One lovely face
Jan 2nd: Piqua
I arose, as the beautiful sun was just peeping from behind the
distant cloud; and I praised Him the Giver of all things that I was thus spared.
I felt sad through the day. I knew not why hardly. Evening came at which time father
designed I should have a party. The guests assembled; but I was indeed sad until
when I gazed around the room my eyes fell upon one lovely face beaming with good
nature (God forbid that I should have a jealous heart) I felt a feeling of delight
to spring up within me. This evening past very pleasantly and when the hour came
we parted and again betook ourselves separate rooms there to offer to Him prayers
for our preservation.
“One lovely face.” Who could that be? Alas, Serena keeps
that secret.
Serena had celebrated her 18th birthday in
December. She writes her diary in a school composition book which she has
decorated with doodles of names: Serena & Nat Printiss, Caroline &
Joseph Wilson and Libby & Thomas E. Hunt. Caroline is the wife of Serena’s
cousin, Joseph Wilson. Thomas E. Hunt is the future husband of Serena’s sister,
Libby. Frank M. White, Serena’s future husband, is not mentioned. We will meet
Nat Printiss later.
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