The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-15
a Wolnnan,s ereat Borrow.


seven years ago, that an oxtraOrdiG.
AIRY scence occurred in Dshbary. 1t
was in the evening, aud a couple.
were bringing in several pots Of
Plants from the yard 10 save. them
from the frost, which the tempera.
turc of outdoors threatened. While
thus engagedashe spoke, referring 70
ageranium she had in her hand;
dIwouidn'eiose this one fcragreat
deal, as mother gave it to mclst
Helooked atit. " 2 ! S.sesg
Your mother gaYo II to yop2y
Guess not I 1bcugtN that plant my
self.@ .a' So i.si
t'Why, it's. no such.thing,o
t'T tell you l did he added speak
ing with warmth. ~
Sand tell you you didn't" sho
firmly asseryated, eD0 you suppose
l don't know what was given to meP
"DO you suppose i dontknow what
l boughtiwith my own money!
you say you bought that geran.
ium," she said, speaking very slowly
with white lips, "you say what you
know to be false" 3osa
@Do you mean to say that l lie2"
he Missed. 4.
off you say that, I do.s
"You shall be sorry for this" he
threatened. gai atqAHa
Never she retorted.
He put on his hat and coat and left
the house. s's1g
That was seven years ago this fall
She never saw him again, nor heard
from him in all that seven years.
What must have been the thoughts
the agony of mind endured by that
wretched wife in that time no oneoG
earth knows. She kept erthoughts,
to herself, and patiently, as fur as
outward appearance went bore tho
burden put upon her.
On Friday, evening Of last week
her door opened; and q nan walked
into her presence. There was look
a cry, and she was in the arms other
husband. What happy home WAS
that! All the agony of the seven
long years forgotten in that hour of
reconciliation and repniop,a-.A. hear.
ty supper was spread, aud with tears
and smiles she hovered about him,
ministering to every want After
supper there was long talk of the
past.
ut is singular" she said, speak
ing in one of the pauses, "that it
should have happened as 1t did. 1
can scarcely comprehend it at ALL
1t seems like an awful dream. We
both lost our tempers, and we both
have suffered for it. The miserable
geraniuml Do you know cannot
bear to see one of those planter |
told mother to come and take it back,
for would not have it in sight"
"Whatp he calculated, "do you
still persist in saying that she gavc
it to you9' tIa l.aa
Why, John, Of coIirse she did,
Haven't you got over that idea YETI"
"No. I haven't, he persisted, his
face darkening. l bought that ger
anium just as sure as am a living
man." 5fr
She thought oftho years Of cruel
desertion, of all he had caused her to
suffer because of his obstinacy, and
her heart hardened, and her face
flushed. n
"You are mean to say that when
you know it is false"
'It isn't false. It's heaven truth
ats no such thing, It's a mean,
contemplate lie"
He jumped up from the chair, soit-,
ed his hat and coat, and shot out Of
the house in a flash, and she never
uttered a word in protest. She sat
there with clenched hands and a
white face, and let him go.
And so he is gone. And to day sho
is alone again with the old burden
and the old pain. -Danbury Nel~.
An Iowa newspaper the ottumwa
Courier, notes a curiosity of Iowa
commerce ar follows: @Gold is not
worth any premium in this locality,
and it has begun to make its appear.
Suce in trade Friday We We received
two gold half.eagles, and we learn