The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-13


denly thinking Of her employer
property
Us herepg returned her new
friend, picking II up, assho spoke
aand your purse,lco, headded, fol
in thesttusgle the tramp had drop,
ped Eyeline's shabby little porte.
monnaie.
Egeline took thepurse, andthen
mech anically held out her hand
fcrthe parcel batR Ralph Vernon
such was the name Of the gentle,
man who had come to her rescue
shook his head. y'st
aI1lcarry itphesaid, d1biously.
''You don't think j am going d
lsays you in the lane after what
has happened. Where arc you
goingsT
ITO North Lodge, faltered Eve,
line.
@You will find the Thursbys in
great trouble said Ralph Vernon,
looking at her Curiously.
II know itn returned Eyeline,
coloring. ''thaye come from Lon
don to make mp their mourning"
sohlp cried Ralph, a little sur.
prised, for be had imagined that
she was come poor relative at least.
His manner was far more respect
[ful than before, and Eyeline felt go
glad Of his company that she soon
Frightened up, even laughing al
the recollection Of the tramp, as he
crawled away on his hands and
knees, and then suddenly sprung
to his feet, flying Of like the wind.
II was too dark for Ralph to distin.
guish the girls features plainly,
buthe could see that she was pretty,
and that her figure was slight and
graceful. Her voice, too, pleased
him; it was go sweet and refined.
This little dressmaker was lady
in every sense Of the word.
spray, take my arm" he said
kindly.
al know you are very tired and
upset by the fright chat rufIian
gave you"
aBut you have the parcelto car.
ry, Returned Eyeline, hesitatingly.
"Ican manage both you and the
parcel" !" he told her, with a laugh.
"You never carried a parcel be.
fore in your lite.' observed Eve.
line, as she accepted his arm.
elbow do you know thatH' he
asked good humoredly. well, i'll
have never made myself useful be.
fore, it is high time l began now"
They had left the lane and were
in the highroad, Strange to say,
the walk, which at the commence.
ment seemed intolerable to Eve.
line, now appeared maryelously
short
II shall never see him again."
she thought with q faint sigh, as
they parted at the gates Of North
Lodge, and It was with a very
weary little face that she entered
the presence Of the lady Of the
house.
He had told her that Mrs. Turs.
by was a very amiable woman, but
still Eyeline was agreeably surpris.
ed at the kindness Of her reception.
She had been to many houses on
ths same errand tefore, but no.
where had she been treated with
such consideration.
She was at North Lodge for sew.
eral days, working away as if life
had depended on II, and, as she
worked, her thoughts were Of the
handsome stranger who had resCr.
ed her from the brutality Of the
tramp.
Once, Ralph came up the carri.
age.drivs, and, peering from the
window, she looked at his frank
face and ,talwart figure with a
queer little ache at her heart.
He was making a call on ths
ladies Of the house, and, no doubt
was a lover of-an accepted lover
of-one Of Mrs. Thursby's daugh.
ters, those graceful, fair.haired
ladies who were so dignified in
their grief the elostof their father.
She felt relieved when her bust.
ness was over, and she stood wait.
ing in tbs little railway station for
the train that was to carry he 10
London. There is no place under
the sun more depressing than q
country railway station, and our
little heroine had repeatedly glanc.
ed at the clock, when a tall form
darkened the doorway, and she
looked up to see Ralph Vernon
standing before her.
$50 you are going backto town.
he said, shaking hands,with her as