The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-09

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ling forward he could just discern
marks made BY the little feet, and be
followed their track to The furze
bush, andthere he found human
body, with the head sunken in snow.
Silas knew that all the town was al
the grand party at the .Squire's, so
The carried the little one there in
Rarch of the doctor. The doctor,
Godfrey, and afew others go to the
stone pits, and there find that the
woman is past help -deail They
urged silas to part with the child,
3butshe presses il tohim, and says:
eNos mol ! can't part Whit
It's come to me I've aright TO keep
Eit.p
II was q bright autemn Sunday,
Il h.
sixteen years after silas Manner had
found HIS REV treasure beaith.
hn.hRI :eld RspnI6 chhfcl,
we're nnging theen eneerinl best whld.l
told that the morning service was
ended. He called her Eppie for his
sister, and that morning, as they
walked together, in low, murmuring
tones Eppie talked to him.
"Father, if l was to be married,
ought to be married with mothers
ring?"
"why, Eppie, have you been think
ing Of it?"
"only this last week, father" said
Eppie ingenuously, "since Aaron
talked to me about it."
sand what did be say2" said Silas.
"He said he should like to be mar
ried, because he was going on four
and-twenty, and had got good deal
of gardening work, now Mr.. Motifs
given up"
"And who is it as he's wanting to
marry?' said Silas with rather sad
smile.
"Why, me, to be sure, daddy"
said Eppie, with dimpling laughter,
kissing her fathers cheek; "as if he'd
wanted to marry anybody else"
sand you mean to have him, do
you?" said silas.
"Yes, some time said Eppie, 81
don't know when.
"Everybody's married some time"
Aaron says.
"But | told him that wasn't true,
for l said; Look at father-he's new
er been married."
""My child" said silas, "your faith
er was u lone man till you was sent
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"Butyou Will never Be d lone man
again, father" said Eppie, tenderly;
I"that was what Aaron said"
~ could never think of taking you
away from Master Mariner, Eppie."
"And,' said, sit 'ud be of no use if
you did, Aaron, and he wants US all
to live together, as you needn't work.
and he'd be as good as son to you
But | don't want any change, and he
made me cry a bit-because he said
| didn't care for him | should want
to be married, as be did"
"oh. my blessed child" said silas.
"You are DER young to be married.
But shall get older and helpless
and l should like to have you marry
somebody else besides me-somebody
young and strong, as 'ud take care O
you to the end"
"Then you would like me to be
married, father2"
"I'll not be the man to say no, Ep.
pie, but will ask your god-mother.-
Shed wish the right thing by you
and her son, too"
And the god.mothcr wished it.
In draining the lands the stone
pits were drained dry and the skele.
ton Of Duston Cass was found and all
of silas Marner's gold, EGGS. So
Aaron and Eppie enlarged their gar.
den, and made pretty their home, as
they did not wish to leave the stone
pits, and Eppie's own words tell the
story of their united happy life,
"oh, father, what happy home
ours is! ! think nobody could be
happier than we."
A Dime-Novel Divorce Petition,
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