The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-06-25
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a \ j U4NEI Z9 1879.
until, stealing glanee al Mills as
she sat atopposite, he saw d. tear fall
upon her hand He could not nn.
derstand il, and rising abrnptls said
@Good-night,n and left tie room.
The next evening Milly had an
errand 10 do in the street through
which she had passed thelpreyious
night. Thehoasesto she was
gQingwas nearly opposite "The Wan
.derer's Rest, = audias She stood on the
step, waiting ior the door to open,
shessaw Horace again enterS the
.drinking.salopn.
Two men Standing onithesidewalls
saw.hlm and began to comment on
him.
"a pity, ,'fsaid one.
es, said the other, :he' 5 d fine
lEslssg l||ss 60 lIIl \ sHskls
@It isn't the first step was the
reply I've seem him go there a good
many times lately. I'm afraid the
habit isfully formed.n
"Ilis mothers a widow, isn't shePn
q "YeSand.he's heronly SOM
The doorwa opened. 10 was all
that Milly could do to ask intelligi-
bly, for the person she wished to see,
and afterwafd to control herself sufii-
cientlyto say what she had come to
say. During her stay, she sat by a
window whence she could see the
place into which Horace had gone.
he did not come out while she sat
there nor while, under the pretext
of gathering up her dress, she stood
on the stepiand waited. Slowly she
walked to the corner, hoping every.
instant to hear his quick step be.
hind her, but hoping invain.
What could she do2 The words
she had heard rung in her ears. She
saw him ruined for life, and with
him her own and hisownhappiness.
1t seemed nroFethan She could bear.
She stopped at the corner, and with
a prayer for help, went rapidly back
toward the Wanderers Rest
Horace Manning, distressed BY
Milly's strange behavior the night
before, and tormenting himself as to
its cause, had spent an unhappy day,
and had determined to go directly
home, and ask her totell him what
had distressed her. He did!not think
of going into "The Wanderers Rest, Q
but habit had grown stronger than
he was aware Off and .alnlost9before
he thought he Teund himself in the
.bar-room.
& SNo, l won't take ale tonight" he
said to the landlord, NOR a cigar
Givefme glass Of brandy and water.
Several customers were. waiting,
and some time elapsed before his
turn came. AS he looked round the
room, he saw an unoccupied chair,
and sat down in it. A strange feel,
ing came over him as he did so-a
kind of shrinking from the closer
companionship with those around
him. But he shook off the feeling
half angrily. 55f a
"Psha@w he thought; chow foolish
| ami l shall probably never here
again"
At length the landlord brought
him his glass. He sat looking at it
in an absent manner, ard did not
taste it.
Z "sick2a asked the red-faced man
at his side as he saw the untasted
glass.
Horace shook his head.
"In dobt2"
aNo.p
''In love?" At this a loud laugh
rang through the room.
NO." said Horace, shortly. II am
tiredand came here to drink my
brandy andwaterin peace"
"ohl she won's let you drink it at
home,P was the rejoinder.
Another laugh went round.
Horace disdaincd to reply. He
raised the glass to his lips, and, at
the same time, raised his eyes. His
glass went down untasted and he
sprang to his feet. Every onein the