The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29
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Frauh Ne Wand was climbing up
q particularly siitf part Ola parlic.
ularly a hill. Sometimes lie
called assislance Of lie 81.
phine:stock he held in one hand;
but just as often he clamored on
and up without it. He was a
handsome aud well.made man; any
one could see that at a single glance,
though be was but a chahois hun.
ter. His face and hands were
bronzed with the sun and exposure
to the weather, but in his cheeks
the red blood Of health mantled,
and his dark eyes looked ever so
soft and good,natured, and when he
smiled, as occasionally he was do.
ing now, there was a right merry
twinkle about those same eyes, and
he showed a set of teeth as white
and even as a bats.
Why was Frank de yaud smil.
ing2 Well, one reason was this
he was singing, and the song he
was singing necessitated an occas.
ional smile. Parenthetically, let
me tell you that it spoke volumes
for the strength and vigor of his
lungs, that be could sing at all
while climbing 80 steepa hill.
But be had-I am bound to say
-one other reason for smiling, for
Frank de yaud was going to see
pretty, little, brighteyed Johanna,
the goat.herd's daughter, and Jo.
hanna loved honest Frank, and he
knew it right we'll. They we're go.
ing to be married before o great
many months were over, and bis
chief reason for visiting her cot.
tage to,night-she dwelt q long,
long way up the hill-was to press
her to
'Name the day, the hpppy day.
as the song says. He stood at
length on the lower edge of a kind
Of broad table.land. A rayine ran
right down through the very cen,
tire Of it a gorge, q canon, call it
what you like, only SO deep was it
that you could barely see the tips
of the giant spruces and larches
that grew in it.
Other trees grew sparsely here
and there all over the table.land.
High on the far.of horizon rose the
snow.clad jagged peaksof the Alps,
tinged with the carmine of the set.
ting sun, aud the clouds aud mists
that enyeloped them beneath we're
also tipped with red, shading Of
lower down into purple, then into
gray. But it wasn't on the noun.
Iains, nor on the clouds either, that
Frank was gazing, but on the
charming little chalet still lower
down. II was half buried in brushy
trees, and there was smoke curling
up from it.
On vent Frank de Wand, contin.
uing his song. He said Kindly
good night to d bevy of gitls who
were waiting for the COWS to come
home. Still higher up he met the
COWS themselves, and stood aside
till they passed.
Then he must shake hands with
the herdsman, and the herdsmar
laughed aud said:
"l know where you are of to
Frank yaud, l know. We vii.
soon all have a dance. Ahl l know
hal hal don't deny it. We all know
Good night, yaud."
Well, Johanna. was waiting fOr
him, and they met as true loyers
who are betrOthed, and soon TO bt
wed, usually do meet. They die
say that Johanna was the prettiesl
girl in all the canton, and l thlnl
they were not far wrong. Hel
dress became her so, Too, and tht
modest way her hair was done up
and her sweet voice, and her dseE
blue thoughtful eyes, and the blusl
upon her bOnny face, and-and-
but thetel suffice it TO say, she wa
a charming little mountain maid
en-, and no one could blame Frank
a bit for loving her.
But could she name the day
think youH Not she.
"ohl l don't know" she alwayr
answered bashfully. "Well, then, ;
she added on this particular eve
ming, "say in six months time"
"ohl dearest, we don't know whar
might happen before them" sale
Frank, somewhat thoughtfully.
Frank de Vaud was right.
"Buti" he said, Remember, darl
ing, I'll claim you to the very day
So be ready"
Frank de vaud was out almos