Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-13

turned hcrviyacious face and sparkling
black eyes uron the handsome Young
man who stood before the rustic bench
IN tile grounds surrounding her fathers
elegant mansion.
I'm glad to learn that nv opinion
is no: we'll founded"
i received this pay or two good hours
ago, smiled the Young lady. at the
same time pointing toa vacant space
on The bench beside her.
j see. And yon have already made
the fashion department Your own
Entirely. and I've at last decided
on the style of the Row gown that
father brought me from Paris. and
that | never would have made UP.
Awlully nice, isn't it?"
"Dccilcdly But What were YOU
reading so intcrcstcdly :"
The opening chapters -yon won't
laugh nj me, I'm snrc-thc opening
chapters OF Il new serial novel by Nal
com Graomc. whoever he may be-"
And you like il: 2"
"Bettcr than Rob Roy, with lashing
Di Vernon, my iavoritc heroine"
Tell me something about it, please"
"Gladys Rowland, the heroine, is
beautiful Young lady with hosts of adj
mircr5. She likes them all but has
no idea of tying herself to any one OF
them"
What did you say her name was ?"
GLADYS Rowland. Why"
Il thought 1t might have been Viola
Nanc.'
"lon have the hardihood to ilattcr
me, have you:"
Nothing could have been further
from my thoughts. | had the unfor-
tunatc admirers in mind"
Then You call me coquette? 2"
The eyes of the little maiden were
swapping with a suggestion of anger
now.
by no means. The fair Gladys is.
that, / trust?"
"N-n-o. She's exactly my IDEAL OF a
girl"
"And has she no prcfcrcncc?"
Yes. She likes the artist the best
OF all but will never marry him"
"And why not:"
Because he is so persistent"
Then you-I mean shc-don't adj
miro constancy?'
"Ycs, we do, both of us, until it be.
comes obstinacy."
Gcan Arnott WINGED little at this
reply, which WAS emphasized a lit
tic by toss OF the fair head of the
speaker.
Gean was n Young lawyer with Il
small practice, but a fine education
sterling common sense, and dctcrmi
nation 10 rise in his profession.
lie had loved Viola Nane us long as
he had known her, plus the twcnt,
minutes he had been obliged TO wal
for an introduction. This had beer
over year now, and all that time Ii,
had been most ardent sIiitor for he,
hand.
More than once she had refused him
but always in way that left hin
some ground TO hope Tor ultimate sue
cess.
In this he was encouraged by tn,
knowledge that, though he had twent,
rivals, Mt least, no one of them wa
more favored than himself.
Then You think she will not wee
the artist?" quericd lie, after q mo
mcntary silence.
I'm sure of it. She has too mucl
character to marry any one"
but this is Il novel, and. the princi
pal attraction OF that department. o
fiction is the mystery surrounding tn,
denoucmcnt
True; but the anthor, who, not
withstanding the masculine nom d.
plume, must be lady, writes so a,
tistically, so absolutely true to nature
that the ending you suggest is simpl
impossible She might cause her hero
Inc 10 enter n convent co,,n,;+ c,,;;1
Or even go on the stage, but, as so
marrying -"
Volatile Viola Vane broke off sue
denly, and completed the sentcnc
with Light laugh and an incredulor
shake of the head calculated to settl
the point, and ring down the curtai
upon the entire subject.
VIII you do me great favor
asked Gean.