Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-08

1t was not the same cell TINT Frank
Hatfield had looked into before, and il
was nearly II week later. Tho prisoner
wns the snr", however, and with nll his
conilncmen, he wns hardly us pale rs his
worried, bothered looking visitor.
'lt's NIL up, Harry"
"What's up, Frank2"
"Why, this wretchcd secrecy business.
Florence IL coming"
"Florcnccl How do you kuow?"
''Rcad TINT telegram Got to meet her
ut the train this afternoon"
Frank had the better in color now
very decidedly.
s.Oh, Frank, my boy, what is to be
donc2"
''5hc must know"
"And Mabcl?"
"Wc'll see about that Don't SEQ what
can do but invite her to the house. 4"
And Frank Hatfield looked more like n
baitcd wild animal than ever MS he half
flung himself out of the cell.
Frank did not 20 home to dinner That
dayor he might have discovered That the
nurse had been left alone with the baby
and his wife had "gonc out" no one
knew whittier. So, in uncomfortable
Ignorance of tho dangers that bcsct him,
he went TO the depot that afternoon and
waited for lady who should resemble
rs nearly us possible the miniature like
ness which Ind been shown him, and he
found her very rcndily. There WINS no
chance for mistnking the striking, ncrv-
ous looking beauty, and, in fnct, ns he
advanced to meet her the trembling lips
parted Slightly, just enough TO say,
"Frank IIntlicld2"
"And you are Florcncc2"
ooh, Frank Where is my nusDano,
Why is lie not hcrc7"
Gle is safc and well, assure you, md
you shall soon SEQ him."
"I}ut don't understand WHY is oil
this mystery and dcccption2"
~ can't explain here" said Frank,
''but if you will get into II carriage will
tell you rs we CO."
And Frank wns determined to keen
his word, though he had almost MS soon
have been convicted of burglary. He
was not aware of nll his trouble, how
ever. He had not noticed the yelled fc-
male form that had followed him into
the depot, nor hnd his excited and con
fused faculties taken my note of the fact
that the same form sprang lightly into II
coupe which drove off rapidly after the
carriage which contained him and
Florence.
Florence on the whole sustained the
shock much better than Frank had cx-
pectcd. In few momcnts-for, with
all her nervousness, she was q brave and
devoted wifc-Florcnce declared herself
ready to hurry Mt once to the "Tombs."
az must stop Mt my office for mo-
mcnt, said Frank.
"Oh, but I am in such huIryl" said
Florence.
"But it is only to leavc n law paper
with my partner. He has been ut court
NIL day and | have not seen him."
Franks Office was in very busy part
of the city, and both he and Florence
had their heads too full of exciting
thoughts to notice any particular mem
bers of the hurrying throngs upon the
sidewalks. Still, as the carriage pulled
up at tho curb Frank remarked: "Good
| won't have to go up stairs; there's my
partner now. Brown! Eth, Brown!"
The gentleman thus addressed had
been standing on the edge of the walk rs
il waiting for some one and now came
forward with remarkably bcamng cx-
preston of cOuntcnancc.
Crank, my boy, it's all right"
"Whats all right2"
"Why, that Harry Tnylor's case"
Frank Hatfield had 10 catch his breath
for II moment, but stanmcrcd, "II-h-
how?"
"Why, there was whole batch sent
up this morning and one of them CON
fesscd TO putting the pocketbook in
IIarry's pocket"
"Well, what did you do?"
pie; let him right out, and I've got him
up stairs in the Office"
a gloved hand was on Franks shoulder
and trembling voice was trying to ask
him:
Frank, Frank, isn't that Walter2"
"Yes, it's Walter" said Frank Hat
field; but nc was sorry enough the next
minute, rs he sat in corner of the car
riagc, trying to recall the color to the
white and beautiful face of Florence, for
she had tainted. AS for Brown, he had
comprchcndcd the situation well enough
to dash upstairs, and by the time Flor
cnce had recovered her senses she was in
more tender hands than those of half
frightened, clumsy Frank Hatfield.
And now the carriage was being
whirlcd away uptown, for Frank was
urged by something even stronger than
hospitality in his cagcrness to reach his
} clouded home. He could have no pa