Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11


with my best clothes, didn't even pu
in an apron Of any sort, lest it shonld
remind me of work, and that wanted
TO forget. In tho very bottom of tn,
trunk put fcw pieces of fancy-worl
that l had begun ut various times in
years past and never had limo to finish.
though my fingers had often fairly
ltchcd to get hold of them as q relief
from tIresomo monotony of patching
and darning. Lately had lost all am
bition even for them, but 1 hoped |
might feel differently after was res ted.
Next above them put in books that
had been in the house for years and |
had never had time to read, also went
over to the village library and selected
a number moro that especially wanted.
sent TO Boston months .uhscription
for daily paper, resolved, if l did
nothing elsa TO get read up on the events
of the day. 1t makes woman feel wo
fully rusty 10 have so many bright
young minds growing up around her
and asking questions which she cannot
answer, from sheer lack of time 10 i'll
form herself.
1t was quite scene when l came TO
start the next morning. l had ,:evcr
left my family for week, before that,
and tho idea of my being gone Il month,
even if L wasn't going out of town,
seemed us startling 10 them as il | were
going to Europe. Truth to tell, it
seemed almost tho same TO me, and l
said to Aunt Drusilla:
"lou must send for me if any of the
children are sick, you know"
Aunt Drusilla is born nurse and
knows more than half tho doctors. She
only laughed and said
"Not much! You're goin' away TO
rest, not TO have the care and worrimcnt
Of your family on your mind. But one
thing rcmcmbcr-if do send for
you, git home as quick rs you can, for
you may be sure consider en- pretty
awful sick"
The Smith family received me with as
much Difference as If had been lady
from Boston, whom they had never
seen before, and driftcl quite natural
" into my new life. For the first week
| slept about half the time. 1t wa, so
quiet in the mornings up there, my
room being too far away to hear the
family noise, and if woke it was so
rcstful to think that l need not get
mp till pleased, that would just lie
and dozo and dream till was thorough.
~ rested.
When | went down TO breakfast, nv
daily paper always lay by my plate
Clloracc went TO the posiollicc early and
got it Tor me), so | read that as | slipped
my corco and atc my breakfast, with
Mary Ann waiting on Inc, handy and
quiet ate my dinner and supper with
the family, but every thing was served
with such nicely that it was appc,izins;
and only n woman who has had the care
OF all her meals for fifteen years knows
what n relish ii imparts to food not TO
know in the least what you are to have
till you sit down ut the table.
| gathered fr-balsam for pillows,
made thistle BALLS and bouquets of
white everlasting. | skeletonizcd leaves,
pressed flowers and ferns, gathered cones
hchens. evcrgrecns. and gray moss, and
did great many happy, idle things
In the evenings l read till wa,
sleepy, then went to bed carly, and
after the first few nights, slept soandly
until morning. So dayafcrday passed,
and found myself really feeling better,
and all without particle of medicine.
After breakfast l used TO lie in the
hammock and read awhile, and when
the dew was off, I would sometimes
stroll away in the fields or woods gath
erinS flowers, and sauntcring as slowly
ana idiy as pleased. The open air
proved very good tonic for me, and
would have fine appetite for dinner
After dinner took Il long nap on my
bed. 1t used to seem at first rs if
could never sleep enough, but towards
the last of my stay, fcl. so restcl and
well that gave up my daytime maps
After the heat of the day had passed,
Horace or Mary Ann would take the
team and carry me TO ride of through
the spicy woods, or on TO some breezy
hilltop where the view was grand and
inspiring. never rode near the village,
and never went in sight of home, nor
did any Of the family come to sec me-
But tho knowledge thai L could go
homo at any time in half an hour kcp:
me easy and contcntcd
Tho last wnel- of ,ny sf,,, J.o. A..