Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-20


gliding from his shoulders.
As they went along, he caught The
twine round one point and another OF The
Jagged rock, and where the way was dark
nc struck light, and whore 1t was pre-.
clptous ne took her hand, aud when they
emerged at last, after the dark passage,
into clear light IN the tssurc, " was all as
plain 10 her as the walk in the open held
They rested at last under the overhanging
and projecting crag whose shadow had
FIRST tempted her; ana when they parted
he knew a. much Of her story as She
knew herself, and she knew that his was
the hand upon the organ that made the
timbcrs of the old house yibrate aud
tremhle in response, and be had asked
hcr u he might CLIMB the steps and meet
her there another morning aud she had
given assent gladly as brook pent In the
dark leaps into the sun aud air.
Sometimes now, on pleasant mornings,
she found young Galbrajth in the cleft OF
the rock, he, North Of Ireland lad, used
10 the caves and Crcyiccs OF the sea;
sometimes DAYS went by ere she could
escape her sense Of surveillance at the
appointed hour, and then, perhaps, She
found there one mlSsWe aud another that
warmed and chcercd her heart and fed all
the pulses OF her life. How sweet il was
again then when She found him there
waiting and eager, his face so bright with
expectation that her own lighted suddenly
as flame with the Joy Of seeing him She
could not have told herself when they be-
gan to love each othri ii seemed 10 her
that had always been, there never could
have been time when they were not
parts OF each others being. once, spring
Ing down the rock that was slippery with
the Hight boar frost OF the autumn mou-
ing he had held his arms TO meet her, she
had thrown her Own about him once
when they parted he had bent and kissed
her mouth, Once in speaking he had
said, casually, "whcn we are married"
ESQ you believe your mother viii be
glad 10 have mc Gomez" she said.
as the thirsty earth glad of the raiu:N
hc returned. "Shc will make You her
own. She has nothing but me, She has
asked me a thousand times when the day
would come that / should bring home to
her daughter and have told her when
cculddraW ono up out OF the sea, And
! have done 10, my mcrmalden. And We
VIII not lingur too long. Shall go back
with you to-day and tell your father who
am, or shall [ write and ask?"
"Oh, mott would never dol" She cried,
81 cannot ten you why. |
10 not know why. II he knew this
should see you no more. If you went up
With me, perhaps perhaps you would
never come back again Oh, what must
'ou think OF me for speaking or thinking? I
)ut of what must you suspect come? |
lut of what have come? Indeed, indeed, /.
he last time that old charwoman spoke /
must needs Jhlnk lhaL either she or | I
vas mao, OF t'Se l'lAI strange, DARK uolhgs /
'au lhcir iooLS, Ike Ola fungi, in The very .
'eams oi the house ~.
'NIhcc TINS Is 81" ne SAID, "ihcrc i
ne more reason lor AasJc.'
moi lusJ today she SAID, 81 must
"IuN oi w NIUE Ni1l'e,
ono old lhlhN OF ~ utllc while. She
Qd time TO think of tia great while. too.
'he never met hef lo'cr unuer tnut over
ahglng crag again When she went
mere inc next time boulder hllcd the
reNIce ana solid wall scaled the OPEN
VIZ OF inc narrow clvlG beyond.
IhaI she had been doing wrong, that
lelr meetings were cande'tinc, that
mere was anything immodest IN her de-
lcanor, anything presumptuous in his,
au , never outG occurred 10 her, she had
,i ,'G'.Li no ne u" Joy p1U III Viils rove
,,V,' 10y ,,,I.''l' "Su l'au no existence.
~ p"u u"pPIutss uau maze her heart
NV, 'ie' et,p i'EnCi her voice came ouO'
iluS W ucr ups III song wherever she
'oht' nor coior burned upon her check,
VI oluS Suono lriullPhant, hef smiles
,aug pJtbc'uu' pay "pouV IeF IipS-she
w. -, ~ -, ND.'
nav UooS IL 'ncah' lhc lathcr asked
,I'.S. Anu Vueh rev days Oh close
'SoINul'oil anu the boulder was IN place,
w. Mu't WIS punt ine surveillance OF
u'ou sue nau Deeh haiI conscious before
."s perhaps UuI lh'lu aua!r Oh sclI-pro-
,o'lon' tlat 'lle eouhVefleltlng OF money
ne receiving OF stolen goods, the unload
" OF smuggling boats, the doing of
cNen knows what, need not be blum
oreu On lsnoiahtiyi the nigh walls, the
'oNvu Enten' tuo aosenGe OF visitors from
lo lo"h' an may nave had no other end.
"vIuW, rom oelhS q negative poSslbtl-
ol nur'u 10 oc guarded AGAINST, she had
come poSItiVe force Tor harm, idly in
ouuciuS strangers on the scenoi and,
utSe IMAM thati banning the scheme that
lu oecn plotting IN the dark watches of
'e h'Shl White she slept.
There had come of late to her iather's
bile man OF middle arc with Slightly
reign accent; maybe laughing fellow
no had Boltran In no awe and appeared
) hold power over him held by mo-
Their. All Belttan's silence did not So
nee him, The sinister sardonic smile did
OF hinder his own laugh, the wcighty
tanner did not iutmjdute him