The Last of the Foresters - Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier

'The Last of the Foresters' is a novel by …… It revolves around the lives of people living in Apple Orchard, a small Virginia town. One of its inhabitants is Redbud—she received this pretty name when she was a baby, and as usually befalls Virginia maidens, never has been able to get rid of it. Redbud is a lovely little creature, whom it is a delight to look upon. She has a profusion of light, curling hair, a fine fresh, tender complexion, deep, mild eyes, and a mouth of that innocent and artless expression which characterizes childhood. She is about sixteen, and has just emerged from short dresses, by particular request and gracious permission from Miss Lavinia, who is major-domo and manager in general. Pensiveness and laughter chase each other over her fresh little face, like floating clouds;—she is a true child of the South.