The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02


She fascinates without an inten,
tion Of doing s., simply becatse shs
cannot helpilj andshehas concsiy
ed a more thancrdinar liking and
synpathyfor tiisInpble faced man
WHO has been endowed with s.
many Of natures good gifts 10 II
deprived oi Que tla. man prize
beyond all olhersthat strength
land comeliness Of frame without
which mere beauty Of feature
counts asnothing
And soMr. Heith,s call Is but 4
prelude tomany othsts His owr
bhomeis notiar distant and hi:
magnificent Conservatory supplies
tout Of its wealth cf bloom d daily
excuse for visits which lie is neyei
mode q feelaye unwelcome.
One day, after two months had
elapsed, as be Is alone WITH hil
lfriehd RoBetl "a DIE letlers pattio
Iular sanctuIh, lie Grand asks q
question.
aDoyod consider me insane in
flowing your sister'sfriehd, Robefti
Would you advise me 10 Try my
fate and gain OF lose all?"
Roberts reply is unhesitating
sAay girl you care for mightfeel
herself honored.s
Andso, ut his earliest opportun.
ity, lie Grand risks all upon o
maideu's yes or no.
He speaks frankly and eloquent.
Ily. He tells ofa boyhood and youth
embittered by the misfortune that
she alone, ofall he had ever met,
seemed neither to notice nor to care
for.
AS she listens, Beth's whole
frame ttembles, and her eyes droor
beneath the ardor Of LIE Grand't
foryent passion.
eDo not speak further, Mr.
Heith, !" she says, II must not list,
en-. Until the last few minutes |
had no idea you regarded me in any
otherlight than that Of an agree
able friend. III had thought 9th.
erwise, Ishould have told you what
/ do now, that / am already be.
trothedl'' N
The pain in his voiceis SO keen
that the girl quivers before it, and
buries her face in her hands. They
are drawn away, and looking mp,
she soes Lo Grand kneeling at her
feet
"Donot weepl each tear shed BY
you dives me madl Ibelieye you.
Why should la cripple-daro to
aspire to the love ofone like you9
| see my mistake-I have known
itall along-it was only The fren.
zy Of hope that impelled me to take
advantage Of your kindness. Do
not weepl Beth, FAREWELL l re.
sign with this moment all ties
nearer than friendship. 1t is no
fault Of yours, only my own mad
mistake. FAREWELL"
He was gone.
sixmonths before her acceptance
other friend ta'sinyitatiou, Beth
had promised her hand to the man
into whose power her father,
through his rash speculations, had
been drawn. 47G
ostensibly rich, Mr., Ellis had in
reality no claim to such a name,
and Beth had been awakened with
a rude shock to the instability Of
their fortunes, when her father iu
his agony Of fontrsaty hadimplored
her to save him in the one way
opened before her. b
Although -thegirl had shrank al,
most with lOathing from the old
man who was thus proposed as her
future husband, she had not hesi
tated.
She adgiven her consent, and
then, with a sense as Of escape, had
flown to hor friend Nita's, eager tc
avoid, if only for the space Of a few
months, the attentions Of one who
however much she dislikod hin
had now the right to claim her so
ciety whenever itso pleased him
One morning Robert tells his sis
ter and her guest, with a grave, dis
approving look in the latter's di
reCtion, Of the departure for The
continent Of Le Grand Hsith.
A short time after finds Beth al
home once more.
A year later the following letter
is penned by Robert Danyers to hil
friend, lie Grand Heith, in Italy:
"DEAR GRAND: | have something
to tell you that, If | am not much
mistaken, will both surprise YOU