The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-06-07

90 S"uSHb III Ile Iaiu-uellCule-
shelter-C Chiselhurst-closed carriage" I"
Then the door opened, the land
lord presented himself upon the thres.
hold, and said in a very pointed man
ner:
"If you please, sir, young lady,
driving over TO Seyenoaks in a light
open trap, has been caught in the
rain, and her servant wants to know
if | can give her a sitting.room while
he drives back to Chiselhurst for a
closed carriage"
sand this is the only one you
have?" rejoined Seton. "oh, ask her
in by all means. However, lam sor.
ry the room smells SO of smoke" he
added, as he knocked the ashes from
his pipe. 8 Z
"Don't mention it, sir, and thank
you very much" replied the land
lord.
In another moment the doc. open.
ed again, and the unexpected intru-
der entered-a lady tall and graceful
having pale, Madonnalike face, and
golden hair shining like an aureole
round classic head.
Seton's face grew white to the very
lips, and his voice quivered percepti.
bly, as, extending his hand, he said:
"This very unexpected meet
ing"
Every unexpected" echoed the
lady, removing her wet mantle, and
sitting down on the leather sofa.-
Recognition had, been mutual, but wo-
men, as a general thing, have more
self possession than the sterner sex.
"Let me recommend this chair"
said Seton, laying his hand upon
the one from which he had just ris-
en-. "No thank you; prefer sitting
away from the fire."
81 am sorry the room should smell
so of tobacco" observed Seton, after
pause, "but, you see, | did not expect
the pleasure Of q visitor"
She smiled a rather forced smile by
way of answer, and Seton folded
elaborately and put into an envelope
u blank sheet of paper.
"The country is very beautiful
here" he observed, writing his own
name with great care upon the envel-
opu.
ave have only been back from the
continent six weeks" she observed,
after pause. "Mamma has taken a
house near Chiselhurst. I was driv-
ing over to Sevenoaks this morning,
and was caught in the rain, and in
duced to ask for shelter here"
"And how is Mrs. Clarefeld?"
Mamma is quite we'll, thank you"
Then after pause, "Are you stop
ping here?"
Hardly" said Seton, with an as
sumption Of gayety in his tone, "but
III tell you about it. My friends
kindly took it into their heads that
l wanted fresh air and exercise-so
they bound me over on my word of
honor to walk from London to Hast.
ings in a week. l acquiesced i'd this
and this is my first day of hard labor
and imprisonment"
"But you use" began the lady;
then she colored a little and seemed
unwilling 10 finish her sentence;
"you used to be SO fond of walking"
"But man changes a good deal
in three years." he replied, YEARLY.
1t would weary you, reader, to set
down and hear the dreary common
places with which these two tried to
beguile the time for over an hour
AT lust they took refuge in silence,
while the wind roared, and the rain
lashed the window, the dusk came on
prematurely, and Seton looked out
on the cherries prospect, shivered as
with the cold. Then the lady rose
very quietly, stirred the fire into
blaze, and resumed her seat on the
sofa.
"No, you shouldn't really" said se-
ton, not turning round however, and
with look of pain on his face. 1t
is wonderful what suffering some
small, commonplace word or action
may cause us. What vistas of posi-
bic joys may they not open up to usl
81 suppose the carriage will soon
be back," said Alice, presently, ana
speaking with effort; "our coachman