Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-12

"And SO tho mortgage is goin' to b,
forccloscd on the farm2 No! Well
thatt what / understand from Lawyer
HOLSTERS wife. She's been cleanin' The
lawyers Office while he was goin stump
speechn for the election, and me and she,
we read lot % the papers. 'Tain'i
every day we got such chance. The
mortgage was paid oil year ago? Well.
l do declare, Folks was,sayin' you and
Edgar was pretty skimpin' about things
o late, he a-cuttin' OIL his subscriptions
to the church societies, and you doin'
your own sewin' aud homework, and it
was this you was savin' up for.
"Ehl Edgar has paid the miss onary
money just the same, aud you've kept n
girl right straight alongi Supprisiu'
how folk will talk. And how's Martin ~
Martin is very WE'LL" said n cheerful
voice.. as Mrs. Mavericks eldest son
came in, at the sound of his own name.
"llow do you do, Aunt MariaM
"Aliddlin'-prctty middlin'," said
Aunt Maria, clovating morscl OF broilcd
chicken on the end of her fork and view.
ing 1t first on this side and then on that.
I'm afeard, Eliza, you'll have to give
thus ere another touch O. the girtlron.
us llttc rare, and like things well
done. We'll, Martin, p" as the discouraged
housekccpcr retired to give herself u
second toasting before the fire, you
don't seem to take it much to heart"
Take what to heart, Aunt Mariam
"Lucy Weeds new beau"
Martin Maverick colorcd even beneath
the thick coat Of sunburn that had
Drowned his handsome lace. He bit his
lip.
az don't think understand YOU,
Aunt Maria," said he.
Didn't you know it? Lawl STAYED
week to Weeds, afOrc come over to
orlando Jenkses. Lucy's grown awful
handsome, and she's got a notion of
drcssin so rs to bring out her eyes and
hcr complexion first-rato. amt par
tial to them big, slcopy-lookin blondes
myself always preferred snappin'
black eyes, and hair Ikea coal But
don't deny that l.ucy's an up-and down
beauty. She'll fade as she grows older
them yellow haired women always do
but | reckon she's bound to make n
good match. Her folks is dreadful
pleased about it, and of course it's her
duty to make the best market she can.
She's a-gettin' ready for him to come and
visit her. They've bought new store
carpet, with little red iggcrs on n black
ground, and they've new pupered the
parlor an tackled muslin cuttings to all
the windcrs. Weeds folks is awful tasty.
Yes, Eliza. this is cooked to a Tnow.
llnin't got such thing rs pickle, have
We! or drop of Woostcrshre sass2 I'm
partial TO rc!ishes with my victuals. It's
good for dyspepsy."
II hope she will do WE'LL" said Mar
tin, with strangely set face. "But I
think she might have let so old friend
as my sister Ellen know of this sudden
change of mind"
Aunt Maria shook her head.
"bluc eyed gals is inclined 10 be
trcacherous," said She ats their ma
tur. dunno's they can help it,"
"lou-you did not tell me his name"
hazardcd Martin, with vain ATTEMPT Mt
non chalancc
"She wouldn't tell me-" said Aunt
Maria, though ] asked her up and
down. Blondes is dreadful secretivc
Guess you didn't have good luck with
your pickles this year, Eliza. This ere
cowcumbcr amt overly sour. But SAYS
to her, Lucy, says ], it's allays be.t to be
of with the old love, aforc you're on
with the new"
"And what did she say to that!"
"Not word. Jest laughed in my
face; Lucy's dreadful ilippant. Blue
eyed females, they
But before Aunt Marin could finish her
sentence, Martin Maverick had left the
room.
"a new lovcrl Lucy Weed" echoed
Ellen. ooh, Martin, don't believe it ~
AUNT Maria Prendcrgast knows it
Tor fact!' said Martin, gloomily.
"Aunt Maria is an old gossip. Go to
Lucy, Martin. Take your fate from her
Tips, and hers only" said spirited Ellen.
al can't do that. Ellen. No man with
natural pride could court refusal"
'Lucy is as true as STEEL
"lucy is only woman. Women are
unaccountablc creatures" said Martin,
trying to smile.
Tears came into Ellcn's ewes.
"Oh, Martin" she cried, tcndcrly ca
re sing him. "You cannot deceive me !
Your heart is breaking, even though You
make light Of it. Oh, shall never
| speak to Lucy Weed again if she has
treated you like thisl But you'll 20
there; you will never Judge and con
/ denim her unhcard?"
81 VIII have nothing more TO do with
her, Ellen
And even the sister who was nearest
to his heart dnred plead no more, whom
she saw the gathering stcrnncss on Mar
tin Mavericks brow.
The days went by, and the weeks, and
Aunt Maria Prcndergast still brooded,
like pestilcnce, over the Maverick
hearthstone.
And one beautiful day in November
the door opened and Lucy Weed came
in, fair and stately ~ tall white lily.
Ellen sprang up from her work.
"Oh, Lucy" She cricd-"oh, my dar.
ling"
"Whcrc is hc," said Lucy. "Why
does he not write to mea What has
happened"
Can you ask, Lucya" faltercd Ellen.
81 can ask" said Lucy, "and | do,
Haven't righta am rs true to him
as ever WAS have done nothing to
forfeit his good opinion"
At the sound OF her words, Martin
came out from the ad dining room.
"Lucy," said he, stern and grave as an
avenging angel, 'you might have spared
me this. Is there any necessity for tor.