Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-23
"Ginoral house work." said tho old

iarmcri icaning against tho side Of the
door. ga little of everything. Sort o
handy woman about tho place. jest
exactly the sort O. work our. dartcr
would have dono if she'd lived to grow
up. Ten dollars week and q rood
homo. dunno what you thing of it,
but it seems to me pretty fair offer. "
"Slothcr," said Garry, brcathlcssly,
l. 81 have great mind to go, Tiff Mr.
Jcssup will take me-"
"And glad of the chance" said the
old farmer, chcc fully.
81 don't know much about house
work." went on Carry
'Nly woman'll teach YOU" said the
farmer. ''Shc'd be dom it herself if
it wasn't for the rheumatism in her back.
And you look like one who would be
quick and handy TO learn"
"And know all about her." said Mrs.
Pcll, 'and l tell you, Mr.. Jcssup,
she's good, trustworthy girl as ever
lived"
81 could jcdgc as much MS that by
her looks" said Mr.. Jcssup, shrcwtlly.
So Garry Bc!ton stccrcd her little life
bark into this new current.
She had not been n week nj Jcssun
Farm before she wrote home 10 her
moth
I
all the world. This is II lovely plncc-ali ap-
pie orchards and meadows kncc-dccp in red
clover and timothy grass | help to milk
tie cows every night, and tho lambs and
Chickens know mo already. Mrs. .cssup is
:h" kindc't Cd la,iy you ever knew; ull she
is afraid Of is that ] shall do too much
Frank-that is her nephew who lives here.
AMI helps Mr.. Jcssup with the fnrm-brings
in all the wood and water, and is always ask
Ing what he can do to help me. suppose
| ought II t 10 call him Frank but every
one else does, and it seems so perfectly mt
ural All that troubles me-, mother, is hcing
separated from You, ami have such Il de
lighllul pnu. 1t was Frank That first
thp'ght Of it, and Mr. AMI Mrs. Jcssup do
not object There is ono wing of tho old
p!acc-two delightful rooms, with n great
Fireplace big enough for whole colony, and
windows looking cut on the river. They nro
n little out Of repair, to b. sure but | cnn
easily whit wash and rcpaper them, with
Franks help, and you are TO como and live
there. And all the rent kind Mrs .Jcss,Ip
WI acccp is li:tlc drcssnaking now and
then, such n you AFRO handy with, FOR her
poor oil finger joints arc all stifrcncd with
rhc,nntislr, and She cannot hold n noe lie.
And you can 80 into the city with your en-
hr, i'lcry every we Il or two-the fare i, no.
- very grclt-:nd you can breathe in the
smell Of the ncw-mown hay, and gather wild
flowers and swcc,bricr, and oh, mother tlar-
ling, we hall Lc so happyw
Mrs. Bolton read the letter through
tears Of delight.
at will be like hcavcnl" she said to
herself My dear, thoughtful child
Gui | wonder who this Frank is? /
wonder whether She knows how often
her though and her pen turn TO him!
He must be good if he is with these
kind pcoplc.'
She went out 10 the old farm. Carry
met her at the station in wagon, with
with handsome sun burned younr
man holding the rcins.
This is Frank Jcssup, mothcrl" said
She, with Il radiant face.
The two rooms were in perfect order.
y bunch of roses stood on the bureau.
and summer evening though it was,
fire of logs burned within the deep.
smoke. blackcncd chasms of the ancient
chimney. casting red reflections on the
newly papcrc'l wails-''lcst it should be
damp said Garry.
And The first real home feeling which
'hcy hal known for years came, like
the brooding wings of dove, over the
hearts OF mother and daughter us they
sat side 10y side on the doorstep, under
the green app!c-boughs, with a great
Star shining in the west, and the sound
OF brooklct gurgling along beneath
the willows beyond,