The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-08-13

| Aa7AI e}t0A .. 10, 1919,
tenance AND. noted his:faltering steps
and limbs trcmble with weakness.
We can give YOU food but our
protection will avail but little after
my husbandis 4 retpFps said the sves
man.
HCan you not conceal nge?g asked
Hastings, earnestly. Heaven will
surely reward you for the deed.
Thenother looked at her daughs
ter, and thet8o conyersed together
iin q low voice
We willdo what we cam, said
the former, briefly, asshe placed no.
freshments before him and signed
him Go eat 4
% 1ot;stpn @ Sic. q
tlac ellelg oliit5i IN
ored to express his gratitude.
.aThere is no time to lose, and food
will do you more good than anything
else."
Hastings did not wait for a second
bidding, and the nutritious beverage
soon had the effect to renew his
strength and inspire fresh courage.
His head felt less giddy, the cheerful
fire warmed his stiffened limbs, and
he would certainly have fallen asleep
in his chair, had not a feeling Of
dread lest the men should return,
caused himto look often anxiously
toward the window.
Il aThey will be gone two hours" "
said the youngest female, as if to re-
assure him on that point.
Hastings signifed his thanks, and
looked at. the fair speaker so atten-
lively that crimson glow stole over
her expressive countenance, making
her look more interesting than. be-
fore. He forgot, for a moment, him
self, his illness, the danger he had
incurred, the risk he now ran, every
thing, in contemplating hersymmet-
-rical figure, regularity of features
and the benevolent kindness that
beamed from her eloquent eyes. He
was started from his reyerie by the
barking of a dog.
sYou are lost" she exclaimed,
Father is near by?"
Hastings started to his feet and
looked hurriedly about for some mode
of egress besides the door by which
he had entered. i,3..s.t-. !
z Ihs Xogng gii9 shook her head
and,her check paled with terror.
Hastings knew that discovery was
inevitable if he. remained whore he
was, and that the result would be
equally fatal if he ventured to leave
the cabin.
The young girl stood an instant as
if spcll-bound, when the voices came
nearer and nearer. Suddenly she
sprang toward a door which opened
into dark closet.
$50 in, go in?" she whispered,
Eand sccrete yourself behind those
clothes"
The officer mechanically obeyed,
and the door was quickly closed and
fastened upon him, while his deliv.
erer, with uncommon self.possession,.
placed herself in the chair he had
just vacated, drew up to the small
table on which food had been placed,
and very deliberately commenced
eating.
She had hardly done SO when her
father and his companion entered
the cabin, both looking somewhat
lll-humored and disappointed.
"What are you up and eating for,
at this hour, Hetty?" asked the form
er, abruptly, regarding the young
girl with q look Of astonishment and
displeasure.
Because I'm hungry" was the un-
hesitating reply.
@Well, and so are we hungry, girl;
so get us something quick, for we've
got to ride dozen miles yet; that is,
if the fellow don't disappoint US
again. Confound him! we might
have been on the right track by this
time if the horses had been forth.
coming" he muttered, as Hetty Gas
he called herr busted herself in plac-
ing eatables before them, as she had
been biddcn.
While this had been transpiring,
the mother had silently left.the cab.