The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-02-06

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ofiowey, ffgst me not, and HalfI
sheet of paper ollswliiCh we're these
words
y know you meant no harm. u
don't lpye sou and I don't love any
man. Pleases 90 away and don't
come buck for ten years. i. H."
To most young men this would|
not have been q very cheering let.
ter; but to Henry II seemed the
very gate Of heaven.
Next day he Nas liberated on The.
promise that he would leave the
city. II had taken all Of his earn
ing 10 support his mother, .whowas
an invalid. The street railroad
owed him only IS, which was all
tho money he had in the world,
With 81 fit be bought a bouquet,
and sent il to Louise. In the cen.
ter Of it, on piece Of brwn paper
were these words u sh,tIl return
tenyears from yesterday. My hair
may change, but my heart never
| shall think Of you every hour
and pray for you each night
Freckles." He found a man who
was shipping a blood horse to Chi
cago, and By taking care Of the IN
imal Henry was allowed free pass.
age to that city. When he arrived
in Chicago he had only ten cents
left. He spent FIVE cents in a
stamp and stationery and wrote
his mother, here was no despon.
dency in that letter He go! a job
in a livery stable that day at good
wages.
Within a few days a horse wa
stolen from the stable and Henry
was arrested on suspicion Of being
an accomplice, He lay in JUL for
ten days, when he was liberated
for lack Of evidence, just as he
was coming down with brain fe.
yer. He was sent to the City Hos.
pital, where for two weeks he was
deliriOus. His attendant noticed
strong cord about his neck, to
which was attached a pewter lock
ct, in which was a bunch of dried
forget me.nots. He was a mere
shadow Of his former self when he
regained Consciousness. A kind
hearted clergyman became an in
terested and frequent visitor to
him; lOaned him bucks to read,
and, when he became strong
enough, took Henry to hs own
home. The red hair of Henry all
came out, and when it grew again
twas dark auburn color, and the
freckles never returned.
The clergyman needed man
about the garden and to take care
of his horse, and gave Henry the
situation at good wages. must
be brief in this romance from real
life. In less than two years Hen.
ry Martin, thanks to the benevo.
lent clergyman, was in Harvard
College. lii six years from the
time he left Albany he was u min
lister Of the gospel,
AT the end of eight years he was
the pastor Of a fashionable church
in Chicago at u salary Of $1,000 a
year, and he had $1,000 to his cred
it in the bank, Nine years and
eleven months from the time he
left Albany he started on his an.
nual vacation. AS he kissed his
white.haired old mother goodbye
he said; 1.-THE ten years are nearly
gone. | can surely find her and
will telegraph you the result. God
help me- Five years after Henry
had left Albany there came Il great
financial panic aud Louise Rob.
bins father became Il bankrupt.
Almost penniless, he and his
daughter removed to New York,
where he became n boukkeeper for
a gentleman whom he once en-.
ployed in his store in,Albany. The
father and daughter lived in a
modest way in an uptown fiat.
Mr.. Robbins never reproached
Louise for anything except that
she was such II recIuso from society
and would allow no attention from
any gentleman. He could see no
beauty in the old dried boqnet
which Lpuiso always kept in her
room which she brought with her
from Albany. He sometimes had
fears lest she was losing her mind,
form her sleep she was continually
mnttering something that sounded
like Henry Martin. One day he
said to her: "Who is Henry MARTINI
! never knew any Henry Martin