Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-02-08

~:sct.Ss: s:2l.;> eS y rage WAS really awful
mad. havo not boon allowed to leay, nv
Dc"roon all day. Isn't II too absurd? But
cannot endure this tyranny any longer.
nave quite made up my min to leave him.
sha'i go an live with Aunt Mary, who has
often PROMISED mn u hon" must seq vo,
irsi, however, AMI this IL my plnu. All Tho
icariui worry nnd strain ubomt Won with
ihth"r nus nnho mo so irritable anil unccr-
tain tempered lately that no is surn there IL
something wrong with mo. AMI lam TO 70
Tomorrow morning ut IL o'clock TO 500 Dr
Koth-Jcfrcrics, tho great nerve ,ocior
rather says ho shall drive mo over thrrr
himself nnd call for mo again in an hour
rms 10 to make sure thni hold no conm,In
ic1,'oh win yoI. Did you ever hear any
i.,h. so childish? 1t serves him RICH. 10
MOIST him with his own p,tnrd. 80 Won ,n,,st
po III mo doctors waiting room nt n ljttln I'M
prc nh,i Then we can hnvothrcc-uunrtcrs
OF an hours quiet conversation. Mv mail
VINO Is very good girl, ana who will ACCOM-
lnmy mo- 10 Aunt Mary's, IL TO post this
:, ''Ui' SYLVIA BULpETT.
l.. S.-kcith-JuTcrics's address is-IInrI.v
street. Don't bu lrtc.
This WAS Sydncy's first plimpso of
tho tragedy of life, in tho shapo of
parental barbarism. 1t ovcrcamo him
Tor moment: "My poor Sylvia, % he
murmurod Then he pulled out his
watch. Nino twenty -scvonl lilo swat
lowed cup of fcalding coffee. with
out milk or sugar, and looking mt his
watch again. Nine twenty-oight
.Iho old bruto!" no muttcrcd, walk
ing up and down tho room, az ALWAYS
said 1T would come to this. 1 should
ike to Out cnnc the witch once
more. Nine twenty-ninc! lie seized
his Int and rushed from tho room
Inc hat WIS concession to custopa.
Dut the morning was warm. ut WINS
much too soon to go 10 her TO he ran
threc times round st. Jaincs'u Pnrk TO
quiet his nerves. Then he slackrned
}iis pace and fell to reviewing the posi-
tion more calmly.
after nll it's perhaps tho best
thing that could happen" was his
conclusion. aunt Mnry il not
friendly with the old wretch. Aunt
Ninry will help me. NNo will be mar
red from Aunt Mary's. l suppose I
shall have to arrange this running
away, and it will DO good fun, for old
Butpctt would show fight il we came
across him. Ho would crafty his
Dioodthirsty Instincts nnd shoot me
hko dogl What should 1 do2 |
could not strike her fntherl"
lie proceeded to develop the situn-
ton Ill various ways, md succeeded
Ill creating himself very fine role.
indeed, i'll which he should be Che
mnidcns savior from IL brutal parents
rage and Mt the same time spnro the
OLD mnn's gray hairs. at half past ten
lie hnstencd to The great doctors and
rang tho bell. A man servant, pre-
scnting the usual combination of
butler and undertaken, opened the
door.
lave you an appointment, STRIP
NO, must take my chance"
L am afraid You will havo to wait
some time, sir; there aro already n
good many here"
1t doesn't matter; I am in no
hurry" replied Sydney, incohorontly.
lie wns shown into tho waiting room,
where IL dozen or SO of fellow creatures
were collected. Most of them were
young Indies, for DIR. Kcith-Jefrries
was II fnvoritc with the sex, and tbcv
I'll had thnt air of dreary sclf-absorp-
ton peculiar to the self conferred in.
valid.
PRESENTLY Sylvia glided in, lookinr
the picture of health and spirits. She
WINS very young, almost too young to
DO n martyr to the sorrows she de-
scribcd to Sydney, as they took DOS.
session OF remote window cmbrnsurc.
ono told him that she really could not
bear it Her resolution was unsbaken
Sho had written to her Aunt Mary To
expect her TINT night. Sydney must
have carrin6c MT the garden gate Mt
O'Clock III the evening, when she and
her maid would be waiting. They
were then to drive to Pnddingtop. md
catch the last train for Exeter. where
Aunt Mary lived.
So far, Sylvia, who was n clear
headed, managing young lady, had mr.
ranged, and her plum Of campaign
seemed to Sydney quite excellent. lie
promised readily to fulfill his share of
the business, and then took OCCASION
to urge that as he WIS both able mi
ANXIOUS to prepare homo for her.
the sojourn ut her nunt's need be only
temporary one.
y 800. AA|'%AiStt Unu SHOOK
her head. "ono thing Mt once" said
she, wisely. "When L am safe Mt
Aunt Mnrys there will be time to talk
about the future. Don't forget 0
o'clock this evening. 1 depend upon
you. on, | must go; the doctor is at
liberty" And Mt tho funercal beck of
the undertaken she vanished
Sydney was left in the waiting
room, but his excitement and ecstasy
were such that lie coald scarcely be-
have with sobriety. A golden future
lay before him, his pulses throbbel as
II to music, he dreamed rose colored
drenns.
The I'M lcrtakcr coming to summon
the dreamer to tho doctor; presence,
had to touch him on the shoulder be-
lore he took any notice, aud even thpn
he followed quite mechanically, nut.
terins and smiling to himself in II
quasi idiotic why.
We'll, sir, what can / do for you?r