South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-07-11
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ks . perfect shame. child: for you
70 have TO irudge three miles 70 the
village for provisi n-.'
Nonsense. grand mammy, like to
do II we'll enough, bot even If I did
not there Would ne no alternative, so
as hes, to lo"k on the fright eide
now isn't il, grandmrmmyT
Well, Yes. guess 80. but show
me The bright side. dear
with pleasure. Firstly. We have
the moaey u get it with; secondly.
We have . good market basket t, get
i'isn; thirdly. lave the health aud
strength to GO after i I; f,urthiy. it is
an esccl:ensdsy for it, and. lastly, We
all want and need It. There nov. are
not those reasons sunay enough to
drown out all Your shadowy ones?'
Yes. dear, Sou always louk on the
bright SIDE IL everything Those are
all things No ought " be thankful
FIR
Especially the market bsske'.'
There, there, Child, he serious
new. do really haze TO see you 20.
IL only Gypsie hAda't died.
All, poor Gypsie! Nr'. Grsh.m
touched tender spot in her grand.
chiio's heart wien she sp ka Of her.
She was her special property. and
many happy hour dit she spend on
he back Of her faithful little animal,
with Bruno b unding along BY their
Side. No~. sla- b>ih we're de,h.
One died the victim Of the dread dis.
ease dis'cmper, ard the other W Is &C.
cid u,sIly shot on hunting expedi
tim fIr which he was borrowed.
However. sad IS Grace felt as all his
was rccalled TO h"r memory, she an.
swe'et her gr.n limo her lightly G.
nOugh.
Yes. If Gypsie hadn't died, or Bru.
no hadn't b oil shot. or NE h ,d IN urc
horses. OF grandpa's eyes were we'll,
or Sam vas lot duwi with The 'rbeu
ma'iz, ur We lived in town, or had
near and accommo a ing nrighhors,
or dozen more Things we're or we're
not, would not nesd to ws'k ihree
miles 10 Nelson fIr s,methiny to eat.
TIM you zee, general, II yer dill
come out cor queror, aud I haze de.
fea'ei fellow, 90 III, turn him the cold
shou der and have nothiu. Whatever
To do wi h him, SO II yoa'll help me
make out the list Ill start at once
She spoke lightly Of her walk. and
little did Mrs. Graham know IF the
thoughts that we're cnursins through
her Train IS she took down the Ii I.
The trath WAS @ ace had real aa &C
count In tie county paper the day
before that o terrible assault had been
made by tramps on an unprotected
girl on the very road she b al to take.
But Grace was no coward. She knew
she hal this walk to m AXE. 80 she de-
stroyet the papsr. that her grand
mother might not see il and worry
herself halt 10 death while she was
bone. Grace was very happy, light q.
hearted chill /. call tief q child, for
in appearance she was bat q child,
while IN reality she VS. nearly nine.
teen. Her grandm ,tber often said
that she was such brilliant sunbea N
that no shadow could exist in her
presence.
She rivsled the birds in hss merry
songs ., che clipped along the path.
Sue tod herself she had ample time.
so she often stopped on her way to
watch the white swans gliie majes,i.
cal'y away on her spproach t. the
edge Of the lake, or the tortoise 8
clumsy walking until they would re ach
the brink and then p'unge to the bot.
tom, where their bright backs would
look Is though they were fut ly var.
Disbed. She laughed AT her own hap.
Nv 70 fleet on in the clear water, aud
told herself that she had really spo-
ken the truth when she assured her
grandmother Of the pleasant prospects
before her. The bsbbling brooks
seemed more inclined To be friendly
than ever before. the bird' sang their
'wee' est songs. the holly berries we're
OF brighter hue than last year. and
The hjwers. the glorie' Of the sunny
south which drcked the wool here
and there like the finest OF embt oide-
~ on green push, looked 10 Grace az
though ibcy had put forth their great.
est Efforts to look their gayest, and,
in fact. all nature seemed TO wake q.
n " in honor OF her coming.
Upon nv soul IL that isn't too pro-
yokipgl What could bave possessed
me 'U forget that choco' ste?'
Tue sun vas just about an hour
high. and Grace, having made her pur-
chHseS, was about hAlf mile on Ter
bome"ard journey, when. as We cav,
sue had forgotten tbs chocolate. IL
must be hal, so our heroine reiraces
her footsteps, makes her purchase,
AND vas at. ut a mile from the viii
lsge swhen she IL stsrtle by horses
hoofs on the rod. She turned. and
saw = horse coming At lively rate,
followed by an empty buex-. She
tpVk In the situation at once. Tue
bi ching strap was dangling along.
and evidently he had, upon 6adIng
himself loose. started for home With
out waiting for bic mssier. BY q
strange coincidence the pony vas the
same shade Of brown aud about the
same sis Of poor Gypsie. The girTs