Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-27
MARGUERITE.
A cilpisrNAs srosY.
BY LARA.

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IIetiy Marguerite pulled aside "a
hinged Curtains, looked down =, M.
npN'Vo carts below aud sighed s.
NVly tear'drop stole out anobsorypd AZ,
soVn lhey were chasing osch other do,,,
her cheeks like Sutamor sS0Wef
( Nhat little fool am,if
Ihc lcardrops ceased Ia f,ii N ctt,,,.
W. ~ stucN the marble table beside al,
NV WIN such ylgor that tho plumn iittl,
pu'9 Redeemed aud tlnglCd With pals
Z NV Mafgncrite was unmiudiul ofthat' Sh,
uicW BACK The snowylets coyorand walk
,uS 70 the mantolplece took down a small
vasNet Opening Il she drew ont a tln,
pleoo OF pasicboard aud with iretf,il
lamp upon The rug throw 1t into 10,
NOW, MI. Jack, viii you dare think
ANYTHING else than that hate You, hate
''Mr. Jackn mookiy consented Us Gro.
nation without any remembrance. The
olaHe struck the lower corner of his breaat
and running up his broad shoulder.
herccly attacked his handsome muStacb,,
ana To almost the beating OF SECOND
Jack was yanqulshcd.
The little beauty seemed paclned, hay.
lhH Nfenkcd her vengeance on the hrlp.
leNsJack, and proceeded Ca make her
morning toilet
Why did Marguerite cryg She hardly
Knew herself, OfWl the girla.m holittlr
village OF Bloomdalc she was Thought the
most fortunate and The hapaieet. 10.
morrow was Christmas day, tomorrow
night She WAS ~ hc married. The great.
est preparations ever known for we'd.
dinB I'm Bluomdalc had boon made.
Dresses that cycnlsmrlled Marguerite who
was pctted child ui luxury In the
kitchen Of The old Blan,forl home a
dozen cooks were busy, and tie aged col.
orCd housukrCpcr fairly astonIahod her.
self by her own activity
"Missus mus' han grand weddm'.
DE ole 'ooman 'ull ncbbcr scs anuadcr. %
BloOmdalc society had been in.
yiod In body. stern old
Judge Blausiord had little RESPECT
for Bloomdalr society, but Marguerite was
his only child, aud he was proud enough
TO desire her wrddhg tu eclipse an the
rccollccuOus Of the ylllagcrs lie was
proud, too, Of hls prospective son-n.law,
The match, indeed, wus hall way OF his
making. In fact, II was difficult for
20 remember when she had
eyes" llor father had merely
said one day "AIy dear, Charles lorno
wants YOU for his wife, you will accept
She did not even uCQuicsco; she was
merely quiet. The wedding preparations
went on, and all tho part she took IN them
was TO ndiustnnd urltiClsc therich dresses
brought TO her.
Charles Llrup was, likt her father, "a
lawyer. He livoi ln the nrighborug city
OF Cotton, whore he had acquired Wculth
and reputation OF thal uncertain age
termed the primo of life, with brilliant
prospects ahead, ha had reached the
point whore muu Uuyird mud women
udorrd Mothers anEiVd for him but
until nc saw the pretty daughter OF Judge
Blunsturd matrImuny HerWrd newer Go
have crossed the mind of lorHc. Thu
hIs Wuung Wns hrvi with the prompt.
ness which characterized hts legal career
hc sought the iathor IN quest OF the
child with what success has boon
already told,
Yet with The prospect of such 9n cnyla,
bic husband. aud her wedding oul}
one day off, Marguerite felt uncomiofta.
Die. When hor toilet had beou completed
she rested her head ON the ipuutcl-Plccr
aud galod down into the tlgmcs The
flames that had go short d tlme ago, At
her command, destroyed Tao Image oI
Jack. She iancicd she could sees his
handsome face In the ccntcr Of tho bhbr,
looking painfully up into her eyes aud
then 10 vanished,
nYes, am little fool" she mur.
INJURED, turning away, 81 ought 90 be
perfectly happy"
But down In her heart oi hearts Mar
lmorito knew That HiU wa, miserable,
And who was jack, that hr should iu'
VIDE and disturb th~ thoughts of prcliJ
Mnrguurip2 Jack WIS writer iol
newspapers, srrbhlcr OF short poems
ii contributor TO She magazines, q man ul
great imagination and mite busln"s-
tnct--in short Bohemian. They hnt
met the summer before no country y,
sort where Marguerite bad gone inl
pleasure ana Jack to recupcralc nj" tired
brain. While Jack know very little oI
the mysteries Of finance hc knew Il gfea
dcnl about subjects that were Interesting
90 Marguerite. lie was fascinating irl
low, this Jack Harper Buhrminn
at lcnst, when hc cared t'
be, aud II so hnlpgno'
that he cared IN the presence Of Mar
Gnrgitn. Thor acquaintance lasted Jus
TWO weeks The old Judge CHANGED dow
very unexpectedly ono day ana "ilhou
any dduy bundled 0H bis dnnRhtcr home
Since then Marguerite had never been al
lowed 70 go beyond the reach OF me par
entail eve. Jack had taken her pictnr
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