Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-05
PENALTY OF cAAalrApLengss.
After All Her In or sao was ,nubsea

After All Her In or shs wss snubbed
| for tier Pans.
"Are you mu, Ii inter. sted In ehnrita.
bic work2" nsl,ed the girl with the eye
glasses.
"I was." returned the girl In the FUR
cape. I'm afraid that hereafter my
charity will begin n, home and 20 no
further than next door"
"Ah. you are wrong there" ssid the
girl with the eycglaSscs. "Of course
II does discourage ono to hnve the wnif
in whom she is Interested pick her peck.
rtnnd the destitute widow for whom she
tas been prosecuting her friends crit
lcise hcr Taste In millinery; still. the
broad principles of humanity"
| Look here" said the Clrl In the fur
cape, fcrcely, "it is nllvciy well foryou
who arc engaged to n young Clergyman
To talk about the broad principles of hu-
innnhy-lnl surprised that yon don't
Use capitals in speaking Of them but
;or my part I'd like TO see II little less
public charity in some people md lit
tic more common humanity"
'Oh. IL yon mcnn in rgard to panpcr.
ling people by"
III mcnn nothing OF the kind. Now,
thcrc is Harold"
~ was wondering how soon Harold
was coming into the conversations"
liaid the girl with tue eyeglasses.
pof,ly.
"lt--it wnsn't Harold. exactly" said
The girl In the FUR cape: ".t WINS his
mother; she--is interested in charity.
sou know"
"Of course. woman with nose like
that couldn't he cxpccicd to keep II out
nf other peoples affairs"
III think she has very nice nose my.
tclf." said the girl in the fur cape. stiff.
~. "llarold IL Thought to look grrni
icnl like her"
"Oh. Iwthnt IL, Ivy III" way. heard
TINT you bought gold lh'mhlc the
hthcr day. Have you been doing much
rcwing?"
"N--not very much, oh. Elsie. II YOU
"'ll never. never tell ns lor~ ny YOU I've
Fll toll ron nll about II. You scc. lInr.
rld's mother has somehow gotten m
Zen tha, nm II fri,t!ous rcrsnn. nnt
Inst week well. I decided that III
how her how practical ann"
Well and did you?"
1T was tbs way v'ae. of course.
.rN'ous for her rood op'non."
M veg; ! understand ihn, she has II
''"oh denl OF money IN hrrown rlght."
"Shc vnn's IIarold to mNrry " l'rac-
cal girl, so Pnvr III, curling my hair.
ought pair Of l'oots ln'lc too Ion,-
''r me and asked every yho1y To ra.l me
'Nargarrct instcul of 'De'sv.'"
"Nrs. and whit wns the rcsu,l:"
'Shc told Ilnrold that she Ioucd she
"ns the one. not She who v.is mistaken
in my character. and casually men
onrh the fact that ehc tiounht every
,unr couple Should own the house in
"h'ch they set up hOusckccp'rr."
"oh Dali mean Margaret. how per-
''ct,v lovclv!"
WASN'T Il" Then heard ihn, She
vas interested in IN or',hons' hom". 80
decided Ia become Interested in T..
20. told her that would make LOT
T rarmcnts for The orphans. rnl yci,
''omld have fccn hcrs,rprisr pleas,
d, rc!"
$50 ION really mndc rnrrirrts fnr
ne children? How did YOU 10 about
llf?"
"i made enc. IIougiit lot cra'rfr:
''c people nt tho shop sc'mcd 10 tninl,
~ rather unsuitable for the purpose,
ut il "as 90 pretty Tint I couldn't rc-
st i. Ind expected mamma to helm
.. Int she showed such lar!, of In
'rc't In II flat | Just ahu, lnv"c'f ~
"'or" and made u l;tilc dress all by my
t.n."
"r"u don't say so How lon~ did IT,"
"ra'c ne? \ week. When II vias
'"'shcd ! decided not 10 wait until The
'hcrs were nn1c. but inlc II AT cncc
- l!aro'd's mother. When I-rc' t,,-r"
n vas so proud md 80 cvritrd thu,
.rr'h hardly open The package and hold
-, tho drcs" frr irspcctior."
and wasn't she surpriych?'
"e;lIc was. Shc--shc held II IN l,cr
nnds long fine. turning IL MS way
nd that. then she asked me-"
''Whcre You wanted to I've when yor
rcrc marricd?"
"No: sh"--shr asked mc what IN
lrgrt!i IN was,'-- Chirorn Ii,,.s. fI.,niJ