The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-09-17
MISS PIPER,s Pupil.

nlles rhHuvtA 1lptLt Wacuer y
music, who had hard work TO KEEP
soul and body together but wal
not unhappy because, as she said
she was never left without a new
bonnet for Easter Sunday, and one
black silk, somehow, always LASTED
until she managed to get a new
one, received a very singular note
one morning-a note which had
been handed in at the door, The
landlady's "girl" said, by an ''el
derly gentleman"
The epistle was enveloped in The
costliest and most richly decorated
envelope to be procured for love Of
money anywhere. The paper
nearly as tick as cardboard, was t
match. A coat of arms was in tht
corner and the words below were al
follows 4
MIss PIRER-A Person (
tucked dedercashun is Yis1|lII y
undertuck. VIII kail ~ Il. -
MISTER StEGER.
@My graciousl' CALCULATED Miss
Pandorai "he must have been neg
lected, that's certain. | never saw
anything like tina! before in all my
lifel Fatally forgotten, l should
say. Well, | wonder what he can
be like. He must be rich; / sup.
pose. Poor people can'tatford such
stationery as this. And a coat ol
arms, tool shoddy, / suppose, but
so that he's respectful, why should
| care for that2 He will probably
pay we'll, and I've lost Anne Eliza
Griggs by marriage, just as she was
beginning to take variations.
"Nora, | shall be in If a new pu.
pil--a gentleman--calls at 8
o'clock"
Nora, who liked Miss Piper, who
often gave her little presents aud
who kept on an upper shelf Of her
closet some soothing balsam which
she was always ready to apply to
the poor girls awkward fingers,
which were always being cut OF
burnt or pinched in something,
gave an amiable grin and offered
to polish up the CRATE when she had
a minute, seeing a stranger was
The morning wore away. Two
little girls had gone through their
exercises, and u heavy lady who
took lessons in vocal music had
nearly burst a blood vessel in en-.
deavoring to gain a certain high
note, which was the object Of her
ambition.
Miss Piper had been around the
corner to give n lesson there, and
over the way to see to another pu,
pills practising.
She came home in a hurry, ar,
her hair, saw that the little
parlor was neat and awaited her
guest with feverish anxiety.
AT last he came.
Nora showed some one upstairs,
and there entered at the door an
elderly gentleman Of benign ap,
dressed in the latest
but not Without'reg tc
his age, who, bowling low, remarked
"G hope l am not late, mum.
know your time must be very val,
liable.
81 am sure Ionly wish everybody
was as punctual," said Miss Piper
at is exactly 8 O'clock"
"You'ro very kind, num-" said
the gentleman, seating himself, a,
Miss Piper motioned him to q chair
I'm an Odish pupil, l suppose you
think; but I'll explain. 1 think
I've explained in my note; but II.
explain again. I've been neglect
ed, not from unkindness-for my
poor mother did the best she coulC
for me-but we were very poor
l don't wish to mention the hum
bic position I've always occupied
until a year ago, when somebody
came from England and hunted
me up. Mother was dead, pool
dearI but this is how it was: Faith.
or was very rich and up in the
world; mother was q housemaid.-
He married her, and his mother
was furious, and mother couldn't
stand it. She ran away; she came
here, and lived an honest, hard
working life. 1t was only wher
she died she told me my name wal
not Noggins, but Sliger, and thai
she had written to my father, OF
got some lawyer to write, and he
was dead, too; and 1 came into the
l.n A.. lti 4.