Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-30
IN HANS ROMANCE.
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BY LARA

BY LARA
csnlsht iss'. 20,
/ I'D nan whose lucubfa--
,'so,n formerly gave ca. . g gas e, o.
fi,lio" .n,,ri.hoAse tower has re-
soc ~, long Asit. a GAZETTE
t'l Wy ND night, o triilc grayer
~ n'H s.lorc, but wearing the
ssn o, smile and speaking In
lo il.,landly tone that renewed
his disappearance.
.so 81 greetings, the old
SIs voice grew husky as nc
III, bsen away, FAR away, to
", y. nv happy childhood days
n' ussre Grst knew what men
KY, where ] ilrst learned the
Il sorrow.
N beqr 90 old mans story.
soolred. dwell, ! suppose
a,sil you, though In 10 there
4 ", bss not been told many
y, hairs were once blackcr
w anil perhaps not so long
4 ~lght guess All, young man,
s,lendar Of It's owni around
IN Keen thorn Of sorrow
81 As swiftly ~ minutes ny
4 .In..piecc. Yes, was once
anne bog. IN the gay sports
rono so active as /. IN every
IN new scheme Of mischief
II "a pirate Of intel
"A oyment," The old
aercely, "but they
fools; the simple pleas
6sent heart are az far be-
heaven above the highest
n tower OF Babel what a
IA DOES not die the moment
tAm 80 think
uther, a younger brother
"A sonly an orphan child can
n kli and kin. And yet he /
Il sg myself as though not a
4 Il the same blood courscd |
4 TENS La perfect picture Of |
A suy, Wild as The young tiger !
4 shs shores he a Slender, /
4 satae, shy as n maid .
4 uses and habits wero to-
\ . while ! spOrted with (
ions, be would steal away 10 !
4 giee aud singing himself /.
H lsp Of q shady oak, remain
/ vita bis books sometimes
4 b 0metimos reclining on his
4 gsislially through It's branches
Aag clouds as # he would I
Mfets. He talked but little
h who was his only compan-
4 ah he was so visionary that /
llirmed for his mental con
sads advised that he be given
reiIment, but when /
Il he looked at
alally, as tears bounded 60
edad, even You, my brother,
|ldsnd me-. ! never had the
itoa the subject again,
asad We both grew to man
iiied into mercantile pursuits,
hotter, dlslnclIncd TO come In
IAh Bis iellow-Crcaturcs, shrank
SIG a Profession. HIS inner
ggh snail was sufficient for
sport and he continued in
sPHce, Withdrawing, If pos
hlihef from the world.
sg@ was successful. My
new until, In tie village
4 was rated . rich man
sors were pressed upon me,
ambltl0n, save IN a CONNER
declined them all Men
Ae 10 be cnylcd; for their
tt nothing. Then a new Joy
illIc. As one OF the school
De village ! was empowered
q asslstant teacher for the
llitle academy on the hill,
tooked the town from the
morning q strange young
ned my office and applied for
How well | remember it
december morning, when the
sphere almost iroZc on the
= was dressed in black, scant-
ATsnch weather, and wore Il
afA she lifted az / invited her
y Her face showed traces
srIng both mental ond nhys.
ges gere brown motchinG q
sll Of hair Won hpor mnch
Rutbfulness of n hluc eve.
Yoi a black. People wrong
glels the fayOritc color of
/ Your dsrl.eyed neonlc NAV
objects of their afrcctIons
Nh thatf but they are over
|lWWIt. Tbe bluc'"SScG heo,,ty
Bin the arms of u hnncful Ioy-
|Ssise echo of bls stan has d,c1
e with coual zcst into The
ahct. Black owes love fond
RtJes love love itself.
arg 81 thefalr yonnc apn,Icant