Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-25
Mrs. Maberly's Neighbor.
Hv MAEY A. DENISoN.

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said Paul, "and those bccchcs and chest
nuts on the roadside are simply superb. y
"1es, they are very beautiful, and
let me scc-two cherry trees, one peach.
on pear, and six apple trees, all in good
condition, in the side and back yard, /"
said the young wife, reading from the
slip OF paper she held in her we'll .tlovcd
hand-pretty, shapcly hands she had.
and The view is not half bad, either.
think more of that than Of the fruit
which, like the peach of emerald hue,
can do some harm. Remember, we have
two car-old boy who is very ambitious
where climbing is to he considered. Pm
afraid these fruit trees will tempt him too
sorely"
GLOW very ridiculous, when | am
around" was the laughing response.
ERNEST is scarcely ever out of my sight,
and he is very obcdicnt. like this BAY
window, II commands such pretty view :;
the parlor just suits me, it is exactly
what one needs in country home. NV
lace curtains will fit the windows: there
Is Just room enough for the furniture.
can see Just where to put everything.
The iloors are oiled and oar rurs will ,ro
down nicely. The people who lived
here hive taken good care of the bousc "
"Thc people who lived here built the
house, her husband said, "and evident.
~ took great pains to make it comior.a-
oic, bui something happened that caused
them to break up
lie did not add that the sometime
was n forgery, and that the man had
fed, leaving his helpless wife and chill
drch to get on as best they could. WHY
should size know it. 1t might lessen
hcr pleasure in living in the place if she
did
They went upstairs, down cellar and
lo"h" all the appointments perfect. Mrs.
Maoerly was IN rapturcS. If they had
ouiit 1t Tor themselves, she said, it could
not have be more tc her liking; indeed,
She had planned a house exactly like i,
ne veranGa went round two sides of
the building, and there were still hang
ing from the beams overhead baskets of
last years plants, some of them vet
thrifty. Vines had been carefully trained
over the lattice work and a thick mass of
ioiiagc rendered ii almost impossible for
wind or rain to yet in.
The next house on the right was but n
few rods away, II bright-looking stone
cottage against which chung English ivy,
the suns level rays turning the leaves to
crimson and gold.
81 wonder who lives THEREOF Mrs
NIaberly asked
The name is Warren" said her hns-
htt'i, II have seen him once or twice.
but nave never spoken to him
Warren; it is Il good name, and
1t seems to me have heard it
III connection with some Of nv
friends, but | forget. | hone
they are nice; one has sometimes to
depend upon ncighborly offices. They
certainly show good taste. can
see from mere that the garden is bcau.
iui, and the baby carriage in the yard is
very pretty and costly The nurse wears
cap too. How trim she looks-ond
well dressed That speaks volumes for
the mistress of the house. OF course none
but nice people would live in cottage
Ike that, Or she added, laughinriv.
'Aisthis."
"That goes without saving" said her
husbahdyd "but hadn't we better bc
$goingf The horse is getting impatient. 4"
Soh, yes, and the boy will be frcttny
for me, poor little fcllo.". Pm so glad
there's n barn on the prcmiscs-don'tyo Won
think we could afford Il COW? could
make such delicious ice cream"
"WeIl see about it," her husband said
smiling.
In less than a week the house WAS
really Tor occupancy, and Mrs. AIaberly
was as happy as the day was long, set
ting things. OF course it took weeks to
get everything in place, and then IA re-
arrangement was often decided upon,
put ut last the piano was satisfactorily
disposed OF, the furniture and the bric-a
brac set out to the best advantage, and
the little woman felt very proud of her
house, which really reflected great crcdi.
upon her taste and ingenuity. As for the
boy he lived ut-of-doors. His quarters
in the city had been rather limited, but
here he had, as his father expressed it !,
''all creation to roam in"
Often as Mrs. Maberly sat ON the ve.
randa, the white-capped nurse came by,
drawing the exquisite baby carriage. in
side OF which sat faieA princess, so
whitc and sweet, SO wrapped in fine fab
rics, rich laces and lovely carriage blank
cts, that the little woman wondered more
and more who her ncighbor could be.
One day she met the nurse and child on
the road. She had been to the unpre-
tending cottage on her left where she
occasionally bought eggs and cream Of
the good farmers wife who lived there.
and she stopped ms the carriage came to,
ward her.
81 must have glance ut that beauti
full baby" she said, placing her basket Of
eggs on the ground. "What n loyel,
child! how old is she."
''Sixtecn months, said the nurse witt
broad smile, that somcway looked ia
miliar to Mrs. AIabcrly.
II don't know as 1 ever saw quite n
lovely baby" said Mrs. Maberly, smil
ing down upon the child, whose erea
blue eyes were fixed upon her face
''How wish dared to kiss It'll Bill
babies are so capricious.
"Shell let you, said the girl. "AIa
bel, kiss the lady,"