The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-13

k4Hntke4s elillfAisia VIII 4itf lNl 14i1AiiS
she rrigat khEs auticea shE; change Ind
come Orsr Philip. Re was often Absent
evenings and when Il home was r1ue s.
lsut and abs7lc.ed than WIS lis Runt
The frmer she readily Gtt175u.ea 10 tie
CEnss which be assieSSs5- nElnely, yresa-
ure Of bnsi1ess Tbe lsttes she did 10. os,.
sarve, hsr mind bsing preourzpied We
who are IN the secret. naEy take tie lisaerty
q following him On oDe q his bEsiaess
calls L WIS Il neat cattaee, from whose
front door dunEled ca immense knooksr,
thai Philip Manson knocked.
The door EHs opened bs the sane Miss
Preston who same months aEo he fhcpgh.
-'might Do i5r Mr.. Bissaou.
Sosa evening, NaTiiA, 4#Es bis sllnta-
tipn Is he entered aiss4 a hrisf ounTat.
sntion about she weather. flle crops. eBd
other STANDARD topics which, boEeEar
TRIVIAL they saay seen. ronia hary bs ais
.ensei via. be l5eraa u sbew sEas Il
eiabal1asssIs 81. and siaas 3 eiaoulEted;
1Alss 4lassI
Klla1 are ypur opinions ab1at rs-r-iinrag'
-why, said shs, y hardy know. ]
don't think I haze given much olnEdsra-
non 10 The subject
"Beeapse, Continued Phzip. 'I find ny
opinions haye suffered greet Chanra on
This point There WIS tine when /
thonght il uawise, but now Il rgaid get a
good wife, sneh rs y0C, for example, 1
should he inclined 10 ny IT.
''oa, loi9 NJ. Manson, said Miss Pres
ton IN some perturbation, -'how yon DO
talkts
Five minutes afterward, Miss Preston
had accepted the proposal Of Philip, and
the Two were, to al intents and purposes
engaged
t'The only thing / think ID, said the
gentleman after q pause, SIS that my sister
Esther is decided enemy tona,risge, god
/ hardly dare to ten her that l aIa about to
marry. Ii we could only go away and
ha7e the ceremony performed il would be
pleasEn1er.H
Suppose Ee go TO New York, suggest
cd the bride elect
"a good idea. Wen go. When can
yOr be ready
zTNsr+ MDndoz- --,-%==-ru
So rext Monday morning was agreed up
on. Il so happened that Esther was to
stsrt on Monday afternoon ior the came
qlacs, with the same purpose in view-but
Of this c5incidenre neither pa4y was
aware.
Thereader VII please 20 forward week.
By TINS time the respective parties hare
reached New York, been united IN The
holP bonds II narinuuy, and a-e now le-
gE1y husband and wife. They were To-
Gated q hotels situGted on the same st-egtt,
and eTen on the sE1De side Of The way,
hut were fur IRON being aware Of the
propinquity. On the morning succeeding
the two marriages, ior by . singalar chance
they happened on The sane day, Nj. Bige-
low and Esther started ont fgr a walk
down the street Ii 50 happened that
Philip and his vile were wElking at the
same moment up street. The natural CON
sequence was the two parties met
'Good heavens! my sister, exclaimed
Philip.
'Merciful goodness my brother re
turned Esther.
4whnt brings yon here with MIR. Bige-
low97
"Nar, huv happens ii that you ere here
with Miss Preston2H
Miss Preston is nov my wiiey-
HAnd NJ. Bigelow Is now my husband!-'
.'But j thought you were opposed to
matraDonyl7
"And ! supposed yuu ware equally 50. .
@My friends interposed Mr.. Bigelow,
this is a day oi surFrise-but i trust oi
such nature that we shall al be made The
happier thereby. Ny regret, Mr.. Manson,
ri robbing you OF your housekeeper Is
quite dissipated by THE knowledge that
you hive so soon supplied her plsca'
The sensation excited n ihe village by
the return Of The two brides with their re-
sf'eCtive husbands inuy be better Imagined
than described 1t gives US pleasure to
stGte that neither Philip nor his sister ever
had occasion TO regret the double elope-
ment-