Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-14

Ine place. IN the days On the Old Squire.
So bo it, but, do you know-sinco Ihave
told you so much may as we'll tell you
ALL hate to let it go. Still must sell
it now or never, for trade in land is not
very brisk in this retired spot, and +
might 60 forever without another oppor-
tunity.
IF. writes inc every day like the dear
! est man in the world, rs he is And to
| think that when was here year ago I
had not an idea of marrying him! /
should think 1 might havo known, for
no one else ever seemed so good and
strong and bright. / shall never be rs
blind to the symptoms in the case of any
one else MS was in my own. wonder
if he would have liked this for summer
placcl wonder if 1 have done wrong
in not consulting him2 Taking tho
whole thing together, am worried very
nearly to death. Uneasy lies the head
that wears an ancestral mnnsionl"
And again, n week later:
dearest M-Such doings! Mamma
and Frank arrived safely and the cousins
fourteen times removed have removed
themselves still further, and empty
handed, followed by tho retainer, who
had cried herself almost blind, poor
thingl 1 offered her home, but sho
doesn't like me, and would have none of
my offer. She has saved money, and
goes to live with convenient sister
somewhere. But 1 must tell you the
great, the astounding news.
''hIamma and Frank and Mr. Daniels
conspircd against me, and let me sell the
place, which did with an inconsistcntly
heavy heart; and then, when 1 had been
miserable enough, Frank told me that he
had bought it back He showed me the
decd last night, aud it is to bo my we'd
cling present. Since then VIC have done
nothing but plan repairs and improve
ments; and it is SO delightful to see F.
so happy, and mamma enjoying her own,
that 1 am quite beside myself with joy,
and as grateful as if had been snved
from drowning. told Frank how diff.
fcrent everything had begun to seem to
me already, and he said that he was not
surprised, for all that the house wanted
was sunshine and fresh ar, and
that mamma was the sunshine,
and he the fresh mir. He fnirly
seemed to love tho old furniture
and pictures, books and silver, and
touches them as rcvcrcntly ns if they
were sacred. We shall do nothing in tho
improvements to take from the character
of the place, but everything to add to its
comfort. The trees are to be thinncd
and clipped, so that the magnificent view
will not be lost, and there may DO even
more sunshine and mir. We are to have
lawns next summer, and tennis-court
The barns are to be put in complete re-
pair, and the farm stocked once more;
and we are to institute an army of retain
crs Of our own to take care of it all.
''For the house we shall have two fur
naccs, to keep the air of equal tempera-
ture and dry throughout. The windows
are to bc cut large, and hung 30 that u
feeble descendant of n stalwart IN race
can open them. Tho library is to have II
deep square one (window, not descend
ant) built out, making recess with di-
vans and big pillows, where one may lilo
and read or enjoy the finest of all our
views. oh those hills with the dap
pied shadows of the afternoon drifting
across them! You shall see
"Of course l have not told you hnlf
that 1 should like to; but you shall see,
MS | said before. You may miss the
catafalquc nature of the beds, as springs
are to be made for them, and the cur
tains gently banished to the cedar Ghosts.
If you cannot open the doors we shall be
sorry. We mean to try to have it ar
ranged, but we cannot spare the cscut-
cheons nor mar them with knobs.
There are trunks and trunks of costumes
and letters to be looked over, and many
will be burned-not thrown into the fire,
'bI, carefully cremated, having lived their
lives.
"And now an going to tell you my
pet plan. We mean to have regulnr
old fashioned house party here very early
next year. suppose you think me very
bctimes,' but We shall hardly be ready
for twelvcmonth. We shall spend our
holidays at Uncle Roberts. He is SO
like mamma, so jolly and young! He
and his big family are to receive their in
vitation to us for next year. And Franks
family and his sister and her children and
you. Wherever you are, and whoever
you may be by that tirc, you must come.
We will ride horseback enough to satisfy
even you, and drive the rest of the time.
You cannot pleada previous engagement,
and no other excuse will be accepted.
"Good-by now. 1 must 90 and see
what else has been thought of since
have ,een writing. 1 can hear Frank in
the library singing in his splendid great
voice. bclve the very first arrange
nent he decided upon was for music
room.
"Ail the time think, 'Oh, poor Aunt
Augusta! oh, poor blue bloodcd fragile
ancestors! how much happier you would
have been if you had only known us p"
-Harper's Ba-m.