West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-28


Major was a vast substantial protest.
"Oh, l know, OF course. what YOU
think YOU have To say. But don't do il.
Besides. we couldn't leave Ned behind
ccry often A lurking laugh i'm the
corners of two brown ewes. "Or. he
might go with Aunt Maria, eh? Oh
o-o-o,'
The Major couldn't see ANYTHING
funny in that commonplace arrange
ment
My dear Miss Margery"-(Confound
those chairs! A man couldn't move
them an inch without getting red in the
face. they were SO heaVy.) -''vou are
surely determined to defraud me of my
share of the conversation, though can
not tell YOU how relieved | am To find
YOU prepared TO receive my overtures
confess there We're moments when |
feared you might be less fond of me
on account of the disparity of our
ages
why, goodness, Il wouldn't seem
half so lovely any other way That's
just the incest part of it,'' How that
presumptuous freight clambercd up
from her little feet to the dimplcs in her
hands and the rosy folds about her
neck, and, climbing still, stopped at
her roster lips! Her last sentence, and
the freight stopping right there.
where il did, made the Major gasp.
This is one of the most delightful
surprises Of my life, - he went on. when
he could speak. 'I.want 10 tell YOU
how fondly | shall cherish you: how
earnestly | shall strive to gratify each
wish that YOU can make; how truly
| ha nf
"Oh, stop! You praise me more
than | can ever deserve. - Two limpd
tears showed through the gathering
gloom. IL never dared hope YOU would
receive me so tenderly. | am a-coming
right over there, sir-and right behind
your chair so-on my tip-tocs, and -
put onc-littlc kiss-like Mdt!-on your
dear old forehead"
The Major grew more agile than he
had been for twenty years. Meanwhile
Poll had got TO screaming "Lord! lord
lord. lord' and would not leave of
',Oh, yes, m so thankful you like
me! And Wen all be so happy togcth-
or, won't we? And we both arc CRATE
iA, assure you. Here's the ring he
gave me. See! Two beautiful pearls.
''iiN Audt lNiHhlluH uldlnOnu. DOpSn [
1t look charming in the firclightP Ned
said-don't think me silly for telling
you-that if you were satisfied with the
little wife he had chosen he believed he
would go half mad with Joy. But really
didn't think he'd tell you so soon. for
he felt little timid about It," A lono
pause, during which the Major relaxes
his fathcrly embrace somewhat Then
a venture from the girl: "Im afraid
I've talked too freely with you! Or per
haps you feel sad when you remember
Ned is going to belong to meP" The
head bows so low that the light climbs
TO that now. "But wen live somewhere
near You and see you every day. Why,
must YOU be going? cunt YOU stay TO
teaP Well, button up your cont well
Now, please give your new child one
more kiss To tell her that you mean all
you have said. Good-byci Good-byem
Lord! lord! lord, lord! lordr'
How that bird screams. The wind
has risen very fast. and the pines strike
at each other angrily There is n
promise of dismal rain. and the dusk
hides all of the autumn's beauty and
leaves only its leaflessness apparent
SiXty-iiye. siXty-fve! At that age il
is hard climbing hill in the teeth of
the wind!-Eiia w. PedtLie, IN current