The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1909-01-06
HONOR AND LOVE;

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HONOR AND LOVE.
Tell me not. sweet. am unkind;
That from the nunnefie
OF thy chaste breast and quiet mind
TO war and arms I flee.
True. new mistress now chaae-
The first foe In the Held
And with stronger faith embrace
a sword. a horse. Hhield.
Yet this inconstancy Is such
AS you. too. shall adore.
could not love thee, dear, 30 much
Loved i not honor moro.
Sir Richard Lovelaee.
The Early Bird.
A very steady and serious country
gentleman had Joined a newly estab.
lished metropolitan club which offered
the usual advantage of bedrooms for
country members temporarily In town.
When next the country gentleman
came to town he put up for the night
at the club. which had In the mean
time become extremely fashionable
and its hours correspondingly irregu.
lar. The visitor went to bed at an
early hour when all was orderly and
the other members decorous and quiet.
The next morning he cama down for
breakfast at his usual hour. 8 o'clock.
but was surprised to find the room In
the middle Of the dustIng process and
not a cloth ON the tables. While he
was gazing helplessly around sleepy
eyed waiter came up to him.
/. Inc, 1ny1H t1ordan 4tan M I'll
apologetically, "but no Suppers can bt
served after half past 7."-Harper's
Weekly.
A Bad Habit.
Mother" said little Mary. 'iall the
time In school keep crossing my
eyes,"
"why, Maryp her mother cried out
In horror. "You mustn't do that"
"But forget and do 1t all the time"
"My dear your eyes will grow 30
II you ever do 1t again I'll have to
punish you."
II can't help It," sobbed little Mary.
'"All the time forget and cross my
rs and dot my ts!"-Lippincott's.
.tIOFodK0Fy b1oplts
Even IL there had not been kernels
OF rice on her hat and glad light OF
love in her eye any bachelor could
have told that she was bride. And
the manner In which she spoke to her
husband showed they had. not been
married long. A man in the passing
crowd spied the couple and rushed
over to greet the bride,
"Well. well, Agnes" he cried. ex-
tending his hand, "you don't mean to
say that you're marriedT
"Why-why. yes" the girl Btammer.
ed, vivid color mounting to her cheeks
as she tried to defend her novel stu
alton. "You-you know, 1t runs In the
family. Mother was married too"
OF courso She Knew.
Shortly after was ordained" said
u Kansas City minister, II met an old
lady who asked me numerous Ques.
tions. After being informed where ]
had studied she asked:
".Did you know the Rev. Mr.. Name
less thereT
every well' replied. q
"'Well, isn't he just the finest ev0rT
she exclaimed enthusiastically.
ut happened that my relations with
Mr.. Nameless had been exceedingly
unpleasant, and with a young mans
radicalism felt tempted to say 80.
The eagerness of my questioner was
appealing, however, and Mr.. Nameless
was q brilliant young man, SO without
hurting my conscience said:
+" Internationally he is unusually
gifted
az knew you'd say sol she cried. Il
know 1t, I'm his motherp"
Abuse.
OF satires 1 think as Epictetus did.
"If evil be said of thee and II It be
true, correct thyself; II It be q lie,
laugh at IT, BY dint Of time and ex-
perience have learned to be a good
post horse. Igo through my appointed
daily stage, and care not for the ours
who bark at me along the road.-Fred-
erick the Great.
Oyster Crackers.
Mrs. Blank knew that the girl was
raw, but she had engaged her for that
very reason, feeling that by careful
instruction she might be able to de-
velop Norah's latent possibilities into
a fairly expert handling OF the AFFAIRS
In her dining room. Taking her into
the dining room, she showed her In
detail where everything was, from tho
saltcellar to the fish forks; Initiated
her into the mysteries OF the china
closet and otherwise gave her a pret-
ty comprehensive arst lesson in do
nestle economy.
"Now, at dinner, Norah." she went
on, I'VE always begin with oysters on
the shell. Mr.. Blank ls very fond OF
them"
"Yis, ma'am," said Norah, q gleam
OF intelligence lighting up her blue
eyes. anAnd Go be afther putin on
,th' moot crackers wild emf"
.tNut .crackersT demanded Mrs.
Blank. "what fort"
'sTo break open th' isthers. ma'am," !"
explained Norah. "Sure they do be
har-rd t'ings to crack wild yer teeth"
-Ltppincott's.