Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-12-13


~Or course. YOU wonid NOT. T. is not
obvious or commonplace or highly. n
co'ored enough Tor YOU rctortea
onto. But to my mind ;hcrc j. some
thing infinitely pathetic in the tat
tered old coat of this dignited and
s.insuished-looking old man. aud IA
sne darns which the daughter must
have los, the brightness Of her eyes
over"
Decidedly. ICY dear boy Won must |
90 il in poetry. no, prose. said CHI
ford. mOckinsly.
otto would have rot0rtcd. bur mat
hey had now reached The ntile bridge
/ over the River Fleet. and were within
I Few yards or the halfway house.
This Is the place where i"r'i'n
| spends his arscrnoons.' said otto lead
/ ing the way 40 tine little inn.
Lets have him out
The Blue Lion was q very unpre- /
tending establishment. Oh. nut with /
out any prc.cnSions % historical or
archaeological interest. small. incohvc-
nient and wcather-hcaten. Standing
as g. dil midway between sleepy
Siroan and democratic Courtstairs. II
was tho house of cali for all tho ear
ricrs. farmers and cattic-droyers all
/ the year round. while in the months
Of July ami August its little bar was
thronged with the denizenS of the
Niie-cnd Road. who take their pleas
; IRE in brakes. with concertinas and
, howls and discordant songs
4 Few late visitors OF this sort were
\ in the little har when clifford and
4 otto entered. But there was no sign
{ Of Jordan Both the young men
: looked with curiosity at tbc woman
4 who was serving behind the bar. n
r portly young woman with ready
tongue. who i'm her sturdy build and
y large coarse hands. rs well a in the
r weather beaten look Of her complexion
betrayed that she was accustomed "a
u nu up her time. when work was slack
inside the house. with outdoor laho.
e. or the toughest kind.
\ When the two friends came out they
e. looked at each other i'm disgust
~ "Shc isn't even. young. cried Otto
W Nearer thirty-hvc than twenty Eve
III TN swear
And her voice, And her detcsiahi
BE Kcntish accent added Clifford
.n- ~AnI those high chcekhones. and ina
type OF thc common shrew."
.ef Il shouldn't have thoCght DO OF Io
dam murmured Otto. in pity ten
rcrcd with indignation.
~Eut whore b. She rufian himself
asked CLIFFORD. stopping short, "l
os- You think we are ON q wrong seen
after au:'
Try ~if 80 were anybody ou. Jordan.
should say yes. Said Otto. deliherat
ny u.s. ~Eul his susceptibility is So colo
er> sal that I -.c no reason SEQ doubt ev'
la this"
Dr.. Nevertheless hc rollow.ng Cndor
ihr wnrn the latter turned hac6 iowa
th. H,lc bridge.
hnt There's 81 cottage said thc me
nnmanc King. "a little cottage by e
cry roadside Lct MS see 10 we can %
tic Germ % rr,ficoat in the neighhorho
tie 90. ,haL We may bee doin- the uo
1'r rrap $3.50 ,njuStice. after am
Bu, before ,lcy reached lAe Gotta
h's ,nr ai,lntoa ui the TWO young "a
was arrested hy the sound ol q sii
eNt voice on rhc lefi. just before q.
y o1 Reached the bridge it was a voice
Dnn hriglt. $50 sweet with such su--
ln ,ion of huhniing laughter in it's CON
THAT they both stopped short .
'tr-. looked at eacA other With faces fun
trS s.nor~e.
p 50 .-'rhat, <,a.~ said otto.
.dn 1--WE nave done him cruel WON
INNS. murmWej clifford
B. Aal with one accord they bent 81.
.nr-r Steps in thc direction of the voice
arrer getting over q wooden palms
oncl. she roadside. scattering "a colony
idn' fowls on the other side. and mas
tnc their way over the rough grass ne'
the river where thc boats were dr,
a on up which carried excursionists
the Flee, Castle they came upon W.
that cn shed. ANA strong smell OF pi
being and two human figures. The one
unity Jordan. coatless. with his straw
D side Tilted 10 the back OF his head.
We're brush in ono hand and a rim can i'm
re hc other engaged IN the humble hut
ful task OF covering She cow-Shed +
re- he new coat co. pitch
read Bu5 his Two friends scarcely glal
q ihe 81 HIM. IL was .4e other figure
Y abe absorbed an lh. r. covers OF visio
the slender eirl in Cd prnr frock. wi
neatly white ce-iou hloUs. and IN cnOrl
'oWcd s,raw haf. This was the Nell
as no wasted the time OF half the v
men OF Stroan. and who would
loSie~ wasted the time OF half the y
m bee lueu OF London IL they had only
enc 20 seen her y beauty Of pure Saxon
she was. with the opaque white