Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08
CHOW did Old Neptune let YOU ofr,Y

NOW ala Ola Neptune let you Off
wo all eagerly inquircd-that being tn,
n'mo tho captain wont by on board.
lilo is hard on me-" said Harry, seri.
ously. "What do you think ho dc
mands, ladsa''
Can say; what is it2'
eff dou't resign, he will send INT
home in disgrace" Thut's his ultima
tum."
"W-h-c-w!" again from all hands.
"Lcts get up petition for Harry"
suggested ono.
cts of no use, lads, know he
means what he says. lie ha, given me
while to think it over"
1t was all up with Harry.
Capt. D was severe, but an cx-
cellent officer, and he had only given
cho delinquent the alternative of resign
ing or being sent home in disgrace.
The fact that he la got married in the
manner he described, in place OF palliat-
ing matters, only aggravated the cap
tain beyond measure. lie declared il
was disgrace to the service, and n
breach of propricty not to be over
looked.
Harry told us his story in dcsultory
manner, interrupted by many questions
and CALCULATIONS, but which wn will nut
into simple form for the convenience
of the reader
Julie Mcuricc was the orphan child Of
merchant, who had been of high.
standing during his life, and who left n
handsome fortune to cndow his daugh-
ter on her wedding day, or, if not mar
ricd before she was to receive the prop
cr;y on coming to the ago of 20 years.
Her mother had died i'll her infancy,
and the father, when she was 10 wears
of age, placed her in convent to he
educated, where she remained until his
DEATH which occurred suddenly. six
months previous TO the period Of our
sketch.
After his death Julie became the
ward OF her uncle, b. the tenor of her
fathers will, and the period of her cdu-
cational course having just clio ied at tho
convent, Hubert NIcuricc, tho uncle,
brought her home TO his family circle.
Madame Mcuricc, it appears, was o
schcming, cal culating woman, and
knowing that Julie would be an hcrcs,,
she tried every way TO promote her in
timacy with her own son, who was mn
unc oath and ignorant youth of IS years
without ono attractive point in his char
actcr.
Hubert Mcuricc, tho uncle of Julie.
was sea captain, whose calling carried
him much away from his home. Dur
ing his absence his wife treated Julie
with the utmost tyranny, even keeping
her locked up in her room for days to-
gcthcr, telling her that when she would
consent to marry her son, Hubert, she
would release her and do all she could
to make her happy. But to this julio
couli not consent. Imprisonment even
was preferable to accepting her awk-
ward and rcpulsive cousin.
One day she overheard n conversation
between her aunt and her hopeful
son, wherein the mystery of her treat
mcnt was solved.
The boy asked his mother what was
tho Use of bothcring and importuning
Julie so.
eff she doesn't want to marry me.
mother, drop the matter. like julio,
and she would make me q nice little
wife, but don't want her against her
will"
you are n FOOL" said the mother
"Iou know nothing about the matter.
Her fathers will cndows her with for
tune at her marriage, even if it be at II,
just her present age. At 20 she receives
the fortune at any rate. Now, don't
-" SNS "a OH Aiuti uCI VIC arc I'LL llNcu
for ifcl"
"Docs julio know about the moncy2"
he asked.
"No, of course not"
CTS little sharp on her." said the
boy.
'I'm looking out for YOU" said the
mother.
Just SO, " unused the hopeful.
81 am resolved that she shall marry
you, and that is why 1 keep her locked
up, so that she may not see some one
she would like better"
Lots oil money, chi Well, mother,
lets go in and win. When shall it bel"
''It must be at once
''Thc sooner the better"
"Your father is expected home next