The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-12-22

Aoptnlpl and pretty, she added
10 thes, attractions BY q taste in
dFessishAs was simply perfect. As
she catne slowly up the aisle swirl.
ing her iah nonchalahtlyi whisper.
ed cothnsn!s passed from one Ii
another re o39
aHow brazenf Did you ever zee
such sdton.styRp nuruured Mrs.
DOr .olAlis. Cowles. la arrgra {
ashss / plucky li.tls piscsl''
said Nj Martin % bis wife, in a
tone 10 which surprise was so syi.
dentally favored with admiration,
that Bio better half bestowed on
him . glance Of withsring scorn.
"WhAl audacityI" said Mrs.
Brown q her datghtsr Cora.
But ths young lady, who rejOiced
in che distinction Of being ths vii.
Iage posIess, was wrapped in puet.
10 contemplation. She knew, sba.
|-Mn. DoEnI had fallen under pu6s
lie disapprObatiou because Of q love
letter that had been found BY sotns
cns, addressed to her aud in Mr..
Col,on's hand writhing.
Other people saw the reprehen.
sible married airt accepting prot.
estatiOus oflOve from a gentleman
acquaintance. Not 60 Miss Cora.
This ByrOnio state Of affairs did no.
so much shock her moral sensibili.
ties as It presented a theme for her
muse to portray the sgonies Of mis-.
placed affection. Viewing the
whole matter simply as an abvttac.
tiOn, she surreptiously drew out
her hymn book and slyly penciled
on the margin:
Let the cold world deride me,
will but love thee more,
Whatever fate betide thee
Here sheStopped, the only rhyme
that suggested itself being "gore." {"
Struggling with the situation, she
had just changed the line, u will
not shed thy gore" to "My heart
but can ADORE" when she was re.
called TO herself by the sound Of
Mr.. Shows voice as he finished
reading the usual list Of notices.
"a most painful circumstance hav.
ing arisen, that seriously affects US
as a community as we'll as con.
gregation, since it compromises
the good names Of Two Of our mem.
berS, l feel it a duty to afford an
Opportunity for a full explanation.
The congregation is invited To meet
at the parsonage TO morrow even.
ing at 8 o'clock. Ihope that every
member Of this congregation will
be present."
After that II tiattered little
whether the sermon was a marvel
Of brilliancy or the dullest disqui.
sition that ever bored a long.suffer.
ing audience. No one paid the
slightest attention to it, except old
Major DOrr, who was so deaf that
he only caught about one word in
ten, and had thus missed the story
Of the love letter that the school
had written TO Mrs. Downs. He
always went regularly to church,
however, and affected TO receive
great satisfaction therefrom.
After The conclusion Of the ser.
vices, Mrs. Cowles, Mrs. Brown,
Mrs. Martin, and Mrs. Jeffrey
stopped in the aisle for u moments
conference.
~ shall take Beatrice Cenci ou.
Of. the school," said Mrs. Jeffrey
mo child Of mine shall be under
the instruction Of a teacher whu
writes love letters 10 q married wo.
man."
"And 10 think that Mr.. Snow
should attempt TO cover it up and
excuse it," added Mrs. Cowles, ~
dom! know but we shall be obliged
TO withdraw from the church. My
husband thinks there is a great
deal Of corruption among ministers
themselves, nowadays"
Certainly no one was better able
to detect corruption anywhere than
Mr.. CoWles, il half the stories Of his
own immoral escapades could be
relied upon. But Mrs. Cowlss's
friends remained diScreeLly silent
on this point.
u shall not allow Cora 10 20 Ia
the parsonage tomorrow evening" Z"
interpossd Mrs. Brown. NJ think
the discussion Of such subjects has
a most domOralizing effect on our
young people. II is a deplOrable
affair all around"
But when the evening came
Cora did 60. More than that, 10
her mothers great horror, she
crossed the room and sat down BY
Jack Downs and his wife, who sat