Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
THE NEW NEIGHBORS.
by HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

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yellow head.
"AIy dear, my dcarl isn't that n
heathenish sort of spccch?'' reasoned her
mother.
"Well, it's the TRUTH" declared Tin
cite. "And where's the use in diseuis
ing ii? A women who would drive nv
darling little kitten out of the garden
with broom! ! man who don't like
dogsl and Mrs. Parry said they were 60
ing to be such nice neighbours
"fou must remember, Tiny, that peo-
pie don't like their ilower-seeds and
young lettuce plants to be scratched out
OF the ground, even by your pet kitten. "
"But, mamma, Fairy wasn't scratching
Fairy never does scratch She was
only playing about. And you know some
people dislike cats, out of sheer depray
ity."
eve must respect the prejudiccs of
our ncighbors, Tincttc."
81 have made up my mind, mamma. y
said Tinctte, with the air of a MARTYR, az
shall send Fairy to Uncle Bob. He likes
cats. And them" with sob rising
systematically up i'll her throat, 81 hope
Mr. Vallinger, and that ogrcss of Il mother
OF his will be satisfied"
Nonsense said Mrs. Wylie.
And she went out TO the butchers cart.
which stopped daily for orders in front
OF these little suburban cottages.
"Mamma can talk about sweetbrcads
and veal outlets, when poor Fairy's life
is in danger" said TinL.->v TO herself
''Oh, l do wonder if / shall grow rs
calous as get older!''
just at that moment, however, a trim
little maid servant, in Il ruiiicd white
apron, presented herself, bearing bunch
of radiant red and gold tulips
"For Mrs. Wylie, please, miss" said
She "With missus's compliments"
The tulips were so fresh and dcwy and
fragrant, and the little maid looked so
smiling, that Tinettes heart melted for
the time being.
81 suppose" she thought. ''she means
1t for a sort of flag of truce suppose
she's ashamed Of shaking the broom at
poor Fairy so spitefuliy. But it's too
late now; the die is cast the carrier is to
call for Fairy mt noon"
And-a sort of natural consequence of
her age and tempcmmcnt-Tine Wvlic
rather enjoyed the thought of the sacri-
flee she was making. She was only
seventeen, and very romantic at that.
Mrs. Wylic was fond of tulips. She
put the gold and scarlet treasure into a
vase Of water and bcheld them with ad-
miring eyes.
Very kind Of Mrs. Vallinger, I am
sure, said She. 81 wonder if she would
let ME have IL bulb or two, in exchange
for something that she might fancy out
of my flower beds?"
81 wouldn't ask any fayors of those
horrid people," said Tinettc.
" But that wouldn't be favor; it
would only be an exchange And really,
clear, this is such pretty little attention
that feel | must send something back.
Hun, darling, and gather me IL basket of
those big strawberries, That are Just be-
ginning TO ripen, down by the south
terrace. Put few vine-lcaves over them.
and tie the lid down with green ribbon
grass, and I'll send them over, by-and-bv.
do like to live in peace and harmony
with my neighbors!"
Ilncttc obeyed, reluctantly enough.
Down by the south terrace, however, She
found some delicious cream colored roses
just opening, and discovered the tiny
perfection of humming birds nest, so
that, in the course of time, her mood
softcncd, and the strawberries were not
only cullcd of the largest and sweetest,
but were covered, under the basket lid,
with half-open roscbuds.
"Therc may be something in the new
neighbors, after ALL" said she to herself.
When she had gathered the fruit and
flowers, she took a bluc-and-g gold edition
OF Mrs. Browning's poems, and went
down into certain woody nook that she
loved, to read and dream.
81 can't be there when dear little
Fairy is sent away" thought she, with n
quivcring lip. "The darling! she is so
happy i'll her nest of cotton wool in the
basket. Little does she dream that she
Will never see me ngain-or ut least not
until go to spend the day, next week,
with Uncle Rob at Eyrie Cottage?'
1t was when she was trying to lose all
recollection of her sorrows in the musical
numbers of ''Little Ellie and the Swans
Nest" that Mrs. Wylic sent a neighbours
chubby checked child over to the Val
linger cottage.
"You'll find it on the dining-room
taDie, Bessy, she said. "Take it over
to Mrs. Vallinger with my compliments,
and if she'll hang it down the we'll for
half an hour, the fruit will be much
fresher and cooler for tea. And here's
bunch of pansies for you, Bcssy; and be
sure you do the GRAND correctly"
While Bessy was gone, the postman,
who was also general carrier, called for the
package for Eyrie Cottape. Mrs Wvl;c
fastened to give him the basket
"The little creature must be fast
asleep" said she to herself. "6hc's as
quiet as can be. Well, Pm glad to have
her taken away while Tinctte is gone.
1T will perhaps save her pang; and
after all, kitten is a very insignificant
thing to make trouble between neigh
sbors, if only Tinette would think so."
Her olive branch was graciously. L,
;ceived at the cottage next door.