The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-08-27
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would have to do Without
sosaying handsome Ida Minturr
leans her head upon her white
hands while she watches languidly
her Cousins busy movements.
II is a sweet arch face that Tha
lia lifts to her as she smilingly an
swers '.Tired already? Ida, ] Dc
believe you we're born to bea dront
in the hive. Everything seems t.
weary you except TO going to par
ties and7-
"Flirting, / suppose you would
finish with. Well, you-are not fal
wrong; and, BY the by, Thalia,
have found a new and delightful
subject upon which d ~ tny pow
ers of fascination. PA should have
thought twice before he engaged
such q handsome oyerseer. To be
sure, he is rather cold and distant
but you'll see yet how expressive ]
can make his dark eyes look.
A delicate pink rushes to the
younger girls fair faco as she
springs to her feet, almost dropping
her basket Of berries.
"Ida Minturn, / am ashamed Of
you'll Indeed, / was going to finish
my sentence in no such way. ]
detest the very word Irritation, and
do not believe Mr.. Holmes would
stOop to such thing"
"Thalia, how seriously you take
thingsl If you could only see how
dramatic you look--gory, out.
stretched hand and ALL But here
comes Mr.. Holmes himself. / be.
lieve l will tell himof your enthu'
siastic defense. / doubt not but il
would amuse him."
"oh, Ida, please don't!"
And Thalia's cheeks grow to the
deepest rose as she pleads.
But there is no need for fear, as,
with, merely a grave, courteous
lift Of his straw hat, MIR. Holmes
passes on 10 where, in distant
part of The field, some men are en-
gagged at their work.
The golden summer months Git
by and it is not long before it is
plainly evident to all eyes but Mrs,
Minturn's how affairs are tending
between the handsome young over,
seer Of the farm and the gentle
young girl who for the past three
years has made her home with her
aunt.
81 think he's perfectly splendidr'
Ida says candidly as with many
bushes Thalia confesses the fact Of
her engagement. "But mamma
will never consent, and l myself
think you're very foolish, Thalia,
Love is well enough, but l for one
have too much ambition TO throw
myself away on a poor young man,
1 look for a coronet at the very
least, and you, with your pretty
face, might certainly do better"
"Botterl All, mol" And Thalia's
face is more than pretty-beputiful
-as she speaks. "My Harry isno.
BILE and good. What could DO bet.
ter than that2 And ifhe is poor,
am too, but l count myself rich in
his lovep
Ida is right in prognosticating
her mothers disapproval.
Engaged! And to a man moi
worth penny, and Of whose tatni-
ly one'knows nothing about Tha.
lia, l am shocked. | have seen
that you we're very friendly, but
had no idea Of this, for we have all
treated Mr.. Holmes with more con
sideration than his position calls
for. And what will your uncle
say? Just what do-that the af
fair must be stopped at once.
am your guardian, Thalia, and un'
til you are Of age you can contract
no marriage without my consent
You know that, and l now say
that this engagement must be bro
KEN"
And all Thalia's tears and plead
ings are Of no avail. Mrs. Min
turn is firm. In two weeks time
they will go to London, and she
decides in her own mind that she
shall then SEQ that her niece il
plunged into the very vortex o.
that fashionable life from which a,
yet her tender years have kept
her.
1t is a cruel blow to Harry
Holmes, for, relying upon his EN-
ployer's evident friendliness, he
has suffered himself to build higt
hopes.