The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-08-27

DAY tnasi after this week, my SER
vice wcaldbe no longer needed, /
have received a Communication
from Ireland, which has decided
me Io gOthete at once. II is a let
tor nom an uncle Of whose exis.
sence until now / have been ignor.
ant Butread il for ycufself.o
This wha! Thalia reads:
eAls DEAR NEPHEW Ihaye on.
ly just learned, aftsrlong inquiry,
that my sister left a son, aud that
heandy you are one and the same.
This will undoubtedly prove a
surprise to you, as from my sisters
solemn vow made to me as she left
her home, Iknow that you never
can have heard my name. Let me
explain; AT an early age your
mother and myself were left or
paas. Time went BY, and your
mother met and became attached
toone whom beyond all others i
disliked, and for Just cause.
"They were engagedand married
in spite ofmy vehement protesta-
tions. / refused to sanction the
marriage or be present at the cere.
mony. Margaret had to the full
the impetuous character Of our
family. On the eve Of her depar
ture for her future home she came
to me and said: Stephen, hence.
forth do not ever expect to hear
aught of me or mine. You have
chosen to wound me in the tender
est feelings Of my nature, and to
insult him who is now my husband.
| Ishall never forgive you. Never
again to my dying day shall your
name, or any allusion to you, pass
my lips. l sever the connection
between US. Should l have chill
dren, they shall grow mp ignorant
Of any relatives save those upon
their fathers side. Ihave pledged
my husband tOa like vow, and it
shall he kept. Before l could re-
cover from the surprise her impla-
cable words caused she had gone.
That was the last time 1 ever
saw her.
"Now, my nephew, your mothers
VOW was wrong and | have no
doubt that ere she died she would
gladly have recalled it, l am old
and alone in tho world and in sad
need. You are young and strong
and to you | turn. | implore you,
as the last Of my family, the only
one living upon whom | have any
claim, to come TO my succor if it
be possible for you to do so.
Your uncle, STEPHEN HARTLEY
"Mr. Henry Holiness"
81 am gladyou arc going, Harry"
Thalia said as she finished reading.
"Poor old man, all alone in the
world and needing aid-his is a
sad lot"
! knew you would feel so, my
darling" Harry answers; and then,
The letter forgotten they talked as
lovers delight to do, until the mo.
ments, flying by, bringing at last
the dreaded time of parting.
"Whois the drone now, Thalia
Rivers, l should like to be inform.
odH" exClaims Ida one oveing com.
ing into her Cousins room fully
arrayed in an exquisite ball cos.
tune. "It is almost time to be
going and here you sit with that
everlasting picture in your handl
Thalial Thalial haven't you for
gotten that nonsense YETI"
No, Thalia has not forgotten, al
though the last three years have
been a bewildering time to the
girls shrinking, retiring nature
She is growing more accustomed
now to the thousand demands and
forms Of society, but they weary
her infinitely.
Not one word since their parting
has she heard from her lover; but,
as she had trulytold him, "neither
time nor place can change her
heart, and deep down in its pure
recesseS is still enshrined one hand
some, dark face, with grave brow
and speaking eyes.
"What do you think Renie An.
drews told me this morningR" Ida
says a month later.
"I'm sure | do not know" Tha.
liza replies, looking up from the
book she is reading,
"Well, what would you say if my
CorOneted destiny were even now
on his way to England2 Renie
tells me that her cousin from Ire,
land is to arrive in time for her