The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-18
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have an engagement ii
Ink you'll turn into d duel
Goose saucily, aor som
d sQuatic animal before long
lni y Harry didn't join the Co
4 sllqaI0s-p
ez'garde-cheriel hav,
l3fe him still. Good. W
Lle'an down the walk quickly
ape his sisters laughinI
ei of words, and, jumping o.
Soonon his way 70 shl
I |'p Van Patten was 9 hand
some specimen Of mankind, and
more than one pair.Cf eyes follow
ed the well'knlt athletic hgurei as
the shell darted through the
water under the impetus Of his
long, swinging stroke.
Itisa long pull up toIthec chain
bridge, and beyond, the rocks and
rapids Of Little Falls would make
boatieg dangerous no less than a
tiresome amusement, So, after
pulling through the arches, he
swung his shell round, pulled less
vigorously, letting the current bear
him downwards.
The soft, purple twilight was be.
ginning to gather round him,
though far up the river the golden
afterglow still fingered. From un.
der the shadows on the Virginia
side came the soft, rythmic splash
Of oars, and presently some one be,
gan tossing. To his surprise ant
delight he recognized the voice o.
his unknown neighbor.
To pull nearer was involuntary
and all the way down the river he
followed, with slow and noiselesl
strokes, the boat in which the girl
sat.
"Tetera.tete," thought Philip
"It's a shame to follow them so
but if a man marries a girl with a
voice like that, he can't expect tc
keep it all to himself"
1t was growing too dark to dis
tinguish more than the graceful
outlines Of the girl who held the
tiller though Philip Wa Pattet
stfainedlesery facultyiin mis- efOrI
to see and hear.
She was singing something with
a pathetic refrain Of "Long Ago
Long Years Ago."
"You were too blind the truth TO know
And ] too proud the truth to show,
And owe parted-long ago
Longyears agO!"
The sad, wailing refrain dice
away in the dusty twilight, as tht
two boats neared the barge.
"shall we stop, Muriel2"
Philip was near enough to dis
tinguish the words Of their speoch
no less than the words Of thei
song, and!one or oskillful strokes
raugvdentsshell up beside the float
He was in the shadow, but "
light from one Of the flaring D'ht.
erns fell full upon her face and
she was g near he might hg'e put
out his hand and touched her.
Whether he drank tae glass o.
beer which he had o,dered, or not
1 doubt ifhe couldever tell; SO in
tent was 10 in Watching "the CIR
with the voics" as he had begur
to call her
She plaed idly with the strawe
and h (nticed that the supply 0
} lemoia9efn her glass was hardl,
} diwiniled when she handed i
buck tdthe waiter.
Her escort; however, ordere,
: more, id while he drank it, Phil
! ip had ime to note the great brow
eyes aIl the cloudy masses Of darl
: hair lk.gere half.hidden by tn
tlseOy hilashawl she had woun,
8 aiaandler hana.
: 4As las eas a perfect oval, tn
compleSili a clear, colorloss olive
$ but it wasirom the perfect eyes t
Q the more erfect mouth that Phi
9 ips gaze andered.
ut 18th most exquisite mOutI
: | ever say on a human being" h
y said to hihself. "An artist woul
= go wild der curve and colorinl
= a poetgoq d rave over the delicate
: SENSITIVE Expression, and a man
o. well, q napNould go through fr
and water to %p a kiss from thos
!, Iipsl And thatA her husband,
Q suppose" gIancing qontemptuou
d ly at the thirsty oarShqp, "Iyel
| understand the straiGI { sadno,
n in her voice nowl He istoo 80
dshly dull TO comprehend heip