Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-21
RUNNING THE TOLL.

hint at running the toll and
nm will tell you a story" said
,a.therbee. demuse as little
and sweet as a Wild rose, 10 king
her Kensington stitch.
Pdma heard her, and answered
4 smile that made her piercing
,ves sparkle like diamonds.
Emit think you will ever run the
Lace and Plenty she said. That
Re name she had given Lily when
Is a baby.
| indeed one in the family Of
Irt Is quite enough laughed
81 but here is Hattie waiting
Unused, and you must tell her
5it.n
Hi. how shall / begin, chatter
Nv tell her about the old house
56e gray moss ciinging to the
4 and the haunted window and
Fat barn, first"
III haunting was easily enough
hted for,n said grandma, rolling
4 stockings she had been mend
Id taking off her spectacles;
| was the tapping of the old
chestnut when the wind blew;
{it was n long time be-
/ found out the mean
aof the three mysterious
{s-always three-and when
HAT fun ] had at the expense OF
1Silena Cross, our dressmaker,
lad taken infinite pains to prove
4 was favored with spiritual Wis
Poor Miss Silena! | never saw
Ire more disappointed. AS for
i'm, it had originally been built
Westinghouse, but never having
Finished on account of lack of
{my grandfather took ii for debt
hrned it to very good account.
4 bid barn was great institution,
las regularly farmed out during
rs for revival meetings, dances,
big frolics and sundry other
y. One night we let u tramp
There, and the consequence was
IN noon next day there was moth
u ofthe barn butsmoke and ashes.
|nther! 1t had been source
bme, and nothing could take its
Everybody mourned the
bction of Uncle Hiram's barn.
|obody offered to rebuildit.
h were poor; not that we suffered
|e necessaries Of life. The farm
bur table, but my father worked
lrd for an old man, and his boys
(,ll girls. The fact of our poverty
troubled me, however; / was
lppy. Only give me plenty of
blenty of sunshine and nothing
Id hard to me. My genius at inn
eing all sorts of amusements
me general favorite in society.
lily looked down upon me because
Ie calico and worked from MON
I'LL night. In fact Jack was
is in requisitian; 1t was Jack
took the lead at our
II gatherings, who filed
gap with some au-
bus gossip when nobody knew
\ to say, who was afriad OF nothing
b was, | am sorry to add, careless
hsequences. so that she had good
Dit | was happy; nobody can ever
That consolation from me / never
Il for what was unattainable. Fair
sr or foul, washing or baking, at
or at countryside parties, was
Is at peace with the world, though
est muslin gown had done duty
veral years"
b, grandma! whatwould you have
sht then of pink satin reception
land everything to match, like
he am having made?m exclaimed
houldn't a been bit happier,
lear; couldn't a. been,n was the
response. besides, young girls
b wore satin in those days, bless
plain white null was considered
~ enough, with flowers, which,
y taste, are prettier than jewels
hay. And now am coming to
| ran the. toll. Ned Hamilton
considered one of the best young
in town. He would u been hand.
:, but his nose was too thin and
eyes were too close together
gh they were fine eyes. At all
It's, he was a great favorite, and
yirl who secured him for a partner
idered herself fortunate. Nobody
ed him just exactly as | did, fol
'uld tell him to his face that h,
conceited, though secretly j die
flattered by his attention.
suppose the great Rosedalt
had something to dc
it, and the two grays and tn,
isone carryall. Perhaps / wa
itious and didn't exactly know it
TO tell the truth, when | did no
k of him at all seriously it was til,
farm that loomed up, not my
" Tor him. To be Mrs. Hamilton
e name was Il good one--to stei
our homely one-story house int
and old mansion, where the furni
had stood Tor Il hundred years
was something for a poor man,
d TO achieve. | was very prout
happy when he showed me any
sual attention. / did stir wha
lily ! had to see his team at on
age door, TO pass our acquaintance
ed by him, 10 be singled out At par
me, in my plain dress, with per
IS only n rose at my throat anC
lher in my hair.p
Now confess that you were hand
e, grandma said Lily.
That's not for me to say, my dear
ieh | believe they did call m'
ief pretty. One day Ned Hamil
invited me to go with him to Sill
Spray, n beautiful waterfall, sil
Is away. ! was particular!
sed with the invitation just at tina
2, for matters at home were com
lted, and the atmosphere was no
cable. Father had been payin:
icy on a mortgage, and that nj
S made him cross--not cross eX
y, bat very miserable. The sigh
lis sorrowlul lace and the sound 4
depressed voice caused us to fee
g OF less wretched.
That night there was TO be part.
he house of Judge Mills. They onl.
one a year, on the occasion q
my Mills birthday. Poor Meeny