Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-03-10

~ ( to cali me that' y
she breaks in, 81 hate itl'
"lt's very pretty he gays. eyes, "
he goes on, est is very pretty name
like its owner"
That" remarks the girl, "is in dc
cidcdly bad taste; and if you have moth
ing more to say will 90 on"
81 have a great deal more to say. III
the first place, do not think you have
treated me very we'll"
The girl pouts.
con- that's all. is it'" she says with
indifference. "What have l donc2"
"What have you done2" he repeats.
You have done n great deal, and /
should like TO know very much what
you mean by it, and if really must I'M
icrstand you wish to keep Inc away
from you always and ut a distance"
Yes, puts In the girl, moving back
ward with slow, graceful motiou. He
follows, keeping very near her.
"You mean 1t, thcnl'
'No; go on and add 10 tho awful
charges"
NOW, Miss Gracic-"
"il you arc going to call me that |
shall have nothing whatever to say to
You."
The truth of the whole matter is that
Dc Wolfe is young and very much in
love, and has been snubbcd. And being n
South who takes great deal for granted,
and who knows very little of girls, he
finds himself at his wits end, and makes
up his mind to stop that sort of thinn if
nc can.
The air is cold and crisp, and it is nm
ideal day for skating. There is a thin
mantle OF snow on the ground which
sparkles i'll the sunlight, and the pond is
covered, and the ring OF skntes on the
ice and the cries of the people minglc in
the air and come to De Wolfe in a con-
fused murmur as he stands somewhat
apart with the girl.
Ihere arc great many people out
this afternoon-smal boys, youths in
their teens, men who remember the snort
Of their younger days and are eager to
renew it; girls who have the night be.
fore danced until one o'clock, and who
have exchanged the heat of the ball
room for the winter air which gives
them so delightful crimson glow. As
it grows late, however, the crowds thins.
and 1t Is not long before the pond is
practically deserted, leaving very few
people, with the exception of Alice
Bcntly's skating party.
Aiice Bently is very clever girl. vet,
ike most clever people, she sometimes
makes mistakes. And this skatino nortv
is much of a mistake, for Alice Bcntly
secs great deal more of a new man
from England than she does of her
younger sister Grace, and this ycung
woman improves her time by makinG
Young De Wolfe's life miserable. and
refusing, very pointedly, to skate with
him.
Young De Wolfe moves away to tho
other shore, and it is not until it grows
darker and Grace Bently begins to zir-
gag up and down the pond, gradually
drawing nearer to him, that he deicns
to speak to her. 1t is then that he comes
up 10 her and tells her that she has mt
been at all nice.
"This sort of thing has gone far
enough" he declares.
"What do you mean2" and sh,
laughs W
Il mean just this" he says, looking
doggedly at the ice and digging the
point OF his skate into the surface nery.
ousiy. "lf you want me to 90 away and
stay away, why don't you say so2 If yo,
don't want fellow around, and don't
want to skate with him or dance win
him, say so; and frankly, now, dom
you think you have been rather rcunh
on me-"
She does not speak, and he goes ON
81 have got something to say to you, and
perhaps you think it very funny time
LOT me to say it, and perhaps you will
| Try to get away; but mean to let Won
Know about it now and end all this un
certainty. daresay am not putting \
well at all, but that is of NO conseo uencc
l am very well aware that never do put
things well, but what / am going to tel
you means great deal to me, and hon,
you VIII listen to me and take me seri
ously. If man, or woman for thai
matter, had told me year ago that
was to be In love before another wear had
passed. would nave laughed ant
snapped my fingers and said it was non
sense. But | find am very much il
love now, and am going to tell yo,
about the girl. She is a very pretty girl
but that is not why love her. She i
not doll, but her face is expressive
and fascinating study In all its changes
and her complexion is pure and clea
without waxy whiteness, but with
pink flush or an olive color; not DARK
yet Just enough to give her a look not q
Az oommcaplace. And her hair is ligh