it ?” “Yes, dear, but be very careful not to hurt it.” “Oh, no, Jamie ’ent hurt it; but who baby, mamma, ’oms ?” ■‘No, dear, papa and momma funnel it in the snow.” “Did ’00 ?” “Yes, and now you see God did not let it perish.” “No, mamma, Dod flood, and don’t et enzy body die, do he ?” “No, dear, now run away and let mamma put the baby to sleep.” Days, and at last two weeks, passed away; and contrary to her kind friend’s expectations, Estrel la Douglas, for, reader, it was she, slowly, but as it seemed unwil lingly returned to life once more, and took up her heavy burden of grief. Though the Doctor and his wife did all in their power to make her comfortable, and at flic same time, endeavored by gentle and delicate means to draw her out into conversation, so she might speak of her former history, yet

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