White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-23
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THE MAIDENi ADVENTURE.
ArALE OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF vrEeiSrI

A TALE OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA.
"WeII, KITE said her bridesmaid, Lucy
Camecon, e the clouds look very Threatening;
and YOU know il is said to be an un'ucky ON II
for ones welding night 70 be stormy"
"Pshaw, Lucy, you would fright IA me will
some old granImOther's tale as ii were a child
IbeIieve not in Umens, and shall forget all un
lucky presaers, when the wife of Richard Gas
ton," answered the lovely and smiling bride.
You treat il H. htly, and trust it may not
be ominous of your cunjugal life" resumed LII
cy; "but my aunt Kitty says that's the reason
she never married; because it was Raining in
torrents the day she was to have been welded
an she disc lrIed her lover because it was un-
lucky"
"Ah, Lucy, do not mean to doubt your good
aunt's worn; but there must have been some
more serious cause linked with the one you have
mentioned. My life on it, do not lose hus'
band for so slight cause. 1t must be something
more than q common occurrence that shall now
break Of the match with Dick and myself. But
see, the company are beginning to arriye," said
Kate, as she looked from the window of her
room, " and must prepare for the ceremony"
The morning Of the day of which We have
spoken, had opened in unclouded spiendUr, and
all seemed prUPitiOus to the uuptials that were
10 be sOlemniEed in the evening. The inmates
Of the cIbin in which the preceding conversation
had been carried on, had arisen ehe.rfully with
the first notes Of the carly robin 70 prepare for
the festival, 10 which the whole neighb1rhood,
consisting of all within fifteen or twenty miles,
(Tor the ighb0rhOods were then large, and hab-
itatiOns scarce,l were Unfortunately invited.
Kate Lee was the only child of her parents,
and had been bsrn and raised in the humble cut
tage which her father had assisted to construct
viii, his own hands. Mr.. Lee had moved 20 his
pre.elIt residence Whsn few ventured thus far
into the Indian territory; and by his own iabors,
and that OF his two servants, had erected dou-
BILE cabin, and cleared about City acres Of land,
upon rich piece Of high ground, n mile and a
half from the James River. By his urblnity
and kindness, he hAd gained the confidence Of
the Indians; and in all their dePredatOns so far,
he had gOne unscathed. He was OF good birth
and education, AMI the most hospitabIe man in
the settlement. The property which he held,
ans the style in which he lived, together with
his superior knowledge, gave him standing
among the settlers superior 70 all. Ever ready
to assist rhe needy, and always just ia his opiu-
ions and actions, he WAS looked 70 for counsel,
rather than treated as an equal.
As We said before, Kate was his only child,
and had been the solace Of her parents for nine
teen years. Sh. had now attIineI To fnll-b0wn
womznhood, and from her beauty and intelli-
gence, her hand hid been often asked by the
hardy sons of the pioneers. Her heart vas IN
touched until young GAstOnlaid siege to il. To
his eloquent appeals she lent a willing ear, and
promised to be his bride.
As Kate was the loveliest. girl in the country,
90 was Richard Castor the most TO be euried
among the youths. OF fine, msflv stature, su-
perior intellect and unaagging energy, he was
the best match in the settlement. He cultivated
little farm on the other side OF the river and
when occasion offered, engaged in the nr.c,;c.
Of the laW, for which both education and D,ur.
fitted him. He had been in the setsIemsD, .hon,
seven years, and from his open and conc;l;.tor~
manners, his bold and manly bearing, had be.