Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-20
THE GAZETTE: FORT WORTH TEXAS SUNDAY DEoEMYER 20.

the lmperfcctiops Of others; God lc.s ne
main IN the most advanced souls ccrtain
weaknesses dlsproportlonate 60 their
I nigh estate, and Gram had been culpably
I ientcut with her youngest horu-hcr only
girl hoping to keep pace
with the girls shortcomings hv
Z prayers rather than rcniorstrance
But Nedl The little fellow seemed 20 be
surrounded by halo OF peace and sat.
Z isiactiou, SO That any uuuoyanccs that
struck the cblrmud circle seemed 20 fal
90 she ground, biuntcd and shattered.
The satisfaction I have mentioned his
4 having entertained for The magcnta.hound
/ costume he felt Va his daily Life ollie
I liked whatever BE looked upon, and bis
7 looks went everywhere" might 0c truly
said oi Ned. tic was The embodiment
I Of sunshine, had long since felt, as
/ dill Hawthorne how pleasant q thing lt
I was 70 look Into human cOuulcnaucc
/ that could not Boz inslnCcrt
! With an imagination always rushing
[ beyond au immediate Impression, ne was
I exceedingly valuable As to his con.
vorsatiou, tervor there was Ia abundance,
and ready uttcmuce. His manner Of
matchmaking words, too was very
ridiculous, Whenever during my rad.
Ing, writing OF thinking Edear
{ became 10 prolN, / had hut 90 remind
| him that uttcrauco was a sublime fac.
I uly- judiriously used q remark have
often desired To- address 60 his elders
and always after such hint young Edgar
would become less gawulous. The drive
90 the pond was delightful Ou the way
thc remembrance OF my sisters p. $.
flashed across my mind.
"Ned, do YOU say your pray.
ere every highland monpggn He
eyed me suspiclously noting tue long
pause before my two last words. bad
sudden fear lest hc might tum the tablos
ON mc and thus De sc0ndalized hy my
answer
"Woll--hc had said 'em-ycs." Prob.
Ing for the reason OF his mentioning hts
dovounus I'm the past tense, asccrtaiued
that the problem which had puzzled Ncd's
soul was rock upon which many an old.
er person has been >hipwrecRCd,
His Sunday-schoul tcicher had carunst-
~ hesought hiu Co pray hard that his
father might thereby bee converted from
the error of his ways $50 PRAYED whom
teacher ors't me, did-aud By! Ii that
very ucSt night rup didn't go m get
oh---unul drunk Cram, she KEEP
right on, m she scd J must, too, but |
didn't cause teacher aud gram both
said 'ly prayed VA stop INN am 1t
diln't!H
Noting ring IN these last words Of
something indicating triumph, dtuy-
cred, upon seating myself ia the seat lat
| er, sermon which upon retrospcotou
surprised me quite rs much as | felt 10
would have amazed the men ON the Bcbeo!
| During the first few cantos my audience
| preserved ancutral air, which, m spite of
| the disparity of our ages, gave me am I'M
| comfortable sensation that was making
a fool of myself Gradually, however, |
cnchaincd his attention witha recital OF
/ the sweet lessons taught IN the life OF
/ one who had said, "Whutgoeycr We shall
/ ASK Che Fathtriu My name the same shall
! be granted unto thee. After
/ had ceased Nod was very
/ quiet for long time. Whether on at-
/ count of my mandates, earlier given, AS
[ To- not driving away the fishes with over
( much noise; or from the efforts slluAry,
/ of my sermon, I know not As sat there
| leaning over the side OF the boat, ostcnsi-
| bly, awaiting q bite with Intense interest,
/ bat iu reality studying his face, be dclgneu
/ to address me once more
can wasn't it him. too, that Gram
says when anyon hits him he jus turns
/ his other chccky'
/ asstnWd Fora time he was rumi-
mating upon some sugarcd invention re-.
/ quirpg many lnborious revolutions about
/ the Unequal member which being 40 Inst
settled TO his temporary satisfaction MI
/ Shepherd spoke, shocking me somewhat
by declaring, though m hBlf-shHucd
| tone, che wouldn't or done that; the boys
der called him coward; sides, II yer
! let Teller hit yer once 'thOut punchin'
him back, he'd do It again.
The humility OF thus doctrine was
| questionable; rs yeracity, according TO
my personal experience, there was 40 de-
nNiug / felt the necessity OF eXtriCutiOn
from this net OF MY own construction.
! His eyes were fixed upon me scsrchingly
the eyebrows tending upward Happily
a bite, which, taken In time, discovered %
/ pretty perch on each OF my hooks, divert
ed him successfully I'll could
regain control OF NY facial muscles.
on our way back TO town / won Edgar
over to a less nstic state OF spirit IL
was his seventh birthday, and, not wish
ing to take him wholly away from Cram,
his oracle on that anniversary, directed
my inan 90 drive around that way She
came 10 the door 10 greet me ia her def
eunlill but never sert,le, way ~
may have hcep fancy -.but M slo stood
there on the steps 81 der hum1lc home,
She seemed 90 but bBlf notice what went
ON about her ] could nos feel quite sure
that she was looains oimei the ldok OF
her sad ola eyes WIS mala chan hah IN.
ward, th0u-h very bright J mentioned
Ncd's hribdy bat, strangely u seemed
tome, still, That sha hardly realized Tao
fuU meaning gf NV words Feeling Chat