Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-13

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love, and he dug a grave in which
to bury it-a grave so deep that
when once inferred, it could never
be resurrected. All, if she had only
known what she had lost.
The struggle was over he wiped
his face and put away his handker-
chief. Then he stood up and with
clenched fists vowed he would have
his revenge. She should SEQ the
day she would regret what she had
done tonight.
When Jake reached his fathers
door there was a faint streak of
light in the east, and the barnyard
fowls were beginning to stir. His
mother let him in she had been
watching for him. He looked her
square in the face. She saw, though
the candle she held in her hand
gave but a dim light, that her boy
had suddenly changed to q man,
and her mothers heart understood.
The two gazed into each others
eyes for n moment. The son saw
an expression of tender sympathy.
The mother saw one of determine
tion and defiance. She knew some
thing was going to happen, and she
felt that she hated Rosa Anderson.
Jake helped his father through
with the fall work. Then he quiet
ly told his parents he was going to
visit his uncle in Kansas, and if he
could find an opening there for him
self he would remain. His mother
was prepared for such al announce.
ment, but it was great shock TO
the father. 1t had never occurred
to him that his son would do else
than remain on the farm, and final
", when he was done with it, take
possession. He did everything in
his power to dissuade his son from
his "fool notion as the father
called it, but to no purpose. The
only concession Jake would make
was that perhaps he would come
back in the spring. But spring
came and grew into Summer and
the Summer into Autumn, yet the
father still mourned the loss OF his
boy. Then came the news that
Jake had entered as student in a
law Office in the town of s.,
| Kan. As the years sped on re-
ports much to his credit were circu-
lated among his old friends and
neighbors. Hard work and honest
endeavor were bringing their legiti-
mate fruit, success. Apparently
he had forgotten all about Rosa and
the revenge he had once craved.
After Jake had gone, Rosa An
derson, with an inconsistency not
uncommon in females, felt a new
tenderness springing up in her
heart for him, and regre. that
her little episode at the school
house had ever happened. AS time
passed both the tenderness and the
regret grew. She cherished sort
of ideal with Jake's face and form.
She forgot or fOrgave everything
abe had condemned in him before
he went away, and invested him
with many noble attributes which,
worthy as he was, truth cOmpels
me to say he did not possess. She
coddled the belief that he would
come back to her until it became a
certainty. She was sure she would
again feel the pressure of his hand
and see the look of adoratiOnin his
ewes. SO she waited. Her friends
wondered why she did not marry.
There were many cOnjectures
concerning her, but never
the right one. So little we know
of the real feelings of those with
whom we may be even intimately
associated.
Ten years had passed since Jake
left the neighborhood. During this
time there were many changes
Some of his early companions had
married and were settled down into
staid fathers and mothers. a few
of both old and young had been
laid to rest in the little country
graveyard, where in Summer the
briers and weeds kept watch over
their graves, and in winter the
bleak winds sang dirges for them
But none that we know were among
these silent ones.
1t was September, and invitations
were sent out for Harry Ford's
wedding. Rosa Anderson was not
to be the bride, but Jake's sister
now woman of 20. Rosa was
among the invited. She was per
fectly Indifferent as to whom Harry
married. She had long ceased tC
feel anything but a friendly interest
in him. But she was greatly
seitated when she heard that Jake
was coming home to be present at
his sisters marriage.
A few days before The one on
which the wedding was to take
place an item of news appeared in
The Morning Star, the principal
paper of B., the county seat. II
read something like this: awe are
glad to be able to chronicle the fact
that Mr.. Jacob Baily, formerly oi
this county, but for the last ten
years a resident of S., Kan.
has formed a partnership with one
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