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

I,
last verse
So soon may follow,
w hen friendships decay,
And from loves shining circle,
The gems drop away.
hen True hearts lie withered,
81 And fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit
4 his bleak world alones.'
her voice opened firmly, yet wonderful
IN It's sweetness and expression, But b,
the time she had reached the last line,
had fallenagain into a low and trenulou,
MARBLE. and the concluding words wer,
Isobbed rather than sung.
i All became silent. For little while
Adele sat before the instrument, asins
every effort to regain her seHspossession
Having succeeded, she was abont rising
when the young lady. who wassstandins
/ by her side, suddenly drew her arm
around her neck, and pressed Der lips
upon her forehead. The young creature
feelings we're 20 deeply affected that The
act was almost spontaneous.
Thank you a hundred times, she said,
Tor the sweet song. | wish my brother
could have heard you. IL is one ahatlh
says he never tires Of hearing. But YOU
must teach me something of your own
skill. ! viii be- patient learner
| Adele forced herself TO smile. Then
rising, she thanked the young kdy fol
the kind feelings she had displayed and
promised not 10 tax them As she had
done, in the future.
After parting with Adele at the door,
the young. lady returned to the parlor,,
where she was surprised to tibd her
brother. 7s.rsg
Why. Henry 4 said she. how came
you here
In the name of wonder, Florence,
returned the Young man. Who is the
lady that just sung .The Last Rose 81
Summer ~
q an sllre | don't know, brother I re-
turned Florence. sa IL
j, DON'T know Then how came she
here? a4 e
She is the new music teacher. Of
whom Itold yoR.i Il sagf ,arlB
Indeed The young lady Of whom
you spoke 80 enthusiastically p
Il Yes: and with not half the enthusi-
asm that now feel. The fact Is, Henry.
! have never met with any one in ny life
for whom I felt such spontaneous re-
spect and affection. She Is beautiful |:
her every motion Is grace aud her voice
has init something that goes at once to
your heart. a glance u enough to tell
you that her present sphere is q very diff
ferent one from that ID which she has been
accustomed to move.s
She sings like an angel. That's all
can say. remarked the young man.
And looks like ono, II the face Of an
angel ever lies IN shadows
Don't yon know anything about her z
What is her name 3 I,
Her name is Miss Loring. But be-
gond that know little. She has evident
~ once moved IN the most refined circles.
Now she supports herself and sick sister
BY teaching music. They are, 4 believe.
strangers in the city, and without
friends.
Poor girls | said the young man.
When she came ia she seemed cheer
full remarked Florence but the. mo-
ment Invent to the piano and ran my I'm i
gers over the keys, she became affected
to tears. The change was almost in |
Simultaneous And an the time she was
here her heart remained 50 full thatsI
could perceive . slight tremulousaess ID
her voice Wheneyen she sroke.
When does she come again iiiquir-
ed the brother. t5R9 Il,
She Is togiye'nie lessons every Fhurs-
day at eleven o'clock., kseiI a4
Very well, Then I will hear her
voice again You must ask her ID sing:
for you "Ths Last Rose.,' once i more g. /
never heard it sung With such 1 peculiar,
warbiing sweetness. sol sssl
The young man did not forget tie DAY
nor thethourl when Adele was To come
again. He was IN an adjoining room
during the time she spent with her sister.
and her voice held him with i deeper spell
than i had done before. Alt her third
visit. he came pufposelypinto the parlorH
While abe was there, when FloreRce in
troduced him to Adele. He passed cut
Immediately.
When she came the forth time, rs made
Il 4 point to drop II again while the mu-
sic lessons was beiug rehersed. "A slight
tinge covered the rather pale fsee Of
Adele, IS he bowed 10 her with respect
ful air, and then made some pleasant re-
mark. : e " = =
AT her next visit he came Id, and asked
her If she would not oBlige him 81 sing
ing q certain song that be mentioned.
! She compliedss when he thanked her
and retired. 5s oss
Thus At each new visit. Henry Will
lialns, for i was be. approached nearer
md nearer to Adele, vet not III 4 way 10
alatfi her deiicac5 III Ire meantims.
Florence became perfectly infatpAisd1
With her, and spoke Of her 80 frequeutIyI
md 90 warmly p her brother that Il Is
hardly 4 matter Of surprise that. betweenil
What be saw and what be heard. Henry
Williams found SIS heart committed 10
Iavcr III the beautiful and interesting
stranger before be Was MORE than half
.way9 81 the tendency 81 his feelings.
We viii not trace, step BIZ step. the
progress Of passion thus roman ically
begun. It's consequence. IS Che readerl
might naturally suBp6se;swas 4 Gnsl offer
Df His hind By the brother of FIorence =
Adele had no reason for declining ihel
nffar !. rart;eu1nrlv A. iha vntsl,e n man hed