Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-25
ROMANCE OF A TINTYPE
DY CHARLOTTE ROGERS.

just the right angle to cast a hcromiI,.
Shadow and neither was ut all interestc,
IN the book she held before her.
Presently one OF them. Nil, Benton.
closed her book and yawnc.! hot ii man
was III sight. Then she .ot up and
shook out all the little frills and ribbon,
on her gown while Miss Miller watched
her with lazy interest.
- have been wi,liin. for Inc last ten
minutes. She said, when the ribbon,
were adjusted To her liking, THAT there
was some way of prcscryin" our rood
times !" condcnSc and can them, for
instance. as We do peaches. Now, this
summer has been perfect; but il has gone
almost as completely as if it had never
been.
"llow delightful, " she went ON dream
NY lit would bc to reproduce il some
winter evening, as one dor. the
peaches
LAS lar as can make out, said Mis-,
Miller, you want to eat your cake and
Keep it too.
81 have nothing lcfl of tho summer but
memories. continued Miss Benton. pa
thetically, and they are So un,ati>fy.
ing
do you mean to say" cried he,
irlcnd' lranin" forward with tragicnlly
mock 'arnc>l'ic,,. That you haven't even
u ,intypc! No Yiri ever passes Il summer
without collecting at least one tin,ypr. :"
Come, She said, sprin.iny I'M with
sudden energy, - Miss Benton shopk her
neat well 20 Il; once and have ours
'aKcA II give you mine and you Shall
give me loUr>. | couldn't hear to ,linI;
when ! part from YOU tomorrow. tina;
NAT left You without III, comfort ol $,
'intypc." -
," they sauntcrcd slowly up the street.
stoppln" To look in the shop window.
WI they came 10 Kind of tcut made of
boards and canvass.
On the outside of i, hung frame
'i'icd with tintypc- of all the people vino.
turing the summer. had sighed .n see
themselves rs others saw them. Miss
Miller stopped to inspect these with
much interest.
"Thcy look like they might be rood
iikcncsscs,n She said, .'only the pconlc
seem TO have been very bad .aIi,iccts
ihcy are evidently cAcur,iomi>,s from the
backwoodS."
when She entered. after an exhaustive
survey of ihc productions Of ar. outside,
she found that Judith had already made
arrangements with The young woman in
Charge 10 take their pictures
The Young woman produced Il YOUNG
man with very thin legs and It very large
head, which nailc him strongly resemble
carricatnrc, who in turn produced a
camera and seated them in front of ii.
Look pleasant, pcr>,m>ivcl, "iion'i
move, thrcaicmingly.
Then he pulled oil little Id. NaikrH
lciaurcly to the door, ran back Suddenly
to GIMP the lid on and say with Il flourish
''Thatll do. ladies; that's ALL"
They got up feeling dazcd and waited
VII The young man returned from the
next room. lie came in on Il run, as il
he had been Il long distance, and nrc
scented them with four pieces of tin.
from which they gaxcd lixcAly back al
themselves.
Miss Benton looked rather pcn>iyc, as
II She was still thinking of the unprc
served summer, but Judith was seated
with her head to one side and "A defiant
expression lhat, FOR Il tiniypc. was won
dcriully captivating.
They expressed themselves aS we'll
pleased; each bought one and walked of
leaving the other two on the counter.
VIXEN they reached the hotel Mis-,
Miller wrote on the back of hers: $40
katherine Benton, from Judith Miller.
August, 1855" Miss Benton wrote -
inilar but reversed inscription on hers
'hen they exchanged pictures and next
day parted with many promises 10 visit
each other during the winter.
Tie morning they left, the iintypc man
coming into his shop found their pictures
on the counter and rcmarking that they
were good specimens went outside and
distracted two Of the cXcuisionits from
the frame. The void thus made he filed
with Miss Miller and Miss Benton.
Mr. Stephen Howard had been spend.
ing month canoeing among the Thou
sand Islands. Business called him back
to New York, but he had still few DAYS
TO spare, and he determined TO spcnd
them n: Saratoga.
lie was rather iinc-looking specimen
OF humanity, with comfortable income
and plenty of brains. Partly Bohemian
IN his tastes and partly society man-
combination, his lady friends declared.
which made him extremely interesting.
The proper thing to do at Saratoga is
to go before breakfast to the spring YOU
consider the least disagrecablc, or The
most beneficial, and imbibc.
IL You are a constant patron of this
place oil many waters you will have your
favorlte spring, which you are willing to
maintain with your life, is superior 10
all the others. Conversation never fac,
at Saratoga for this reason. Each one !.
lighting for his or her favorite.
MIR. Howard, not being habituc, fol.
lowed the crowd, and then strollcd II,
the street to look about him.
In due time he came to the board
tent and the frame of tintypes. He
stopped to look at them and begar
whlmsically wondering if they appeared
as commonplace in real life as in thci,
pictures, or where they came from, what
were their histories, where they had aonc
to.
AS his eyes travelled slowly down tho