The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-03

1eery, accumulated the sum OF five
lleRdfad dollars, earned by teaching
the village ashoeI winters and work
ing on the farm summers.
The possession of this sum very
2nlly eley2tsd him in the opin-
Sfr'1ifS lsba looked
course he vas considered quite q
catch by the matchmaking nam
mas of the district.
Already he had begun to look
around in search Of suitable invest
ment for his money, and 'he decided
in favor Of q little white cottage. sit;
uated in the valley, over whose low,
thatched roof the woodbine and
morning glories grew in profusion. -
This could be had for the FIVE hund-
red and the marriage portion which
Jenny would receive from her father,
would be sufficient to purchase a
small farm adjoining the cottage,
which would enable them to CON-
mence life in quite comfortable cir
cutnstances.
But, as has beeh before stated, the
great difficulty with Jacob was to
conquer his untoward bashfulness,
which he termed hereditary, and se-
cure the wished.for promise; in con.
sequence of which failing he was
placed in quite a. quandary.
"Whew, but it's hotln and again
Jake threw down his hoe, and COM
menced mopping his face with the
red handkerchief.
81 would give anything for a good
cool draught from the spring, and a
pocket full of the squire's best ap-
pies" he solilsquized, glancins visit
fully in the direction of the orchard,
bent down with its load of ripe red
yellow fruit, Sand as the distance is
not far, believe I'll run over for.a
few moments, anyhow And with
tltfs he Started d; and taayin ng aiiay.
ed his thirst at the spring which bubi
bled out. below the orchard, lie
mounted the fence and betook him
self of the favorite family tree, whose
huge gnarled trunk supported a
leafy caronet of,.interlacing limbs
and branches, 50 dense as to preclude
all possibility Of the. suns rays pen
etrating through them.
Into this delightful shade Jake
threw himself, and for a moment for
got his tolls and troubles. The sky
was SO light, the grass SO green, the
luscious.fruit and gay flowers SO fra
grant that he could not help but feel
their benignant influence. The dull
dreaming of a beetle and the hoarse
cawing Of some crows in a distant
corh6eld, mingled with the ripple Of
the water over the stones by the
roadside, lent enchantment to the
scene; and poor Jake could not help
but think how sweet life must be to
those who have nothing to do but
while away their time in pleasant
places, in the shadow of green trees
and overhanging boughs. r
Thus he unused, helping himself to
the fruit in the meantime, until, be.
fore he was conscious Of the fact, he
had fallen off into a light doze from
which he was suddenly awakened by
heasing voices approaching from the
direction of the house. In an in.
slant he was On his feet, and peering
through betweent the trees%ho should
he sae but Jenny and Nr. Eldridge,
the dandi6sd city Cousin, leisgrely
She sse pidef which
he STOOD.
Here was q dilemma, indeed, to be
caught trespassing would be dis
graceful in the extreme, and besides
Jake could not bear the thought Of
facing his lady-love in his old, faded,
home,spun frock, especially before
the eyes of Mr.. Eldridge.
What was to be done? For d, mo-
ment Wild thought Of fright took
possession Of him, but he Immediate
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