Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-10-03
GOALS OF FIRE.
rY MARY KYLE DALLAS

''' ~ 49, .ApH'liot bhl llll1k II SIlp
had said no, instead of yes. | should have
dicd OF It, We had done our duty; we
had been TO church, and now | had
cGaxcd her to 20 with me into the woods.
and we sat down on Il hollow lo- beside
- great patch of vioictS that were IN
bloom there, and ! told her how loved
her, over and over again, and how
could not understand what there was in n
big, rough fellow like me, that "A pretty
creature like her could care for, but that
would do my very best to make her
happy all her life; and. she promised to
marry me III autumn
You see wasn't II pretty maa. was.
to make the statement short and true, ~
ugly rs hcctin" black brows and nrcat
fists like >lc,"c hammers and "A thick
nose and Il square Jaw could make ::
young fellow, and girls did not generally
care for me.
And yet was always kind to u woman.
yoin. or old; couldn't bear to see one
imposed upon and would have done anv-
lhinS could for the uglicst Of them. Nv
poiitrncSs wasn't all for those admired,
hn' women don I care much for anything
bui looks in man. They don't care for
any one who ism I like IL Christmas doll
or a WAX figure i'll IL BARRIERS window.
Ihat 5 what used To say to myself, and
now this sweetest, best, lovelicst of all of
them loved ne Why, felt rs if must
bc crazy to believe it. asked her over
and over again; and was too happy
Too happy. Yes, far too happy.
We were not Il line lady and gentle
made lirntvnrl.e
sidcrrd good II my trade and reliable,
and was n iorcman in one of the depart
mcnts. lei; that coull take cnrc oil
wife when had one. and Rose had
come to work at the pretty fancy work
they pnt Ito the girls hands some time
before.
Bnt she was "a lady if looks and heart
and manners are to- be counted. And
she had II good plain education. So had
|, and don't believe tina, any of your
stylish folk were ever happier or more
hopeful; ANA after the SUNDAY in the
woods, we set to work with will, look
ing forward Ia ont little home more than
most folks, perhaps, for she was IN or
phan and so was !, and we had neither
kith nor kin on earth. And So the time
III hand, and we were very busy mt the
factory, and . nephew OF Mr.. Warden ii,
was Nard,n'S factory we were workir.
ai) came down 10 help. lie was very
handsomc and all the girls admired him
and even Annie sui,l to me half Il dozcr
times:
ooh! ism. lie lovely, John!'
And somehow hated TO hear her sa,
Il. She wouldn't if she had known wha
Il jealous fellow was.
To add 10 her savings, Annie was do
ing-so She Said-somc fine embroidcr,
Tor Miss Lawrence, II very rich younA
lady III the village, and had TO go over t,
see her about il of evenings. In ordi
nary times | could have gone with her
but we were too busy lust this time
However. one day had an GRAND to d,
that took me out about the time sh.
started, and, wrong or right meant t,
take Il little more time and 30 so fa
with her and | waited behind churcl
wall to see her come up, meaning to hay
little fun over it.
1t was poor fun for me rs it turnc.
out, for heard steps and voices in mo
ment, and pceping out, saw Rose, in
deed, but with Richard Warden at he
SIDE. They seemed to be talking so
ciably, and they passed me i'll IL grca
hurry. | was blind with rage for mo
mcnt Then said to myself after al
he may only have happened to be walk
ing the same way, and, perhaps, shell
tell me about il, and went back to IN
work hut when | saw Rose, though
ID ,.l,.
say anything of the walk.
And so it came into my mind. bcin,
Of wicked, blooding nature, TO watcI
my Rosebud, as had called her; and a
listeners never hear any good Of them
selves, so spies always discover som
evil, or think they do. 1t was not Ion
afterward that | saw MIR. Richard wal
up to the lurch-basket Rose carried to Tn
factory, and slip something into it foldc,
III paper; and aftcrward, when Ros
opened the basket, saw what it was
letter. She laughed softly to herself
wrapped ii up again, and Slipped it Ill
der the silk handkerchief she wore abo,
her neck. After that, had no moi
happiness, no more peace. WAS alwa,
trying to lead Rose on to bctray hcrscl
but she never seemed to dream | SUI
pectcd anything. She told me goo
deal about the Lawrenccs, and how tn,
quarreled, years before, with the Vardcr
about little slip OF dump land by Il
river and how bitter grandfather Law
renee was over it, and how foolish ii
young people thought it.
One day said:
"You are well Informed on these fan
lily affairs of the Nardcns, it seems
me-"
And she answered:
con, yes, Miss Lawrence tells mo
gre = deal.'
"serhaps it is Richard Warden, y