Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-02-28


ing, but / often made purchases,
merely for the sake Of forming an
acquaintance. At length, known to
her as a liberal patron, she began
to have less reserve with me than
when1I first noticed her, and finally
I / was emboldened to make enquiries
| in reference to her family. It was
some time before she conyersed free
lily, but by dint Of perseverance, /
learned that she lived with her moth.
er, in a pleasant cottage on a quiet
street in the suburbs Of the city. !
knew the spot-its attractiveness
had often interested me, and / now
became more curious than ever to
hear the history Of the apple-girl in
the pink calico dress. a
yentured to ask permission to
call on her mother, and make her
acquaintance, under the plea of love
for birds and flowers, with both OF
which the cottage was surrounded.
did not receive the encouragement
wished, but still was left to hope
that my curiosity might some day be
gratified. As obstacles to my pur-
pose increased | became more de-
termined and | resolved to change
my tactics. / could not understand
the girls Discrimination to allow our
acquaintance to become, in, any re-
spects, familiar, but | knew that she
would not treat me rudely and
watching my opportunity, one Sun
day morning, ! addressed her as she
stood at the street gate Of the cot
tage, and, as admired some flowers
which grew on a bed near the house
she could not escape, politely, from
| the necessity of inviting me to walk
through the yard. Accide ntally we
met the mother. : / had an invitation
to enter the cottage; of CO. rse ac-
cepted with pleasure, and finding the
mother inclined to be more commu.
NEGATIVE than her daughter, ! man.
aged to learn that they were French
folks, although both spoke English
remarkably we'll. The cottage par.
lor was plainly furnished, but ele,
gantly. There were upon the wal
several pictures, and upon themantle
anumber of delicate works of art
which / was satisfied could not have
been purchased by the limited earn.
lings ofan apple girl. T.
| Why a young girl, who lived in
such q cottage, with such evident
taste and .cultiyationI should invari,
ably wear a pink calico dress, and
sell fruits in the streets, was to mt
a perple&ing mystery. There was 8
web Of romance weaving around the
mysterious apple-giA which became
more and more interesting, and .ey'
cry day my resolution to u nravel i
became stronger. There. was sucl
tmodesty in the girls bearing at the
stand she seemed SO much afraid o
scandal, should any one converse
4 with her longer than was necessary
to make purchases, that there was
no wayleft for me to solve the mys
terry Of her life but by. Wis iting the
cottage. Again went without invi
tation and boldly made known the
curiosity which led me to force my
self upon their acquaintance. y
/ The daughter laughed heartily
and said gaily-r IT, =
/ we have been as much at faul
to understand your curiosity as yor
have to reconcile our circumstance
with my employment
/ Then we should be mutual conf
DENTS | observed, 4 have been very
frank with you and ! hope you vii
reciprocate.' =.
! But our relations are not similar,
she replied archly. We are not re
sponsible for your curiosity, you arr
for ours 49,, N.Y. -
How so? IIcried. q: ".
! 1T was forced upon us Nm.
] Indeed; and was not mine forced
upon me, in such a manner too, a
left me no choice but to seek out thu
mystery? A truce Of this bsndyins
of words; you will not take advan
tage Of my frankness for any othe
purpose than to reward it with full
explanations -. "A
She looked at me a moment, as i
questioning my apparent honesty
and then said pleasantly
We'll, as you have been 50 good
a patron ofmy aPPle-stand, and have
taken much pains to know the ro
nance Of my history, if you viii
promise secresy, I'll tell YOU *,
I'll accept any conditions that
can fulfill Unanswered eagerly. 7 !
/ 'Walkwith me in the garden, then,
said the girl.
/ We had "a pleasant seat under 9
rustic arbor, when the lady remark
ed 2 r.
/ Mother told you that we once Gy'
| ed in a village near PARISH y, j.
She did, ] answered, ton my firs'
1 visit sI d ]
we were not rich but we had 9