The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-01-23

I lhuulglug IN my VentINVluH iauO''g
by giving long drawn miau', when
from my hiding place | bobeld Belle
sooa,iake quiet possession II tho apart
menG
| Ny oslouishm4nt WIS SO gtat and
the sense Of morlidc',ioD so intense,
that did not as | should have done
make myself Immediately known to her
THUS the opportunity for discovery onD
explanation was LOST dared not NOV
a htlr, butNhopel sincerely that soms
excuse m ight tSke her out Of the room
for aimoment. .ahj so facilitate my es
cape. TSNS however. locked tie door.
removed the key. and knew BY the
sound prepared to retire, Finally she
kqeeled down blythe sile Of the bed
and claspng her hands $50 learIully
near to mine, that could hear the soIl
words 10 my very eOr,) she offered up
her eveain; prayer in manner so full
Of feel NJ ond with such sweet accents
Of womaolv tenderness and devotion,
that felt as il she was an angel bend
ing over the vIcst Of motals. That
ptpyer wea1 to my heart; but one port =
i5n,wenl through it and held i. captive,
Never shall | forget my feeling Of sur
prise and dep eno)n when / herd
her utef these words: Bless ny dear
mother. sister, and fIienls; bless oil
arounl me. anl 0 GOdl bless hin | love,
AqguSu, Evergreen and showIt down
thy m.tcjes over him. ANN An,
Augustus, '-said nv djviuiy II herscli,
as she rase from her devotional attitude,
Ill You Knew lhat | named your very
name in NY prayer, you wouI be less
injiferent to mel
II bradtbel sh9t before, after this
ms br.oh seenedto desert M enrirely /,
an y verify thought that the batting Of
ny heSI wou'd bctray M sBalIe, pure
ss 40 angel 10 nN4lben, ohl while as q
snow l4ke Pro3ee lot 10 futn the g2s
and getioio bel. 4 felt her ~of, press
uts = 9sfr,py ASfs!s !! an. sni 4lglfeb elgsgt ap
81 &hiei /
was dxtenIel Whit thou shrs rushed
through my brsinl above me lay yoang
and uosophisiicated girl wholly uncon-
scigns that the on, she loved lay SO
closclO her, ~ WHO hal f't the first
tine beer maia yars of her interests
in him. by hearing worIs which she sup
posei'o2ly w,nt To He'venl | knew
then that the nishl mlSt PISS away, AMI
the mornioy come, anil that Belle must
first leave the nptttm,nt bsfore could
venture to change my position.
Way what's the mitIer wilhyou oil
fellow? You look Iikelhe las. days Of
an i'll spent life AnI your coat too
why lis all over fea'hes AMI dust
Where have you 5een!'
'Why. slipt = slept out last night
that's all OR house ia full and so
had to fiji qn.h-s elsewhere, I'm
jast going home to dress
4 should sag S. decidedly. see it
AL, old feIIoHl You've been on lark
and hal to put up in the wa'ch hovs-,
come, now, own up and tell US all ab>ul
it,
No lark at all Feel, nothing of the
kind, | assure yon'
"Well, il not lark what kind OF a
bird was il? From tha looks of the fea
theIs | should say it was gooSel'
YOU'VE the gooss Freil Bl. serious
y, I've a word to sa~to you of most
imPormn, nature Be man, Fed, and
make up yOnr MUD to hear something
excessively disogreeabls. 1t must be
told you soonrr or later. and may a
we'll tell it. now
Good Heavens, Gu'l how earnest you
look at M you don't mean u say that
that anything has happened to Belle
Brouson?'
'Dlu't menlion her name again, Fred,
or thiok Of her any more, for Shell new.
or be Anything to You. have ii from
one who knows all about it, th,t she has
long been attached TO soneboly else,