Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-28

WV .ooo VI ~, just hear
enough to touch the hem of her gown
-sucha sweet, white gown, with bit
OF blue showing through it us the blue
sky peeps in and out from the fleecy
whito clouds.
do you like hims'I asked, sui
leAsl,I S- --.--------...-
"Not any more, 1 guess, than you
like Matte Swami" she retorted, with
perk OF her nose and q shake of her
fluffy hair.
"Hhcn you like him pretty WE'LL" I
said, in worse humor than ever, and
quito insistent upon nagging hor all 1
could.
"Perhnps do" sho snapped, "and
if L do, Pm sure he's very nico fol-
low"
"Not any nicer follow than Mattio
Swami is girl, put i'll as mean as
know how.
"Well, I don't caro," sho said. as
she slipped off of tho rock and touched
the sand rs lightly as thistle down.
"I'm going home, and when you get
me to come AWAY off down hero in this
lonesome place again Mt this time of
day. Of any other time, think you'll
know it,"
Then she started off along tho beach
toward tho ROW of cottages. 1t was n
milo or more, aud I thought would
keep within call, SO let hpr get some
distance ahead of mo. poked along
behind, gazing out to sea and wonder
ing where oil the beauty of the purple
shadows had gone, and why it was
tho waves looked SO cold and cruel
and clammy. They were tho Same
shadows and tho same waves, and
there l was, and-but where was Lois?
Fifty yards up the shore and hurrying
nlong MS if she were afraid OF twilight
ghosts or other strange inhabitant of
tic rrepnscular mir. Il loheed over
my shoulder nervously, aud all
around, and shivcred. What it was L
don't know, but on the instant. 1
called to her aud went after my COLL
rs fast rs l ever ran after football.
''Lois, Lois" l kept on calling, but
she gave no heed. Her face was set
away from me and she was going with
it rapidly. But not so fast That
could not catch her i'll the next fifty
yards or SO.
ooh, Mr.. Beldcn," she said in n
tone OF pretty surprise rs oamo up
painting by her side, chow You
frightened me. had no idea you
were on the beach this evening.
Think of that, and still her father
having the tcmerity to Talk about
puppy love. ii. that wasn't full grown
mastiif sarcasm, I'd like to know what
it was. But was not to be thwarted
by woman's within now, any more
tnan l was in tho beginning.
ooh, Lois, Lois" pleaded, though
I pulled rs L did so. eve arc not
children to let tribe como between
us and our love. You know / iovo
you and know I love you. 1t was
because love you so that grew wild
with jealousy when you spoke of YER
der. 1 don't care rap of my finger
for Matte Swami, even if you do like
Charlie Verdcr"
"Mr. Bcldcn," she began vey stiilly
-"Call me Jncls," cried with all my
feeling come again. "Call me Jack, us
you have always called me.
Perhaps I'd BETTER" she said cold
ly. "You have acted SO childishly
thnt Mr.. seems scarcely nh appropri-
ate title.
"You shan't Talk that way to me,
Lois Tanner" exclaimed rs stepped
in front of her and blocked her path.
81 have done wrong and l apologize
humbly for it. Now as lady you can.
not do otherwise than accept it,"
81 accept the apology. and pray,
let that end tho matter"
"No, it shall not. insist upon
your accepting the apology and tho
apologizer rs well. / want you Lois,
and that's what 1 started to tell you
down there on the rocks. Answer mo
now with only the son and the sky and
the sweet twilight rs witnesses.
was about to take her hand and
moro tenderly urge my claim to nm
answer, when she gave slight scream
and sprang to one side MS if she had
stepped OIL mouse i'll the sand.
Look there" she whispered, point.
ing to II couple seated on an old spar
bali in the sand, and which until then
was not visible. 1 looked and saw
Verder and Miss Swami, very close to.
gether and talking earnestly.
'Ietthem be witnesses also,kif they
will, Ssdarling,"sI said bravely, and
this time l took her haulin mine.
But it was too dark for them to SEQ,
and when Lois and walked by them
in tho duskier shadows of the later
evening, she had promised to bo my
wife, and though the groat sun of the
heavens had set over the world and
tho earth was full of shadows, the
greater sun OF love had risen in our
hearts and they were file with the
light inextinguishable.
That was dozen years ago, and to-
day Lois is the proud and happy
mother of three of the pretiiest and
sweetest children in the world except
four that am the proud and happy
father of.
She is Mrs. Charles Verder and Mrs.
Belden was Miss Swami. Detroit
Free Press.