The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-03-21
STAUNTON. VIRGINIA. MARCH o. 1889.
Betrothed IL a Smash UP.

B0trOLn9Q IL SMASH ID.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The voice of the young man had trem
ulous, vibrant quality, aud a glow like tina
Of June sunset spread over his face as h
took the vacant seat by the side of tn
young woman and greeted her joyfully.
This is an unexpected pleasure, Mis-
Became, he said. II did not know you
were on he train. am not presumnt
too much, hope, III rejoicing in the an
i ticipation of Il delightful trip instead G
the long, iresome journey OF half da,
| that had resigned myself to suffer wheI
| came aboard.
| "Certainly not, Mr.. Winterbotton, . SIN
replied, and the observant young maj
noted an increasing Qackness in the ilut-
tering movements OF the feathers anG
flummadiddles on the travelling hat of his
fan companion not due altogether to The
jar OF the train
Her heart is beating faster, > lie said tc
himself: but even in the rapture that
thrilled his frame and tinged to The ends
OF his fingers at this discovery he felt be
had taken a sneaking advantage Of her and
learned something lie had no right as yet
to know
For months Gyms Winterbottom had
carried in his heart the image of the lovely
girl who now sat by his side. For months
he had hoped that the time and the oppor~
tunity might come when he-hut let us
not anticipate.
The train Numbered along over rocky
gorges, around the base Of PERCEPTIONS
cliffs and down into spacious valleys upon
which the promise Of a glorious spring
was already showing itself in a landscape
that glowed and smiled beneath the ardent
rays OF the sun. But the young man
needed not the panorama Of surprising
loneliness that was unfolding itself on
either hand. He had something better to
look at.
Miss Vanila,' he said, with beating
heart, as he braced himself with super
human effort, this may seem an inoppor
tune moment for the confess ion | am
about to make. but am ilnpelled by a
feeling can no longer resist. My heart
hungers for
Tickets -
1t was the conductor who spoke.
A shade of annoyance crossed the brow
OF the young man at the interruption. He
produced his ticket, handed it to the Off
al IL, :, 70 II, n, nfn 10 rac,,,,, al
Il was about to say that l have carried
in my breast Il burden / can bear no longer.
1t is for you to say whether must suffer
a still heavier one. or whether life shall
have a new meaning for me henceforth
Vanilla Beane, love-
"Caramels. peanuts, figs, gum - in.
quired the trainboy,
MOI" said Cyrus shortly. Have you
ever felt that the time must come sooner
Or later, Vanilla, when''-
Life of JESSE James ?' suggested the
trainboy, returning to the attack maya
zines. latest railway guide, Robert Els y
II tell you don't want anything y ex
claimed the exasperated young man.
May l tell you what is in my heart, Va
nilla No, sir; / don't know what the
next station is, sir, and | don't care Il
have looked forward to the time, my own
Vanilla, when I could summon the aour..
age to tell you how inexpressibly dear to
me you are. and to ask you if you will be
my wife. Will''--
There was sudden crash. A broken
rail had thrown the train from the track
The car rolled Gown the embankment. At
the first wild lunge of the coach Vanilla
Beane had seized the young man about the
neck with a conyulsive grasp. aud though
the passengers were cayorting and plung-
ing from floor to ceiling and ceiling to
floor in the careless, unstudied freedom Of
motion and absence of all ceremony that
may always be observed in an affair of this
kind, she did not lose her self possession.
Cyrus Winterbottom, she shrieked
into his ear, with the resolute, fearles, let
no-guilty- lyman escape voice Of young
woman attending strictly to business,
ssIn--
Bang
"Will"-
Thud
.Be your
Crash!
Il lit le''-