Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
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son, do, interrupted Il chorus OF fc
male voices.
"Ashton tells a story awfully WE'LL
exclaimed Humphrey Chaloncr.
"Plcasc tell MS your story, Mr.. Ashton"
murmured Mrs. Fowler in patronizin..
tone.
"It is an incident, an episode, rather
than story" said Horace. GA story, VIC
are told, demands three things begin
ming, Il middle and IN ending. My tale
has only beginning. And now to be-
gin; and must make it short, for the
hour is late.
"One November day, five years ago, |
happened TO come in earlier than usual
ut about 4 Z. NJ, feeling very tired and
desperately sleepy l ordered tea to be
brought up ut once, but before [ had fin
ishcd my second cup | fell fast asleep
with II newspaper and some letters that
my servant had just handed me lying in
my lap unopened, and my fox-tcrrior,
Nell, doing mt my feet. | must have
slept, | suppose, for nearly an hour, when
/ suddenly woke with violent start that
sent both newspaper and letters flying on
to the rug, the former bursting its cover
in the fall
"When I had sufficiently recovered
from the shock of this rude awakening TO
make amy move, stopped down and
picked up the letter that WAS nearest to
me, and which happened to he lying seal
uppcrmost, and without even glancin@ at
the address tore open the envelope ana
proceeded to read lis contents. They
were startling, must admit"
"Was the letter from II lady or a rcn-
tlcman, Mr.. Ashton!" asked one of the
Americans.
"From the former, and it stated that
being weary Of life and unable To submit
any longer 10 patcrnal tyranny, she in
tended 10 avail herself of her dnrliny's
oft-repcatcd request that she should lly
with him, and that She therefore, re-
| qucstcd him to meet her al the terminus
here (whcrc here might he know MOI;
for there was neither date or address af-
iixcD on Tuesday next at l:l5. had
scarcely had time Ia finish the letter, or
to wonder who could have written il to
me, when my servant entered with Il
telegram demanding IN immediate an
swcr While ] was framing my reply
Cuthbcrt busted himself with making. I'm
the fire, and in so doing came into active
collision with Nell, whom hc never could
managc-and who ut once began 10 bark
in a way that drove me nearly wild. As
soon AS my telegram was dispatched |
looked around for the cover OF the
mysterious cpistlr, which | had decided
by that time ought never 10 have fallen
into my hands; bui it was nowhere To he
seen. | asked Cuthbcrt if he had no
iiccd it--a long, white envelope.
81 suppose, sir, he answered in an
agricycd tone, for he and were often At
issue where Nell was concerned, THAT
that was what the dog had ::ot hold of
just now. did Try to take it from her.
but know You don't like Ia hear her
bark She dropped il at last, and /
threw ii in!o the fire, but it WAS Just y
mere pulp thea. You couldn't have
read what was written on it,
$50 the envelope was destroyed, and
with il had gone every chance OF my cycr
being able to restore lis contents to their
destined recipient. Cuihbcr then pro-
cecdcd 10 inform that hc had only brought
ne i'll two lcticrs-bluc oncs-with The
newspaper, and there they both were, On
cnistlc which w,s MISUNDERSTANDING ,.' , '""''
intrr,,,d for m" ,,nJ n,.iJ''.,,I'.H 'i,N',
bctwren the lr,vcs If ,hc E;olj ,,,h w.;
sipncl ont when ,hc ,,,,cr hnrs, ;ts ''.',
in fnlliro from M. Inn Drr;m,, ,ha e.,
lowipr Tuesday AFTERNOON xh;eh ',...
awful one, often thought Of the un-
happy young victim to paternal tyranny
and honcd tha, She came to y, scr;n,,
harm"
"But hex name Mr. Ashto, ~.xc,,;mo1
The American, we're nh Jyino - bc,r hn.
name Was there ma sicnntmrc,n ' ''''
ssThcrc was. but-,,ooJ hna,,c,s ,.,r,u
be burnt" The last rrmnrt ry,s ' ri i
dressed 10 Mrs. Fowler. who in stretch
inc across the table to reach some hontons
Ind nearly sci fire to her Inca slonvn 'O'
With treat nr,srncr of mind IIor,o.
seized her arm viii, am b.,rJ Will, ,.';,t,
other he drew nac,, fine ,.,nJlo hm, ",,t,.
lust in time 10 AVERT y, c,t,strorho. am.l
then. rs his eyes NET those of h;s Lo,,ns.
it occurred to him. in i, FASH If ro,.ol,