South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-01-29

those Kitty b insa liftsa IN Ia lie
Sscs. and Ia her roey chesk . tiup,e.
Too, ptayed hide snsi seek.
Poor CIR. Her grave he'd know
sas snow Of thirty Sistsss foe che hsd
sApped away fsom iiSh whils us,ll =
chssd. bat her memory nd AWskeneA
She Asaes of hes boyish lovsr, whose
only fomAnus Il had been. and ,f,ss.
Cd bin slmoss woa.lsr ally toward
Kitty Bitten. Who hovered about hin
si.h most asttsring sole Ga 70 - DO
s.s sud dried bis Zee: as shs CHEEKY
blaze she had kindled on the hearth
Of The best parlor. Al her life che
had admired her fathers f-iend. for
it was said that he hated women. aui
che adosed people out Of the ordinary
This tbought Ihe ronsu ic lit .
Pu.s. whose f.vorits heroes wes
Rochester In Jean Eayre' and Bots
0usibert Ia 'lvanhoe.'
Thus, VT l. the deacon sat and
helped Misc Caledonia string pep.
pers With their chairs together. Oba.
diAh listened 10 K tty Bl,ffen's fresh
young voice singing 'Beuia Lend 20
the music Vt the OH spine. that had
been her gran tnU:her' :, and the fall
log rain best soft GO impairment to
both PICTURES.
Afser that first morning Il .eemed
10 poor conscience aricken Miss Cal.
edonis that Obaiish was very often
absent f,om home and never once
did the deacon in hi. IN any Visits RIM
across him. Poor unsuspeo,inx fell
low thou sht his sister. can hsrdlv
face him when he does come in and
1t really SCENE ss IL be was kinder
than he used to be. He bouyht ms
that pink mus in,I said vas pretty, .s
IL ba any idea of coming out in
thing like that. Though for the m 1t.
ter of that. James--desr me; Deacon
Bitten, mean, says I'm only in the
Prime OF life. She sighed and smiled
anil sighed a2ain. I can't tell Ooa-
diah just can. H;'d laugh NJ us
both, wi.ower like the deacon and
an old maid like ne, bs sides l u,dn's
have the heart to iesye him here TO
look after hiuse.f.
She stopped to recall how when
she I'd the y p ord lever her brother
had nurs-d her night and day, and
TO laugh rs she remembered how be
had made bread in the dish nan.
which she could never wholly clean
OF tue sticky, mysterious compound.
that Obadiah had Tuefu.ly declared
would not rise from sheer obs,,n cy.
NO, I'll have 10 give James M. che
concluded, and forthwith began TO
c-y> in which occupation the deacon
discovered her.
Psha~ said that gentle mar, smil-
Ing. Wen just make the foolish
fellow see rssson. Bee suse he's a
rusty, usty old hster Of matrimo,y
he mustn't expect 10 make other peo.
pie such. He shaiI live with .suyC,ai.
sdonla, and you shsll be- devoted 10
BIN az you like, oaly you must spare
little love for me. Now here is
the question. VIII you tell or shsll
~
Miss Csledonia shivsrsd. bat an
swered braveiy No. 40. III must
strike him this blov, let me be- the
one TO tell him. I, shall be par, OF
my punishms nt. 81 after the man
ner Of women che cooked her brother
on unusually nice supper, AID made
much OF him wheu be seemed very
thoughtful Sand sevsts. times their
anxious eyes met by accid,nt when
both faces fssksd and 10th hearts
felt a papg Of keenest selfsreproaci,.
Obadiah scarcely touched the msrms.
Isde poorMiss Csledonia had bfouah,
out on This occasion because be Was
80 fond Off. and that !. dy notlced IL
In dlsmsy. Can hs have heard Of
itf No. surely not. There sas no
hope that some one else had saved
her the dreadful tack of breaking IL
10 him.
After tie IhIngs we're cleared away
and the CRATE besped MP ia q cheerful
dancing flame, Mss Csledooia drew
her chair.close to where ber.brothsr sat
staring into the Gre. Obadish, dear
brother. che fAlteret, I must-hem-I
feel IL my dn'y to speak 70 sou Of
something.
Yes, yes. CaIedahIa, I know
know-I feared you WJuld-you
wDuld siammered Obadiah, embar-
Tassed aud flushed a. . school boy.
IL grieVes me very much, dear
brother, We IT on hts sister twisting
her sPron around her trembling
hants.
| know II would, knew IL.
! cannot bear 20 think OF leaving
you. said she poor iady bursting into
tears.
Why you must not think OF such
thing. There, there. don't cryl No;h.
Jog shall be changed. We will love
each other just AZ veil, and you shall
teach Kitty ell you know.
Kitty : echoed Miss Caleflonia, !
Oh, yes I shall love her a. a dauzh-
ter. How good you are, OBADIAH. TO
shink Of her.
Love her as daughter. Humoh 7
said Obadiah. Why there's NOT eli
that differences in your age. Pleuts
OF sstevs have The same years be-
tween them. A daughter You
might have spared that allusIon, CAL
edOnia. knowing I am only q few
years younger than yea.
Younger than me, cried Miss Gals
douis, bsWiidered add indignant