Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-10
AN UNSIGNED POSTSCRIPT.
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,,tbor Of "A Modern Pandafo, ""Capt. Toms
Fright" Etc.
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fCopgriehted 1855 6y Baclcier 4 Co.
AR Themes Follaker, attorney anc
conngelor.at-law, sat in his office with his
fcet on the fender, opening his morning,
mail. Tom w0s u tolerahly prosperou.
vonnc LAWYER, prosperous mainly becaus,
he Ind iuheri ed enough Of fortune &c
live upon without worrying over the
Email economies OF life. As things 20
fhe Follaker property had not been sc
very very large even ut its best estate
divided M IL nctted a 100000 or so foi
zach of the children, of whom he and his
little sister Fanny were the only mem
mars with whom this little story has es.
pecially to do Tom and Fan were pr.
tcularly attached to one another fol
brother and sister They lived to,
gether In a pleasant suite Of apartments
when they were both In town, and eN.
changed letters once a week when they
separated. Under the circumstance
neither of them could see any sense In
petting married, and although Fan had,
or might have had, any quantity OF offers
most of them based upon the supposed
favorable condition of her bank account
she usually applied preventiyes in time
TO forestall actual declarations and offers.
She had keen powers OF observation and
when she saw a young fellow In danger OF
losing his appetite on her account she
would in the most angelic aud self-pos-
sessed manner possible arrange tete-a-
tete in some retired corner, whereupon a
dialogue, something like this, would oc-
cur. after little skirnishingi
IWhy don't you get married, Mr. Fair
child?"
~ don't know exactly--that is, don't
think she would have me If asked her"
"Tbere is no telling till you try Now,
will give a little dinner here next week,
and ask YOU both, and you shall have the
heat possible chance to come to an under
standing"
KNOW hoped"
eyes, yes know ali about It. There is
no earthly need of explanations. love to
help Young folks along the rocky path Of
matrimony"
II the admircr persisted in making a
formal proposal after ten minutes OF such
conversation as this Fan had not the
slightest pity for him. She concluded
that he deemed himself Irresistible, and
usually succeeded in making him feel
somewhat attenuated before the interview
WAS over.
II was from this sister that Tom found
letter in the morning in question
amongst the other mail matter on his
desk When the summer waned, Fan had
run down to spend few weeks with a
married sister In the Virginia mountains,
and the usual correspondence had been
faithfully kept up. The present letter
contained nothing beyond the ordinary
until toward the end; "Here | have been
making allusions to Connie,n Fan wrote,
Hand you don't at all know who she is.
Well,I found her here when ] arrlyed,and
we became the best OF friends at once. She
is fond of riding, and you know Sister
Kate does not ride any more. SO we,
Connie and I,go all over the neigh
borhood together on Brother jacks
horses, OF which he seems to
have an endless supply. Connie Ia
Just my age--rather old for you, Tom
-and Is a girl who seems TO fascinatc any
man who comes near her. Generally !
hate such girls, and she says that she
does, too, bat somehow we have taken to
one another from the first. She ls--but
she has lust come into the room aud is
very impoitcly and inconslderately stand
ing with her hGnd--such Il pretty hand as
lis, Tonl--on my shoulder, and | feel
sure she is reading what | write. So, OF
course, cannot say what was going to
about her"
Here followed the usual affectionate
ending Of a sistcrly letter and then came
apostcript in different handwriting.
1Conpie begs to assure Mr.. Follaker
that she did not read word until Miss
Follaker 'pintedly, as they say herea.
bouts, invited her to do so WHAT Miss
Follaker was about TO write may well,
perhaps, be left rnsaid since her written
ai,l
truthful when her affections are con-
cerned.n
AS genuine thing Tom was not partic-
ularly susceptible to feminine charms,
dc enjoyed his sisters dinner parties and
was esteemed very agreeable fellow,
but he was not a ladies' man in the
least. Bat who shall account for the
freaks Of the human heart. No sooner did
Tom read this little informal postscript,
then he began studying Ii and picturlng
90 himself how "Connien looked when
she possessed herself Of the pen, and
leaning over the desk, perhaps, with her
arm round Faa's neck had written these
insignificant yet suggestive lines. Tom
answered the letter in due course, and
managed, naturally, to bring In an appro-
d pirate message TO "Connie,n apologiziug
lor The unavoidable necessity OF using
may seemingly familiar form, since he did
NOT know her by any other name. Other
81 messages passed 70 and fro, aud, strange
say, Instead Of weekly letter, the
yrolher found excuses for writing TO his
is'orite sister almost every other cay.
ranny, Tor her part, exulted in keeping up
Il Ne mystery. Her letters were
"A IN encyclopedia Of information concerning
connie IN every respect save That %
~ Aet true name, and, scheme as Tom
Would nc could not lind that out. He
"A mf9te surreptitiously to his sister Kate
SUI 70 Jack, her husband, but they were
apparently co-eonspiratois aud gave him
~ Satisfaction. At length he got his
gusiless affairs arranged so that he could
~ Gown TO his brother-lu-law's for Il
81 .Vl.lights shooting; hut on The very day
elas ne wrcte announcing his plans There
VI asis letter which sald that HCOnniGN
~ peen abiigcd TO cut short her Visit
NV 80 nome. 1t was little singulai
~ my new complications should arise III
IN M, sui business, making it impossible loI
DE- XIV 70 carry out his plans: vet snch was
N vsf' ahe after decent interval hS
HI ss loslponlng bis visit
d "oMefer, ireQnenE correspondence
W s luaug1rated between "ConnieH aus
~ ~na hnder cover Of thisincssages anl
M g speeial notes still reached Tom Fol
@ asr and when at last Fau's visit drew
.4 M ~ end he screwed up his courage {,
M pVins ~ asking Vi he might not still
NV 70 hear from his nvalued but un
IT, AuvWl aSngsa..,4 ;,