The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-01-28


me scorn my lover when l find out
that he loves me not and has been
paying his addresses to the heiress, =
aud she threw her. head back,
stretched out one arm, and covered
her face with a pale cast Of loath.
ing.
9That might do,n said Mr.. spoo.
psndyke slowly. at looks to me
like an attempt to borrow $780,
Stick out the other hand and make
it Eve. Idon't know, though" !" he
continued, "both arms would look
like bring me the che.ildP Iguess
you had better stick to the original
amount. You'll be more apt to
collect"
"Pefhaps you think Id do better
in comedy" faltered Mrs. spcopen.
dyke, her spirits dashed by adverse
criticism; "Now, we will suppose
that l am the cook who boiled the
watermelon, and you, as the master
Of the house, are enraged with me.
How will this do for the cooks at.
titud.s Of bewilderment and psni
tence2" She struck a comical att.
tude and gazed at him aghast.
"Don'tl don'tl exclaimed Mr.
spoopendyke, burying his face in
his hands and pretended toheover.
come with emotion. aItis beauti.
fui5 56ut it reminds-mS-Oo@ msoh-Of
mothers deathl Please let upl /
can't bear itp and Mr. spoOpen.
dyke sobbed aloud.
II didn't intend it that way,
dear" sighed Mrs. spoopendyke,
embracing him tenderly. Forgive
me, but 1 thought | was acting
funny
@That's all right snorted Mr..
spoopendyke, recovering himself
with jerk. "You talk about act.
ingl Look here, now; Ill just give
you one passage, and let that be
the end Of this whole business"
Mr.. spoopendyke aCose, thrust
one hand into the breast Of his coat,
set his teeth tight and growled.-
Then he rolled hiseyes around and
roared, "Ahap Adyancingore foot
with the stamp Of an elephant, he
swung hisaround, and-crashl The
mantel ornaments lay in a con.
fused heap on the floor.
"Qh, dearl' murmured Mrs. spoo.
pendyke, trembling from head to
foot.
"GOt enoughP" demanded Mr..
spoopendykc, surveying the wreck
with distended eyes. "Want the
rest Of this scene, or will you have
the play withdrawn on account Of
sickness in the family2 Want To
act some more, don't ye2" hehowled,
his gorge rising. "Got some kind
Of a notion fastened to your head
with hair pins that the whole
dramatic business depends on you,
and that you only want a wig and
a curtain to be a whole theater
with sreculalors out in front aud a
bar next doorl oh, gorighton and
actl" he yelled, and then striking a
high falsettO, he squeaked; "Hen.
rico, me own Henrico ahl-pardOn
these tearsI How can / tell himf
Concealment is uselessl Henticol-
ahl-me own Henrico! The car.
riage wsitsl" and Mr.. spoopendyke
fell over backwards on the bed and
fred his feet up in the air. "oa
with the dancel" he roared, spring.
ing to a perpendicular again
"Bring on the balletl" and spin,
ming around like a top in the ex,
Citement Of his wrath, he lost his
balance, came down hard on the
smashed china, and then went
speeChless to his couch.
81 dou't care,n murmured Mr.,
spoopendyke, brushing away the
debris so she could safely cit on the
door 10 take of her shoes. ~ think
| could a1t as we'll as most Of them,
though Of course | couldn't play
villain part as well as he can, and
l don't think l could smash as
many things. When he gives me
another lesson, l think III take
him out in the field where he can't
break anything. but his back.n
And with this thrifty resolution
Mrs. spoopendyke fell upon a mi.
croscopic hole in the heel of her
sock, and lost,sight Of the stage in
the interest the abrasion excited,