South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-06-12

IRE opposite her sat slender, elegantly
handsome young man graceful as a picture,
with curling black bar aud eyes which
young women Of sixteen ad0red bec,use
they were so naughty, rowing, brieandish
wicked black eyes they we're. People still
sold what pity the boy wasn't the girl.
just opposite the bright fire, half way be-
tween these two, an o!dish man reclined in
an easy chair lie had big, bald head,
AID the expression Of face of a baby. The
young lady was THEoDoRA, the young man
was Ned WALLACE, aud the bald.headed
man with the baby ,ceswas DADDY DIM
KLE. 1t was DADDY pINKLE q bis wards.
DADDY DINKLg was lecturing them in his
mild monotouos.
My children, liberal learning viii revo-
lu,ioniz. the world
TO this work, my dear children, looking
forward with joy to the day when your
two bright young intelects would take the
grand task of my feeble old hands, have
trained you. 1t has been the hopo and
dream of my latter years that you two
children would ono day take my school and
continue it, training the future man, as
have tried 10 do, to read the classics and
love God and his neighbor.
'Nly more than chillen, my two friends.
who have made life less lonely for me, if,
besides continuing my school for me, You
could fad II ia your hearts to walk through
life toacther-I tell you, next to my hope
and faith that the promised time will come.
it has been my fondcst earthly hope that
before my eyes close on this world, they
will look upon you two as husband and
2 FL ali | L Al
you know yourselves, and no other man or
woman eau ever be to either of you what
you can be TO each other
He spoke with more than his usual mill
energy as he Concluded. The girl blushed
slightly aud cast down her eyes. The
young man BOXED up at first, with fash
of bis hriGandi,h, wicked eyes, at the plac-
i'll face Of DADDY DINKLE, and then with
another fash into the fire, and then he
made an impatient movement of his arm,
happily unno.iced by the peaceful old
man, bat by no means lost on the sensi,
tive girl.
Good night, my children, said the gem
tie old man. Think about what said
Thon tho olifashioneJ old gentleman
took bis d-flshioned caudlesi,k and uul-
ged off TO bed. The momaDt that the door
was softly closed bebiud him EDWARD
WALLACE sprang to his feet with a look OF
extreme vcxa,ion.
DADDY DINKLE is doosied old Don
Qlixote,' be said. 'Nhat sort of a weapon
Is Greek root to fight the world with |
never said tho copjugaticn5 in my life that
| didn't got EN- taogled, aud don't know
what the optaiive mode means to this day,
And even if had all the tarnalion old rub.
Dish at my finger ends, what use would it
be to me? If the old gentleman had only
seen lit TO teach me botany aud anatomy
Il like DADDY DINKLE's way best, said
THEo.
'Oh, yes, it's well enough for girls to sit
at home AMI learn rubbish. They take no
part in the stirring, active life of the world
For them there are no worlds to conquer
and measure, no bounllcss acres Of marsh
aud forest t. wrest from the hand of nature
aud make haGitatioEs for man, no secrets of
the ag5 to drag in:o light aud force them
to disclose tic origin Of the race aud Of the
world. ISll 90 for women to cit by the
fire and dronc over antiquated lore; more
glorious career awaits n mlu-thC immcas-
urabic field Of action
THEo. tapped on tho floor with her toes,
and looked into the fire, but said nothing.
The young mans eyes rested on her for a
momeut, aud a look of Slight pain ming lod
with the look Of annoyance on his hand
some face llo paced the floor two or three
minutes, as If be didn't know what to say
next; aud thcn, as if he had made up bis
mind, he stopped short and began:
~
all Tie girls DO, but I can't help il. |
wish they wouldn't. / don't care for girls.
mean to spoud my days 10 making cx.
ploraiions IN unknown lands. That's the
only life for me. TuEo., I'm ashamed as
a beast to mention it, but BILLY RAY is
dying fr you. BLLYs a blessed sight
better fellow than / am
The foolish, handsome boy didn't know
what be was saying, didn't know much Of
The nature Of girls, or be never would have
blurted out shat he knew THO bad laid
her silly, romantic girls heart at bic feet,
ond that be had no use for the gentle gift
IL was brutal speech to make, and no girl
alive would ever have forgiven him for IL,
especially when he went so far a. to sug-
gest The transfer Of her maiden affections 70
somebody else. But EDWARD WALLACE
didn't know any better. lie bad no idea
10 bis blessed innocence Of the storm he
vas raising. THO stopped tapping with
be. feet, and eat like stone woman.
Why don't you say something, THEo z
She sprang up with a white face, and
her eyes blazing. She stamped on the floor
Passionatcly.
NED WALLACE, don't you ever speak to