The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-10-27

MIN look into the simple, trusting
heart he had won.
She was reused from these humili-
'ating reflections by her mothers
voice calling her from below.
There was an unusual amount Of
work to do that day, for which Susie
was not sorry,as it gave her what
she needed most in this painful crisis
of her life, no time to.think.
aWhere are you going, susie?"
Susie paused by the open doorway
Of the room where her mother was
sitting.
'Down to Blackberry Hill for some
berries. There are none for break
fast, and you know Mr.. Cole wants
them at every meal"
@But you are looking tired; and no
wonder; you have been on your feet
all day"
'I'm not in the least,tired."
There was more than weariness in
that look and tone, and for the first
time, dim revelation came to the
mothers heart Of all that vas going
on beneath that qiiet exterior.
aWhat is it, then?".
"a little headache which q walk
in the open air will drive 'away.u
Many and, many a day afterwards
did Mrs. Barnard RECALL her daughta
as she stood there, her basket in one
hand and her broad-bimmed hat,
with its wide dropping ribbons in
the other. AS she reached the gate
she lodsed haeksqa hsr,.vith thsssaiiifte
suchdi e ] : glyS 4 .Idl
the threshold Of paradise.
"Let me gol" cried the eager voice
of her little brother Will.
Susie would rather have gone by
herself, but she,could not reject the
brown, chubby hand thrust into
hers. So the two walked on togeth-
er, finally going by the side of the
railroad which was the shortest way
to Blackberry Hill.
They had gone but a short dis
tance, when Susie saw on the line
just ahead of her pile of'earth and
gravel which had evidently fallen
from the steep embankment which
loomed up high above her head.
The express train with its precious
freight of human lives was nearly
due, and for q moment Susie stood
motionless with horror and alright.
Then she seized her little brothers
arm.
"Will, you see those men in the
field yonder2 Go and tell them some
thing has fallen upon the line. The
train will soon be here; run for your
lifel"
He had gone but a few rods when
susie's straining gaze caught a
glimpse of 1t in the distance, and
dropping her basket, the heroic girl
walked steadily forward towards the
rapidly advancing train. Then sud.
denly pausing, she held her hat with
its futtering ribbons, high above her
head.
No one knows-no earthly being
can know-what were her thoughts
and feelings as she stood there, but
we may be sure that no care for her
own safety mingled with them; all
this was swallowed up in her fears
for those who were so unconscious Of
the terrible fate that menaced them.
AS soon as the engine driver saw
her he blew his whistle; then per.
ceiving that she paid no heed to it,
reversed the engine and put on the
brakes.
When Susie saw that her signal
was needed, she moved to one side,
but making false step, stumbled
Before she could recover herself the
engine struck her, hurting herdown,
and then, having done its work, NOV.
ed slowly past and stopped.
The wondering and startled people
poured out of the carriages, unable
at first to comprehend, but the in.
sensible form, and the heap of sand
and gravel just ahead of them, soon
told the story.
Strong arms bore Susie very ten,
derly to the shadow of q tree near
by. The two doctors in the train
pronounced her injuries mortal; say.
ing that it would be useless cruelty