The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-10

and said that her brother was a
Prince Hal
aYou would better call me a
Douglass- answered, for l shall
run away when we meet.
No. she replied, @you will stay
and-be killed
{ She glanced roguishly at me-
What, we were actually joking about
80 grave a matter2 Had we forgot
ten the blood of our f;lthersg I
knew that our thoughts were How-
ing in thesame channel, fora sudden
silence fell upon US
q must go, she said, arising.
She stood with one hand resting on.
the mantel- piece Her countenance
bad become solemn, and her eyes,
upon ancing at me. glowed with a
mechanically, a sort oil regretfni.
warmth. i felt that she wished to
say something more, something in.
Hextengation of what she regarded as
her unseemly behavior.
"My life has been so sad" she
said; $50 many groans have been
ready to drive away laughter, which.
in our house has been a shyly- peep
ing visitor, that sometimes finding
the band of restraint loosened, |
bound beyond the frontier line of
strict proprietY
Was it to be expected that / could
make a sensible remark? I don't
know what might have been ex-.
pected. but know that mnst have
acted the fool, for, ycasning to make
her feel that / held her in high es-
TEEN, exclaimed:
"Miss Hightower, when you cross
the frontier line we know that a
sunbeam has fallen, athwart the bor-
der"
The next moment she was gone.
That night at supper Lizzie's quick
eyes saw new expression on my
face.
ssWho is she, Howell2n the mis-
.c9ievous girl asked.
t'Who is who2p l exclaimed, with
start.
t'The girl you have fallen in love.
with2"
aThe only creature that is hand
somer than you are" / replied
eCome, Lizzie, said mother@don't
torment the boy. don't think he
has been quite well lately"
was surely not well at that mo-
ment, for was in foverish state of
love-sicl1ness.
How 1 Ionged to see Nettie High
tower again. ] called frequently at
the house of my friend and even
made bold to skirt" the Hightowcr
farm, but caught no glimpse of. my
divinity One day heard that she
had gone to Louisville to spend a
few days.
i'Why are you going to Louis
yille2" mother asked one morning
when L had announced my inten-
ton.
Ito see some of my old college
friends who have iustarrived there, .
/ answered with, hope, a pardona-
BILE lie
Upon reaching the city a per-
plexity confronted me, for | did not
know where Nottie was staying, nor
conld with safety make inquiry,
for our family feud was known
throughout the State. L tried to
divine by looking at a house wheth-
er or not it was the place. "This
must be the house" 4 would muse.
"Its severe.appearance proclaims it
to be the abode of that girl" But
after seeing fat woman waddle
down the steps, would move away
and fasten my longing gaze upon
another house. only te stand until
the eye of hope was again bIackened
by the fist of incongruity Thus
severai days passed. / was becom-
ing soreIy discouraged when, one
afternoon, l met Nettie in book
store. She was bending over a new
edition of Shakespeare.
''Has old Jack undergone any
change2' l said, speaking before
she saw me. She looked up with a
start and blushed deeply, but soon
we were talking with an earnest
ness that knew no embarrassment.
She told me that the friends whom
she was VISITING must not know of
her acquaintance with her, and that
if | visited her Ga charming roguish-
ness danced in her eyesJ l must
come under an assumed name Ali
thrilling hint The next moment l
was Mr.. Bardolph eve were deter
mined to keep close to Falstaff) }, and