The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-02

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Buteat this minute Mrs. Haven
herself hurried to the door. ~.
s@I think soh must be my husbands
sister zuleima, = said she, graciously,
"De come in?n i5
"But where are my trunks to go?,,
said the fashionable widow, who had
dazzled the eyes of the Saratoga
worldwith her numerous changes Of
toilet during the past fortnight. 5
"You can put them in the shed at
the back of the eibarn," said Mrs. Ha.
ven, graciously Il don't think they
will auite.go up the. stairway" ;,
3 MraHaller arrived laterin the day
"a long.haired, sallow-complexioned
young man, in a violet yelyeteen
suit, followed By a countryman car.
fyiag hispprtable easel, color cases,
travelling library anH wriFing. g.desk.
He knocked loudly at the door Of the
cottage with the ivory knob Of his
cane.
you tell me where Mr.. Haven
lives?'' said he. ilaafi 3a. r.
"This is the place." said the host
ess. Il ...Fa.
nS"Thisl" echoed Mr.. Haller. 4 as
"You are Cousin Herbert, j sup.
pose," said Mrs. Haven, politely
walk in! Ny husband will come in
on the evening train, Allow me to
show you to your room. 1t is rather
small; but we are expecting a good
deal Of company, and | dare say yeu
won't mind a little Inconvenience
And she left him in a seventy.
nine apartment. under the caves,
where he couldn't stand upright ex.
cept just in the middle Of the room,
and where the three-paned window
was close to the floor.
"Humph!" soliloquized the esthete,
looking rnefully around him, "this
isn't at all what | expectedr'
Mary Haven had scarcely got down
stairs, and resumed the manufacture
Of raspberry pies, when shouts and
cries in various keys announced the
coming Of Mrs. johnson and her four
children, on a "buck-board wagon
from the nearest stage station.
"Is this Cousin Hugh's house, map
said Adelaide, the eldest, discontent-
edly. -i +. 5.,5.
'It ain't nothin' but a shanty!''
loudly proclaimed Alexander Gus.
tavus, the second hope of the family.
"There amt no paint on it, said
Helen Louise. as#s ' i'di
"Lemme get out! lemme get outl''
shrieked Julietta, "and play in that
lovely black mud,. !. where the frog
toad is sittingl" sees. .aa Id
Mrs. johnson sailedin, with a scar
let face and a peturbed look.
"I'm afraid, Cousin Mary" said
she, "that we shall inconvenience
you. There don't seem to be much
accommodation here" '
sob, there's plenty of room up in
the garret, such as it isl" said Mrs.
Haven, smilingly. "Of course, one
expects to lead a gypsy life in a
place like this, and the lake will be
so nice for the little dears to play in,
if only they are little careful, for
it'svery deep; and it's SO lucky you
are here, Cousin Johnson, to help me
with the pies and bread, for I'm not
a very experienced house.keeper,
and" m $50
II thought you kept two or three
servants" said Mrs. johnson, frigid.
ly. ai7i a5g.o2f E''fIhni s'llm
81 have only one young girl just
at present." said Mrs. Haven; sand
of course, when there's so much COM
pany, there's great deal to do. Oh,
there comes an old lady with a sweet
little, yelping deg!" 81 gt
She glanced out of the open door,
way. '.J ''4 a2ae ..sEa52
"Goodness me, ifit amt that in.
tolerable old Aunt Sadie, swith her
inevitable dogl" groaned Mrs. John.
son, as a fat elderly lady toiled up
the path, in scarlet shawl and a
black-lace hat. aaa. 5e s5i
a"Bless meW aaid Aunt Sadie, pur.
pie with The heat and dripping with
perspiration, you don't never mean
to say, Niece Haven, that this 'ere's
the place I've heard tell of on Lake