Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-25

,he original kindred spirit Ind the uc.t 20,
at one. saw in this remnrkol,o ,.,;,,.;
uence The finger of fate. The finger mos; ,.,,,
pnaticaily pointed toward an intro:Iuctio,
ny careful attention 10 what was said he.
.',iir me, | found that her name was Miiicr
ana hcT destination tho Windsor
as soon as ] arrived sent Won flint ,or,,r,
,'pic teicSrafn and there my dear X u thcri,,r
So,l nave the whole story az, TO date
,,.; 10. Inc chililike simplicity of my nature
Just spent two hours with her md I Gr,i ;,oo
as tno novels say, ''all my fondcst f,ncv
PAINTED or in plain English, an extremely
pretty ana attractive girl.
rare"eh Now that | have given -o,,
enough material to- build up n wonderful rn'
hance VIII leave you To- its construction
,ohiy uoht blame me If it never comes tr,io
D'"hie your kindred spirit. Yours truly.
STEPHEN HowAND.
The next afternoon he took her ,lriv-
ing ana nc never remembered cnjoyin.. u
drive so much. He told her the names
"l the people they passed and what they
were noted for. Mostly men who were
so rich they were obliged to stay in town
all summer to look after their money.
lie noticed that all of them looked adj
mIringly at the girl beside him. and it
pleased him--hc felt us if her beauty. in
some way, reflected great credit on him
self
lie madc some excuse to see her every
ni%ht and often in the daytime. The
few New Workers she knew were out of
town, so lie had her all to himself.
Alas, that good lines should end so
quickly! One night when he called he
found his week of bliss was over. Aunt
Betty informed him their friends had ar
rived and they were to start for the
"Whitc" in the morning. She hoped
they would have the pleasure of sccin..
him i'll Washington next winter, which
hope her niece dcmurcly echoed.
Next day Mr.. Howard found the city
exceedingly hot aud stupid.
He left undonc that which he ought to
have done. and spent the morning at the
club trying Ia extract amusement from
the other louugcrS
About seven O'Clock II brilliant idea
occurred to him
Spy Jovc." Inc exclaimed. eve for.
gotten to give her that tintvpc.''
Twodays after her arrival al the tW-hitc"
Mss Miller was standing on the hotel |
piazza, when she saw Stephen Howard.
her embodied thought us il happened. |
slowly sauntcrinG toward her with the
'ir of having been there all summer.
She fully expected him 10 say, "Whv.
when did You Gomez" just as first arri
'alS always do to later ones. He only
shook hands, however, and said good
morning, = as il his being there was the
most natural thing in the world and re-
Iuircd no explanation
do yom spend all your time planning
of various kind, for your
friends, She asked, Cor am | specially
ayorcd:"
Now that is Il very pretty compli-
ncni dclIcatcly conveyed, Sc he answered
T'th II laugh. II assure you, Miss Mil
cr, appreciate it. 1t, not every day
get told my presence is II special favor"
81 don t think meant To convey any
l'ch impression. Would YOU like me To
how you some of the beauties of the
'larc now that you are hcrc!n
''ll you mean the beauties of nature
he Notwithstanding | should like
,cttcr.n
Nevertheless, by the time they had
cached the extreme end OF The lawn they
at down hy mutual consent under one Of
he trees.
''lt is pretty here" She remarked. 1T
ccmS pity To go any further"
y long silence followed, broken ONLY
~ the sounds from the hotel, softencd
y the distance 10 II murinur
Miss Miller he began abruptly.
L came down here 20 bring YOU back
our tintypr."
She looked II; him in smiling astonish-
ncnt.
"'rl,at was very kind of YOU, but
couldn't you have matted il? am sorry
;on Thought it necessary to take 50 much
.roublc."
Miss Miller, like the rest of her sex,
vas more or less of II hypocritc.
lie had laid the picture on the uras,
before him and she held ont her hand
Tor 1t. lie took no notice of the action.
81 wonder if you would give ii to me-"
ne said. IF | asked you for it? But
I'm afraid the picture wouldn't satisf,
me gov Hhat have known the original.
would like The picture as surety of
he reality. DO you think, Miss Miller
there is any chance of my lonyinrs cycl
being sraticd: May keep the pic.
ture!"
They were in full sight from the lo
TEL SO from all appearances they NIGH
have been discussing The weather. Blu
ihat night Katherine Benton mt Ncwpor,
received another startling telegram. L
read rs follows:
Congratulate mo. Lucky fellow Hav,
won original of tintype.
S. HOWARD
'.DisSus.ing!" exclaimed Miss Benton
rs she tossed it from her. 'lIc actually
counted the words. "-Ne,o York .Mrcurv.
American Stock Farms.