The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-05-20

the c6lsiug Of the door admonished him tina
hefmght do 80 with safety z 9s9' n
| HNlrs Darcy, doyou presume to interior,
With the transactions Of business that is vital
| " important {" -os 81 zgga Esggisasg II
1'@ Mrs Darcy nonchanlantly took up the lit
tie opera air where she left IL, letting the sof
Italian words ripple niusically of her tongue
si4si Evelyn, sdeashasoJ 1oda . soi1gaal :,
| sNWhat is II Luke 2. she asked. mildly. 2
Please let me out; Ny dear this may be-;
1joke to you, but" Is
4sss & assure you, Luke, its nothing Of thu
kind. Tits the soberese of serious matters
! to me. Il, is q question whether my future
life shall be miserable or happy oiss7osq
+ There was third interval of silence. r. 2
iiffss Evelyn, said Luke, presently, in sub
ldued voice, sawill you open the door?" ),
79.ss On onescondition only."s7aia ~, s''t
/, G";Aad what is. that ?"fI gag q gszei
aAh,, ha p thought the lieutenant general
~ he's Beginning to entertain conditions O
llcapifulatieH, is hep On condition, !" she ad
Eded la.oud,n that you will break yourself Of
the habit of3speakipg GROSSLY and sharply to
me, land on all occasions keep your temper"
= 20 Ny temper, indeed y sputtered Luke
;" Just your temper" returned his. wife,
serenelysoi VIII you promise ?'a 81 ''ia'.lal
! I'M" Never adam kAuu sisg y s9leasi ia9i +
Mrs. Darcy quietly took up a pair Of hose
that required mendipg, and prepared to leave
Che apartment. As the door crcaked on its
hinges however, a voice came shrilly through
the opposite, keyihelshiada aas naa ss9aoA
oil g N Mrs; Darcy, Evelyn !s#ifs !twife R'st'
so,,.ss ! 6. Ga hasa ~ ,1ewoq 5,a9igp9a,y
>. are not j going down stairs to leave
gs15 q / anlgfsIqoaq atfi Cd bssgpaai: u rait
aa7sa Well, laek here---I promise. rs .9iq9sg
b e t All and everything that you require
,confound It all r. 49,; svo,s y7es5,a
i3 Wisely deaf to the ,muttered sequel, Mrs:
Darcy opened the door, and Luke stalked
sullenly out, looking right over the topiof her
brown shining brown hairg4 gge .g91tiid9
Suddenly little OBTAINING hand was laid
~ ',ua ~ Tn L. e ss -, saz aem anrow
a,.s q WellY,e il r9as fluev y4dt gaiaoidi
+, ~ Won't you give me kiss ?"aa91'F s;e'!'
And Mrs. Darcy burst out crying On her
husband s shoulder. IA soIg -il,si.s. 7s.t5
y :" Well!' calculated the puzzled Luke, /" if
you aren't the greatest enigma going. A
kiss? Yes, "a half dozen Of EN- if you want
you, kind hearted little turnkey. Do not cry,
pet ! am not angry with you, although !
suppose ought TO be.'' n. s,....ag...e, .,ti,t,,
,'si'" And may I let Freddy out 2" ,..... fl,i.
ne &c Yes, on. the same terms that his papa was
released Evelyn, was very 'intolerable? ?"
aa, 8 If you hadn't been, sLukcgd neyershould
have ,yentqred or, such a violent remedy.'''sy,
80. Did make you very unhappy H, 8 ~
And the igush Of, warm sparkling tears
supplied a. dictionary full Of words. sstaai {
Luke Darcy buttoped up his. oVerooat, put
on his hat, shouldered his umbrella, and went
to the Apologize viii case, musing as he went
upon the new state Of affairs that had present
ed itself for his consideration. ssi' y
9a" By Jove," he calculated, i" that little wife
Of mine is bold woman and pmcky one !"
And then he burst out laughing on the
steps. laiit 2st22s2q q sA4@
1t is more than probable that, he left his
stock of bad temper III the law building that
day, for Evelyn and Clara never saw any
moreof st; and Freddy is daily getting the
bestiof the peppery element in his infantile
disposition. 80 51f'.
saNIen, after al, are but children Of larger
growth; and so Mrs. Evelyn Darcy had rea-
soned. ~
sal - saThe Power of d Word 7'aas ~ :
A mother, on the green hills of Vermont
was holding by the right hand son sixteen
years old, med with the love Of the sea. And
as she stood by the garden gate one morning,
she said :. 49, ~ag4, hrg t,taasi RIA
AEdWafd. they tell me, for never saw the
ocean, that the great temptation Of a scamen's,
life is drink. Promise me, before you quit
your mothers hand, that you will never
drink" a.;aaeR lsgaaE s7idt-e3 a4pg ID /.
!" And said he (for he told me the stQry),
II gave her tbs promise, and Il vent the
globe over, Calcutta and the Mediterranean,
San Francisco, the Gapeao Good Hope, the
North and South Poles. ] saw them all in
forty years, and L newer say q glass filed
with sparkling liquor that my mothers look
by the gate did not rise before me, and to-day
| am innocent Of the taste Of liquor| snIl e
Was not that sweet evidence of the power,
Of single, word2 /, Yet that was not; half
For, said he, yesterday there came into
ny counting rson4 a man Of forty years of
age, and asked me:453asaa eYaG; afssa1 81 i'}fu
'"Do you knowame ".oil,vofa bjtTa saai l'i'
,""No.'' 81 ~ ,sse1.,f.l-.. aasraai 1ssa ID
"sWell,V said he, Il was once brought into
your presence on shipboard drunk the cap
tain kicked me aside, yon took me to your
'berthaand kept me there till had slept off
the intoxication yousthen asked me if 1 had,
"a mother. I said had ReHers knowp word
from her lips You told me Of. yours at the
garden gate, and to-day am master Of one
Of the finest packers in New York, and [
come to ask you to come and see me-" 4 sjst
Z | How far that little candle throwsits beams !,
That mothers word on the greer hills of
y Vermont! 9, God be thanked fer the mighty
poYeF Of a single word ~ 1ss1ase - y go
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7 Too COOP TO BE Losr.-Mc heard Of a
conversations which took place few evenings
since, between oncof Ehnira $ fair daughters
and a young merchant Of this place, which
runs as follows,:ol5gait4Gq9 1893 ef} u e7lss.
The merchant vas speaking sf the excel
lent qualities of alyoung female friend OF his,
and closed his remarks by observing that
nshe was a noble, generous hearted lady, and
one that was right here" accompanying the
last words with a gesture which 4borderea
near the heart a9.sa i.as.,.
F. Her reply was, - fudgc!'sa thataisbalf cot
[ton p s.ao a.sw baiEias.sbi sta 1s5s9'ai ~
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