Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-01-18

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months OF the wreck Of his fortune IL
ller and younger invalid sister, alone
.te world. and with mo- means of Twin
beyond what they. possessed in them
selves. a distant relative OF their mott,
er,s lived in Philadelphia, and She, b
| learning their condition, offered ther
!. temporarily a home., which they glad
accepted. But this relative was poor, an,
oy nosmeansable 10 spare from her scan
| W income sufficient to meet the wants o
the sisters. This they saw at once; an,
Il Adele mind turned, anxiously, in searcl
lei some means BY which she could pts,
whatever ability she possessed for iii,
maintenance Of herself and sister. But
she was a stranger and triad i'll vain foI
months to procure 4 situation az teacher
U school or family. Daily she felt tia
the burden upon her Kind relative wastot
great. and. that she must be relieved HE
The only thing of value that remained
TO Adele was splendid piano. This
was birthday gift from her father, and
dearly priced. The thought of parting
with that always produced painful feel.
ings yet, as month after month went By,
and no employment could be Obtained.
while her sister Francis grew daily more
helpless, and required the constant at
tention OF a physician. the necessity for
doing SO became more and more apparent.
H Nearly year had gone BY since their
removal TO Philadelphia. Atlast Adele
obtained q single scholar to whom she
agreed to give two music lessons a week
ior ten dollars a quarter Small as this
beginning was it awakened into life the
hope that was nearly expiring nher boz
som. But in generously giving Adele
and her sister . home. their kind relative
had impoverished herself Two quarters
rent. amounting to nearly \ hundred dol
lars, would be dine on the first of sJamua-
Irys and she had not five dollars towards
meeting the demand. She was in debt
besides at various places nearly seventy
dollars more. These facts becoming
known to Adele she resolved 10 sell her
piano. and obtain d cheaper one. The
difference in price, which she supposed
would be four OF Eve hundred dollars,
would put it into her power to hand her
relative three hundred dollars as COM
peasation for her own and sister support
for the year, and with the balance they
could procure a few necessary articles
and pay their board regularly more
scholars were. obtained, which Adele
fopdly hoped would soon be the case.
The depth of the poor girls disap-
pointment, on learning from the auction!
Ger that her beautiful piano would not
bring over two hundred and Fifty OF three
hundred dollars may well be coneeiy ed.
On coming home and meeting her sister
Frances she gave way TO convey in words
the discouraging result of her attempt to
effect sale Of her piano.
About three o'clock Oh the xtday,
and just as Adele was preparing to I'd 10
the auction store and learn whether her
piano had been sold or not, furniture
wagon stopped in front of the house. and
AT the same moment the bell was ruhg.--
On the door being open she heard her
name mentioned A glance from the
window showed her that there was pi-
ano in the wagon. She went down with
q trembling heart. "A Young man with
q book under his arm was III the paflor.
ll IA Miss Loring at,home?' lie inquired.
Z That is my name, returned Adele q
.s.t Your piano was sold yesterday, said
the young man, &C private sale I'd 4 gem
tleinaa who saw and liked il very much.
He had a very good instrument that he
wished TO dispose of, and so Mr.. Thomas
took il in part payment for for yours, as
yon had authorized him to buy one.
have brought it with me. This smoant
N cash received was six hundred dollars.
gili therefore pay yoa Eve hundred apd
nty dollars.'7 EsHas elSs1Fls !
I, ssesides the piano 2 inquired Adale, |
~. ice that trenlbled inspite of her Of
..Sountsd ertainly.' And the young man
s;;raad !. the money, for which Adele |
d fter tbipt. XII
lbon i ana sIaao was brought into the
,n s,a !, !, ~. .o..b Jerk had departed, Adele
Living upon b9m where hsr SISTER was |
beside her, buriaand cropping 4 chan
And sobbed 'aloudssr face n the pillow
sand and ;non;red 3 Frsncss took her
] lofthis apartment BURST lGa - cause
i some moments before * u, ,Si.. g Is
lciently composed to SPEAK 49, ny
.Ipected good fortune. AT N - ss;S
! She looked up with her eyes smminaS,
III tears fsls s 4tss5 IS
SsI.;tyhf ,laar .c;etar n has htolA
: lon the darkness Of our night. shave
|, / 1--WE hundred and seventy dollars rs my
lpiano, besides another instrument id 81
i Iichange.' &! 81,
Il IA sweet smile played over thesinyalid
|, lace IS she closed her eyes. Her lii
j moved in a thanking Offering to heayel
! God viii take care us, Adele 81
-Esaid, 10 4 low voice. We are His chile
4: rem and He provides for WI all Ever,
3 thinglnay come out just IS we desire.-
& But lot us trust Him ID the end. ALL vi
7 lsurely be right
Adele clssped tightly the hand Of hi
lsister; butEher heart vas 81 full that 81
! lcould not trust herself to speak. Whe
i more composed she saw her kind ,relati,
1 land communicated l.ss goed fortune.
& tie Same time tend hfee hundred do
i lars of the money sAs had received
i This was At FIRST declined, but AIDE
81 forced il upon her - sum justly Ri
4 Edue. How light did Il, make the POI
I woman's heart. Never before in her Ii
4 had she looked for ward with 80 much pa