Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-06
RACHEL.

own mind, and her love is much more
likely to be lasting and true than the
ardent passion OF IS.
Rachels life had been such tina. she
had never any chance for what is called
falling in love. Her mother had died
when she was very young, and the care Of
an old and sickly father had come upon
Rachel. She had fulfilled the trust faith
fully. She had borne all the old mans
querulous fault-fnding with gentle
patcncc; she had submitted without II
murmur to being kept in the sick room
while her yonng Appropriateness were
gathered together cnjoyin. themselves;
and though Mr., Heath might have spared
her as well rs not, she never called him
selfish even i'll her thoughts. He was her
father and to him she owed every duty.
So her sweet youth wore away, and
woman's browning blessing was denied
her; and lis cheek lost its sea shell bloom.
and her dark eyes gathered shadows of
thought and sadness which should never
come to young eyes.
AT last old Mr. Heath died AT the are
of cigh;y-ninc, and Rachel was left all
alone.
1t was then tha; ROYAL Moore came into
her life. He was a physician, and had
attended her father for the last weeks of
hIScXlstcncc
Something about the girls calm.
quiet cndurancc-somc in The self
rcliant strengths. of her character touched
DIR. Moorc's interest before he i;l, cvc:,
noticed thht sh" had Il clearly cut face,
rather pal" ana II iitt!c sad, with large
h"Hcl eyes amt wealth oi curling brown
nair.
Ai'er Mr' Heath uIcd and !s"ci'acl was
let III the ho;iSe with only her Aunt Edith
Tor companion, Dr. Moore applied to
Ati>S Heath Tor rooms and board. Ra
ch"' would hardly lnv" taken him. so
accustomed had She b'coinc 10 LONELINESS,
ana :" much dtl She dread any breaking
np "i olt m'nits, bui Aunt Edith wa,
strongly III ms ilI"r' ana 81 1t lapprnr'!
liN4' u i'''"'Sh' "itcf Nr. it"n'nS t.tath,
br' .'"of' WIS comfortably established
III me SCUM ch,'ii''"r 81 i'achcl's nous"
ana was 'aNlnS ms meals opposite her at
un'''
coupe ct months they had been en-
gagged When Laura salr',S. Il distant
cohSin OF f'rhrl $. 'opI II into her head
ne" III inc ii,tlc stA%ir! town OF Beau
VIEW III" I" dear Cousin iiachci Laura
"f2'c ;" was cn"iIAg.
i"chri rc;Mrlh.trri her rs Il child
So"'eh-hair'u' hile-rycd and waNcn-
i"cca-.ahd oi l'ic years she had heard
Soin''hinS "i hcf wonderful beauty, which
H"' HEROIC h'r me hcilcoi Washington the
lh'S' season inr hcr father held an ilnror-
taht ONCE ut The Capital. and during the
winter ms iaihliy were with him.
H:. Moore WAS no; "vcr-plca cd al the
prospect, Tor he dc.cstcd fashionable
iauies, he sad ana ne had no doubt my
Lazy Laura was frivolous and vain as the
majority oil Them were lie had so much
rather have ms iittle Hachel all 1" him
sell linen nc Kissed ser forehead and
slld MS arm around her waist "Ad drew
her to his SIDE, and they stoHd silently TO
Se'hcr and heard the sea waves beat on
the shore and The clickets chirp in the
grhss, aud nei'her OF ihcn' dreamed oi
The cloud which was even then gathering
III inc calm Sky o' their felicity
The next day Laura Sayrcs came. Jus,
twenty slight, graceful girl, with
M'ras IKE sculptnrc'l marble and IN ar1ii
i'se'''' VI i"'c' ''''.'c' iii mass "i
crinkiy golden mar, 'icd up with az'irc
ribbon and ialiih@ Iii shower OF curls
down her shoulders. Yes, there was no
Saihs"yih& me lact ina! l-a'ir;l SayrcS was
beauty, ana pr. Mrore' being Il ni'n,
co"ia nor help anm'fing her.
she played and sang timely, too, and
he was iono OF music. Rachel iorcs;''
th"' wi''h was !" come hui she bore up
pra'ciy AGAINST H. IN" vas always KIND
an" sweet TO Laura ana gentle with
"oy"' moore
'.:u'',' "cr''s'o'neo Us Shc was 10 beng
n,i'''c" ana ''a'!eic"' appropriated Dr.
moore "i'no"l hesitation. Aunt Ed:tii
III" mcHtiohcu ms engagement with
hachei TO hcr' but Laura had lived in the
world whcre engagements are formed and
broken TO SUIT The convenience of the
parties ana she attached no importance
10 .he communication. She had only