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

Ms, totsyths dys adibeIiess spared
ME 4 rebnke ~
Why conductor. what q long facp you
wear this morning. Surely tIlings can't
Be wore tlian testerdayi
Slam afraid sou wont iike II. niAam,
The fact Is, The difficulty o. getting food
here L 10 great the company has OF.
defed that an the single man among tho
passengers are to Try 10 push through
70 the Forks this afternoon
4 am sure ] exclaimed Il could
never manage iton thoseAwkwaSl show
shoes
-very sorry. Sit,r said Hall with well.
assumed imperionsnesA
The full meaning now eeenedtc dawn
on lls. Foryth. She began 10 weep,
1Do you mean 10 say she espostu.
lated Stint / am to- be lsit here all alone;
It's an outiugel
Il shall Be here, ma.an,r said Hall,
Cohsolingly, and there's All old clergy
man in the next car
Il don't want any old eler9menlH she
exclaimed from behind her handket.
chief.
fmadea sign 70 Hal, and Ne disap:
peared. Asthe door closed Oh him Alfs.
forsyth took down lei handkerchief
and asked "iias that brutal conductor
gone.
-Yes, dear Mn. Forsyth. But itt
really not his fault. he has no dlscr
ton in the matter"
-oh, suppose you're glad to gel
away"
-1ndeed no. rdmuch rather stay"
Then stay
sThey won't let me-"
2WhAt Is to become Of mer
4Hall will take good care OF YOU
Il don't want to he taken care 0f--at
least not by him. Can't | 90 tooyr
@InpOssiblel It's even a great tiSk for
me-
Its disgraceml!H she exclaimed,
again having recourse to die hAndket.
chief. They've no business to start
trains in this weather. / know shall
die here, with nobody to care a bit"
Ny time had come, and made o head
long plunge.
sDear lIB. Forsyth, there is q way
BY which l might stay"
an Heavens name, what Is itg
Il hardly dare to tell you. That order
applies only to single men, or men with
out their wives
+wellT
4If-ii-you would only-well, IFS no
use, Kate-yes, / know your name-saw
It on ono Of your books, Kate, love
you. Don't say anything, but hear me
out. It Is true have only known you a
few days.
Her face was hidden BY the wrctched
handkerchief, but from behind It she
Sobbed, +only f.f-five.H
4Excuse me-nearly six; but we have
seen so much Of each other that 1t seems
We have been acquainted for months
you said so yourself yesterday
"No; 1t was you who said so.T
@You didn't contradict me. And then
fSe met your sister"
@Yes, that is true, she assented, as she
again permitted her face to be seen.
II know enough Of YOU continued,
ITO feel sure Of my love for you. Can.
aot you care for mo little? THERE'S a
clergyman OH the train; he edti marry
Us at once, and then I.can- remain with
you, not only here, but all my life."
@WhAtr she cried, in dismay;
'be married all in hurry, with.
out any warning, and to you,
whom L And then l have no trous.
sou. No, It's inpossiblel Leave me,
and let me diels
don't know what form Of consolation
l should have tried as she sank back
weeping, but al this juncture Hall
came In.
-Alr. Austin" said he, you'd better be
packing up the triAes you want to take
with YOU" Then turning to hers -Its
no tise crying, hf9am; we have 70 make
the best Of IT.
-Have you ever been showed up be-
fore;"
ayes, ma'am, last year--twenty.tyo
days. And With that tren1ulous eyelid
again noticeable, he went out.
twenty-five days alone,H calculated
Mn. Forsyth, I'm a snowy tomb, with q
conductor and an old clergyman"
skate, dear Kate, won't you listen to
met Together the time will not he half
so long, for we.will shareiI, Think, too,
Of what you may save mo from. I am
not used to 'how.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 DO
tempted"
sThen you consent;" cried,
+An you very sure you love mel"
As certain as that breathe"
~Then, Robert-yes, / know your name
that nice conductor told me-you-you
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