The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-02-04

%, do not doubt me before you have
cause; and want you 10 promise 10
write TO me when return to Virginia.
VIII your
'oo Que condition. WILL
Name it, l agree to it even before
you do
Stop drinking
Iplcdge you my word, I will
%. Thank God then l will think that
have in some way been instrumental
in saving one human 'onl.'
You can save mo entirely II you will
promise 10 love me tcnderly and be minc,
ond will fulAll every requirement. you
may ever make oil ms'
i cannot promise that now
,FlorenCc, | sec YOU do not love me,
but how could l ever hope TO Sin The
love of such a woman as you are, twas
the height Of presumption on my PAr'r
Harry this request has been SO sud
den that really cannot give you a fn al
ausWeLnow.'
win you Hy to love me?'
Il must, with you, put aside ms maid
en- delicScy, and tell you my true feel
ings. have loved you Harry from tho
time we first met, since then have To-
we'd Gs it we're, in some delightful dream.
When l Grs, kuOW yGur noble sell, my
food heart went out 10 you willingly
and joyfuIy, and it went with the fsi
warm eush OF woman's love, had
never seen o man before could feel to.
ward more than friendship, and you know
not how ioexprossibly happy l am in
the knowledge of your love; but Harry
marriage is not for a day, year, but
through life. do not wish to. marry
in bastO aud repent at leisure, but II |
could be sure, very sure, that yoa would
never again touch tbs damniDg cup, !
would willingly confdo my happpess
to your keeping; but Will, l bave the
shadow Of doubt will refuse. II you
loved me as tenderly, as dOvotsdly as
you you'd have me believe, could you
not for my sake, abstain from such
perniciods habit whom you know it is so
dsbnsiug in It's effect in every respenI?
10 insf6f how apqch IlpS8 Anit
could not cease dfinEIng, Apd more, |
must have undsuiSble proof that bis in:
tsulions are sincere and bis determine.
+ lion lasting
II will prove oil thiA IyOu will Tell
me how 10 do co.
When you get home, resolve not TO
touch ardent spirits again, during your
life, unless 10 sickness remain true 10
lhot noble determination for Two years,
and If Of the end OF thOt time you have
fulfilled this requirement, then Harry.il
am yours body and SOUL
Harry then eucirClsd that slender
waist with hi, manly arm and imprinted
upon those sweet and dewy lips the first
kiss Of love. Hor head found its resting
place on his, bosom. end che burst into
tears, SO overcoms was she with this
new found Joy. q! length she lifted her
dark, expressive eyes TO his and said,
Harry, there will bo wine, brondiOS, Gc.
at supper, promise me you will touch
nothing tonight. Oil Harry you hesi
tate clready, and she buried her face 10
his bosom. Soon she lifted her beSd.-
He had promised. She put her armO
around his neck aod kissed him, aud
family mumured, ibsuk Godl
And mus! wait two loug weary
years before claiming my brids?
Twill not be long, aud am only
eighteen now; you nOed not fcGr getting
an old msid. But had va better not 20
back into the ball room, cnr absence
may be remarked
They went 10. tie most splendid cou-
pie 10 the room. When they entered
msry persons made remarks 70 ,hat si'
feet. And Florence VAS dozen times
asked what made her look SO happy that
evening.
Harry Immediately sought Ou, bis
friend Ed, and told him he wOS onga-
ged 10 Florence Loo. Emmerson VAIN.