Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-06

forward, she stopped and stared at mt
in tho most embarrassing way.
e" Did you find Tho papcrsr asked,
in my best society tones.
"'Sir! shc exclaimed, with Jack
Frost in her beautiful voice DID
what2'
q" Find the papers you went after.
"'What are you talking about Who
arc you, sir, and pray what arc doing
hcrc2'
" The only thing I'm doing at pres
cnt, madam, l responded, in tones
quite as glacial as her own, SIS leaving
here as soon 10 possible
" oh, thank ycu,' she replied, with
lofty urbanity, as the mad dcst young
man in New Jersey slammed the door
bchind him.
Long aftcrward learned that l had
hardly driven away when the house
keeper rc-cnicrcd the room, and Miss
Laura Van Server, with her dignity still
mt its full hcight, demanded:
"Who was that horrid, impudcnt
young man l found in the parlor just
| now?"
"'Why, he's the young man Mr..
Adalr sent down for some papers that
Miss Maggie has gono 10 get. Where
is hc2'
"NTiss Laura responded by dropping
into chair and cxclaiming, with almost
Il scream:
ooh, my, haven't I done t2 Why,
Mrs. Eikins, actually drove the poor,
fellow gu. Of the house. What in the
world will do' Don't, for gracious
sake, tell Maggie. I'll make it up with
Slr. Adair somehow, indeed will
"rhc result was that Miss Maggie
Van SERVER never heard of my cavalier
treatment, and was for n time filled with
wonder as 10 VIA. manner of business
man l could posi bly, be, having driven
fifteen mics to do an crranl and
then gone OF without cour;c,y or per-
foi finance
81 nursc'l my wrath and kept it nice
AMI warm until | reached h,m,. and
.ncn pcuicl it all out to Mr.. Adair,
whose laughter WAS 50 long and uproar
iCu' that took ON fresh in,,a.imcnt
of vir'upu' ndisnat.oa, ani was about
giving the Old pcn;lom n prcc OF my
mind When he bale NE Shut ~. while
he wiped away the irais OF hiui;y and
comfoTtcd me 10y spying: Bird, my
dear fellow, it is all my fault. utterly
forget TO tell you ;hat The girl, are
twins, and so terribly alike that you
can't tell one Of them from both
"Thc next day brought wondering
letter from Miss Maggie, asking what
had caused my sudden and uncomfort-
able departure, and would Mr.. Affair
please tell her what it all meant, anyhow.
" Now, here's your chance, Bird
said The old man, handing me the let
ter. Just take my team and have
another drive down there. You can fix
up tho mistake, whatever it is, in
iiiry, and get what l want this time
sure
"Away went, and in due time was
in the Van SERVER parlor. l took n
critical look at the young lady rs she
came forward and offered me her hand,
which l lost no time in taking. was.
sure of Maggie Van SERVER now.
" I'm very glad to SEQ you, Mr.. Bird.
Pray what made you leave so unccrcmo-
niously on Monday.'
We'll, Miss Maggic, I thought it
was about the best thing could do I'M
der the circum ,.nnccs.
WHAT Just because offered
you a little rcficshmeats?'
Not ut all. The rcfrc ,hmcnts we're
as acceptable ms they were gracefully
tcndcrcl'
"''rhcn why did you go away before
| rc,urncd?'
81 didn't so before you returned. /
staid until you came back and praci;-
cllly turned me out of the house. ;
x" Il turned you out Of the house!
She exclaimed, in blank astonishmont.
Why, never did any hing of the kind
81 am sorry 10 contradict lady; but
You certainly did.
"By this time l had forgotten all
about the twins in the case, and Miss
Maggic's brow dnrkcncd ominously ms
she sand gravcly:
Mr.. Bird, have you been drinking?
| wish you TO distinctly understand tha.
am not Il story teller; and I say /
never saw you after l went out of this
room for the papers.
Miss Van SERVER, l want it equal
", distinctly and cmphatically borne in