The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-08-04

Stn. fossths tysi aud / believe spared
ME a rebuke,
"why conductor, wl,at a long face you
wear this morning! Surely things can't
be wore than sestUrday,'
4 anu afraid suu wont like Il, matani.
The fact Is, the difficulty Of getting food
here Is 20 great, the cotnpany has or.
dered that all the single men among tho
passengers are to try to push through
10 the Forks this afternoon"
4 am sure" | exclaimed Il could
NEVER manage ito those awkward show.
Shoes
"ycry sorry, sit,T said Hail. with well.
assumed imperiousnesS.
The full meaning now seemed TO dawn
! on Mn. Forsyth. She began to weep.
4Do you mean to say,' she cSpostu.
lated "tiat | am to be left here all alone;
Its an outrageia
| u shall be here, maam,r said Hall,
Cohsolingly, "and there's All old clergy
man In the next car.'
Il don't want any old clcr9menIa she
exclaimed from behind her handker.
chief,
Iniade a sign TO Hall; and lie disap.
pearel. As the door closed Criltitn, Ms.
Forsyth took down her handkerchief
and eskcdI stIas that brutal conductor
gohe. !
-Ycs, dear Mn. Forsyth. But It'll
really not his fault. lie has no discr
tion in the matter"
@oh, suppose you're glad to gel
away
"Indeed no. rdmuCh rather stay"
Then stay"
~They won't let me-"
"Wliat Is to become Of meT
4Hall will take good care Of you"
Il don't want to he taken care of-at
least not by him. Can't / go toogr
impossible! It's even a great tisk for
me-"
"Ifs disgracetul!" she exclaimed,
again having recoursc to tllu handker.
chief. They've no business to start
trains In this weather. know shall
die here, with nobody to care Bit"
Ny time had come, and made q head.
long plunge.
Dear MB. Forsyth, there is q way
BY which l might say
A1n Heavens name, what Is itG-
41hardly dare to tell you. That order
applies only to single men, or men with
out their wives
~WellT
~If-it-you would only-well, it's no
use, Kate-yes, l know your name-saw
II on one Of your books, Kate, ] love
you Don't say anything, but hear the
out. 1t is true have only known you a
few days"
Her face was hidden by the wrctchcd
handkerchief, but from behind it she
Sobbed, "0nly f-f.fve."
Excuse me-nearly six; but we have
seen so much of each other that It seems
We have been acquainted for months
you said so yourself yesterday
4No; 1t was you who said So"
"You didn't contradict me. And then
I've met your sister"
"Yes, that is true, = she assented, as she
again permitted her face to be seen.
II know enough OF you,T 1 continued,
-to feel sure Of my love for you. Can.
cot you care for me n littIe3 There is a
clergyman oil the train; he s6ti marry
Us at once, and then 1.can remain with
yon, not only here, but all my life."
"WhAtm she cried, in dismay;
4bc married all in hurry, with.
out any warning, and to you,
whom l. And then l haze no trous.
sol. No, its imPOssiblel Leave me,
and let me die"
don't know what form Of consolation
] should have tried as she sank back
weeping, but al this juncture Hall
came in,
1Mr. Austin, said he, you'd better be
packing up the triAes you want to take
with you." Then turning to her; -It's
no use crying tnGan; we hate 70 make
the best Of it."
"Have you ever been showed up be-
foreGT
"Ycs, ma'am, last ycar--twenty.two
days" And with that treniulous eyelid
again noticeable, he went out.
Twenty-Five days alone" calculated
Ms. Forsyth, "in a snowy tomb, with a
conductor and an old clergy1nanI"
-Kate, dear Kate, won't you listen to
mcf Together the time will not he half
so long, for we,will shareit. Think, too,
Of what you may save ME front. am
not Used TO 'ho%.shoes, and may perish
on the way"
Il would not keep you here for selfish
reasons, she said, after brief pause;
-but to save your life, might be
teupted-'"
sFhen you consenti" cried.
4Are you very sure you love mel"
4As certain as that l breathe"
"Then, Robert-yes, | know your name
that nice conductor told me-you-you
may ask the clergyman II he will, But
oh! it's awful to be married without q
wedding dress"
"You shall have the handsomest that
is to be got when We reach the coast"
That won't be like being married in
II. Remember, il you ever repent this,
that l only marry you to save your life" I"
4 shall never repent. love you too
much" started toward the door to see
the clergyman.
She called tpabAck. and "a bald her
in my arms she whispered, Robert,
think l am a little selfish, after all."-
Adapted FROM Julian Magnus in Harpers
Bazar,
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