Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-24
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4 s.,u writing letters in my room s1
'se q, ger greater part OF the autumn AZ
ne s ~ 6 80 | opened my window
%. ao no, 10 enjoy the fresh breeze
ianed oss - he western sky; the sun
IL colol =, The horizon for twenty
sen NV Nv window overlooked tne
H. ~. sbsded garden at the psc soo .,
ss 1dwslling, where had been
unts ."nth 4 woodbine was train
lipg - side OF the house, and It's
Eer luu craving with crimson
w. ,,,rstched across the window. Al
s. .lSsrsfore, could see through
X, .' ns enough, was invisible from
easn al with my arm on the sin
iy ns s',ameut OF the event which had
',s occurred had left mel out a
'ey oyesslon remained. To follow
nsl mazes Of a labyrinth may,
all u,.,s,n circumstances, be an agree
ce .,'"a Int il is anything but agree
N ssslu rau are in dread lest each new
4 p9re Won face TO face with bottom
& g ,.tsiI gr a grizzly monster In such
ll. i,,,b Il mind / was now Involved,
TIM .a',,,h held clew in my hand
= irIlow It. ignorance was pre-
y = smch A solution as that which
Y sSemed the probable one. Yet,
DENLY shut my eyes or arrested
.sns. I fell that sooner OF ialer the
II must confront me.
"A lesned on the window sill, ana
q M into the glowing dusk, heard
~ II the back sitting-room open
and light step upon the verandah.
a,ant afterwards the slender, grace
.",n which | knew too well de-
IA ,he steps into the garden, and
WA down the path. The tall stan
r ,oss bushes meeting the verdant
Mac 81 the ove'laden pear trees, soon
nod rod her from my sight; but | could
Ss.r in the deep stiffness the soft
nj n her foot on the gravel walk.
o,her moment this, too, was lost.
" long anxiety and suspense had sharp
"a nv faculties and stimulated my I'M
4 Hon. and though there was nothing
&ordlpary in the separate fact that
II line Morrison had stepped out into
|5rr,len. | could not regard 1t as a sep
q iact. Icould not help associating it
nast facts and future possibilities.
Z an impulse (Which, however, / re-
IA Al IN % down and follow her. | re-
ed where was; and, presently !
b--or fancied | heard-the sound OF
IN 1t came very family to my ears;
4 A appeared to come from the direction
AZ litile summer house, which stood
e ID the right of the path, near the fur
Is end Of the garden. Ones recognition
tlmbre of voice is very strange
The sound itself barely percepti-
81 and vet was unable to free myself
4 The persuasion that 1t was Fordyce
|I.suough's voice that was speaking down
III with Madeline.
5&rdyce, however, had left the house the
i3beiore the robbery, three days in all,
M It was very unlikely that he should
# returned so soon and so secretly.
2in / say unlikely, of course | mean
Nhsibly so. But II my surmises as to
Relations between him and Madey had
i. foundation, the Likelihood was the
b way The outlook in that direction
!|3dark, so dark that shrank from ac-
II Eng II. II 1t was so, it was now too
10 prevent it, and no long time could
IS before the truth came out. must
IA till then; and then circumstances
!, determine my action.
52Iltr awhile--ten minutes perhaps
! y returned as she came, aud re-en-
4 tie house by the back sitting room
She walked with her hands behind
bnd her head down, and did not once
n pp towards my window.
Ihough the evidence so strongly
II bed to her as guilty of the robbery,
although the Indications were so nu.
bus that she cared Tor Fordyce rather
for he, aud had perhaps committed
prime for his sake; Notwithstanding
&tlls, felt that loved her as passion,
M, as ever. | would have condoneo
Rin, and married her on the spots
would have had me. But that was
pgicultyi did not believe she would
me- had never asked her, in Sc
1' words, Il is true; but one has intui
Which 90 before words and deeds
K women can wholly conceal their love
~ TOE eyes OF the lover.
y until ii was nearly dark, and ther
Gown stairs, put on my hat, and en-
tne garden. saw nothing OF eithel
VIamplon tmy aunt nor OF Madey
we're probably together in my auut's
sauntercd down the path, brush
head here and there against til,
uee poughs. The stars were visibl,
Ky, and the dew was falling.
aed The little summer house and So
"a one OF the rustic chairs inside it
asu cigar in my pocket which
~ dropped the match, still burn
IL vac table. 1t Illuminated littl,
: ~ 'ne tables surface, and the ligh
.Na against a small subject lyin,
! stopped down and examined IL
\ : precious stone, a large sapphire
lI& .vuscu 70 the set of which had beer
WV Three days before!
| nv, w sapphires were family heirloom
10y nAshed on the arms and blossoms
IA, ,s'naie ancestors during some hun
:, sears past. My father had haC
|4 ~, vsosed from their setting which
y "a,lashiloned, and did less thar
~ ~ ~ sne splepdor of the stones
n. 'aey could De reset, however, m,
y, ior whose adurnment they wer,
~. w, ulea, and ever since they hat
1 ". ~ 'se IN her little Jewel box
"a oss Y, iatner's death Ia few month";
~ nv, y me present date) had left m,
IN /, s ~ =. fortune larger than knew
NJ son. ~ WIN, disposed of the gloom,
ia q ~ Sa anu most Of its furniture. ant
n syaru with my aunt, partly be
l i si.a W. my only living relstiye, ant
Iemsns XIV pu pose Of making some ar
r whereby she might share in IN,
bus,ra ~ 10y father bad had a despeT
wers , : WIN her years ago, and, a
\ d Ia r' liver reconclled, he had dull,
NJ ass,.ueinoer her in his will. But
81 n 4 s s,'1 either to maintain the quar-
MI la s aeep anything which the quarre
3np,cn r auu. OF mine Miss Euphrari
IA ~, /" Y nef namc-was lady q
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