The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-06


nanncred young man; sarcastic, meb.
Be, an . little over periite; but ]
never said nothin'. The only son an
rich, he'd - much right to be proud ~
the mex one
Money kin work mighty fast II
soon turned the old Tolliyer house up
side down With yerandy an bay win.
dows. It fenced In the big plantation
an altered things eroun' till, ,ef the
ole judge could arose from under the
cherry tree in the garden, be d thought
he took on more'n common at the
coprt-house; an they do say that
SsgEsr ~ ssssesssslss s.sssssss .ssl
Siis was Ut school IN Richmond all thfs
time. an OF course knowed nothin'
bout the new neighbcrs but what we
writ.
She was st,idyin' hard to graduate,
an did. Kerried off all the prizes,
an the laws knows how much money
erlong with 'em; an mighty proud We
all'was. ~ F
Her par amt noted TO hev as much
sense as me; but a child wouldn't q
gone on the way he did the day Sis goi
home from school, with her diplomer
framed in a case wide as the pianny
top. an flower garden O commence.
ment bouquets tied with white ribbin.
Henry Cabell was TO the depot that
day. CLINT come in his eye an
his mouth drawed up for a whistle
when Sis got often the train; but j
give him side glance, an up he steps
an says:
Present me TO your fair daughter. y
Sis brown eyes was a-sparklin an
she lid ffooik powerful line in her new
-eleth traveiin dress an widc- brifntned
hat rolled erbove them yaller cur.s an
rosy checks.
] introduced Henry. an Sis give him
a short bow, as Ell handsome young
linen he'd a-lined the railroad from
Richmond to the Blue Ridge tunnel,
an she was ies' little tired lookin'
EN- over.
Well, it commenced from that day.
Miss Cabell said Sis was a beauty--a
airy, fairy suthin' mother; an the
Colonel let on like she was a queen,
WITH his chivalous manners. Sis has
got mighty takin' way with her, an
she was sweet as pie to all but Henry.
Him she were perlite to, Ian she
wern no more.
She hedn't been home no time fore
folks seemed to take the heft O. the
whole business bout hcs an Henry
on themselves. What with sayin
'.twould be a fine thing to make such
a grand MATCH" an $50 convenient,
jinin' land" an all such talk, / mis-.
trusted (knowin' how highty-tighty
Sis was) fur a neighbor to come nigh
the house.
Henry got his spankin' new double
team an asked Sis to go with him
to the big meetin' at Tinklin Spring
church a-Sunday.
Sis now laylac silk come from the
town dress-maker's a-Saturday, an
the reeds an all set better an he'd
more room in phayton then in our
carryall, SO she excepted OF Henry's
invite.
HenrY,s horses was slow Tor bloods,
as par said fur meessnzzhima got to
church hrst.
When they arriv', however, a dash
in lookin' couple they was. Nothin'
on that church green holt q taller
candle to the sun by EN-.
Isetty Green was nigh the kerridge
block when Henry driv rounS with a
flourish. an says she to Myra Brown:
isis sets up there like she he'd a deed
O. trust on them horses an the
driver
She do says Myra.& .but | reckon
Colonel Cabell II go higher'n a
miller's daughter fur his son.
Sis heard it, an the spots in her
white lace vail showed out like polka
dot pink caliker 'gainst her face, as
she TIN Henry passed to tho church
doors.
AlttT budb oli0 buIuCa til6 COiu
shoulder to Henry an KEEP it turned,
an things went on worse an worse
between 'em.
She pearten'd' up sometimes worry
gay. a-drivin' with the young boardin'
gentlemen from the Mountain Top,
an 'singin' love duets. Then She d go
off in the sulks, an be a-writin'
poetry, till | more n suspicioned there
was rose in the cankcr.
As fur, Henry, he got@ mighty pale
Timeshead spruceup an drive by scorn-
fuller'n a Congressman; an next day
mebbe he'd como oyer an hang roun'
meeker, n. a candidate xotin day
hedn't no patience with Sis uppish
ways, and | wern't IA bill s'prised when
Henry gave out all at once that he was
goin' travelin' West.
Then Mis- Cabell she turned cold to
Sis an looked reproachful-likc at me
Though, land sakes, hedn't done
nothins to her), an we was all miser-
able together
Things was this. way, an ! was
studyin' it. over as went on slow
down the lane the evenin' lef' Sis
a-writin'.
Twas what call "blind mans hol-
lerday," but the poet folks ycall "twi-
light deepenin into DUSK
Though misty in the gloamin', the
bigger stars was a-shinin' like far off
lights on dark sea- Way off the
mountain ranges doomed against the
fadin' sky, with here an ther' lofty
peak in the dim prospective.
High between-Doby's Mountain an
Bald Knob, wher' the tunnel cuts its
way through, q train O lighted cars
was a-windin' erlong the dark mount
ain side. like fiery serpent glidin in
its hole.
As l said, ! was jes' enioyin' the
peaceful scene, an not a-thinkin' moi