The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-02-11
aBRING MYRTLE.

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A number Of letters were await
lug Colonel Haldane, commandant
Of Newly, on bis return from pa.
rade. He was unmarried, rich and
rather dittinguishedIlooking. ii
willtherefore surprise no one that
he was accustomed TO receive a
great many sssetly,scented, deli.
ly.monogramped, prettily.
worded letters from the various
members Of thefair sex with whom
be vas acquainted. Among the
little heap which lay before him
was one conspicuous for itscareless
handwriting and rough envelope
Oddly enough, this was the one he
selected for psrusul. scrawled on
the lip Of the envelope we're these
words: Bring Myrtle"
Colonel Haldane put up his gen.
tlemanly eye.glass, and held his
head a little on one side; be twisted
his iron gray G,ustache into a yet
more poignant expression as he in.
specled those curious words: aBring
Who was MyrtleH What
was MyrtleY How many times be
read and reread that message he
was perhaps unaware. But 1t was
useless. "Bring Myrtle" remained
OF the lip Of the envelope, an un-
solved enigma.
Slowly be opened The letter. II
was aninvitation to afternoon tea
at the Whites-people he knew
slightly, as he knew 50 many ia the
heavily garrisoned naval military
town close hebarracks az Newly.
Thefletter was from Miss Flor.
ence White, who wrote in her
mothers name.
He called up ayision Of Florence
White. Tall and stately, a girl
with a mass Of golden brown hair,
rolled of her forehead; a girl be
had greatly admired, as one admites
a serene and lovely landscape; a
girl who made him feel proyokingly
@fogyish." Otter young ladies rat.
tied away at him, as if he we're a
sub, asked him to play tennis with
them, and treated him like a mere
yOungster. But ibis young lady
had placed him, with due regard to
his complexion, in q shadoWy cor.
nsr Of the drawing room on one or
two occasions when he had taken
"tea" there, and had introduced
him to some deep.toned matrons, as
ifin that direction lay his natural
bias, and now this stately young
lady sends him the jocular post.
scrip! bidding him Bring Myrtlep'
Colonel Haldane sat down in the
comfortable red velvet chair which
faced the parade ground, and com.
manded a fine view Of the ever com.
psnionable sea. The little rip.
pling waves had an expression Of
infant smiles today, and the buoy.
ant clouds were chasing one an,
other like school boys on a com
mon, How innocent aud fair was
the world Of naturei He sat dream.
ing over his problem "Bring Myr,
tie" quite happily.
A knock with the knob of a stick
on the door breaks into his reflec,
lions, and Captain Hilton enter.
with iscuslomsry ofFparde famil
iarity.
"%ell, old fellow, what's upR Sea
aud sentiment, eh9 ills fatal to sit
in that atlidude, looking at the sea.
What's up, l ask your"
Colonel Haldane reused himself
from his reyeris' with an effort; he
gently tapped his left hand with
the letter which yet remained idly
between his finger and thumb.
"Janel" he said, addressing car.
tain Hilton by his nickname
,"Jauef what on earth does il mean
when you receive a message from q
young lady to Bring AwleP" aud
he handed the envelope to Captain
Hilton.
! Mds,'wS had a rolling eye aud
q rollicking smile, took the envel,
opo daiutily, and, after reading It,
pressed Ito bis Heart, aId Szid,
with a strong brouge; swby, man,
lisa proposall What do the ladies
wear on their festal brows and
twist about the flowing satin 81
their bridal gowns But nn!yftieH
Bring myrtle l tell you, is a
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