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

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Miss Chirrup was always declaring"
might bo said, indeed, to be in the in'
dicative mood. Declare. we may add, 10
her idiom, was a verb intrausitive, unless
The note Of admiration with which she in.
variably followed it might be taken to be
its object
"Well, | declare" said Miss Chirrup in
shrill whisper
did you overt" replied Miss Chirk, in
another. =
1t was Rollin Vests will that the two
we're discussing 1t was very brief aud
explicit. II bequeuth my entire estate,
real and personal, to my niece, Ruth Nor
gan" with date, signature, aud nttsSta-
ton, was all there was Of it.
The Misses Chirrup and Cbirk we're too
distautly related to the testatOr tOhaVe en-
tertained any considerable hope on their
own account. A triaing reminder, in def:
erence to family etiquette, was as much as
either had a right to expect. But that
Rollin West should have left bis whole
fortune oueof hisqieces, to the ezclus
ion Of tho other, whom everybody had
supposed to be his iavoriie, took more than
the Misses Chirtup and chirk BY sur
prise.
Mr. West had been for many years
widower. His children had all died iu
Infancy, and a couple orphaned nieces cous
lbs to each other, and reared under his
roof, constituted bis household. That BIZ
large fortune would be left to them equal
Iy, was point people took for granted;
but should any discrimination be made be-
tween them, nobody would have hesi'ated
to say it would be in favor ofMillie Gran.
ger, her uncle's pet. whose blithesome
smiles be had been wont to call the sun.
light Of bis life.
Miles loving heart was too full Of sor
row at her unce's death, and Of gratitude
for bis kindness III bygone years, to leave
room for any feeling Of reproach at his last
uuaccountable act, which the Misses CHR
rup and Chirk 80 earnestly protested
against
An elderly maiden aunt came to live
With the two young ladies, and the house
hold remained unbroken Except the
changes caused by the vacancy in their
home, the lives Of Ruth and Mile cOntip-
ued os before,
1t was not till the cousins had resumed
their places iu society that Millie began to
notice the difference made by her altered
prospects. 1t was Ruth now, and not
herself, that was the centre Of attraction
To be rid of the common herb Of fops,
and to be no longer pestered by their silly
asttery, MiIlie felt was thing to be thank
faI for But when 0rvillo Ryors turned
bis back upon her, and Joined the ranks
of her cousins admirers, she must have
been other than a woman not to feel it.
Mr.. Rogers was the pet beau Of Billing
dale. Handsome 10 person, accomplished
in manners, and Of fascinating address, he
was not one OF those whose attentions
we're likely ldprove distasteful in any quar-.
ter, and when they we're directed toward
MilIie Granger in manner sufficiently
marked to excite no small degree Of envy,
we need not be surprised il, instead Of re-
pelliug, she just little encouraged them.
1t would have required closer analysis
than Mile bad ever made Of her feelings
to show her how little she really cared
for Mr.. Rogers, and dhOw much she cared for
Arthur Warren, whom she had known and
lkvd since tIey had played and, sometimes
quarcled together in childhood But
Artbur's selr.ezauiuatioD bad gone deeper,
Ho dsrotedly loved MilIis, and knew it.