The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-05

dark stenso of the great, beau
tifnl white flowers. ~
.gsIf one could only carry. them to
the city,lsaid Athie; @bnt they al
ways die. How greedy I am, I can
neysf get enough. But we'll leave
thk,buds until they open and there
comics one down.the stream to U.S.
Let's try tocatch it Petens
Peter in obedience toithS mandate
rowed his boat into deep water, and
Annie leaned over the ssdewith her
outstretched hand to catch what she
Ifahcied was a floating lily.
"PshSwl' she cried, with n laugh,
las It Gems nearer ';;its no.hipg but
Gems doagiag
mel I'll catch it whateveriit isl"
And with these words her white
fingers closed on an envelope not yet
soaked through, and within which
lay, torn or crushed paper still dry.
"Why, ithas,my name on the backl"
cried Annie. 81 never destroy let
ter when I'm away from home"
Then her face changed, and the
children saw her pale and flush 'as
she pieccd the torn letter together
and read it through,
rs anything the matter, Miss An
nie2" asked Fannie.
"What should be?" said Peter
"What a little goose you are, Fan"
"Nothing is the matter, Children"
said Annie, "ohly, as the OLD. adage
says, Truth is stranger. than fiction"
"Eh!" cried Peter.
$50 odd for a letter of mine to float
to me on the river" said Annie.
"Ha, ha, haj hal" Saint it?" roar
cd Peter.
. And stranger than Peter knew, for
it was Craig's love letter that Annie
had just read.
She was u wise little woman, and
kept the matter to herself. But Fan
ny did not,
a.Wasnt it funny, map she cried.
"NIiss Annie found one Of her letters
floating down the stream, Just like a
boat, when we were getting water
lilies"
"ohl" cried Mrs. Wilton, for at this.
moment the tepcup Jane had lifted
t6'heF iipsgaroppad from her hand
and dashed to pieces on the floor.
GLOW careless that was of me-"
cried Jane.
"Iopes you haven't spoilt your
dress?' said Mrs. Wilton; but as Jane
lifted her crimson face from the frag.
ments of the broken cup, she met
Annie Conycr's eyes.
Women sometimes talk to each
other with their eyes; two did then:
But Annie was generous in her
triumph. She never told Craig, and
she sent Miss Heth an invitation to
her wedding, which Miss Heth, with
a great many regrets declined.
We hereby publish a synopsis of
the License law as amended and fixed
up by the recent Legislature. There
have been many changes and altera-
tions made, and it will be well for
the officers as well as saloon keepers
to read carefully and understand, if
they can, the provisions of this new
law:
The license law recently passedby
the Legislature ofthis State, isamend.
atory and a re enactment Of chapter
thirty-two of the code, and it repeals
Chapter ninety-nine of the acts Of
1928. 1t was approved March 3,
and, consequently will go into effect
the first Of June.
State license are required for keep.
ing hotel; or for selling any kind Of
spiritrous liquors, wine,t porter, ale,
beer, "biters' or any other thing
which will produce intoxication; for
carrying On the business of druggist,
If it is proposed to sell liquor for 9th.
er than purely medicinalor nccbant
ical purposes; or for sh6wsand theat-
ricals, ptddEing or ductioneeriRg
goods, or buying and selling any.
thing as a broker or banker, Any
persoh doingany ofthese things with.
out license is finable in any sum
not less than S10nor more than 800.
And ifany unlicensed druggist shall
sell any spifituous liGulr or any of
it's compounds without a physicians.
prescription, he is subject to a fine
Of from S20to 500. And ifany ply
Sician shall aid any druggist, by Civ
ing u prescription falsely, to sell for