Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-28
WITCH AND |.

Witch and had quarrel Who
i Il that says that il takes two tC
MAX" Quarrolt Whoever it is
makes mistake. 1t took only one
L. MAX" our quarrel, and that was
my precious Aunty Betsy Jane
Witch hHs Il temper; SO havoI. Sh,
WASH chrIstCnCd Witch. God fa
theirs and mothers have much to an
sWrr fer; still Incvcr heard of Their
giving Witch as Il baptiSmal name tC
Il Christian child. No, her name i,
Julia Felicia, which is simply alb
Surd. Fancy Il little, dark eyed, be
witrhing fly" feet nothing having &
uamC like that
My namC is John. and John I'm
always called. Had l been chris
tened Robert or Thomas l should
have been called 10y either of those
plain, sensible names. There is
not hing for the imagination to catch
hold of i'll my face or figure. I'm
not feet i'll my stockings I'm
only , feet 1G | haven't crisp
golden hair" and "tawny beard. "
No, my eyes, hair and beard are
brown, and for the rest have non
dcScript features and good teeth.
Moreover, aS | said before. l have n
temper, vile one. and in all things,
apart from my profession, am a
born fool.
1t was over Il game of tennis that
Aunt Betsy Jane made us quarrel.
Witch didn't play up, and slated
her. I've "slatod" Witch ever since
I've known hCI, and I've known her
since she WAS H. SO sho ought to
have got used to il. For the mat
ter of that, She wouldn' ( have both
cred her head about ii if it hadn t
been for my beloved aunt. Witch
states me fCrociolSly sometimes,
but It mover makes any difference.
Well, II WAS 1T one of Mrs. Dou-
gals lat homes" that the row be-
gam. Witch, Miss Whitc Dougal
and | WEI" playing tennis. Dougal
and Miss White were against us.
As rulc, Witch Hicks the other girl
into fits, bat on this occasion. for
som" reason or the other, she missed
nearly every. hail v,s ,nuO,od
and | expressed myself perhaps a
httl" moro strongly than ought to
hay" done. hUt | IN sure | said moth
ing one whit STRONGER than iva said
scores of time without any ofrrnse
hrjng taken. Sc That rs il m,v
Witch refused 10 ulav any more and
sat down hr Amt BETSY ,Iunc
am Il doctor. and soon after that
some one called me away. n was
Il bad case. and | didn't Get home
till midnight. In the dining room
Some cold meat and beer were wait
my for me; 50 was note from
Witch. ate Il m0uthful and drank
II glass OF hprr. Then / oprncd the
note. For moment | felt as if |
had Il knife in my heart. II was
such cruel stab Witch--my little
Witch -wuuiu have nothing more
to do with m". My conduct mt Mrs
Douglas had proved to her that she
no longer possessed my respect, and
without respect love was not likely
IL last long, etc She ended by saw
ing that Size would have returned
my ring, hUt could not remove it
from her finger, but that she would
get the j"Wylrr To cat it oft tomor-
row. smiled grim smilo at the
last sentence. had no intention of
allowing that ring to he cut Oft.
Th" lovely "nusion puzzled me
altogether. 1t wasn't in Witch
usual style. Naturally n note of
that kind coming from her would
have run in this way: John. hate
and dotcSt Won and hone youu keen
out of my sight forever" or some
thing like it. Well, l went to bed.
was such an ass that l never slept
wink all night But l made up
my mind what l would do. got up
early and made Il good breakfast.
Then went into the smgc1y, saw
my assistant, talked over tho cases
and told him should be away all
day. After that | went TO town.
straight I" Witrh's fathers office
lie hadn t arrived, but his people
knew me and showed me into his
private room. He and | are great
1rl"n"S-aIWaYs have been. So it
was quite natural for me to 90 to
INN for advice, or rather to talk
over things. When he came in, he
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