Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-26
THE HIDDEN TREASURE,

Our very own" said Dir. Jelf, nod
ding his head complacently- the
trifiing exception of n mortgage OF three
hundred dollars"
"But we shall soon pay that"
YES, we shall soon pay that"
"Six rooms," sad the wife, running
from ono end to the other of her do
mains, pcepng into closets and cxamin-
ing cupboards with truly bird-like ve-
locity of motion-'six whole rooms,
Jack-kitchcn, paror, two bedrooms,
possibly want more2 Jack, we are rich!
Look ut those purple topped hills roll
ing off to the west; see the magnificent
plain of the sound on the cast You'll
pnint the grandcst pictures ever dreamed
oil Anybody would be inspired in such
.an atmosphere rs this. And you Will be
famous, and l shall shine through your
re ectcd lustre. The wife of the great
artist, Jclfn That's what people will
cal! me, and oh, how proud I shall bc!n
But" said Jack, smiling affection
.atcly down on Nnuny's plump face.
"wherc's your servant room2 You seem
to hnvc left that out of your calculations
entirely"
Servants room, indeed Who wants
a servants room, when we aren't going
to have any servant2" noddt Mrs. Jclf'
Aunt Pruc and have planned to do
the work between us. Such economists
as we're going to bel There's only one
pity-that tho water supply is so far
away from the house. Look the
stream is clear oil under that knot OF
willows"
"Whcwl" cried Mr.. jeff, craning his
ne k to look out of the top row of win
n ~
all the water has got to be brought from
that place."
' xcept what We catch in the hogs
head at the kitchen elves."
''That won't do" said jeff. az com.
prehend now how the pace came to be
sold SO cheap. The man that lived here
last had three wives, aud buried every
one OF EN-. | understand that now.
Nan, whnt fools VIC have been WHY
didn't we inquire into the hydraulic side
OF the question before we bought this
placc2"
I'VE supposed everybody must have
water" sighed : amy.
'Aever mind, dear; I'll bring in n
supply every morning before go 10 nv
studio" encouraged Jeff.
'And what is 10 become of your nicety
oil touch and steadiness of hand2r cried
Nanny, aghast.
"Well, who is to bring it thcn7 You
or Aunt Prue2"
I'VE can lay pipes to tho kitchen
sink, suggested Mrs. jeff.
"lrs up hill all the way, with not an
ounce of pressure to be had"
Just then Aunt Prue came beaming
"Eurekal' cried she, 81 have found
"Found whats" cried both tho married
lovers.
1.-The teenicst little spring, close to
tho stone wall by the beoch. Just a
thread of wafer, but the purest and
sweetest you ever tasiel. hnd to hold
eourd. shell under 1T for five minutes to
get drink OF wafer but -"
"Then." sighed Nanny, at won't do
any good. /, he Can't spend ones
whole time dia ing water"
Wont it, though" said MIR. jeff.
<'We'll dig n well.
"a WELL cried Nanny, claspine her
hands together. "Why has no one ever
thought Of this beforc1 A well-and SO
handy to the kitchen doorl Aud we'll
have the curb painted rusty orange. and
delightful old fashiond we'll sweep,
and" m
mo, we won'tl" said Aunt Prue, who
served as balance wheel in the cratic
machinery of this artistic young house
hold. "Well have it boxed in with
pipes into the house, and faucet to turn
on"
well, we'll have water, anywayr'
said Nanny. "But-isn't it n dreadful
job to dig WELL nck, dear1'
III soon find out whether it is or
not, cheerfu'ly remarked Mr. jeff. .I'd
as soon spend my time in digging as in
carrying water half a mile day lain or
"But wells have to DO stoned up, don't
thcy2 And you don't know ANYTHING
marked Ma ny.
g, cry we'll, then. I'll exchange work
withs me Of the fellows hereauouts that
do undo stand It,"
So the troublesome watcS question
was settled; the jeff family moSed their
little belongings into edge Cottaes, MS
Nanny chr stoned the new abode. and
Mr. Jelf, before he even laid in son.
tary background of his beloved can.
vases. began to dig under tho pinky
blossom, OF the old apple tree, where the
moisture turn,d the grass to moro vi
vld green. and The bright drops soaked
away among he roots of the violets.
After day "r two, however, he sys-
tematized h wo-k more carefully.
daylight Is daylight" SAID he. al
can pant by the light of the sun, andrlI
put in the time d gg.ng before the moon
sets"
81 wonder you hadn't thought of that
before" raid Nanny. who WAS diligently
sewing to ether he b, eadths of her new
ingram ca pet VIII lie Aunt l'rue polished
the windows aud kept watch over the
buohling dinner pot on the stove.
When she and Aunt Prue had the
Kitchen tidled up, and the ingram carpet
nicely tucked on The pnrlor floor. at
ton o'ci"ck that night. they went out
into the soft spri g moonlight to sec
how .nrk was getting OIL in his self i'm
posed task
To their surprise he was not alone.
Half-a-dn EN- stalwhrt men, in variously.
coloied slirt-slecves and di' ers STYLES OF
battered hats. were wo King with him.
-" racio.s mc!" cried Nanny, "whcro
did h6 hire % nany men -