Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-06-14
AWHA' @. H. VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, JUNE Ia , 1885,
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time to turn the matter i'd my mind, for
| in D few days returned to college.
can truly say that It was the main prob
lem. which throughout the term CAV me
the most trou Bile ID solve. and cost me
most thought. 4.
Another year elapsed ere i returned
home, aud again Sat in the little village
church. My personal appearance was
meanwhile, somewhst altered. u still
wore my monstache, it is true, but my
coat tails were not, or did not seem quite
50 long, and had left off by spurs.
My mother and Iwere early settled in
our pew, and / impatiently awaited the
Iarriyal Of my lovely enigma. tried to
prepare myself fol- disappointment, i
haveFbeen thinking and dreaming about
an ideal said to myself doubtless
when the young lady herselfaPpeats, all
my fine imaginings will vanish; there
can be no doubt my fancy has beenIplay-
ling tricks with me, Investigating mere
country maiden with transcendant graces
and charms. While / was reasoning
thus with myself. the young lady appear.
Lea, leading ther5old relative with tender
care. I-tt
Worshipping an ideal, indeed My
most charming remembrance did not BET
gin to do justice to the beautiful reality.
a soul full Of tenderness and sensibility
seemed to have found fitting home in a
| person aud face Of perfect loyeliness and
| grace.
She blushed, when looking around, she
CHANGED TO see me, and again. the play Of
expression on her features, which had SO
interested me formerly, charmed me. J
| The more 1 studied her face, the more
| seemed % see into theEpure depths Of
her soul. III could have staked nay life on
her noble purity Of thought and deed.
| AS we returned home described my
fair neighbor and asked my mother who
she was :a
II Her name my mother said, 'is Grace
Denny and she is the loyeliest, the most
superior young woman have ever in
IN my life met with. III is too soon 10
think Of such things YETI she continued,
smiling, but some years hence, ID would
make me happy to see my dear SOB mar
ried 10 just such woman
| Not quite sd fast. mother laughing
I'd deal to hide aflitlle boyish embarrass-
ment, which ! was most anxious tp con
ceaL WIFI t/8i
/ found that Grace had become i con
slant visitor at my mothers and did not
fail to improve pportunity Or becom-
! ing better acquainted with her.
She was indeed gifted creature. en-
lowed with all natures hestl' She
sang, she danced, she conversed with an
| indescribable gtaee, peculiar to herself.
Though generally thoughtful and earn
est in her denieanor. she had . vein Of
| Quiet humor, and strokes OF playful droll-
cry charmed all the more from being un-
expected, But more alllring to me than
| all her. gifts and accomplishments, was
the shrinking sensibility depicted on
every feature Of her sweet face. soon
found myself deeply, painfully interested
lin her. / say painfully, for Grace re-
ceiyed my assiduous attentions wih a
perfect GOODNESS and unconcern, which
gave me great uneasiness. Sometimes
thought she remembered my earlyimper.
thence, and was disposed to punish it
but there was q rival, 9 cousin Of Grace's,
who always stood 10 my way, and from
whom Grace received, as matter Of
course, numberless little attentions, which
dared not even offer. hated this man ;
| / was insufferably jealous, but Grace
seemed perfectly Unconscious or perfectly
indifferent 70 the by play of animosily
WHICH was carried on between US.
Il Grace, sweet, noble Grace, with all her
child like simplicity and sensitive wo-
mans heaft--who could resist her2 !
could not--my whole soul was hers In
vain had / struggled-in vain had Icall-
ed upon my vanity which / had plenty
to invoke TO save ME from the mortifca-
ton Of loving without return. | could
not, stem nor control the passion which,
strong as q mighty WhirlWiDd, had seized
me.
| One evening I sat hy the piano while
Grace sang to be. The cousin was not
there, and dear Grace's very color and
lgIistening eyes suggested sweet hopes 10
Imy vanity. ] lancied ] saw loveIin those
bright dewy eyes, and 90 those soft, mu-
| Isle. breathing lips.
! 1t was the last evening of my vacation,
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