NOVEMBER 25TH.
DEAR READER,
Just one year ago to-night the orange wreath and bridal veil were twined
among my curls, and with a loving heart I stood up before the man of God
and took upon myself the vows, which made me Richard’s forever. The
orange flowers are faded now, and the bridal veil looks soiled and worn;
but the sunlight of happiness which shone upon me when first he called
me his wife has grown brighter and brighter as each day has unfolded to
me some new virtue which I knew not that he possessed when, he became my
husband.
No shadow, however slight, has ever fallen between us, for though he has
a fiery temper and an indomitable will, they are both under perfect
control, and so much confidence have I in his love for me, that should I
ever in any way come in collision with his temper or his will, I have
faith to believe I could bend the one and subdue the other. Every
comfort and luxury which affection can dictate or money procure has been
gathered around me, until my home seems to me a second paradise.
The fervid heat of summer has passed, and the hazy light which betokens
the fall of the leaf has come. On the northern hills, they say, the
November snows have already fallen, but we are still basking in the soft
sunlight of a most glorious autumn; and as I write, the south wind comes
in through the open window, whispering to me of the fading flowers,
whose perfume it gathered as it floated along. Just opposite me, in a
willow chair, with her head buried in a towering turban of royal purple,
sits Juno, a middle aged woman, nodding to the breeze, which
occasionally brushes past her so fast that she lazily opens her eyes,
and with her long-heeled foot gives a jog to the _rosewood crib_,
wherein lies sleeping a little tiny thing which was _left_ here five
weeks ago to-day. Oh, how odd and funny it seemed when Richard first
laid on my arm a little bundle of cambric and lace, and whispered in my
ear, “Would you like to see our baby?” She is a great pet, and should
this book never reach so far as Georgia, Mrs. Lansing, I am sure, will
like me all the same, for her words and manner have been very kind since
the morning when I said to Richard, “We will call our baby _Jessie_.”
So Jessie was she baptized, Mrs. Lansing’s tears falling like rain on
the face of the unconscious child, which she folded to her bosom as
tenderly as if it had indeed been her own lost Jessie come back to her
again. Upon Ada the arrival of the stranger produced a novel effect,
overwhelming her with such a load of modesty that she kept out of
Richard’s way nearly two weeks, and never once came to see me until I
was sitting up in my merino morning gown, which she had embroidered for
me herself. Ada has a very nice sense of propriety!
But little more remains for me to say, and that I must say briefly. I am
determined to finish my story, and as my husband for the first time
since my illness has left me alone for an hour or two, I am improving
the opportunity, having first bribed Bertha to bring me my writing
materials, by promising her a dress which she has long coveted.
The royal purple turban by the window has become somewhat displaced by
the strong west wind, and now wide awake, begins to grumble at “Miss
Rosy’s _impudence_ in ’xertin’ herself to write trash which is of no
kind o’ count, and which no _human_ will ever read.”
I hope her prediction is a false one, for I have lately conceived the
idea of devoting the entire proceeds of this book to the benefit of
_Rosa Lee_, who, of course, has no part in the $10,000 which her father
has married!
There is a rustling in the crib—the baby is waking, and at my request
Juno brings her to me, saying as she lays her on my lap, “She’s the
berry pictur’ of t’other Jessie,” and as her soft blue eyes unclose and
my hand rests on her curly hair which begins to look golden in the
sunlight, I, too, think the same, and with a throbbing heart I pray the
Father to save her from the early death which came to our lost
darling—“Jessie, the angel of the Pines.”
ROSE DELAFIELD.
FINIS.
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