The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-11-20

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difference Of their positions. She was q
prospective heiress; be was without for,
tune, aud void Of expectations, save these
whose realization depended on himself,
Having never spoken out, it may be
that Arthur Warren had 90 right to feel
aggrieved by the attractions paid by
Mr., Ryors to Mile. He should have re-
membcred that young gentlemen who have
nothing to say for themselves are not priv.
ileged to stand 10 the way Of others who
have.
But Arthur was not reasonable. He was
not even candid, He quarrelled with
Millie on the s,ore Of 0rville RyOrs, with.
out word Of explanation as to what con-
ceru it was ofhis il she married that gen.
tleman the next day
Now Millie Vss girl Of spirit, She
not only refused to decline Mr.. Ryors' at
tentions at the unwarrantable dictation Of
Arthur, but received lhem with rather
more encouragement than before.
People began to say it would be a
match soon. aud it might have been, bad
not Miles uncle died. Fo: Mr.. Ryors,
as we have said was very attractive per-
son, and Millie had not sul6cienty y scruti
Dized her heart to be aware that her chief
interest iu him sprang from the pleasure of
having triumphod whore so many Others
had failed, and a disposition to assert her
own will
When Arthur Warren left his native
village without so much as calling to bid
her goodbye, Millie cried a little, without
well knowing why, aud that evening went
to ball with 0rviIle Ryou, and was
among the gayest Of the gay 1t is very
likely she would then and there have
accepted Mr. RyorS. had he said the word,
just to show how little she cared for Ar.
thur Wsren.
The grief that Millie felt at her unclo's
death for season oVershadowod all other
thoughts Bat when time at length had
so tempered her sorrow that her life began
TO aow in its accustomed channel, il was
not with little chagriu that she bcbeld
the man whose attentions had been ISOLATE.
y devoted to her that people began to
opuPle-their names Significantly turn and
follow her fortune, instead Of herself
Mile knew how little she had ever car.
ed for 0villc Ryors; but would uuder,
stand it? Thought stung her past cndur.
ance And the meanness ofhim who thus
hamilated her scarce exceeded in her eyes
that of her cousin Ruth, who permitted, To-
stead Of spuruing bis advances,
Tu the bitterness Of her heart, Mile re.
solved to quit her cousins abode, and
make her way to the great city, trusting
that there must be many ways Of getting
a living, some Of which would be open to
her.
She had been liberally supplied with
money during heruucle's lifetime, aud had
husbanded enough to meet the expenses of
her journey, aud, for time, her living
So one day, witbouta word to any one
she secretly packed her trunk, caused it to
be conveyed to the railway station, and
took the train for New York
The day and night her journey lasted
was one Of alternate hopes and miSgivings
At times she would have faiu turned back
but when she thought Of the joering
tongues behind her, her eyes would fash
through her tears, though her lips quiver
ed, ber heart would again become firm and
resolute
Mile had never seen the city before =
It's din and hustle confused her Sur
rounded BY iupor,unate hacknen and hc.
tel runners quick to perceive her inexper,
iquce. she found herself al last, without
her own volition, seated 10 Carriagf
whose driver undertook to convey her to
the KicksbaR, the best house in the city
he assured her, though ii had not a very
inviting look, MiIie thought, as the csrri.
age stopped in front Of it.
Your fare, Miss" said the driver. jun
ping dovu-"fve dollars you know"
It was not the extortiOnate demand thai
brought troubled look over the girls
face Putting her hand into her pocket