Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20

As'ii .'hu us cause 10 Drown-noust2cheo
young man seated near by, Who showed
an absorbing interest i'll the subject.
1t was an attractive picture for con.
temptation warm day. a Shady We,
randa, with gentle breeze coming
toward 1t oyer an odorous ve;Yet lawn; d
small afternoon tea table set forth with
fruit and cooling beverages, and a Young
ana attractive pair of people luxuriously
disposed to enjoy their beautiful sur
roundings and each others society.
1t was reality doubly fair in the eyes
of the young man, who was cxchapoino
Tor 1T the monotony of business routine
Ill the dusty city. Not that his lot was
hard one. An only son in business
with his prosperous father is in the ma
Jority of cases rather overpaiJ than over
worked; still, such day, such situa-
ton, and such companion formed an
unusual combination. 1t was the first
tetc-a-tctc that he had ever cnioyed with
her wherein the certainty of an inter
ruptlon was not imminent. But now
now no carriage waited Mt the curb to
bear her from him; no partner all too
prompt would come to claim his waltz.
Brooks had known for many day That
there was more happiness to be found in
the society of this young lady than in
that of any other, but the difference he'd
never shown SO plainly as now.
Presently she raised 4 great bunch of
rare roses which lay ON the couch beside
her, and held them admiringly above her
eyes. "Thesc are the second you have
sent already" she said 81 understand
something from them"
$50 much the better" he returned
Boldly. 81 intended that you should. "
She glanced at him over her flowers.
and then fastened her eyes upon them.
81 understand, she said, that YOU arc
very eXtravagant and very young"
Young" he echoed, paying Ito heed
to the less shocking adjective. "By that
You mean foolish, suppose. However
the flowers pleased you, didn't thev?n
YES; but they did not please papa
An! there was mention of that bette
nolre at last. IIe had almost forgotten
It's existence. "Your fathur-is-hartl
to please, is he not?" he said, haltinaly
81 think that have heard that he was
not always quite amicably disposed
toward such as l."
She covered her face completely with
the roses at this, but when she spoke he
could divine nothing from her manner.
"Pnpa likesto have his own way. "she said
half apologetically. Then, seeming to
cast conceament to the winds. ssHe has
high temper" she confessed. "You
know some people have, but his is some
thing quite terrible, the storming, ravinn
kind not toward niche is the dearest,
most devoted father in the world; but
toward young men, especially young men
who send me flowers, nc is quite violent
sometimes"
lie nodded seriously, thinking of Rad
fori's fate; at least that fate should not
nc his. 81 shall meet Mr.. Howard Mt
dinner, shall 1 not?" he asked, WISHING
the flowers in Jericho which so entircly
concealed her face. 81 suppose that if a
man conducts himsclfiikc gentleman in
his presence ne is treated like one"
ION, ccrIaiuly-that is, sometimes
nearly always. But he has been asking
n great many questions about YOU since
these came. He says that he has known
your father all his life, and has ALWAYS
admired him. Still, papa is hard TO
please; although he likes your father he
may not like you. You are not your
father, You know"
"And you are not yours, thank heaven :.
SO let us dismiss the subject, and defer
the evil hour ms long as possible. Will
you put down those roses, or shall take
them?" He stretched forth hand toward
them, but she avoided it.
"fou have not told me n word about
the wedding" she said, hastily; az nm
dying to hear about it. Begin Mt once y
"Oh, certainly" he acquiesced, with
reckless gayety. "The spinstcr and the
bachelor will now discuss the wedding
AS you know, 1 was one of the rshers and
II you have ever been glad that YOU arr,
young lady, continue to rejoice, for
one can turn you into an usher.''
els it hard worll" she asked.
edo not tell me that you have q ME
attended wedding without seeing s
it must be drudgery. Imagine fel =
shall l start there, or go back to
very beginning2" M
"fhe beginning Of your existence,
you mean?" she asked, laughing.
''Thc beginning of the wedding,
answered, with lofty majesty. II l
too young to have past'' @
$50 you are. The wedding, thu So
and do your very best this afternoon; H9|
entertaining, for lying still for so long
clines one to blue dragons of the blu 's
kind, and want you to fight them
for me-" a.
"st. George for Englandl" he cris rs
laughing. "The fight begins! Imae
church, large, gray, a triflc damp pi3sS
haps, lights turned low, but over a IS
gala air. The chancel is decorated in E
white garments, and forty million ros
throw their beauty and fragrance over
together with ported things, of coul #
palms and hydrangeas, tall lilies d Ia
miles of smilax.n
"Smilax in pots9"
"No, not in pots, but everywhere el eS8'
Enormous candelabra stand about, lighted
and festooned with greenery, and high
above everything is a great crescent made