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

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Come, my friend Dotell me what
on earth Miss WGlie meansSe
sMeahsS Something green . said
Hilton, viciously; ebut whether
sprou.ing ina tub, after the fashion
Of the blossoming shrub, or done up
in a glass case after the artificial
mode, | know not. | wish you
good morning, colonel.p
Aud with that he retreatod 10
the messfoom,
sBlossoming shtub,p murmursd
Colonel iHaldqne. @Bless his Hi
bernian riti Eurekai Nov /
have i'll"
And with that he sat down.at his
writing,table, aud penned the fol.
lowing letter.
"Au AgosOtis No. 10, Avsnus Victor
Emmanuel a lienioa 1lpse Mari,
times.S
"send the finest Towering myrtle
you possess to the following address:
Miss Florence White. The Grange,
Potterdown, Sussex. The myrtle
must arrive on the afternoon Of
September the 7th, one week from
this date.'
The Colonel Haldane rang the
bell hastily, and told his man to
post the letter. This done, he
placed the note from Miss Florenc,
White in the pocket Of his frOgged
coat, and then proceeded to read
the rest Of his correspondence.
Y = y i 4 Il
The afternoon Of the 7& duly ar.
rived, and with a strange palpitat,
|jop as5hlp heart a sspsation which
tdsRttoihaye aroused bis suspici,
ons a. " the exact state Of his sus.
cepetibilities), Colonel Haldaue
drove up in his little hooded Carri.
age, with the tiger jumping up and
down behind, to The gates Of The
Grange.
Here comes the pig inthe POKE"
said Felicity White, a younger
daughter who was given to using
her brains in of hand criticism
STA man will drive a carriage
with a hood, what is one to call
him but q pig in a poke, you knowH
He is fdgeting at the gate most
awfully, Florence; do come and
Look"
II like that hooded carriage" /"
said Florence. And then she turned
with ready grace to meet Colonel
Haldane, who had just entered the
room. "Felicity andI we're drawn
to the window BY the magnetical
influence Of your charming little
carriage ? she said. Il 50 admire
your 'poks.'P
"Do you29 said Colonel Haldane,
gratefully: at is very kind Of
you'll" who answered to the ubiqui.
tous name and then he looked
steadtastly at Florence, absolutely
blushing as he did SO.
Florence, catching the glance in,
terrosatiye, was arrested in her
amiable intention Of transporting
him to the other end Of the long,
lone drawingroOB, and intrOduC.
ing him to Mrs. Harrington, the
rector's wife. This asitaLed gen.
tleman did not look exactly in q
Ct state to be discoarsed to about
winter blanket clubs and working.
mems clubs and friendly societies.
It's all very fine to taik about
leading an uppuzzled existence,
like Jane Austen; but uhyon earth
did Colonel Haldane look at hen
with thisunfathonable glance from
his undeniably fine gray eyesi
What did IL tiean2 She fell away
from him, musing, and turned the
outward machinery Of trits com,
mOnplaced On her greeting Of the
numerous guests, who we're now
rapidly arriving.
The Whites had just started a
page, Of "Tommy;" one d, those
specimens much adapted by ambi.
tious nations as an improvement.
on parlor maids; a creature raw Of
the fields with the espre,sion Of an
animated turnip and brains to
match. II the midst oi a buIl Of
voices intetmingling with the frou,
frou Of rich dresses, Tommy sud.
denly dsrted into the room, aud
made straight for Miss Florence
White, carrying in bis lobster col.
or0l hand . book suggestive of.ths
P. D. Company.
Colonel Haldane, from his soil.
tary sea! in the deep recess Of Che