Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-12-02

/ Tdulllt, QuiStlI stlii TepaIulnS tNc souhS
man with that cool, steady gaze which
. had already caused him TO be,ray hesita-
tion. almost confusion, very unliks his
usual easy confidence. He seeascd 10 have
an distinctive knowledge that the artist
WAS measuring him, and TO shrink from
that measurement with unconscious dread.
Carradine SAN Leila Auvcrnay once
more before .he returned ~ her home In i
distant town. Then he took his picture
from the academy walls, and hung il in
his studio. where hiS eyes could ind it
whenever he looked away from his work.
For he did not give up work; yet, among
themselves, his friends pronounced him
I mn alterel man, and marvelcl what had
caUSed 50 subtle a difference. Always
quiet. he now seemed 10 live ia an ideal
world OF his Owa; aud, whatever he might
occupy himself with, there was thSt in
/ his manner which appeared 10 imply t"st
! il was only temporary diversion until
, the coming Of s0ac event for which h'
/ was waiting.
J So passed half n year, at the cnd Of
which there came letter 10 Carradinc.
: 1t was very brief, but IL was enough TO
assure him of that which he had bceh
almost uuconsciousiy expecting.
The letter WAS from Leila Auvcrnay.
lie went 10 her at once. She met him with
/ laughing light in her eyes such MS he
! had not seen there when she stood in the
gallery beside her betrothed husband: i
l:gh, which recalled the merry child who
/ had smiled down on him 50 long ago.
"Mr. Carradime," she said 81 told you
that my fortune was gone, hut did not
! tell YOU how utterly IL had been swept
+ away. lam nothing better than beggar.
4 Will YOU take me for one ofyour students,
/ for charity's sake?"
! He looked scarchingly Into her smiling
1 face.
I "And Mr.. Wyndham?" he asked in II
/ low voice.
She laughed without SO much rs a flush
Of emotion.
"Mr. wyndham has gone with the rest
. of my worldly possessions. Did not say
! that I had lost cvcrythingY iou see, Mr..
/ Carrndinc. that am not of MS much worth
now as my picture -.sf ....r.s
The words, rs she said them, did not
seem bitter. lie took her hands.
Leila" he said, docs your loss make
you unhappy
"Do look so?" she asked, gayly. "As
for the marriage it was my fa.her'' wish,
and to CRAFTY his dying request con-
! sented-bcforc knew my own heart"
! Here quick, vivid color shot into her
! check, but she went OF. There never
was love on my side aad on his-@ell,
money is more than loye-wIth some ma
lures. do not wish to blame him"
Carradine's grasp tighLcned on her
hands.
Leila" he said, "once your answer
put bar between, when | spoke word,
that were surpi ised out of my heart.
! Would il be SO now, if | should say them
oEce more? My love, my life, will you
/ come TO me?"
J
up in his eyes aud drawing nearer, until
his arms silently folded about her.
And so Carrldiuc found his love at las..
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Josh Billings says: "a reputation once
broken may possibly be repaired, but the
world will always keep their eyes on the
spot where the crack Was"
A little boy was asked the other day II
! he knew where the wicked finally went
10. lie answered.: "rlIcy practice law a
! spell here, and then go TO the legislature.
A Syracuse hotel has the following
! placard: Excuse the impndencc Of the
clerk. as he l. my SON." The sou says his
grandfather hung II out when his father
was clerk.
An elderly man IN Boston Is 50 polite
and loving that when he Is dining with
the young lady OF hi, heart he puts mo-
lasses on his bald head TO attract the flies
aud prevent them from annoying her.
An Alabama man invented a patent tail
for cows, which would knock the hes into
the middle OF next summer, aud the first
time 1t hit the man who was milking IL
! loosened four teeth for him and took tho
/ hide all of his nose. They hadn't thought
OF that part or it.
A youthful aspirant to poets bonor'.
( whose maiden attempt bore the title Of
"Simply to Thy Cross I Cling" was
struck dumb with horror when tappeared
| in the next weekly edition OF fhc town
! paper under tie title OF '.Simplc Little
Cross-Eyed Thing" 'Ta
} Little Freddie was undergoing the dis-
, agreeable operation Of having his hair
combed by his mother, and h. grnmbled
at the manGuver. "why, Freddie" said
mamma, "you ought not 20 make such
! fuss. don't fuss and cry when my hair
! Il combed." "Yes," replied the youthful
party, "bit your hair amt hitche'i to your
/ head"
: A stuoent OF human nature was the
! schooIma' am WHO undertook fbe care Of n
/ school out West, where her predecessor, -
man, had been tossed through the window
by the rebellious pupils. she got along
/ splendidly, aud when asked how she nisB-
aged It, replied, "Oh, easily enough;
I thra,hed The little boys and mashed the
I big ones"
| Somewhat slow: a day or two ago a
passenger OH milk train that tsd been
detained some time on siding approached