Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-08-17

Hss father kA3 nRsa HE xsn, ~
OF MS clothes. and had lefe for parts
unknown
Then the girl. old enough % know
the bitter feeling that existed between
her father and uncle. took refuge with
her mothers older sister, a widow liv-
Ing farther down the valley. and this
little house by the mill was closed.
and for many days and weeks the en-.
tire village waited and watched To,
the missing mans return. but in vain
Mrs. Comfort Day, or Aunt Comfort
to whom the child had flown, was ad-
vised to take legal action, but refused.
The Lords wrath III overtake him
some day." she said, 81 while we're
Waitin III take care o Angie"
She adopted the girl, rearing her al
her own; and so. to all intenss and
purposes, the heritage Of Ard re-
verified to David.
But 1t carried curse, for a s,nse Of
justice, beyond the power of foolish
Wits or law. existed in that simple Wiz
lage, and all considered David Curtis
responsible for the strange disappear.
ance OF his brother. In time he RI.
built the dam. for grist must b
ground. attended to his saving. went
regularly to church. as usual. grew
more eXacting. avaricious and mean
than ever, if that were possible: re-
fused to pay the debts AMI had in
Cured, held converse with but few. aud
that solely on buciness, and seemed to
defy the tide Of public opinion which
he knew was setting against him.
When his mother. about the only
friend left him in the village. died. an
old negress was imported to keep house
Tor him; and If lack of social recosni-
ton and probable gnawing of con.
science could be considered as wrath
of God, Aunt Comforts benediction
seemed likely of fulfillment
In the meantime Greenvale slowly
Increased in size; the falls of the
MiZzy shouted in the spring and MUIR
INJURED in summer; winter evenings
found many Of the villagers gathered
in Capt Tobey's tavern, swapping
news and slipping toddy; crops and
silos and the cheapest fertilizers were
here discussed; the village was divided
into districts, and each district was
furnished with a more modern and
framed schoolhouse. and Angie Curtis.
now grown to young womanhood. was
installed as teacher in one of them.
new orthodox church, fitted with
tall spire, larger bell. and also a
mortgage, lad been erected: another
and smaller, a Unitarian church. also
arose, flourished meagerly for two
years and then closed, also in debt
solomon Finch, quick-witted though
understood young man, who had gone
away to study medicine, returned to
dispense pills, paregoric. and plausi-
blllties TO Greenyaleites; a village de-
batting society started. and the need Of
paved sidewalks, a system of sewers.
water supply, and an academy dis
Cussed. An annual town-meeting was
held. where the momentous questions
or who should be first selectman. SUI
pervisor OF road making, pound-keep-
err, hog-reeve, field-drivers, and school
committee men, were settled; and more
than all this in Importance, a railroad
had crept UP to within 20 miles of
Greenvale, with promise of extension
TO ii In the near future
All this is but series Of marginal
notes showing Greenvale's evolution
from The Forks. and when DR.. Sol de-
serted his patients for the frst time
since he began practice. and went away
Tor an outing with Martin Frisbie. An
old schoolmate, the village was al
prosperous as one so far from a rsil-
road could be.
ITO Be Continued