Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-06-29
H., VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 49, 1858 No To- .sss

does not object have some curiosity to-
see the city, or rather to 60 somewhere
! Anywhere. indeed, and she sighed.
/. I'll agree to anything, il you'll just
stop drawing such long breaths,' said
Mr. Wareham.
Z II that is the only drawback, then. /
Twill accept Mrs. Mayfeld's invitation
said Anna. and she looked more animated
than she had for many weeks.
The winter passed away cheerily To-
4 our heroine. Her matchless beauty, and
known wealth, stamped her belle, and
amidst the numerous entertainments the
city afforded, and the constant gafety into
which she was necessarily thrown, she
could not find time to indulge ia many
gloomy thoughts. She declined several
lofers Of marriage. such as worldfingsl
would have called brilliant. Mrs. May
field looked on, and marvelled how one
tso toasted and caressed, could feel the
Indifference that Anna uhquestiouably
EeHinced for the admiration she command
led. She did not know, that under the
i tranquil exterior there existed heartfelt
awoman's love, stronger than life titssl f
Il But it was true. Anna Wareham loved
! Clinton Payne with an intense devotion,
land it was The fear that this love was un-
Tequited. that had stolen the rose from
i her cheek, and caused the buoyance of
her nature to droop and almost die !; I'M
der the whitening thought.
/ But, poorgirl! she was not only doom.
ed to mental suffering. There was Ia
4 reserve for her physical prostration. such
E:as i rarely the fate of one so young and
4 gifted. On her return from the city Of
| the South, she contracted, on The boat,
| an alarming fever. and before reaching
4 home, was 50 i'll, that a bed had to be
lplaced in acarriage to convey her from
1.-THE river To- Hempfeld's.l distance Of
'Ithree miles Medical aid was summoned
land the day after her arrival, tie physi7
lcian pronounced her disease small pox !
IlfBy his orders, she was removed from the
IlImain dwelling Of the soad farm house,
where. she could be attended without en-
Il dangering other members Of the family
II was IN vain that he urged Mr.. and
i Mrs. Wareham 70 allow him to procure
ia nurse to attend the sufferer. They
would listen TO nothing of tile kind 81
Anna was. too i'll to demonstrate or even
\ to be conscious of her condition The
], Representations of James and Victoria were
Totally nnheeded, and their generous offer
to nurse Anna kindly, but firmly, de.
4 clined. Mr. Wareham was not to be
II thwarted, and the result was, thathe and
I'll his wife became ixturesat the, bed side
H of their suffering child. III
ill Days and, nights of anxious soaicitude
\ were passed by these faithful old people;
who proved .unfinching to their trust
1 Their vigilance and care were atlastsre.
!. warded7by the doctor declaring Anna oul
Eof danger. The first thing that met hel
! lear, after restoration to conciousness, was
the low tone Of her mothers voice in sub
dued conversation with Mr., Wareham
DR.. Jones says that. with good nars-
i ing, she viii be as stout as ever
h Yes know he did-5ut Nancy, tel
you, she has been powerful sick. =
| thought two or three times that she was
gone. don't see how the nation she
ever got the abominable disease Is
s0F Mr.. Wareham, don't talk that
! way; nobody ever win know, I reckon.
J how she caught it. They thought maybe
j some immigrants brought il on The boat
: as they came up the river.
'Pshaw | I tell you. Nancy it's jest
one of the things that had to be- egad,
know.
It will be all the best, maybe sighed
J. Mrs Wareham.
!, ! Ohfyou always say that, old woman,
nomatters what happens butif any best
can be drawn out Of small pox, I'd like t
, see it, sure.
!. Anna did not open her eyes while hel
3 parents were talking. She knew from
i her feelings that. she had been very ill
7 land she wished to learn from their con,
s lyersation, the nature of her sickness, bu
when her father said small POI. Il shud
7 der ran through her whole frame Hat
& she been a victim to this terrible disease
q The last thing she remembered Was reach
( ling home, and the earnest solicitude 8
her family. She tried to recolIect more
/ but could not. Slowly unclosing he
5 eyes, she looked around her for som'
& seconds, and then recognized tlle room
Z tile identical room ID which her child
q hood had been. spent. The whole trntl
flashed upon her now with all is force
|. She had been, and was now ran object I,
lll be Stunned by everybody !; q loathsome
wretched creature. exiled from the worlt
!, she had So recently and fondly worship
!, ed Where now were the iayoring par
!. asites who had almost kllelt at her feet
and to whose opinions she had sacrificed
!, the noble parts Of her nature |? All hal
fled before the direful malady that hal
i stricken her down; yes, all but her de
! voted parents. The very beings VIII,
]. she, in her silly vanity, had presumed T
scornon account of their uacultivatel
!, department. Deep and sincere was he
contrition. She did not ask If her per
sonal beauty was destroyed /; indeed,
4 seems Of little moment, for in hersheaFt
repentance for her foolish and despicabl
{. weakness, the thought Of self vas bst il
:: the earnest desire 10 recover, so that b
= dutiful attention and unbiased affection
2 she could atone. If possible, for bet pas
o folly. During her conYalescence, sh
had ample time for reflection, and whe
10 she vvas pronounced snff5eianfav restore