Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-07-10
The s,xept,c.

There was once u bold, bad mnn. He
vas the only man in household of
women; but the women were all aunts
of an ancient vintage.
One evening the household was
gathered about tho library fire telling
stories. Tho gas was unlit and tho fire.
light was dim and shadowy.
The annts told in turn of the awful
things which they Ind heard and ex-
perienced which partook of super
natural nature. The conversation was
very interesting, but the man paid lit
tie attention to 1.-THE was, most of the
time, doing.
AT last tho oldest and least comedy
aunt told story of horrible suicide.
1t was about man who cast in his own
bullet-mold n silver bullet
Now, everybody knows that silver
bullet isl suicidal thing to make and
that it always finds its way to the iu-
sides of him who casts it. Oh! it is o
growsome thing to cast silver bullet.
| The youngest aunt was saying words
to this effect when tho man awoke; he
laughed loud and long and poo-poohcd
the idea And he went and got his
bullet-inold from the cupboard, whore
he Kept his gun traps and he took n
silver dollar from his pocket, and he
melted the dollar in u crucible which
he Kept ready for various experiments,
which his aunts felt were of tho devil.
and when the silver had assumed q
liquid form he poured it into the mold
and cast n large silver bullet and he
said "There" in the most audacious
way, aud, putting it into his pocket, he
walked from tho room, ynwning ns he
went.
1t was terrible. The aunts throw up
their hands and in ono voice said: Pre-
sumptuousp "Prcposterous "Fool-
hardy!" and "Sncrilegiousl" for there
were four of them, which omitted to
mention before) and their loxclamations
blended into long composite word,
which sounded. simply awful; and the
man called back and asked if they were
swearing and these good women shud-
dered and exclaimed again, and one
said ALL" and ono said "Oh!" and one
said "Ow" and these sounds united in
n composite groan.
Now, this skeptical man carried the
bullet which he had made for pocket
piece ond he remained we'll and hearty,
but his aunts said it was sure to come
and when they said 1T" they meant
his violent end.
And tho Young mnn quite forgot
about his silver bullet, for his mind was
taken up with the worlds fair; but, Mt
last, ono day lie WINS returning from
town with an aunt whom he had been
taking about, when his attention was
attracted to q huge bulletin which an
nounced that there would be no worlds
fair after nil, because Baby Mckee had
said TINT he did not want one.
The man was overcome with rage and
disappointment, for he had mado bets
upon whether the fair would como off
or not, and no had not hedged sufli-
GENTLY to cover the bets on that side.
lie was quite beside himself and he felt
for his revolver that he might make nm
end of himself. butt then he re-
membered that he had left his revolt
Yer with an uncle of his the day before /;
so he took out his silver bullet and
swallowed it then and there.
His aunt was too frightened to
scream, SO she sat silent and waited for
him to die; nor did he SO much rs
have fit of indigestion. Indeed, he
is ali, e and well to this day. But tho
belief of the aunts in the old saying is
not shaken, and they declare that tho
coin from which the bullet was cast
must have been counterfeit. CHI
ca0O Times.