Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-24
ACROSS THE HALL.

She rented it, enthusiastically declared it
must have been built for Il BOARDING
house, so admirably did il suit that
purpose, although the millionaire who
did build it would Have 'eroancd in hor.
ror at such a suggestion.
But boarding house il was, and Il
wcll't6uductcd, comfortable ono. when
|. Harry Bell engaged a room on the
third iloor,5 and brought my belongings
there. Now was fully, aware that the
creme dc Ia creme Of Mrs. Samson's
hcardcrS did not reside above the second
fioorsnnd only what She cnllefl' scIcrks.
YOU Know, and people who cannot pay II
large board dwtlt' upon the third and
fourth lloors. So | let her think villa,
she pleased about my income, acccdcd
to her demand for IL "wcek always in nd
vance, " and said WAS medical student,
although had graduated three years be-
fore. "+
Did you get in. old fellow" Steve
Harlan asked me, the next time we met.
- hd''}rgJinl .u.1a ~ ..,t
"NcXt ROOM"
"Ensascd. Mine is across the hall. ."
''Nrll! Who IS shc."
'CpmpaH1oii TO tn apcirn; Imrty on the
nrAt 'loor below. Maid has a room next
the mistress. Companion mounts another
hi"hi OF stars. AMI We sill opposite each
other at ihc table. The ancicn: party
gors time as il owed hc. something.
Perhaps She thinks | want to feel her
pulse. She is Il corpucni individual. red
III the face, and eats like a rhinorcros.
Til" companion looks prc.ticr than ever
beside hcr:n
Got any names"
"lcs. An,cnt party is Mrs Carter
Companion is Elsie lcnnox."
Then Steve whi>tlcd with :. much sir
nIicancc tina, | cried, with conviction:
''lou know herr" f
81 should. rather think 1 did Her
father failed, for goodncss knows how
much, two years ago. and like Lewis
Iarrois baker, he softly and suddenly
vanished AWAY from his creditors, leaving
Elsie with her aunt. Mrs. Carter is a
distant rcative--cousin. or something.
Why. three years ago Elsie Lcnnox was
the belle Of the scasonn
lid not know whether was clad or
sorry 10 hear all this. had seen Elsie
L.cnnoX in the street had seen her enter
Mrs. Samsons several times. and her cX-
quisitc face and graceful figure had won
so much warm admiration that I lonprd
to know her. Ia snr,,; tn her hon;n,,
perhaps, 10 win from her some answer
Ing interest and liking.
And So ! applied for board AT Mrs.
SamsonS; and having seen Elsic's face
q; ii Third story window, obtained nos
session of the corresponding window on
the other side of the hall.
1t was not difficult to strike M IN nc
qunintancc, but very difficult, found ii.
to gain more than II scant courtesy from
Miss Lennon. The ancient party, Mrs.
Carter, evidently allowed no followers.
for she most decidedly snubbcd me when.
ever | tried to make myself agreeable.
And how | did try, offered her the
use of nil my numerous magazines, only
to he informed that She subscribed her
self for cvcrythn. worth reading.
brought flowers To- her, anil saw them
fade III the hall, because she tllought tho
scent unhealthy in IA room. offered ia
attend to any business she might have
down town, and was informed that her
aschi ah" hcr miila attended 10 her al
lars. And at about this stage of the
proceedings became uncomfort ably
aware that Miss Lennon was laughing al
me.
dropped Mrs. Garter then, and di.
rccted my attentions 10 Miss I.cnnox but
II was certainly the most uphill counting
ever attempted. Miss Lcnnox was cold
as ice, and Mrs. Carter, gave her but lit.
Tic leisure time, so that meeting in the
public parlor was simply Il vcxation. |
tried other tactics. waited in my own
room until my neighbor across the hall
went down TO dinner, and then stepping
over, left, just inside her door, such of,
ferinss ass flowers, fruits or books. |
wrote tender verses and slipped them
under her door; and oncc--only once
took my violin when she was singing
In her room to her own piano accom-
panimcnt, and followed the air in my
tendcrest strains The emphatic bang