Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
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DY SARAH Il. SCARBOROUGH.

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Ned Carter Kickcd' the heels 81 his
boots in disconsolatc CHATTER against the
box on WHICH he was sittf rs no dole
fully ended the talc he had been rccitiny
to sympathetic listener in the 5lerson of
his sister, Greasy.
Crcssy and Neti Carter vert orphans.
She lived with her grandmother on the
lone mountain side, and Ned, had been
with his uncle, the sheriff of the county
for year oHe;had done SO. we'll that his
uncle had held out hopes of Il glowing
future, should he continue to'provc. trust.
worthy. At last he had been left in
charge, NJ tho prisoners while his uncle
took two convicted ones 10 the State
penitcntiary.1, From 4 this the trouble
came.
vsfhe deputy Booked after thnssTin n,
general way, and assisted when assistance
w:is needed, which was only When tho
prisoners were allowed in the open court
yard once day to Ito their morning
work. There were but three of them at
the tinie. one, !, sSr6gil;n,'i who'spent
half his time there on charge Of drunk.
cnncss, one who had but ii few DAYS
more to serve, and the third "A horse
tcntions, as there was no doubt that nj
the coming session of court he would
follow those just gone with Ncd's uncle
tsOvcE the roa0. L., f,--. ,.....,
AS usual they had been let Oh: by Ned
from the ctTridors into, the yard one
morning. the deputy on guard ont side us
Ned saw him just before he unlocked the
doors; but as Travcrs, the horse thief
stepped ont to the pump, Hudson stepped
inside for~Smatch for~his ,cigar-. The
fellow, seeing, such II clear coast, instant
'y decided to improve the opportunity,
and 50 dropped his bucket bounded
across The. courtyard yaulted the fence
ind was gone before Hudson came IN the
area steps, or Ned suspected the State 6f
affairs
I'm soma way known only to such par
ties, the thiGfi succcc,gfi in disappearing
completely, though ,liligent search was
made and hand bills were sent out i'm
; iWediatclys, offering 4 reward for. his cap
sure and containing Il description of the
man.
s , SoEitrwas, instead of a splendid record.
Anfo show his uncle on his return, Ned
cbul1 otly Show an empty GelGamd fclalcl
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to add ohis trouble, the deputy attrib-
9ied the carclcssncss entirely to him. Ii
was a serious blow TO his uncle, officially.
and Ned was made to feel the loss of his
unclcs confidence in him in various i'm
pDrtant ways.
This was the story he had just told
Greasy with its tlolcful ending
'','usi AS if you we're 10 blame she
exclaimed, sympathetic and Indignant
''But suppose [ WAS. in part ought
10 have been sure Hudson WAS Just where
left him, before took any chances.
though he should not have left tic place
unguarlcd." -. -
Isn't there anything you can do about
lsasg,hin ing unless /. i sbaala capture - the
thief. That is tile onl way T'aouldredtcm
myself, and there isn't II ghost OF ii
chance for that TO happen. IL III ~
"Oh, Ned, wouldn't it be splendid to
Dol i:"
''Of course, but he must be found
first, and he is too smart to let anfybod '
know his whereabouts
GLOW does he look, Ncd.''
''D6 y6p.tlnhl5 YOU can corner him,
Ntfs tHcStNNilt ttlE you HOW DOlr
horse and man look when they are moi
disguised, tossing her some posters.
SEA nice money reward, toe, onlyI care
most for the man. But must 90 now oil
I shall lose my train. Don't You fret
Crcssy, and don't tell grandmother. II
do the best can to let uncle know an
notBptirely unworthy. and Inc jumped
mp, and started down the path to the
station.
- His uncle had sent him to a neighbor
ing city for some handc,ifrs which ;
iocksnlith had been repairing and it hac
hurt his feelings much to hear the CLOSING
comment as the Grand was explained
They'll hardly run away if you do lost
sight CT them,n,ii-' -e.4- "a
lie had been given permission, also
70 stop off over night at the little wa,
station and go up the mountain to SC,
his sister, whom nc now left looking
after him sadly as he set out on his lon.
walk to catch the morning express bacl
to the city.
GLOW 1 wish Ned could get him,
she sighed, as she turned back to tn
little house at her grandmother's call
''You had better goover the other sid
and see if the berries are ripe, Cressy,
and Cressy took the basket and starte,
efor the other side Of he'm0untain. -,
But berries were scarce, so she pickle,
her way downAfarther than she had eve
before vcntured, until she reached a 500
where precipice dropped suddenly int
the ravinc below. 1t was dark an,
loncly'spota 80 covered;wfth growth tina
the bottom, where,a shallow stream ran
could hardly be seen. Cressy was curiou
about the ravinc before her and thre,
herself upon the ground to peer dow
into the gloomy depth, wondering no,
she could get downithere; when a, splasl
and rattle Of stones startled her, an
she saw, the next moment, a man care
fully picking his way through the ravin
and leading horse whose step in tn
water and on the shaly rocks had reachc
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