Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-05-13

need me to help you tcach-and yo,
can't afford it-and-"
"I've concluded not to let these con
siderations stand in your way, since you
will have only a little time left TO,
studying" Miss Murray answered.
Before the week was out it was mr.
ranged that Miss Eloisc was to assume
as she had in the past, all the duties o.
instruction in their little Western town
and that Miss Pet was to study year in
the Chicago conservatory. 1t was also
arranged that Mr.. Bob Bowen was t.
write to Pet every day in the week, and
that Pet should answer fully rs often.
Pet staid at the conservatory year,
and rs she was really bright girl with
a sweet voice her musical progress was
most satisfactory. Her letters to her sis
ter were full of enthusiasm over her in
structors, her concerts, and of Rob. But
rs the Jcar wancd Miss Eloise fancied
that the enthusiasm about that younp
lover waned with it.
At the end of the year Pet accented n
position rs soprano of new church in a
Colorado mining town, where they had
nm old acquaintance. Eloise hoped the
independent experience would benefit
her sister. A further reason may have
been that she thought it just rs we'll Pet
and hob should not waste too much time
renewing old associations.
"This mining town is just too lovely, {"
Pet wrote to her sister. ssEyerybody
comes to hear me slug, and mysterious,
unknown persons send me mysterious,
unexplained gifts and tokens. NV head
is quite turned with admiration, but it's
SO general and disguised that l can't
place it. don't know which particular
miner in blue flannel shirt or gambler
in diamonds it is who sends Inc flowers
every Sunday. And don't know where
my French candy comes from. And all
L can be certain Of is that when | sing
the applause comes from all of them"
"rhat Is very good" Eloise said to
hcsrelf. $50 long as the admiration STAYS
general, Pet is safe, aud Mrs. Balm Mrs.
Balm was their old acquaintance will not
let the child suffer any annoyance"
Miss Murray laughed as she thought,
"Wc don't hear any more of Rob-"
But alas! for Miss Murray's peace of
mind, month had not gone before Pet
wrote:
DEAR ELoIsE-It was the gambler, and
he's perfectly splendid. Mr.. Balm knows
about him. He isn't n real gamber-that is
he hasn't always been one. He prospectod
hero and struck it awfully rich. then he
went East and bought everything for all his
people, and paid all their debts and mort
cages, and bought millinery stores for ali his
old-maid relatives
Then he went to Europe and saw every
ono who is famous, especially great singers;
ask me to sing Schuberps 'Serenade' that's
his fuvoritel at concert one night. md
did.
But he spent all his money-a million or
so-in year or so, and now he's bnck here
aud Is discouraged and gambles,, aud sends
cert last week he nskedMr Balm for twenty
five dollars worth of tickets, and sold every
ono of them. He said was u nice little girl
and he liked my grit.
I'm SO sorry for him. Pm going to try
to reclaim him. He told Mr.. Balm that re-
mind him of home.
You don't know how splendid it is to feel
that you are doing good to some one.
AS ever, yours, PET.n
"Great heavens" Miss Murray said.
with Western fervor. "Doing good in.
deed That child will be engaged to that
wretched gambler i'll less than month
to reclaim him-if she isn't STONED.
Doing good!" and Miss Murray STAMPED
her little foot.
Then she wrote Immediately a long
letter of appeal to Mrs. Balm. In it she
wrote very plainly about Pets sentimen.
talism, and urged her friend to hedge the
silly child about and keep her out of no
mantle foolishness.
But another letter from Pet showed
that there was no real menace in tho
affair of the gambler. 1t read:
DEAREST ELoIss-I wish YOU could co,
these mountains. They are SO high that moth.
ing grows except few scraggy pines, ant
they are always covered with snow. In tho
mornings and evenings there are the most
( glorious coiors on the peaks, red and blue
and orange, all strealSed and clouded.
=, "one day last week we drove almost t.
the summit-Mr. and Mrs Balm, and a yonnf
man who is superintendent i'll one Of thu
mines. His name is Bennett and his father
owns the mine. Mr.. Bennett is from Yale
and he sings tenor beautifully. We san.
duets-colle2e songs-going up the slope ant
the others said it was lovely
Mrs Balm asked Mr.. Bennett to go. Sb,
| say 70 Ho - Oue Vi Lue low young men here on
can consent to know. She made Mr.. Bali
put stop to the flowers. Pm sorry we foun,
out who sent them. 1t was SO romantic. IN,
Of course l couldn't refuse them as long as
didn't know how they came.s
MIR. Bennett may take the tenor in on
choir; 1t would be lovely, for our voice
chord beautifully.
Gould you send mo box of tan gloves
No. 594, undressed kid! Bye. PR.
"P.S.-Mr Benefits first name is Paul
lie asked, when we were on the mountain
If he might call me Miss Pet. Do you thin
it would be any harm?
Don't forget the gloves. P"
Then later letter contained still
more interesting bits of personal history
"DEAR ELoIsE-If you weren't just tn,
LOWEST sister and not bit old-maidish, T.
never write you this letter. You see, Pr
awfully happy. Mr.. Bennett has Gale
quite often of late. He is the tenor now
and takes me to choir practice Mrs. Bal
thought it perfectly proper, and it saves MI
Balm traipsing out to fetch me.
Last night Mr. Bennett SAID, as we wer
coming home, that it would make him aw
fully happy il .Id let him call me Pet will