The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-25

fainter ani ialnter AMI at last distaWeY
Having iho stlilna,s ot night unbroksn.
"falo goth, TOO, shs sit SIZE vas
mistaken FAio Sas coming, not golas
sAs vas thinking Il ali over a iittle
uparlly. Why bad 80 re.ued Df sedso.
wick olIor Of mtriagsl Tue reason Was
80 uniouonable that shl VA sshAlned to
admit J.. ovan 10 hsrsllE Ia tact It was
not raaaoa; It Was do illpspn, drOam--
ono Of ihoii namoless ilausaeis which alp
into tho boii Of niiniS sometimes aud work
no end OF michist Dream, fancy, what.
ever & wa' Il haiheli sway oyef ten yeara
81 her llil i might % simply doicribed
naa man 10 lhs imagination, Atorritory In
which b f. particularly diitinguiShed tor
making lfoubls
This nan had hssh and blood existence,
also. Ai1e oarnott had bssn talcinAtoa BY
him ton Yoars boiors. uhen they both lived
NJ tho gool ga New Ensland town of
chrkou Hnnl,o'nn md poli,asd with
The prestige Of wealth md position, the
daahot daring spirit aud tho charm Of q
got, 10 had taksn her hsart captive She
had promised p marry him, hut a foolish
miuadortaadmg had broken tho engage.
meut They had parted in ange' and she
had never seen him slnca
he fond ct adventure, intoreItcd In at.
fairs went away, abroad, to the far west,
to Australia, eysrywh,re It seemed For
s'me time ibo hoard OF him as here aad
.here-now getting very fIch, now meeting
with lcscs and again planning big enter.
prlses A year after she last saw him her
father, IN tho hope Of baneating her mothers
failing health, had taken this farm In the
great northWest aud here Sbe bad lived
eyer duca Az time passed and the link' Of
trisndshlp that bound her to tho old place
were broken by death Or change she heard
NO more ct Frank Ba,comba But she had
mot forgotten him BE was the ono mem
Cry that nsyer grow dim ai tie years sped
away. Athouand tim, had she approached
herself for hsr share IA tho quarrel A
thousand times had she forgiven him his
And she still hop'd and prayed for his 10.
turn Indeed; this hope ruled her lite. By
incessant fostering II had grown into a
fsith In her heart Alios Garnett wGs sure
hs would come backbone back with the
eheory grace and the Irresistible fascination
Of the old daYS to laugh over The foolhh
words that parted them. The years Of sepa.
ration wouli be 10 them then as though
they had not been at all, and the future
clouiles1 Again and again ihs had plcs.
ured bis coming aud rcjolced in 1t Any
day, any hour this wonderful Joy might
come to hsr. Who & without e1p,rIencs IN
believing what he wishes 10 b,lioyel Who
has not known tho power Of hope to work
miracles In the mindl
And vet sometimes this woman doubted
bitterly Sometimes sBe realized how
shadowy, how we'll nigh hopele& was this
dream which ten years Of abscncs and
silencs bal not broken Never had she iolt
nearer despair than tonight, as sho leaned
| on Tie gate and heard tho sound OF Dr.
Sidgewices carriage wheels die away
s.Hs would never come; he had forgotten
her; be was no, longer living perhaps; Il
was vain tohops't And vet only few
minutes betote, wlisn Dr. sedsewiek bod
spoken to her Of love and MARRIAGE Frank
BascombSs image bad danced within her
mind, compelling her to say eNaH And 50
ith had ever been. All mon who paid homage
TO her suffered in comparison With this
dashing lover Of her youth, whose msmory
was Iiiore potent than the personal presence
Of any other.
Nobody dreamed Of this weakness In Miss
Garnsh She was considered exceptionally
bealthtul in mind, thoroughly in harmony
with lllo What Wouldu'ttbOy have said
had tsoy known Of this wild lows dream,
chertEhed 90 loug, with so little chance Of
fulfllment What wouldn't they say Of
any Of ID, eoull tlny pesr into the secret
corners q cur minds and read there our
foni lonsiugs and vain imsyinInssi Who
could maintain reputation for wisdom Il
minds we're photographed
People often wonderel--as reople always
viii wonder about what doesn't concern
tbsm-why Alice GArnstt didn't marry
she was greatly admired. She was hnnl.
soma but sns bad charm that Transcribed
beautv--ths Charm Of a broad, brisht mini
alive 0 the thousau interat, which affect
thu welfare Of our day and raoa She was
thlrty.two yeaa old, and was more attrac.
tiyo tiau sh, lrsd ever b,oa, though tbs
premature young lady OF sixteen will think
that an imwsibiliy. Sac had not dreamed
away tho ten years OF Frank Bascombs alb.
sace She had ,pent them in wholesome
work and profitable study, and dreamed
only when she rested
But nov tha was calling herself to &C.
eouut Her faith 10 frank ba'combSS re'
turn was de'pondilsiy ioWi ana INTO nor
disccuragement soms bitterness was triek'
ling She thought ot Dn sAgewieX witna
certain surprtse taat she bud refused himi
q certain regret TOO hs was % admirable,
man 70 % proud Ot-yeA end tond Oh
lt-it lhe had enly never ioVei Frank
Ba'e ymbei OF u sue could only forget
Fiank Bascombs How fOO'i'a TO think
Fsans baseomoe viii ever come again
Why should no eomeI Hid doubt
why shSalt he eomeF eeAoel Common
SensA
There Is no reason, none at Gll, y said