Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-07

| Like myself, nv VIII IVNu =" ff - n
morc'n faco the absolute lmposslpuity "
there being any truth Ia The tale -
She ~ the same 90 swcet, ch,,',
Kind, yet sad wlthal MY friendship lo'
her nus grown into Affection, an nnccuoh,
am proud 20 say, she returns. INC WY
/ can find Sir Laurence EHlmore hnu
hand him clenr proofs OF his wlfc'e IN
nOcencc win bc ono Of the brlRhtest W
my life
| Alnsl Ia face OF the promise ! MAD.
To Lord Rothwell, and The via JcSulllchl
plan formed, how little have boon hhl,
10 do towards this end Wy nope OF
wormng something out OF Chcsham mas
not been realized. True, nave not Wv
had fair chance, as the rogue nus u'on
In ENGLAND only icw days since that ~,
curaion of mine 70 the North' ! Iouuu
time enough during his short S'ay 70
make few preliminary advances ) lVst
little, not much, money 70 MN wen nc
won't bark 10 the continent. | had hall a
mind 20 follow him, but, demonstrating
the matter, decided 20 await bis return 10
town, Az vet this had not taken place,
although | was informed he might be
back before the autumn.
Lord Rothwcll rs also abroad After
seeing HIS book into q second edition nc
was seized By the old roaming, cNplor'
ing passion, and away hc went 70 CON
aucr fresh lands and endure fresh iRrd-
ships. We parted with q little c0Olncss-s'
not on his side, but on mine. was an
noycd by his oXactinR u fresh promise
me not 20 marry Claudino untll my
father returned. Friends, dear friends,
though we were, failed TO zoe why nc
should be- 40 anxious 10 take INTO conhlu'
Grafton the utterly improbable Idea oil my
father Directing TO my marrying aBlrl
who was rich and certainly my equal Ny
birth. That, In my position, should DC
wrong In marrying without consulting
my father, granted but what concern
was TINT of Rothwcll's2 So, although
went down To southampton to see MN
omburk, ! said goodbye with GOODNESS
for which my heart smote me az saw
hIs kind tncC turned towards me and hlr
true, brave eyes gazing at me ~ wcn'
bnck In the tender and cndcayored by Tho
warmth OF my waived adicu 10 repair for
my show OF annoyance
He has written me several times, ant
In his last letter promises to bc back u
time for the partrldgcs,
And Valentine EstmCrcf He TX moi
quite the Valentine Of two years ago. YET
In miss something Of hrs arlncs'
and guy carelcHsness OF thing
In general know That he u
In many why's improved. The lrresis
tIblc charm Of manner IA still there, bu'
lie III moro Hcdatc, less frivolous, aud AL
together looking upon life os a more ,c
rlous matter than he lanclcd 1t was
Valentine has had experiences Som'
pleasant, some the reverse lie has sue
cccded fairly well AZ an artist Laat yea
his landscape gained admission to lh'
academy. IL was well hung, but, az W.
know, landscape painters are unkihll,
1 treated by those II. A.'s who sit In ludg
mcnt. However, he found purchase
for his picture, although not until year.
afterwards did he or know that the gen
b tlcmnn who bought II WIS an agent o
I Lord Rothwcll.
1 Valentine bought gems ana fine mi
y mont, and shono with greater eNtornn
Y brllliancy than before We laughed u
his weaknesses aud perhaps loved hin
F.; the moro Tor them
:. This year no had two pictures on th
v walls OF Burlington house Oneot thcl
y found boua ndo purchaser, and we u
II pruphGsicd that the boy was on the hig
y road TO fame
q These were his pleasant experiences
a"rs Tor the reyCrs"
DO whit / would TO contradict II, thcr
was no doubt but II belief existed anon
n tho men that we knew that Gresham ha
"A not lied when he said Valentine was NJ
II son. Even our friend Vigor would shru
q his shoulders when tried 10 ndicu
n him out of the Idea. He did not care
=, lot whose son Valentino was, but n,
n knowing Indy Estmcrc, the Islander III
II not, to him, seem 40 outrageous.
10 Look here, Philip" he said, "w
d know this. The husband and wife liS
d apart, Sir Lawrence shot Gresham. ca
IT though he Is to brult II about most IKE
D. " TX true"
p II IL no good expressing Indignation
Ia this unbGllcf Fond IN he was OF yalcl
~ tine, hG would say no more, lie sti
4, shrugged bis shoulders.
cr ~ with Flgor, 80 with othera VIII,
O. Gresham was in London Tor those IL
~ days, and Valentine, who was too prol
10 keep ont Of his way, entered the roo
4 In which ho was, could see men thrO'
d. ing meaning chances nj one anotho
m once | heard man remark TO .,Blwco
w. that there was roS0mblppRh settle
~ Valentine aud Chcsham
90 any uV,s. ,
am hllkrftfn was cousin seyp
ds , ,,nn. ana rs GRO iady Estmerc, d III /
XIV, ~ ,o uYaiIary that people WHO locke
GO ar n odd dnd resemblance lint
al, leson,b .hco which would never, ogcon
htund, the circumstances, have been nc
~ tea.
ri Valentine, who knew perfectly wha
p coplr were saying about him, RACED n
N. The report which Chosham had sprea,
Z about, but what could he dor M
, hands were bound 10 call Choshnm 1,
+ account would bc TO rake up old scnndnl
, 70 drag tho name Of the mother be all bu
! wOrshlppcd Into the miru No, he mus
h bear II In silence, was tho only ono |,
( whom he could open his heart on IN,
4 subject,
This, Knew, was Chcsham's rcyeng,
! Tor the blow he hud received "a reyene,
/ which he hoped would dog Valontln,
| tstmcrc through life
II was about this time that Valnntln,
y ION In love. Iio who had sol cody no.
signed Claudine TO me, fell n Victim IL
: tho tender passion ~ completely na \
Y was my fat0 20 do, Ills choice wa,
Y Charming enough to bour comparison
. With anyone tundine, OF course. OK
cepted She Was the daughter OF man
oi gnod fnhlly-~not well on, but proud