The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-04-04

AVW sue kueW Only 100 wen ina
he was very dear to her, 50 dear thai
she would have liked {. hold hei
hand out 70 him and y,ssayl STA,
for my sakela
But would he slay2
Did he really love herr
Hso, why had he gone without q
wotdP
He was too proud 10 ask for her
loye-that Basit.
These and a huhdrea other per
picking hesrtmoying questions ell.
ed her mind.
She was unused to care, almost
childish il. her Wins aAdsloying i'm.
pressiops, and she could not look at
this trouble from any but . selfish
point.
Her worried heart became more
andninte enlssn dIad ~ - :. .l.-ii-- =
she was weaving, and she was un-
equal to the burden.
She had no one to whom she could
go excepting her old and doting
father.
Yet she could not tell him all; she
was ashamed to own that she loved a
man because he had saved her life
a man who was a common sailor, Of
whom she knew absolutely nothing.
She bravely concluded to suffer
alone.
POOR little injured ID ssoutli
She thought Of martyrdom, and
consoling herself that she was a
martyr, sought her room and wept.
x 4 4 X y 4
Two years from the day that Anna
wept vainly for her lover, she gave a
party to a number of ladies and gen.
tlemen, members Of an art society Of
Edinburg, who we're on a visit to
Boston.
Two years had Brought no change
in her old feelings.
had saved her life.
He had written her once, Just sub
sequent to his leaving, that was all,
yet that letter she guarded with a
jealous care.
Her love dream was not Ger; she
had grown stronger, more resolute,
and more than ever convinced that
with hin and him only could she be
happy.
Her father knew nothing of her
tronble; he only knew that she had
changed. r....,.. III
From being a lively, oh{ld-like
girl, she had grown to be a woman
O woman wit purpose, who had set
out to accomplish a task, and was de.
termined 20 do it.
Tonight a gay assetnblage met at
her residence.
Great painters and musicians were
there, and all were commingling in
the joy and pleasure qfthe hour.
Men and women told of struggles,
of privations, of exertions that had
brought them to their goal, and all
felt they were bound by ties Of sue
cess and past adversely,
II am glad to hear you say, Mr.
Rappelo, that the paintings Of that
new artist, Mr.. Gordon, have scored
success. l believe you told me be
had been offered five thousand dol.
lars for a single picture"
"Yes, Mrs. Adams, not only has he
been offered a handsome price for the
painting, but | understand that the
art society Of Liverpool have offered
him an addition sum for a copy Of it,"
"what is tie subject Of the pic.
ture, Mr. Rappelo2" rsked Anna.
1t is q marine scene; a young girl
struggling with the waves, and her
rescue by a sailor-are you ill, Miss
Mortimer"
mo, sir-only a spasm-T am sub.
ject to them. But about the picture
who did you say was the artist2"
81 believe bis initials are Samuel
E. But you are certainly ill, Miss
Mortimer"
She had asiissn asiii;, from tBS table
where they were sitting, and excus
ing herself for a moment, passedintc
another room.
Hastily taking a telegraph form
she wrote:
"s. E"GoRHoS, artist, Edinburgh: / viii
give ten thousand dollars for your marint
view. Answer. ANNA MORTIMER"
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