South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-07-11

WI Beutbe voe0o oE0 Gtod poso, AND
stood meditaiing. What shouli sbe
do with hesf The sua vss asresdy
ssar the hoe' goa. shs uss bextnnisk
g think Of ths tfsGps. ssd what could
che do2 She would 10, aavs time 10
take hss back - town, shsuld sAe
70 Ass 10 , tsse al-i fasses q Iote 10
tAs sslssr No iadsed. that would
never do. Tor tramp would come o.
long and steal the horss asd buGxy.
However, sooetAipe must 10 doas,
Tor Il Was getting late lit would coon
De dark-then what would she dor
What sbaii dof Oh. you iDpa-
deaf rascal fer placing me in .uch
Predicamenti' she said. throwing one
ar@ across the pretty animate neck
and leaning her face seainst h.1whi:e
viva the other hand she held the reins
looking The very picture Of despair.
while thus attending she was Q ar
tied BY . hand laid upon her arm.
Hal her fears been rcsiixsdp Mas
1t the tramp Who was going to kill her
and then run away with the buggy 2
She dare not raise her head.
Excuse me- he began.
Surely this diin't sound like a
traDp's voice, and she raised her mis-.
ersbie Ii tie face. expecting to zee q
ragged, mud. besmeared object before
her. She bad quite an air Of m ,rtyr-
dom depicted on her face. which,
however, changed Instantly MS she
saw . dne.iooking. veil dressed spe.
cimen OF humanity before her. She
could not conceal her astonishmen..
90 he at once introduced himself rs
DIR. Green. adding:
You have stopped my horsc, and
thereby done me a great favor, as 1
should have had to Xix SIX miles 10
reach home. Is there anythiu. I can
do for you in return? sh ,u,d be
only too glad TO serve you
She told him there was nothing.
but her face veil, d her words. lie
saw that she was too proui to place
herself under obligations 10 any one,
SO he said:
Il think l heard you speak OF nv
pony having pl,ce1 you ii pr dica.
ment. Canout 1 make up for it and
help you out OF na Are you alone9'
Yes, Fm alone, aud what's more,
am two miles from home
Poor child! Get right in and I'll
take You home, if ,outi show me
the way
She hesita'ed; would it he pr ud en-
lie real her Thoughts and sail:
r. 4 nx.n
and drive aud Ill .lk.'
This was too much for Der. She
was just In the stste one gets when
they must either Laugh or cry, and as
she did not wish TO make an exhibi.
ton of herself by the latter. she m al e
The ~eods ring with her merry laugh.
ter. saying at the time
All right. DR.. Green you hold the
horse while run over 20 the railroad
after N y basket then basket and
will get in and run away with your
buggy and horse. That would lie
c,pitai; I'm - glad you mention.
cd it,
Then II wss arranged. hut all three
Grace. DR.. Green. aud the basket
were occupants of the buggy. Grace
found her companion q spicnd d c,n.
versatile nalist, and was surprised at
herself when she found how short b I'D
been their acquaintance before she
told him her whole history how they
(her grandparents and herself) had
c 'rnc south for she benefit IF her
GRANDMOTHER health how her grand .
father had. year after their arrival.
taken such bad cold, which settled
IL mis- eyes and caused him such pain
that be had 20 sit in q darkeued room
all the time, and had not seen day.
light for six months; how Gypsie and
Bruno died, and their only help wss
laid UP with rheumatism. anil. so she
was compelled to 60 TO the village for
their pr DIVISIONS, etc., on foot.
DIR. Green felt the deepest symps.
thy for the girl by his side with hon.
est brown eyes and such a wealth of
brown hair 50 becomingly coiled on
the back of her shapeIy he, d, set on a
pair OF exquisi,ely shaped shoulders
which CLEANED through her thin white
dre,s, which fitted her slender figure
TO perfection. Her face was q st Judy,
for every new subject on which they
spoke II would have q d fsrent ex-
preston. every change seeming more
besutiful ~ the now thoroughly be-
sTched Green. They were deep 10
the discussion OF their favorite su.
thors. etc when Grscs exclaimed:
why, stop, DR.. Green you almost
drove past the house.
He looked around regrelfully, when
to bis utter amusement he saw per.
fect Eden OF flowers. in the midst Of
which stood q neat little cottage, al
most entirely concesIed by the dense
vines OF madeirss and wesie.iss,
which we're now in full bloom, aud .
scented plsce he had never
before bebeld
Upon bis exclamation OF admira-
ton. Grace expl incl that they we're
her graudmotber's pets. Everything
looked so bright and fresh and SO
homelike that be felt that he must
sec the interior OF the cottage that
had for months, and Almost years,
sheltered 'bs fairies, blossom be had
ever yet seep-Grace berseif.
A happy thought entered bis head.
Tie asked Grsce IL she would like him