Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-10

A$SaSl natures charms to tempt
&kTSSb me to disregard my faith
~ er's injunction that /
should do no literary work during my
sojourn of few weeks ut his home.
These trees, with their tender leaves
and lithesome boughs swaying to and
fro; this cmerald-hucd plat of grass,
stretching broadly before me; the gar
den, green and airy, the cherry buds,
apple blossoms and May flowers, are
responsible for the transgrcssion. They
peep at me SO coqucttishly that am
quito convinced they are laughing be.
cause this invigorating breeze, which
enhances their complexion, makes such
pitiful havoc of mine
| noticed how caressingly the dew
lay on the bosom of every leaf and ey-
cry blade OF grass, and nestled within
tho folds of the fair young flowers.
There was love in everything beauty
everywhere. Even the COW bells. con
demncd for their discordant jingle, had
music in them this morning. Tinkle,
tinklc, tinklc, tinkle, so far AVA that
the rustic OF my garments drowned
their voices. The larks, alarmed aud
indignant at my trespassing. put their
little heads together and scolded NE
pitilcssly; and Old Sol, patiently bid.
ing his time to rise, lay hidden bc.
meath coverlct of red and yellow
clouds.
he situation was peculiarly novel
to me. The wind and the motion OF
the hammock intoxicated me- and
fell into n half-wakeful reycrv. con.
sistinS mainly OF review of my sunny
childhood, not day of which i would
fam forget In this rctrospcction saw
myself from little girl of five sum.
mcrs, with touslcd curls about brown
face, through all the stages of my life.
permitting my mind to follow the chain
of years, link b. link, to this time. and
l was still five years old, realized.
however, that others, who had PLAYED
n part i'll the mclodrama of my life,
had grown older and changed with
times progress, while l remained the
same; the cxpansc of years were hut
days ill my fancy. And thus, envcl-
oped in misty dream, L felt the touch
OF soft hand on my face, and real
child voice lisped:
| Five klthcth, mamma! / am five
ycarth old to-day"
That familiar voice, with its childish
infection, was all that was needed to
break the spell, and when opened my
eyes [ looked into pair as blue as
hyaclnths, and remembered that am
n woman now, and my successor is the
least of the three little maids, dressed
rs Enthusiastically for their make blievc"
calls, which are received with becoming
meekncss by every member of tho
| household.
With my awakening comes tho rather
unpleasant reality that I am but
guest in my fathers house, and, being
grown up one, am presumably to put
away childish things, and also, the in
dulgent reign which 1 had, by juniori-
ty, believed to be my own, had been
transferred to the little maid who sup
planted me therein five years ago.
But since have outgrown the char
acteristics of childhood, I am still
young enough AZ heart to enter into
them and teach the three little maids
how to cnjoy them at their fullest. If
VIC could improyise q playhouse, It
would be a variation in the routine OF
dolls and long dresses; so I straight
way set my prccocious fancy to work.
and with the help of willing hands and
plenty of good-llumor not to mention
| architectural skill, we were soon re-
warded by loud expressions of appre-
citation from the Juvenile trio. You
know at gran'lpa's there are incxhaus-
tible resources OF pleasure; and il is
gratifying to see with what relish the
three little maids enter into the spirit
of every new device. What care they
for the sun and wind? The fact that
when few weeks later they shall re-
turn home, bearing on hands and face
,lnmistakablc signs of exposure, has
not feathers weight with them now.
There is q charm in these bits oi
crockcry and remnants of grandma's
| china, which she has been slowing
away for months in anticipation of the
rustic palace which adorns her spacious
lawn in the form of muslin tent.
This fragmcntary dinner service, EN-
bracing every conceivable shape and
design, is arranged i'll painful precision
on the crude pine shelves which serve
for both china closet and buffers pan
try. a pair of bricks supporting n
block OF wood personate3 range. It
! Is seldom that these little culinary art
lists seek rest from their manifold du-
ties, but when they do so they fling
themselves in the most uncomfortable
attitudes upon divan, which is posing
as a late pattern OF mahogany and
brocatelle; but which is, cntre nous,
only pine box covered with carpet,
and Of home manufacture as well.
Yet the shapeless dishes, rude stove
and impromptu furnitue, homely az
they are, do not become monotonous,
as do the toy services. miniature
range and tapestried furniture, which
they frequently abandon at home.
Their vehicles are the swings, of which
there are three, due to grandma's con
slderation, and the hammocks that
hang well screened from the range of
n friendly sun; and Mt the edge of the
prettiest lake lies boat waiting for
nimblc fingers to loose it from its moor
ings.
| Now swiftly through
The morning dow
| Their dimplcd fcet come two by two;
And from each throat
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