The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-25
"Aht blame mo not thasI
Have Leen a shipWreekod man;
YCu do not know how high
Tho I'D. aud current ran.N

VIC WApnps snAGgY ,e0untenAneo WITH
trishened eyel Tnat scar on his left ye.
broWi Why, NhY, Il was exactly lila uns
that markei Frank Bascombss face, 70
eelyed when child at playl She looked
closely, earnestly, anxiouSly, while her
heart almost stopped beating, Yes, II was
trusl Not The scar alons, but tho features
eoartsued and distorted By evil pallionS
made the siskenlns truth plain 70. heE This
was Frank BaScombe This diasipate1,
swaggefing besgar, receiving charity at
her hand-thb was the prince whose com.
ing she bad 50 often pictured in royal col
orsl This his va, tho man whose memory
had made all ether men seem poor and
meanl she smiSi grlmly at the tins irony
OF thu situation. She was like ono waking
from a troubled dream-WaklnE to laugh
At tho serioasnsis q dream could asum&
She had been dreaming for ton years, but
she was awake noW-ohl quito awakol
Thore are timsi whsn NO ArsechAnEed in
tho twinkliug OF an eye even while we
live This was one Of them.
The man did not go her look Of recosni
ton. His eyes were on his plate Tie
business ol eating enErosSed him. Hs hal
not recognized har, that was certain. A,
be got up from the table bis accidental
glance fell ou newspaper that some one
had left lying caralss,ly on chair. Itwas
The Garrison Register, the old homs
weekly, familiar to both Of them from
childhood A fash Of recognition went
over his face. Hs picked 1t up saying
"Will you permit mo to remain o momant,
madam, and look over this pspcrF'
shs Eraciously assCnted, and moved
across tie room out Of his sight Had she
needed any further proof OF his Identity
thi. would have been enough.
"Iliyed in ClaFksOn once,n he continued.
half muSingly.
She caught hsr breath, and her heart
gave great bound. After all, she had
msjulgod him, perhaps. Be had como in
the guise Of q bsgEar that hc might 80 her
before he revealed himself HOwaS always
doing unhsGd.ot things and hs was a
capital actor. This waSllse him, very like
him, Her eyes elistenOd AMI her cheels
tanned 1t the thought And yet, what
curious things Womsn'I hearts arol Tho
next minute she want quite sure that slio
wanted 1t to bo that way. An illusion
onco dislpated h difficult to rsin,tate.
Garrison is Hno old New England
IOwn,' she said, indiforsntly, in order to
give him chance to reveal himself.
"Rathsr thickly populated with tosiss
and pigheadSH he replied, with meer.
~ knew some people there myselt-a
long time ago" she said, after pause
HO said nothing.
'1he Molyilss, tho DWightA ths-tho
Garnetts,'' she added.
He was Still silent
"MiSs Alice Garrett was a particular
friend Of mins,T she said, watching him
closely.
The name did not move him
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all rathsr sns Iooting rstbor h,,ahs A ~
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A
ati.s miserable corpse nul wondered that
1t had ever had power to suchain her,
Ths id.al had besn dlslodged forever by
the rOal And she was glad, not sorry.
He threw down tho paper aud rosO to
lOayc, weartlY. shs approached him and
said tiniily, ns II asking favor, @Ths Is
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