Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1905-09-22
rs very nice being 20 rich. John,
By CLAUDIA ASHTON
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don't you think soY"

"SEe An 0omlxed blessing or not but
the man replied. with svsry appear
ance OF hesrtiness:
les, It's very nice. Sarah; none OF
that scrimping and saving We had at
Lavender Farm In the old days Why.
you hadn't = silk dress to your back
then, old woman, and now you've
how mRnyT" She smiled family. but
ala not answer. aud he continued:
Yes. 1t was lucky day for us when
Uncle Peter died out In Colorado and
left US his money, and it was q fine
DAY Tor Us when We left Lavender
Farm and poverty for q costly city
home and everything we want"
sarah Plat sighed softly. Now that
the first novelty and excitement OF DOS
sessins fortune had worn Oh, she
was most miserable. and she had asked
the question to see IL her husband
I ten the same. How could size know
that his CHEEKY answer was only for
her benefit; that he, too, longed for
the days Of poverty and freedom; and
found the possession OF 3 pslatial
house and host OF servants wsarfsome
In the extreme? But he believed that
Lbs wife enjoyed 1t all. and be would
not for worlds have disturbed what he
imagined was her condition OF pleased
contentment
Az matter OF fact, the old couples
sway over the house and servants was
only nominal A year ago. when the
news OF their accession to great wealth
came to them. they had been living
quietly and poorly on q tiny Pennsyl-
vania farm, and. when they moved
from it to the metropolis. they realized
that they were unfit to cope unaided
with their altered circumstances. The
wealthy never lack friends, and so
many friends made their appearance
that old John Plat and his wife were
quite bewildered AT all the conflicting
advice they received. Eventually
how, they hardly knew-they found
themselves installed 10 a house whose
magnifcSnce frightened them, ana
where they never felt at home. and
they and ii were under the absolute
control Of Mrs. Dagleish and Mr.
Hutchinson. The first wss aIrs. Platt's
companion; the second Air. Platt's sec
Rotary; they both ruisG their employ
ers with roj OF i:5L.
IL seems alno inc0mpreEensiblt
that the two ola goople could be S.
wretened, esch 'f.oEeouliy thinkin'
II IVES TOT TIE sac OF the other. d.
50 x va saA "a, unhappy eondiuot
OF AFFAIRS nht ha' : &c on iniehn
itely. hut for -, -:Owth OF 'lse Sec
OF jealousy wEic:. 4 las be,n said Is
iu every uO.f1Sn lfrff
1t cannot be sal wIst caused it
growth in the Go-. .: Sarah riatt
torment and hGT.- tsr IN addition L
the sorrows or vy..t@ which she a.
ready bore. Why he vas jealous. Ci
whom. or OF Wat. she did not know
1t Lay have be Is .rCl joking re
mark made Gle - L Mrs D~ sleigh;
1t may havS d O't-u-e Join very
rarely came INTO Tee pSrior for tea
reason OF Tor ho - on Dat the tact
remains that any -eed OF Jealousy
took root. and I'm sprang slen-
der Stalk OF suspicion and mistrust
And one day chance helped her and
showed her where john Flatt spent. so
much OF MA time. She and Mrs lag
isish drove to Broadway TO have Mrs
DASisisns watch repaired While she
Was In 1ne store ana MIS- PAU WAS
lazy waiting In the carriage ana watch
ING the passersoy, she saw her hus-
Band turn into large once building
on the otner SIDE OF tie street he did
noS notIce the carriage OF her' ana she'
eoAsumso WIN euriosity Ss sne was
msas no s&n. Neitner oia Ans say
enylninS 10 MrA D@sieisn "nsn that
Aaoy rs'o'neo nsi' Ano SIZE only men
TONED casuAny ~ dinner tnaI evening
InA>t sns h@o Deen Oh eroAo"ay. She
~AechSo nsr husband lace eioSeiy as
soc SPOKE ana 70 nsf sAc'eeo in@sina-
uon lie seenso unesASy Snc ossiroos
OF cn~nxinS .he suD'ec]
but she aao mace up nsr mind and
the next Gay she only waited for Mrs.
Dagieish to retire to her room for her
afternoon sleep. 70 start catyward. She
went by the elevated. and was soon
at the building she had seen her hus-
band enter. she asked the Jsnttor II