The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-07-23

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But this was not iliesiast Of Cth''
- ~ Rill.bs s1I masas sisl his fine
bay horse became aNite q frequent
visitor IT ny s1ncIe's stable. Hd R6g
q splendid fellow Cousin Will !
mca4 not the ho,se. 81 a ola eFc-
'iessol peciutan, dl safuraI sci.
.ence class. wpulQ have sad, a most
perfect animal IS isl as form and
ieatufes we're concerned. But, alasl
'the infeIIer Lhs best part cfa our Ot.
der qE the 99iRal Kingdom, vas Ut
teFly nrlfrnihed. In other words,
Cousin VIII was an nnmitigated
gfsenhofn But you probably know
BY ex4eFispees ip deaf, how Hard il
3 iof most young ladies, real natural
young ladies j do not mean the old
young ladics-to get along without
the admiration Of the other sex
Well, / am afraid Iencourged Cousin
Will to somewhat higher aspirations
than | was just exactly prepared to
answer; for he was by far superior to
any other young man whom met at
my uncle's and the result was justas
you have foreseen, perhaps; if l did
not fall in love with him, he made
up for all DEFICIENCIES on my part by
falling desperately in love with me.
1t was the night before my depart
ure for home, and when Will called,
as usual, my uncle's family, as if by
common consent, found other occupa.
tions for their time, and thus. left us
in solitary possession Of the best
ROOM
I am sorry you are going away
he began; 4 don't see how / shall
ever get along without you, Sadie
My uncle's folks called me Sarah,
but / had taught Will to use the less
plain diminutive.
"0h, / guess that will be easily
managed" ! replied, in as slight a
tone as | could summon, for I scent
ed a proposal, and Ireally liked Will
too well to mortify him by refusal.
And what figure he would cut
among my city friends, to be sure,
with his uncouth manners and de-
cidedly provincial .yenacular.
But, although Will was what the
Hon. Augustus Fitz Fanfoodle would
have denominated decidedly, aw,
out Of style, you know" the had a
spirit bnase .Mid strong senSsagl
face any fate and conquer it, too, gen
orally. So all my maneuyers, which
would have thrown city gallant en-
tirely hors du combat, only precipitat-
ed matters in this case, for he looked
me grayely in the face and said, as
he took my hand-he had never pre-
sumed upon any greater familiarity
since the lesson l gave him at the
party-"I will not allow you to put
me off with trifing, Sadie; I love
you, and although ! know you have
known it all along, l do not choose
to let you leave the neighborhood
without hearing it in words, in plain
kings English if you please, that
cannot be misunderstood; even if it
is pretty we'll haggled in pronuncia-
ton"
Oh, how angry l was! To think
he had not only completely fooled me
in my attempt at throwing him out,
but he had effectually closed the door
of my escape from the charge Of fir
tation.
"Then, Cousin Will,sI cried, my
cheek burning with resentment and
chagrin, "you must be a great goose
to suppose | would have encouraged
such presumption; for you must
know yourself that it is nothing else
for an untutored country boy like
you to aspire to the society into
which / would have to introduce you.
Why, you must be out of your head
to think that / would waste one SER
ious thought on a man who could
stick down on a farm and content
himself to be "booby" when the
world is SO wide and so full Of knowl-
edge"
This by way ofbalm for the wound
my refusal gave him. But when l
thought to humiliate him l reckon
ed without my host, for Will heard
me through quietly and then said,
as he arose and took his hat from the
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