The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-10-01

nearer however, with every subscription,
30 the table ever Which shoue the blue
stars Of Fanny Clcu's eyes.
But, when be got there, he was snittcn
with sudden silence. Fanny looked
vouderingly up.
lists fne evening" he bassasd'
ed.
"Is IS" asked Fanny, "rhy, / thought
twas showing"
80 it is" said our hero, growing very
red, aud oycr,urning with his elbow a
crimson Venetian flask (for which be i'm
mcdiateiy had to ply Eve dollars, III
mean it isuta ycFy fine evening"
"0L..1 said Fanny.
YES" said Mr. ElIerslie, feeling ac-
I'sually that he had made fool of bimself.
and then he vet, away. aaS didu'. see
Fanny Glen again the whole evening
probably because she was the only person
in the Whole room tia, he cared about see
iug a: all But 50 unkind Fate to love
ana lovers.
Just as he wa, edsias lis wsy OFT Of
the hall, IN very dispi,ited and detected
frame Of mind, there WIS rush and he
heard his OVID name called in all the notes
Of the gamut.
"What is it:' he demanded, vaguely
staring arOuaa him.
you've drawn the big doll" cried lit,
ie ibyl?ercy, dancing up to hm aud
laying il his arms the auge wazcn abom,
inatiOa with its fossy, yellow curls, and
impossible pink and white complexion;
while somebody else brought the big tsank
and little bauG.box.
Its just like travelling With Tl'e,
said sibyl, mischieyOusly.
"BQ: wha, thc-ahcn. What am / to
do with it?9 asked orr.bcwillered hero.
"Giyc It to some onc.' said Siby, iu'
wara!y hoping be would act promptly on
the suggestion ard bestOW bis prize cu her
Any one would be glad to receive such
l:escnt."
{ "Do you,'l:ink they Hould?9 said Mr..
5 Ellerslic, vacqn;ly. Aratbeu-he wen
D away.
+ -"Gtea sslaaId fellow, sriea sibyl
' spitefulls. and sue tfils:Hsc back % her ia:
ssss:sss sssis !. sSa;ss .ala Esaia
Burlington. aios carried The trunk, end
!, sho, hal three little Sisters Of her own at
lone.
"But what an I to do with it, said.
Mr. EHsfslic to himself, as he trayersed
the Fintr5 gloom of the midnight streets.
30, / haze ii! III give it to Fanny
Glen and. she eau make Christians
4 present Of i: to her E.:t!c black eyed cse'.
in"
Aud he laid the aoll, rejjoiiceiogly. ou
bis sot.. and went to bed, sinking iuto
4 dfaaa land jus. about the time Fanny Glen
was taking the hair pins oat Ct her mag
uifcicut golden hair before the dressing
bureau III her Own apartment.
why, Fanny sba. ais yOe:' e-ita
Dora, hcr elder sister. You're crying"
I'm so tired" guilty confessed poor
Fancy.
And she scpt hcrsclfto sleep, thinking
how foolish she had been, and that, Of
! course, Mattla filerSiic c'dn care 4 sfa"
about her. Why should he?
! Mr.. Ellerslie rose tie next morningfnli
Of bis momentum resolve, and made such
a toilet that the very lardlady's little boy,
seeing him 60 out With tae big doll neatly
src.sca iu herpaste5oard box under his
arm, ejaculatedly pfOfancly:
"ob, my eye, what swcll!"
TIE black-eycd little cousin admitted
bin. Yes, Cousin Faouy was a. bone
would he walk'in,o the patlor?
And our hero, before he had fairly made
up his mind 10 VIA: terms to besiow his
gift, found himself bOwiag 70 a ais-haired
vision, III Sonny little room, surrounded
by heaps of cut flowers.
How do you do, Mr.. Ellerslie?" said
, Fanny, colorins and smiling. 81 an
making boeucts, yor see, for tonight"
"Ezactly so" said Mr. Ellerslie; aad
] then he reflected how much more appro-
; PIRATE remark he might have made, ard
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