Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-07-24
IN 7 HE GROVE.

"RUT JACK, YOU HAVEN T ASKED NE TO.
IL was q cloudy afternoon in July
The early morning had been prophet
ic of a 7 les,an: day; but Ike u gresr
many prophCsies C the present
time, had proved utterly false. Yet
a Sunday school, WIS Prosty'cri.
an 10 It's belief, and 50 iii not care
i,r q sprinklinr-- had ieternlucdIy
shut its eyes 10 the lhrs.t,riD- look
Of the sky, and goUc 10 d sp,cai: 81
miles from home. But the heavy
drops of rain which fc!l about the
middle Of the day drove Hem from
their original place OF destination
aud famous Lion Greek bridge gorge,
and sent them on somo i've miles
ore 10 the pleasant tUEn Of hor-
Wich.
The excellent music discoCrscd by
the band which accompanied the
cxcurSiouisis, as wcli a. the Inherent
curiosity Of man to Look uron s;ran-
gers. attracted many Of tie residents
of Horwich down r. tic gTryc,
where the picuirke were. Jack
lavilaod was one Of the many who
could mt resist the temytstioH-
.I.rk and his friend Marion. Down
they vent to the grove, Si;h enc
Umbrella between them.
Cau any one describe he feeling
Of u lonesome young thad Who van
icrs through a bevy ofyoung girls
any one and every one Of whom he
desires 10 know. yet none Of whom
me can kuow2 jack vas ovcrHowjn :
Sjtb that incxPrcssible feeling. Aud
who can blame him. or who expect
him to feel otherwise? lie had been
slut up for s.x long months, Porine
over Parsons on COhtracts"-a book
so suggestive Of love dreams
.-Eents Commentaries, Law Gloss.
ary. aud "Tomlin's Law Dictionary,
till the nightly dreams presented
ghosily. troublesome phAlanx o'
agents aud principles, ofpersOns who
could and who would not make con
tracts of crs'wi que tra,' aud non
con,pos mc,,tis, while above them al
lowered Hugh Gso;ius. conversin2
in stately latin, jarc beHi ci pacis snc
of the laws Of nations. Gao any one
sensure JscA for feeling a iooEir,
desire for little huuan sympathy
and human contact? lie listlessly
leaned agsirrt pine tree snd icos
Cd round him.
just then two youeg ladies came
into the field Of vision. One JacS
knew. the other was a stranger; anC
the other was the one Jack immcdi
atcly began to admire She was o
medium height, dressed simply
vet t.stefully; q white 2aribnld
waist-I believe Jack found III at
terUards that wss the name OF It
bs!ted By a broad ribbon, owe
which was looped another STRIPE
black and white, aud out from unde
which peeped two pro''y feet, 'a
c,ssd in thick out neat boots
classical though JacN con
fesssd to me. that if tue figure h7a
which formed the front. piece 1t ~
Had. md which was held u? 10 10
( noe ut freshnca as tha, Of Tue bin
'old man eloqucot,' Is classical Why
. he didn't think as the wind hdltere'
srouud her face md it was 81 Ia
sweet, cumely face, withsl, that : &c
most heartily euvied the wind
aud, crowuing oil, was a 'a5'ei'
bit Of head gear, such - IS NcT
nowadays.
Jack stood under the pine trc
and lost his heart. But ne might
we have lost it to thc vii'-'-tt
win. spritc, or sowc other ieTt'
ys,ect as her-who had 4 ete.
mass of hair. real, brown, ljvirs han
twisted iutC q gard coil behind. b'
? that little curls had managed
creep out here and there % Sl'
, themselves an airing deception, Il
what possibility was there of 80
getting acquainted with this sutdel
ly set up divinity much less-wcI
Jack hadn't as yet exactly 6ehred
in his own mind.
But nature is a uatchmaSer