The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-02-24
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| please me. did not to have
her 50 near, criticizing sthing l
did, and l felt sure she 3 ild.
At the quarter hour ntermiss-
ion Miss Arden and M ne pass
ed the time in pacing, alf in arm,
back and forthon the BlaAk space Of
floor before my. desk. esala have
wished, and did wish shey had
chosen any other prone, as, but did
not know how to help y y, unless
Isent them out Of doors Fay, ike
two little children in iores |
raised the lid of my ~ Between
their faces and mine, al bpcared
to be engaged in setti books
and papers togights, ~
lels hjlarcnl "a
myself as the audacious thou it en-.
tered my head. Children they were,
said to myself, unceremoniously
thrusting my head above the tenn
porary screen to confirm my opinion
by good look ut them-a proceed
| ing which made Miss Lizzie toss her
curly head in a disconnected attempt
at carclcssness, and brought a dash
of exquisite color to the one velvet
cheek of her companiop's face which
was revealed to me,
"And as for pinafore," said, sulk-
lily continuing my soliloquy, and
drawing in my head again like a
turtle, "Tm sure they'd be vastly
more appropriate and becoming than
that little pinkcd and scallopcd and
puckcred affair of plaid silk which
Miss Lizzie wore under the dignifcd
name of apron"
Such saucy little pockets, fixed off
with gimp and things-thc corner of
tiny note and the profile of a big,
yellow orange revealed from the dis
tended mouth of one, and the lace
edge of a handkerchief, with capti-
vating rent in it, hanging taunting
! ly from the other; such wicked, know
ing tasscls, such lengths of varicga-
ted silk cord round, and round her
pretty waist, as though once started
it had lost its way, and had been
travelling in circle ever since, in
stead of going straight ahcadas any
sensible cord would have done that
had becn stout cnotgh not to get be-
.eoiled.oa the, road. 1T looked cgntqn-
tiseR 1s Jlid0'traTeEa' whit
foFt Fthc-predEamcnt it was.in, or if it
ever went strpight again, as it could
have that chafming route to travel
round and round, and began to Won
der
"Hc's splendcd, Lot isn't hc?"
Miss Danes voice broke my Won
dcrings. | was modest in those days
and blushcd easily My wife told me
so yesterday, referring to that morn
ing that the tip Of my ear, just visi-
bic at the edge Of my desk lid, grew
red as Il coal, and that her friend
threw a lozcngcr at it and missed it
by the sixteenth of an inch. was
not aware of the circumstance before.
"Say, Lot, don't YOU think he's
splcndcd?' came the loud whisper
again.
"lf do, I don't intend to tell him
of it," she retorted
Evidently, however much avorsc
she would have been to informing
me on such Il point, she was nothing
loath for me to Judge of her musical
powers, for She burst forth into q
merry song, and warblcd like Il bird
in fact, like twenty birds. Whcth-
or my ear looked like a coal or not, it
drank in that gay melody and, when
it ceased, longed for more,
"What eyes he has"
"Rathcr too deep set fdr beauty"
deep set, indeed They are as
protruding as cows and as big"
"Nlcrc difference of opinion, my
love; don't let us quarrel"
"No Then, how much character
there is in his nosc!"
Decidedly"
had Il large nose, reader.
Groom for more"
| startled her there by dropping a
book. | was actually getting angry.
But she recovered from her fright nj.
most Immediately, and went on IN a
still louder tone:
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