Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-31
The Squirrels Counting.
ny E. II. COLLINS.


never assume the hymencal yoke, but
Just because it would seem so very funny
if he should.
;. Now, the Squire was no SQUIRE at all.
The word implies Judge, and the
Squire was not q Judge, at least not in
the legal sense. esquire" was simply a
nickname given in sportive moment to
j. Hillery Crabtrce by u joking school.
fellow, and it had tcnaciously chung to
him as lie had advanced in years and
stature.
j. Ilillcry, or the Squire, was, rs to
complexion, C brunette, very dark eyes,
blue black hair aud moustachc. about
five feet eight inches in his stockings,
and decidedly blunt in his manners, with
generous opinion of himself. In his
early youth he was the especial charge
oil his three aunts and Mt the same time
their torment. lie was the source of
never-cnding contention betw cen the
three cstimablc ladies who could never
agree us to how he should be trained, and
In consequence the Squire himself was re.
sponsible for most of his early training, as
the multitude Of cooks Spot ed The broth
OF boy. And we lind him ut twenty
four with kind Of cont Tempt for women,
young women in particular. lie was
suspicious of them. He was very par
ticular us TO his personal appearance,
tue turn and single yet withal had he
been biting fish, the girls thought lie
would have been good catch.
Fate was laying Il trap for the wary
and self-satsiicd squire. One day lie
called to see one of his aunts in Kew
York, and TO the squire's disgu there
Glanced to he n yorn0 ln1v cal,;,,. a.,
the same Time. or course nm introduce
=, lion ioiioweo. INC squire would glad
~ nave He'd, but lie had important mes
suges 10 give ms aunt. Miss kurt1 was
III no apparent hurry. Then, 10 make
matters worse, II began to rain, and of
course MISS hui1 could not go in the
ram anu inc source discomfort was
greatly augmented when his aunt took
nm 10 one SIDE and laid down the law
TO nan tIai he must see Miss kurtz safely
n : why the squire should have OBJ
Jcc.eu 10 seeing pretty girl home no
one Ihcw, out he dld, and 1t must he
sn'' that hc was rather gruif as he Offer
Z" ms escort To me young lady.
Now, now such II thing could happen
cannot DC told IT was very shocking in
uceu 10 the squire, but Il fact. The nc>t
morning III inc dining-room the squire
cnancea 10 pun out his handkerchief
and what should come out with it hut II
lady's glove, a nice, sweet-scentcd deli
eale aiair. The squire was quite over
come nc WINS considerably agitated, and
when ms Cousin Wildly, very lively
young mss pounccd upon the tell-talc
grove ana demanded an explanation, the
squire sau glow S,;, out something and turned
very req, oelperateiy took the glove
IRON ncr ana walked outo the house.
as inc squire walked along the street
nc lc't considerably veXed. Now, Of
course, ne must go to return the glove 20
piss hnrtz, but how could he explain its
peinS III ms pocket. lie could not en-
pam; Tic WOULD SEND 1t to her by NAL.
but' again, he did not know the num-
per OF her hou'e and he dared not ask
.1r ie"r me ioiks would hugh at him, so
.h"t very evening lie called and returned
shc sioVe 10 us lar owner. lie WAS
Ior' Gu 10 acknowicdgc to himself on the
way nome mat nc had spcnta very pleas
au. evenings ana was not sure that girls
were rs frivolous as he had thought them,
Il! ieas, not MI girls. Miss kurtz had
gwen MN an invitation to call again and
nc uiu not know but that he would; she
"PPeaieu ~ NC very nice girl, hut then,
ono must look out Tor them they arc so
tricky
IL was rather amusing t. those who
knew the squire and his antipathies, TO
notioe now soon it was necessary for him
TO again call on Miss kurtz, and it was
t tt: occasion Tor no little chatting by
Nlouy. Inc squire would look
ashamed, grow, and hastily get out of
hcr way, ana at the same time every one
noticeo thnt the squire wore puzzled
look as though he WINS thinking deeply
over something Ii lie made frequent
calls on Miss nurt' he was very careful
!hat none oil ms family should know Of
II. You know that it's n very hard thing
ior man TO I" knowledge frankly III t
ne Is violating his own pre- 'cpis. AMI
IL may be said right here that Miss Kur,z
was very estimabic young lady aud no;
without lively appreciation of the hui
morous. She had heard from his sister
mat the squire was sort of woman
mater ana all to Herself she had deter,
mined to subdue the enemy. The squire
had an awful fight with himself, bu,
hnaily asked Miss Kurtz 10 nc ompany
MN 10 the theatre. l}ya series of skill