Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-17
1T MIGHT HAVE BEEN. "

Sho clui' anu oaNS HiahiHS ClilHSOti
cane by of nu.umnal foliage above her
fair young forehead, G,rty Dcanc
would have nude pretty subject for
an artists sketch rs sine stool in her
pale pink muslin dress, and her jetty,
silkcl hair all blown abou. in tho riot
Gus autumn breeze.
Goa, Robcr,!' she Grief, her dim
plci face Frightening as a tall figure
strodc up over the slop, of the hill. ~
thought you would never come"
Mr.. Glare surveyed his Pretty iianccc
critically.
"Don't do that little one" said .hc,
as size tried TO relieve him of one of his
travelling wraps. GLOW you arc sun.
burnedl An think you stoop lit
tic. wish they would look after you
a little more"
The sunshine fa led out of Gcrty's
face i'll IL second. 1t WIS hard that he
should begin to find f.ult with her in
this frs; moment Of their reunion.
''l'm sorry don't suit you,' said
she, in n trembling voice. ''You used
to like me before you got that horrid
office IN the Custom House and left
Yellow Va Icy"
\ man is not fossil. chilli" said
Mr. Care, cnrolessly. "Wc grow men,
tally as well as physically. And no
ono can help his tastes Changing"
Getty D,anc stopped short at the
gate, where the honcy suc'iles made a
natural arch, aad the Two great column,
OF vs.vct green box kept their century.
oil vigil.
II ebert" said she, uyour letters
have puzzled me OF late and your word
AMI manner now puzzle me- still more.
Do 20 mean that you-aro tired of
mc,'
"llow yon do cat,chsc oac!" said
Glare, impltlcnty. "Dil say that |
was tired Of you' Y,u are dear,
sweet naiurcd little pu,s, and, OF course,
man emit expect to have everything
at once. Bat the truth is, that have
been mixing in rather intellectual soc;c
ty Of late, and after taste of cham.
pagac, it's hard to come down to cold
we,>es;: again"
Gcrty iooAci wistfu!ly at him.
y. II don, venture to call myself in
teIl,c:ua,' she said. ''bu, read great
deal, and ! Try to keep up with the age,
Rober:-l do, in Iced, for YOU. sake
My darling" said he, "you are per
fec as : Il are. 4 man doesn't cxp.c,
atala?y 20 ape the liquid notes Of the
nightingale. Now. iul in gu; OF tn.
dew, aud tell them to b.ing me cup
OF tea.
Ge.ty ohcycd, doe lie, but still ua-
convinced. What right had Robert
Glaze to treat her like Il CHILD! She
was almos: sorry for a IN ment-a :
most, but not qniic-:hat she was en- :
gag:d 10 him. AMI The NOR. she
thought Of il. the mr., she wa, deter
mined to free him from bonds which
she instin,tively felt were coming
buricrsomc.
"lIe shall not ma r. me because Ii.
is sorry for me-" she told herself. III
he had remained here at Yell ow Valley,
oil would have bc.n right, but he has
drlftcl into the wide sea of city so.
cie,y. and it is rs he saJs-hc begins to
perceive the diff ;rence between cham.
ragnc and cold water. No." with the
bright tears spark ling into her eyes, ="
love him dearly, but will not ruin lii
future and mine, to avoid being callc(
an Old maid"
And so that very day, when Ro Der
Clare was dreaming over n book, witt
the bloss oming clouds OF the old appl
tree raining their soft pink shells dow
over his head, Gerty came res oil utcl
out to him with little turquois ring i
her hand.s
''Robert," said she, 81 have bee
thinking the matter over, and I bav
conc to the conclusion that We sha
both be happier if our futures scparat
from this point"
"Gcrtic" he exclaimed, in amaze
ment.
"Here's the engagement ring
Robert" said she, speaking calmly i
spite of the lump in her poor littl
throat. "Pleasc don't attempt
argue the point, fol nothing will Undue
me to change my mind"
He accepted tho tiny blue token r,
luctan;ly.
"You will remember. Gcrty." sal
he, "that this is your own doing"
81 shall not forget it." said she.
''Scen her! No. of course I haven