The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-01-06
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JoAa Smith IVES Z very industrious
hard soFkinG younR man oftWenty yearS
Beng the elieSt child and only son. he
bad Si6ays Fsmaiaed st home assisting
hiS father upon the farm. John was
much respected bgAO one Ia the
niehhoFhoods and MAY bright eyed
girl had satFs,lg thought that she would
like to change her name 70 MFs. John
| Smith. Bal john Smith was no lodv'G
mao. The fac. vas. that John Smith
was very basbful. He would rather
hoe potaloes all day than undergo
The esVomnay % al Introduction % .
young lady. Not that john diSliksd
the dear creatures far from Il; Va DO
live that he, 10 common with ell bash
lal but veil msAni0g souag men, antfE
tanned The hightGt Tsspeet and admire
lion i5S them. And this. no doubt. vas
tho principal csuSs Of HE boShfulns'',--
He feltl that they were superior beings.
and that hs vas not worthy 10 Associate
With them upon torms Of equality. But
va cannot atop to moFsliSs
Nelly CLARK was the daughter Of .
very respectable farmer, WhoSe lands ad )
ioined the Smith farm. Nancy vas .
ypry pretty ssucy witch. and she loved
John Smith. When they were children
they attended the same school. and he
being q lev years her sanior. was usually
her chSmrioa 10 the childish disputss
that aro,e. and her companion in'going
aud returning. Al lat John became 90
much Of Young man a. 10 b kept from
school during the summer, and when
winter came agsin, he found that Nancy
had become d young woman. and
did not ash him TO lake her hshd aS
thsy walked home from school % che
hSd 10 years pest. John discovered. too
tina. he had been growing 10 sihtGre, aud
It seemed Ss tbough hs hal been grove
inc out ofsbape HE feet and legs ap-
peGred very awkward, be didn't know
What 10 do with his hands; his face pains
I'd him, and iakiuE II oil 10 all, DO was
not. more than hall put tokethsr.
Nov the truth Was. John Smith vas 9
really One looking young man. and
noGSi1f bHt lit admirdil6n ot ssensy
would ever have suggested such foolish
thoughts about himself. From this time
they continued to DO more aud more ~
served toward eo6h other; unHl the %.
curreoos of the foot race which We are
shout to relate, Yet J,hn was secretly
10 love With Nancy. Many . Sunday be
he'd hid bohiud the barn and peeped ~
the corner. to catch glimpses Of her %
she walked through the fields
AZ the poveIisls say, i vas Q lovely
day IN August The heavens we're elesr
and serene. and beautiful. The trees
were laden viii golden fruit. and the
beautiful birds tWitIsrel upon ne
branches
john Smiths sister bad . quilting
that afternoon; HE father had gone 70
Kei,hI Mill to get come wheat ground,
and John vas left to repair some tools
Ia be really on The morrow 70 commence
moving the grass. Suddenly = occur
red to John thai il no remained
abou, The house during the afternoon,
lie would be called at tea time and re-.
quirsd 10 do tho bonors Of tha tables
To avoid this he quietly Should'red his
,cythe and stole away e the meadow
= lf mile distant fully resolved that he
,.ouIb not leave until it wac so dark be
eouid NOT ere to NOV End thus avoid
meeting the girls. .
THE meadoW vas surrounded on all
,,dss by thief forest, Whish ett4ctnally
ART out what little breeze might be
S,i,r;np. The sun poured out iIs rays
a. Enough the ltltls meadow was the 10
Gus point vhere ell the heat was coneen,
rated. John moved and Sueat-sWeal
and moved, until he was Obliged 70 cit
dawn and conl Of. Then it occurred 10
Tohn that If he took of his pSats be
MIGHT BE- much more comfortable =
There could be no improperly IN H. TOT
bs VA entirely concealed from ooseFV.
alton, end there van not the slightest
r.sSon 10 suppOto that be would be U'eO
BY any person.
.ying save his under linen--commonly
c.lisd 4 sbirt, he resumed hiS work.
Hs vas iusl cOngrstolatine timSelf upon
the good time he was having, enc tue
lmstv sResoe he had "A 4ds from meet
Inc With The girls, When he chasced 70
disturb huge black snake. . genuine
tWisler. WiIh . white nng asouod M'
neck -, \. 90,
Nov John Was 40 coward, o9I ne wa
mnr,nllu nfraid Of make. 'Selt-PIee