Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-01-23
valid, and the first visit was to the tels-
graph Office at the railway station.

valid, and the first visit was to the tela-
graph Office at the railway station.
us Belle at your houseY" flashed over
the wires, and was carried to handsome
house in town. ssi'i4aa' ,sffe
"Yes. Wllfbe down by the next train."
was the answer; for poor Belle imagined
there was death or frightful illness to
cause her fathers message, when q visit to
her aunt was SO common an occurrence.
Satisfied on this point Mr. Granger
quietly waited till the train came in, he
walked up the street with his daughter on
his arm, left her at home, and started out
TO defy all Myrtleville.
From house to house he travelled with
exemplary patience, and followed the
snake-like coil of the story. till he faced
Mrs Sawyer, who earnestly assured him:
mrs. Seymour and Mrs. Kitely were in
the sitting room as I came in the back
way through the kitchen. They were
talking, and just as 4 got 10 the doarss Mrs.
Seymour told Mrs. Kitely that her son
and Belle Granger had eloped. They saw
me then, and Mrs. Seymour said, very
carelessly: Here are the morning papers,
Mrs. Kitely. just to change the converse
tion.''
s'And you rushed off to carry the news
all over Myrtleville?" said Mr.. Granger.
well, l thought it must be true, from
such an authority
s.Pshaw! You misunderstood what was
said.''
II heard her as plain as I hear you
now"
TELLING Mrs. Kelly her son and my
daughter had eloped?"
Eyes. I'd swear 1t on my oathl" said
Mrs. Sawyer, as If there were several other
ways of swearing, if she chose to take her
choice"
Suppose you go to Mrs. Kitely's with
me?''
swell. will''
But, to Mrs. Sawyer discontinue, Mrs.
Ktely denied the story entirely. Mrs.
Seymour had never given her any such in
formation, either in confidence or other
wise. .ls 854s
Mrs. Sawyer tearfully persisted in her
story; and, finally, the trio went to Mrs.
Seymour's. I'LL
The hero of the story was by this time
at home. and eating his supper when the
visitors entered.
1t was an awkward story to tell, but it
was told; and Mrs. Seymour's face was a
picture of indignant SURPRISE"
"IP' she cried. II say my Fred had
eloped with Belle Granger! Why. Mrs.
Sawyer, you must be dreaming.''
"You said so. heard you,'' said the
widow.
s'Said what?''
"You said distinctly, 'Belle Granger
ran away with my son this morning."
at this point, Mrs. Seymour burst int
a fit of uncomfortable laughter, to the
great CONSERVATION of her audience.
She laughed till she was obliged to
wipe the tears from her eyes, when catch
ing sight of Mr.. Grainger's disturbed face,
she said, with sudden gravity:
pardon me, Mr.. Granger. see
annoyance. The truth is this-Fred. as
you know, has all the morning papers sent
to him by the early train. and many of
the neighbors come in to borrow them.
Mrs. Kitely always likes to see the ''Sun. p"
and 1 save it for her; but this morning
your daughter stopped OIL her way to the
station for paper to read as she rode to
town, and took the Sum- When Mrs.
Kitely came for the papers said to her.
Belle Granger ran away with my Sum
this morning." xag,g 4a 81
''And all Myrtleville has been busy with
the scandal Mrs. Sawyer manufactured
out of your remark" cried Mr.. Granger.
II can only hope she will he as active in
contradicting as she was in circulating
it," sF IL .fa.,sl n
But to this day Mrs. Sawyer persists in
declaring that she can't see where she was
TO blame. after all. Any ody, she is quite
sure, might have made such mist.ske on
the same grounds. gn,
Pretty Susy was not long in doubt, for
Fred having drawn from Mrs. Sawy er the
confession that she ''thought 1t duty to
tell the Belknaps the first thing" hasten
ed over to his betrothed wife to vent his
Indignation against all tattlers and mis-
chief-makers, and very soon Mr.. and Mrs.
Seymour's wedding cards put the final
contradiction to the Myrtleville scandal.
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CUTTING GLASS WITH SCISSORS.
| nay persons may not be aware, says an
American contemporary, that glass can be
cut under water, with great ease, to al
most any shape, by simply using pair of
shears or strong scissors. In order to in
sure success two points must be attended
| to-frst, and most important, the glass
must be kept quite level in the water
while the scissors are applied; and, second
ly. to avoid risk, it is better to begin the
cutting by taking off small pieces at the
corners and along the edges, and SO reduce
the shape gradually to that required, as. if
| any attempt is made to cut the glass all at
once to the shape, as we would cut piece
of card board, 1t will most likely break
just where it is not wanted. Some kinds
of glass cut much bette than others, the
softer glasses being the best for this pur-
pose. The scissors need not be at all sharp,
as their action does not depend on the
state Of the edge presented to the glass.
I AN AUSTRIAN philosopher has been try
ing to inform himself respecting the per-
centage and sex If persons who miss the
train at railroad stations. He ascertain
ed by personal observation. that out of
about five thousand five hundred persons
who came daily to one OF the railroad sta
ton in Vienna, the average number that
missed train was one man and between