spiewells

Updated: May 11, 2025

Charles Spiewell was not welcomed as the spiritual guide of the mistress of "Solitude." Unfortunately, Elsie chanced that day to be on post as sentinel, and, though she immediately recognized the visitor as the mother of the small colony of Spiewells who crowded every Sunday morning into the pew of the pastor, she courtesied, and gave the stereotyped rebuff, "Mrs. Gerome begs to be excused."

Augusta J. Evans Wilson - Vashti: or, Until Death Us Do Part