Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-01-31

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~ aleep ana appetite. he esrs~s6 20 b
the nrst 70 give IN One word from
Niifiy would have brought him over
Ia The Garter farmhouse ON the Jump.
ia.. bsckeJ By = feeling OF injury and
her mother. she refused to speak AZ.
1t thus came shout that the ''dn"
Threatened TO have disastrous conse-
cuences. and there was q possibiRty OF
two lives being wrecked. One even.
Ing when she was forced to realize
this Nancy quietly asked of her hus-
band:
"rohn. did yoa see silas anywhere
around when you was passin' the farm
The other dayF'
Yes was the reply. "He was
buildin' fence jest beyond the barn.
IL 1t all or between euiiy and himY'
Cant say whether tits or not. Did
you ever know our old gray mare to
run awayf"
Lands, no, Nothln' on earth would
scare her"
But II somethin' did. John? II Mfly
was drivin' her to town and she ran
away. what would happen?"
shed probably stop for breath after
goin' about FIVE rods" laughed the bus
band. g
she wouldn't Kick the wagon to
pieces or Kill AInlyg"
"She might fetch up in fence cor
ner and bump her own head. but 1
guess that would be the worst OF it
What's up. NancyT'
"Nothin' for you to know. You jest
keep quiet ana femme work this thing
out by myself. Milly's goin' TO town
after darnin' needle and spool Of
black thread AFTER hinner tomorrer. and
she'll drive the old mare"
After dinner next day the horse was
hitched 20 n light Wagon and left
standing under shed in The iarnyard
until wanted. When Milly WAS ready
for her trip. the I2otlicr brcughf the
outfit around. takne much more time
than seemed necess.,-y Moreover.
when the old mare. va liaa passed
her twentieth birthday. v-as brougli.
sip at the gate she was what AitNy call
ed "wFiegly"-that u.s. she was Ferrous
and restless and evidently full Of 90
She bad 20 be held by the bit until Che
girl got in and secured the lines.
''She acts real colty today said the
mother as she patted the mares rose.
but she'll steady down before you get
10 the schoolhouse. She hes meyer run
away in her life. but If she should do
so no~"-
Il guess =, won't go" intc.rupte,.
Milly.
You so right along. AS was sayin'.
~ she should run away you hold her
steady In the middle of the road ana
scream fer help, Now let her g'lang."
The old gray mare moved or with a
rush, aud for quarter OF ntie She
maintained pace To surprise her Criv-
er. Then She suddenly gave a squeal
sud bSoilH into 2 run. Milly dropped
tie lines and Giving 10 the seat. and she
also remembered her motheiss iaIunc-
ton to scream. Silns johnson was stil
working on the fence lest hey I'd the
pafH" He was also calling himself n
fool and thiakisg be would give FIVE
years OF his life TO make az WITH Nilly
when be heard screams and n clattcr
down the road. He grasped the situa-
NoH AZ giance.
II is nene ~ the readers affair
whether he resolved 10 DO er die.
whether he made hero CT himself or
not. whether the "wriggly'' old mare
was glad OF m excuse to stop or made
frantic efforts to continue her wild
night. X Is sufficient that he stopped
her. that the screaming AIilly fell into
his arms. that after time he drove her
back home and d:dn't return to his
fence building again that day.
The main point OF InieFest shifts TO
that aide yersnda aGnin. Nancy IL SIT
ting there alone with smile OF tri
umph on her face when John comes up
from the barn and holds up to view
dosSs tsFs and Ignocently says:
Nancy. this is mighty curious. Z
found all these burs under the harness.
and tfcv must have been what made
the cid mare run away"
Every likely" she replies without
looking UP. fsff
"And somebody must have put 'em
theFe.'
YES"
And-and--it-was"-
''Silas says he thinks they ought to be
married next MONTH" says Nancy as
she looks up and almost winks at the
puzzled face above her.