Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-07-13

Ig1ssss ss3lENSSS lish fellow, with
~WSaWG&Ss r r1sniy Of dnl light sht
latest style of tic and collar. And the
girl who had opened the door for him,
IN that pretty country place where the
richest people were not very fashion-
able, wns not n servant, but Young
lady Rushton's only daughter
herself.
what pretty little SOUL" he
thought.
Then MS she turned her head, he
wondered for II moment whether some
body had just slapped her on the left
check, there was such singular mnrl,
there, exactly like the scarlet print of
palm and four fingers.
But Tint mark had been there nil
Fanny Ru5hton's life. and it was her
one grief, her perpetual tease and tor
mcnt. She had grown morbid about
1t IN these cary days of womanhood.
nnd would willingly have been naycd
alive to he rid of it. But there we're
no cosmetics that could remove il.
There the red slap must be ms long
ms she hrcnthcd, its hateful scarlet at .
tracting the first glnncc from every
stranger.
"Alr. Rushton at homc?" said Luke
Robbins, with bow.
res, snid Fanny.
Then she nshcrcd Mr. Robbins into
The pnrlor and went away: md in n
few moments the mill owner snuntcrcl
IN.
IT was business call, though not
made exactly in business-like wny.
There had been some dclny of train,
mud he factory was closed when MIR
Iiobb'ns reached Mill Hollow; but
those few words about wooden siufTs
were cnslly said, and the confidential
clerk of the New York firm of Rink 4
Hnwley knew that the manufacturers
was man of strict integrity. The
business was ensily complcted and
then Luke Robbins rosc to ,loport
But you're put out of reckoning
by this delay, snid the old gentleman
and the hotel is II long way OF, and
should he pleased to huvo You stny
over night with us. The wife ALWAYS
mas one or two spare bedrooms. and
supper will be ready in fifteen minutes
let us have the pleasure Of your con-
pnny."
Thanks" said Luke Robbins
You ARE very kind. I feel tempted.
Then he thought of the pretty face
with tho red slap upon the cheek
Despcte that slap he wanted to see If
again.
1t sat opposite to him ut srppcr
time.
The best and kindest face in the
world" he sail to himself dozen
times. And he did his best to win n
chat from the shy girl, who could not
forget her tormenting mnrk until they
sat Ill the twilight on the piazza after
ward: Then he discovered that she
could talk. AS it grew dark, and the
chickens chirrnpel in the hedges. she
grew merrier and merrier.
Mrs. Rushton had call from some
neIghbor and sat apart couvcrsinp.
Mr. Rushton, after many amiable
attempts to rouse himself, went sound
~ asleep.
Through The evening shadows Luke
saw the girls finely cut profile and
ex1nisitely shaped head and the
moon turned all to black and white
soon, and biotted out the red mark
And he sat as close 10 her as he dared.
And her robin-swect voice charmed
INN; and what she said was bright and
fresh, and he fell i'll love, MS men do.
for an hour.
Men actually do full in love for nm
hour. Women cannot do that They
pretend to be fascinated very often,
but is real or nothing with them nj
heart.
Poor little Fanny gave away her
heart that night in one whole lumn.
1t IS always best to keep little piece.
II one can; but sometimes that is i'm.
possible.
'oh, what beautiful night !" said
Fanny, as she stood on the porch with
her mother, after the gentleman had
retired. ''Such n fine breeze, and such
II bright moon!"
The mosquitoes do bite SO dread.
inliy, though" said the mother. "nnd
us quite damp. We'd better retire.
| wonder whether your pa will he
suited with .morrow's breakfast He
uoes ask visitors so unexpectedly"
Married forty and single twenty
take different views of life sometimes
Fannie went to bed to dream Of
Paradise; and the next day was nil
happy in memory OF parting pres.
sure of the hand, and n whispered
hope that they might often meet
again.
"Whnt pity that mark is, " thought
Young Robbins. ";Shes a darlino
lutte thing. And suppose that Rush,
ton rs very rich man. A young man
might do worse than be his son-in-
law Then, MS the car whirled him
away he said to himself, "What pity
that mark is."
Nevertheless ne went down to Mill
Hollow very often after that, and he
was with Fanny n great deal of the
time. fnnny's mother felt that though
ms snltor was not rich, he was elig-
lbie; and she knew that that red mark
was II disadvantage to her Fanny.
fnnny's papa was an honest, kindly