Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-02
| with bright, dark eyes and vivid col
oring, tripped out of the house, and
shook hands with him in the friendliest

way.
81 WINS all ready, you see, she said |;
dimples. "Good-by, Toni" She
Rugged and kissed a fourteen-year-old
boy, who had brought out big sat,
ohel. "Good-by, mammal" another
warm embrace. 'I'm coming home
next Saturday on tho morning train,
and Ill get back somehow. I'll write
to you before then. Good-by!"
Burt took the satchel, and followed
tho affectionate family group down the
walk. He felt dazed.
Ho did not know exactly what he was
doing. When the blooming young
lady kissed her relatives yet again at
tho gate, he shook hands with them
both, confusedly. Then no blushed
but the young lady looked pleased.
A light wind lifted tho soft locks of
her pretty HAIR, MS they drove away.
Burt hardly dared look ut her. He did
not find his voice till he had turned
tho first corner.
$50 you are Miss Fletcher-M alyinn
Fletcher?" he said, abruptly.
The new teacher turned her bright
eyes upon him.
"Who did you think WASP" she de.
manded.
overwhelmingly" Burt falt-
cred.
"Thank you'll" Miss Fletcher cried,
laughing and Burt laughed
He was half afraid of this BRIGHT
young creature, with her charming
prettiness and her lively ways; and
yet, he felt oddly at ease with her, she
was 30 cheerful and 30 friendly.
He did not know how he did it, but,
commencing stammeringly, he told her
of the little joke which Mr.. Pease had
conceived and successfully carried
through.
Chow funnyI" Malvina Fletcher
cried. "And how cute of himl 1 be.
lieve shall like him. thought I
should when saw him. 1 believe I
can manage him, you know-make
him furnish new things for the school.
room, and raise my wages dollar n
week, she declared, merrily, her dim
pies twinkling.
81 know you can !" Burt responded,
with warmth-Burt, tho bashful, the
self-distrustful. you'll have him n.
your mercy, too, for you'll board
there. They always board the teach.
ers. We 1.-Two just round tho corner
from the Peases's," he added, more
timoro usly.
81 am glad you do" Malvina ro.
joined, frankly, and without blushing.
"I'vo tennis court" said Burt
'if You play?"
ooh, yes-badly
Malvina laughed.
81 am glad you do. Well have some
games. Pm busy just now, but my
onions will be off my hands before
long, and then I'll beat you some
games if can.
Onions How far away and unintcr
esting they seemed
The color in her cheeks was like that
of n rose, and her eyes sparkled with
quick sympathy and girlish enjoy.
mont.
The sun was waning when they
drove into West Cary.
Burt had stopped and bought cara.
mels and bananas, and the half-emptied
bags rcposed in companionable way
between them.
Malvinn had taken her hat off, for il
was warm, and her fower-like face
shone forth in all it's sweetness
Therefore, when Wade Loring came
driving down the street in his new
buggy, and met Burt and tho new
teacher face to face, he almost droppcd
his lines.
He stared; his jaw dropped; ho
grew red and redder. Bewildermcnt
was depicted on his disappoint-
ment, indignation.
| And Burt-he could not help it-as
he drove on, laughed.
The new teacher went home ut the
end of the first successful week of her
labors in the West Cary school, but
she did not go by train Saturday morn
ing. She went in Burt Olds's phe-
ton, Friday night, after school, and
he drove back for her Sunday after.
noon.
1t was by no means tho only time
she made trip home in the same way
nor did Burt Glitch up" only on Fri
days and Sundays.
1t became matter of common
knowledge that Burt Olds took the
new teacher driving quite often Oh
moonlight nights, and that they played
checkers in Mr.. Pease's pnrlor whom
they did not go driving, and did othe,
significant things.
Malvina often wrote 10 her mother ;
but portion of letter written early
in the winter, when her second term
in West Cary was half done, was the
most interesting of all her loving let.
tiers.
~ can't wait till Friday night to toll YOU,
mamma-we are engaged. Yes, engaged
and am the happiest girl in Dyke County
or tho State. never could have loved any.
body but Burt, and 1 nm SO glad he love!
J me. There is nobody like him In all the
world. Mr.. Wade Loring hasn't stopped
bothering mo for minute-well. you know
what mean ho has kept on asking me "a
so out with him whom he know didn't want
to- and last night told him 1t was no use.
, and he knew whnt meant. he know must
/ be engaged to dear Burt. Burt thinks like
him best because didn't meet Mr.. Lornq
first. Mamma, you know better, don't yoni
will e,11 nj