Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-05-31
KANAWHATC &c. H., FIRGINIA TUESDAY. May 81 1889
Good in law, said the Squire.

| viii you marry US ? asked Henry, glad
to get out as easy as that.
y No, I wont; but get some person; /
wish not to offend the girls father. who
Is q. Troublesome fellow, though i pity the
| girl. II
CAB you direct us 10 d minister :
You can find one next door. Betty
can tell you if you wish.
Henry took the young girl aside and
asked her consent, telling her that other
wise she must return 10 her mother.-
| The child gratefully accepted his offer,
/ and Id few moments more, Nellie Brown
and Harry hurry were man and wife.
immediately after the ceremony Henry
procured his wife a bonnet and shawl,
and they resumed their journey. They
rode All night in, The cars and the. next
| day they were near the metropolis. Mel
HE was weak and tired afterEher long and
wearisome Journey, and it was the second
afternoon erethey alighted on the broad
steps fof a fashionable boarding school
It was the fist day, Of June aud Madam
was surprised at receiving a pupil HE
day after the school was dismissed. bat
Henry gracefully 4pologized, aud said 10
her N >.3 W. So.
am goingllto Europe, and shall leave
my ward behind shall Be happy ID
leave her in your establishment, assured
that her interests will be well cared for.
Madam Wilson will remember that ] once
had a cousin under her charge. Il.
Annie Murry? All, yes, / remember;
she WAS my iavorite pupil, and Madam.
Esmoothed her black silk dress compla,
cectlg. .: a., 3ff .Is#
hope Miss Nellie hurry will receive.
your kindest care.
I Be assured that She will, SIR; but
Madam gave. glance al lhe brown elm
locks, at the plain calico dress, and
thought can she De . hurry /? She ALL
Ebe al disgrace to me. But she changed
rher opinion when she saw the full purse
that he had placedIm her hand for cloth
ing to#be procured for lis ward and when.
she knew that Nellie possessed such an
Eother. They parted, and that was-the
| frst look that Harry had Of his BRIDES
face. 4 7E=
must say farewell nav, Nellie keep
our marriages. SECRET till I return. !. ../
Shan't / wear the ring? whispered
Nellie, as she turned golden ofrclet
around her finger.
Yes; you will never take il off, my
dear Think sometimes Of me, and
write often. DON'T be turned from the
right by any one and ,be noble woman
for my sake as welDas your own. And
Henry pressed her to his. bosom, and
kissed her, and lxasfgone. F.f
When school again opened, Nellie, who
was now quite self possessed watched,
with intense interest for who was to share
her room. One yourg lady, who came
at The close. of The first day proved to be
the one and as Nellie gazed on her, she
kfelt that Jn1ia Stanley could never be a
Edear friend IND confident toHher. Julia
was fifteen, taller than Nellie, with blue
| eyes, light hair and pretty features, with
1 not more than 1.-THE of The expression
which rendered Nellie so beautiful.
The FIRST commencement day came and
Nellie olt.dtd herself and mates vet
there was mo eye tolook on in approba,,
ton, ION kindle with pride at Her trlumphs.
| She was alone. Then came a letter from
Europe, from Henry himself, containing
q jewel locket, with his miniature
What comfort it was 10 Nellie. How
often She gazed onfthe semblance Of that
noble eountenance and @ept tears many,
and mixed emotions. Julia found Que
| day that SHE possessed this locket, and
she was determined 70 obtain it, One
night when Nellie lay asleep Julia gent
| ~ uhclasped it and gazed long withinit.
She did not restore It, and Nellie grew
sad and pale for its I.loss.. A few weeks
AFTER, She aMoke one morning, and found
Liit in her bosom joy almost overcome
her, but she could only conjecture
whence il came. I'M, EY f #
| III was almost two years when there
came d watch, small and studded with
costly gems. with a gold chain of ex-
iquisite workmanship, from the wanderer
Ito Nellie. She became more than ever
Ian object Of wonder and admiration Ito
her school friends who seemed 10 think
her gifted with Alladin's lamp, or the
capFof fortunatus
All the months Nellie had spent at
Rockdale seminary had been filed with
yearnings for sympathy, even as her
whole life had been.| True She received
affectiohate letters from Henry, but they
began z Dear child, /, or III some such
manner, not recognizing in Her right I'd
fwomanhoed and the love he should Law
fish 1on a wife, She knew why he mart
EIied her, and she resolved to win his
tloye-to become such a woman as hs
Fwould be proud TO own.
The last day Of COMMENCEMENT had
come. and it was Nellie's seventeenth
birshday. She was tosread al original pot
EN- and as she stood on the stage, she emf
Itranced all BY the beauty Of her thoughts.
the force Of her loneliness, Her form
Islight, Of medium height, with her face
Efall Of sensibility. There was pure.
radient look oh her handsome face and
her eyes flashed with thought and feeling.
as noble as uncommon 70 most girls 81
her age.
Henry hurry. though unknown. was
one among the spectators. aud though
be had seen beauties Of all descriptions,
\ YET lie yielded his heart 10 this unknown
girl. He now for the first time regretted