Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-08-15

ly,and With less wrata toward my phils
osophic uncle. = Sc 8 e
"oh ,sJohntlook, look !" she exclaimed
pointing to some words on the otherside
Of the plate;s & & ! sSSss ass SazY
Between bliss hate =.
Doth oscillate
Your moral fate"
"Oh, darling" and the poor girl was
send for mother2"
"Send for your mother2" repeated.
"Send for fiddlesticks, said 1, with reck-
less irreverence. "Why, see there!
Look?" and along the side of the iustru-
ment were the words: ''Bliss heat, 100
degrees, affection, 100 degrees; friend
ship, so degrees; indifference, GO de-
grees; GOODNESS, 40 degrees; aversion, 20
degrees; hatred, 0 degrees"
''Oh, john" WAS my wife's appeal,
"don't keep the horrid thing in the
house. am sure it is something dread
fui;" and q few tears did gather in her
eyes. :. Fsl s Z
'fHave no fear, Angelica, I2cried,
kissing away her tears. "Havc no fear.
See, the thermometer stands at 120 de-
grees; bliss heat, dearest. Hurrah for
psychic forcew And the dear girl actu-
ally laughed in the swift transition of
feeling, and joined in the rapturous
hurrah. "EIurrah for Uncle John!" we
then both exclaimed together, and An
gelica kissed the thermometer in her en-
thusiasm. The warm-hearted girl! Bliss
heat, now and forever! How kind, how
! nphln nf Ino. ,tncln tn IL, 4
would be perpetual photograph, as it
were, of loves young dream And that
evening praycd-Angelica joining in
the aspiration-that uncle's govt would
soon forever disappear, and we resolved
to invite him for lengthy visit. Then,
toward midnight, we stole down cautl-
ously to the dining room, where we had
arranged Il lovely niche for the thermome-
ter, and with what rapture did we note
how the psychic force still stood at bliss
heat--120 degrees. IT, e.-.4.ss.
$50 shall it ever bel" was my pious
exclamation, and Angelica responded
with a fervcnt hand clasp.
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wish to relate faithfully and .soberly
viz hioeoi) vi bhnS Sllt, stiNi us
influence on our lives and characters. If
| relied on my memory alone 1 might
perhaps eXaggerate, or appear 70 do SO.
Happily there is another resource, and
one whose eXactness and fidelity can be
depended upon. 1t is my diary, wherein
| am accustomed to chronicle the throb-
bings Of my inner life and the record of
each passing day. A few pages will tell
the whole cventful story.
July 10tli-Angelica was charming
vision at breakfast. She is bewitching
in every mood. and how ardently love
her. The mullins were exquisite. Dear,
noble little woman, so tender and so af-
iectionate. How beautiful she bakcs
1t will be rapture to teach her German,
which is my passion. Shall instruct her
according to the natural method, and then
read Don Carlos to her. Its ideal senti-
ments, its glowing imaginary, its magniti-
cent style, will inspire her with enthu-
siasm The thermometer at bliss heat
is our daily benediction. We gaze at it
at all hours, and then at each other Both
tell the same story. How sweet is exist
cnce-surely life is worth living. 1t is
tNO. w Co tSliiCC Jul W CONluS-
June 12th-A very curious occurrence
happened this evening at dinner. was
just enjoying the roast lamb, when an
organ grinder appeared, and his monkey
began 10 rub its nose against the window
bars. "Get off, cried, ''you wretch !"
"Ah, John, do let itplay. love mon
keys" "But, Angelica, that music dis
turos my appetite. Begone" cried
again 10 the man. Angelica pressed her
handkerchief to her eyes. My angel
weeping. gazed at the thermometer
1t marked 100 degrees, and the psychic
force WAS rapidly falling. ''llere!" l
shouted to the man, ''here is dollar,
and come every evening Mt this hour. !"
i the man erinncd, the monkey took off
its cap, my angel smiled, and I was
saved. Again the thermometer stood at
120 degrees. II was n narrow escape.
Lie, life, thou art a precipice-one false
step, one needless act, and the abyss re-
ceives US. TO think that our bliss was
almost wrecked by monkey!
June 14th-I gave my darling her first
lesson in German by the natural method.
1t went off beautifully. She has a lovely
Aussprache; the words roll like velvet
from her lips. To hear her say das
Thermometer is an education in itself.
On coming home TO dinner found An
gciica very much Hurried. She explained
that the cook was ill, and she herself had
TO prepare the repast. / congratulated
her thousand times until her eyes
sparkied like an electric light. 1 told
her aitcrward, in casual way, that the
soup would have tasted better with mint
instead of mace, ard she burst at once
into tears, while to my horror the ther-
mometer began rapidly falling until sixty
degrees was reached. "Angelical"
cried, 81 was only jesting." And,
soothed by my endearments, her tears
vanished, and she actually asked me to
give her second lesson in German;
while the thermometer just as rapidly
rose to bliss heat. 1t was again mar
row escape. And when told her of it
she murmured: "Dear John, forgive me !!
] am 50 innafientln Was aver mortal eo