The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-10-17

/ himself a sense Of cherished aggrlevmeut
4 lie was fcrty.two now with little fur
rows in his forehead aud some silver
threads IN his crisp, curling ha'r-no'
alone the insignia of passing, years, per-
haps.
A graceful figure in the moving ihrone
caught his eye with half recognized IA.
miiaity as he still stood in the street en-.
rrapcc.way, and for the lack of any better
employment he followed the direction 1t
had taken Scarcely impelled by an object,
bnrdly feeling the lack of. one, he followed
on to end himself presently in one OF the
city parks and very near to the rustic
bench on which was seated the graceful
figure Of lha, girl who had attracted him
there.
He stood still, passing his fingers ca
ressiugly through the glossy waves OF N'S
imperial, slowly drawing recollection
from the very depths Of the pas' as he
scrulinzed tho fair, fresh face, which was
the very counterpart Of that other one, the
Girl he had loved and left-lost be said
twenty years ngo.
Some shadow Of The old love must have
been stirring then, for when dash'ng
young fellow was welcomed gladly.io the
vacant place BY the girls side, Ballicr
frowuod and turued upon his heel with q
vicious word
4 He followed the slender thread that had
its star, that day, With no stronger IN
,erest to draw him away, he held to his
clue pcrsistcntly, and was gra'ified BY tlie
very result be bad pictured.
Coral Lynne, wearing tho perfect face
was not new appeal to he a't'sis love
ot beauty, scarcely thought to violate tue
right Of appropriation which he exercised
She knew him as an old friend Of her
mother, and the girls hcaft,went out to
him greafully as she saw the comfort his
presence brought to, the parent, whom she
iiolised. j..
TO Ballier it.soemcd Ikea new phase
Of existence, wdende entered the plalr
li'tlsrooms with the windows flled viii
growing plants and mi'e,of singing
bird in a siltadss case' tlilliue ont joyyfu
notes. The stabbincssgf this cozy little
lSsh uas s 10 afsa aas obi snjaylusut ,
'ylsi n: IL AN 4sa slBsF sSsass jlsEsxl
born desire
The shackles Of welded life had not sci
hard on Mrs Lynne The pale, sbadowy
woman, with the wasted form aud con-
sump,ivc cough. could not be reconcIled
in his mind with that ideal Of the past, Of
which the breathing representative was
the girl Coral,
With bis coming appeared, as we'll
ma, an uuwoulci dclicacy in the power
ty-s'ricken home, and poor, worn out Mrs
Lynne was endless in her praises of the
man who had once been her lover.
"Wc are so wre,shedly poor" she said
to him one day. "lt don't matter so much
for me, | am over the wors'-of life. and
its trials. | mean The doctor has told me
that may live a month ! am only
troubled now for my little Coral.
Docs she know he asked gently,
"Not yet. am a pitiful coward in
not finding courage to tell her"
"hct me do it, and don't worry over
her future. Listen. Ally"-it was the
old pet name by which be had known her
Coral shall not want, am going to ask
her to marry me-"
The thin, worn face flushed. and the
hollow eyes grew luminous, but gloom
shaded them almost Immediately.
Alice Lynne's married life had been far
from happy, it was present with her al
waya, and had still grown more Vlyldly
clear Of late, how different that life might
have been had the old compact been full.
filled. She felt now, for Der daughter s
sake, that Ballicr's ordering Of events
nigh, involve the same mistake which had
iubittered her own existence
If Coral loves you, nothing would
give me greater content but | would not
cloud my child's life by leaving heran ua-
lovinr wifsp