The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-07-30

4Distcgsrding ihl ssh1ss d,
The proceedings iu tlI9 |ops
thai had sprung up within ||6
answered, hgffiedlst
4 did 60 % you; Iwrote 8 you; !
went to your house every day lar a
week, but WAS refused admitta7sce.
This is what you sent me. 7
AS he spoke he took freie his
breast,pocket a note worn With inany
readings.
There in the presence thatwotl5
dering crowd Elaine read tlie note
Itran thus
sif you have amy pity for me,
cease to annoy me with -FOUR pres
enee; l9vNoo not stlIgt Ecan' iifT
ef love you, tbat NY heart is 4iiioth-
ers2 ELA1NE,FosrER.p
There issome mistake" she fall.
tered II did not know you came. I
sent this note to Dilkes Ramsey
"a light flashed over his face.
His eyes shone with love and tri-
umph.
Come he esaid, tenderly; you are
of age lot us not risk another sepa-
ration!"
He took her hand in his, and to-
gether they stepped before the as
tonishedminister. Raising herh hand
with swift gesture, the diamonds
fell to the floor. There was nothing
theatrical in this; she had beet, to
outside appearances, singularly calm
through the entire seen. 81 felt as
though they were choking me-" she
said 10 me afterwards.
q looked about for Judge Foster,
he had left the church. Ere | could
recover from the fright into which
this offence against all the conven-
tionalities Of life had thrown ne,
Philip Ray and Elaine Foster were
man and wife.
"Just as the minister was closing
his benediction, in rushed, white
and breathless, a servant from Judge
Fosters. We followed the man
quickly. Even Dilkes Ramsey re-
covered enough from his chagriu to
accompany us. AS we entered the
door, we bcheit, lying on the floor,
dead, Elaine's father. He had fallen
dead with heart disease, as he reach.
ed his own door:
Elaine and .Philip-never speak of
his treachery; he was her father, and
he is dead.
"of all that remained Elaine re-
ceived nothing. DR.. Ray had we'd
ded portionless bride, but l do not
think either Of them ever realized it,
or indeed given q thought to the
matter. House, furniture, horses,
plate, everything was mortgaged to
Dilkes Ramsey.
philip and his bride came to live
with us, and DR.. Ray is still our vii.
lage doctor. They came with me
here for few days because poor,
foolish, old CONAN cannot bear them
out of sight for many hours at al
time.
Whenever | think of that event
full day, and see again my darling in
her trailing white robes, with those
hundreds Of curious eyes bent upon
her, ! am tempted to exclaim: "Dear
heart, how could you face those pco.
ple?"
"Heransweris, @say rather, Auntie,
how could l hesitate with two lives
at stake"
"But, dear, l urge, Suppose Philip
had ceased to love you?"
"Thcn," she answered, 81 should
have been free from that odious mar
riage, for Mr.. Ramsey would never
have married me after that. But ]
did not run SO great risk after all;
the moment his eyes met mine, my
heart told me that he still loved me-"
A Former Slave Of Jefferson.
Esther Jefferson, of St. Louis, No,
died there recently, it is claimed, at
the remarkable age of III years
The case of Aunt Esther as she YVES
called, is worth more than a passing
NOTICE, not only because her alleged
longevity is authenticated By very
strong evidence, but also because she
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