Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-11-13
WITCH AND !.

Wl'ch aud | had quarrel
Who is 1t tnat says il tak"s two iC
id, ke quaIrelf Whoever 1t IL
makes mistake. l took only one
To- make oar quarrel, aud that wAs
mN precious Aunt Be ~ Jaur.
Witch has temprI; SO have L
She wasn't chri~teDe Wl.ch. & Il
fathers aud mo, hers have .nuch tn
answer for, still never he ird I
their giving Wlch as a blp Is nAl
nam TO "a ChuSrl U e III. No,
her name l. Juua FrllcI. which ls
simply absurd Fancy a little
dArt eyed, ewilchiug five feet
nothing having nau 9 like that.
Ny name is JOhn, and JOhn Pm
always called. Had | been ch is
tened Robert or Thomas, l should
have been called either OF those
plain, sensible namrs. There is
nothing for the Imagination 10
catch hod of iu my face or figure.
Pan not six feet in my stockings;
Pm only five feet ten. | haven't
crisp, golden hair and 'tawny
beard No; my eyes, hair aud
beard are brown, and for the rest
l have uOudeScript features aud
good teeth. Moreover, as l said
before, have a temper, vile one,
and in all things, apart from my
profession, an a born fool.
1t was over a game of tennis
that Aunt Betsy Jane made us
quarrel. Witch didn't play up
and l Slated her. I've slated
Witch ever since Pve known her,
and Pve known her siHce she was
10, 50 she ought to have got used
to it. For the matter of that, she
wouldn't have bothered her head
about it If 1t hadn't been for my
beloved aunt. Witch states me
ferociOusly sometimes, but it never
makes any difference.
Well, it was at one of Mrs.
DOugaps 'at home that the row
began. Witch, Miss White,
Dougal and we've playing tennis.
DOugaI and Miss White were
against us. As rule Witch llcks
the other gIrl into fits, but on this
occasion. tor some reason or other,
she missed nearly every ball, ! was
annoy ed. aud expressed myself
perhaps little more strongly than
l ought to have done, but Pun sure
| said nothing Que whit sirODge'
than l've said scores of tunes
without any Otfense belug takeu
BE that as 1t may, Witch retus d
to play any more aud went and sal
down by Aunt Betsy Jane.
am doctor, ana sO0n att /
that some one fetched ue awhy L
was a bad case, aud didn't gel
home till miduIg0t. IL thu dining
rOOm some cold meat aud breI
were waiting Tor me; 50 was not,
from Witch. | ate mOuLhful aud
drank glass of beer, then
opened the note. For a moment |
ielt as If | had a knife IN my heart
1t was such a cruel stab. WI cl
my little Wltch-wOuld have
nothing more to do with me. Nj,
conduct at Mrs. Douglas had prov
ed to her that she no longer posses
SD my respect, and without r.
spect loye was not likely 10 last
long, etc. She ended by saying
that she would have retGrned IN.
uOg, bat could not remove 1t iron
her nnger, but that she would &c
the jeweler to cut 1t of tomOrrOS v
| smiled grim smile at the las
sentence. / had no intention o
allowing that ring to be cut off.
The lovely effusion puzzled IN
altogether. 1t wasu't in Witch
usual style. Naturally, a note O
that kind coming from her woul,
have run 10 this way: John,
bate aud detest you, and bop
you'll keep out OF my sight forever
or something like 1t. Well, wen
10 bed. | was such fool that
never slept wink all night, but
9 made up my mind what I woul
do. Igot up early and made goo
breakfast; then went into th
/, surgery, saw my assistant talke
over the cases and told him