Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-01


Chesterneldian would accord TO the OBJ.
| ject Of his affection. When winter came
on and the adored could no longer
lpilot her sdmirer through the rare
ingl9s and moss.carpeted glens, the
couple found the snow-covered hills, tge
rivers CONCEALED current, and the In
Vulnerable miniature ice-plateaus well
worthy OF contemplation. When the
lady was "sweet sixteen Adam one even
ing mentioned his attachment for her TO
her parents, who, considering that their
daughter was an accomplished beauty,
and an heiress, as we'll as being mindful
OF the disparity In the ages of the pair,
Viewed the matter in the light of huge
| Joke, but as they did not wish to appear
To be severe, told Adam he should wait
until he had acquired fortune sufficient
In extent TO Justify the desired betrothal.
Hummer was sorely disappointed, and
the mighty resolve which then flied his
soul found expression in the fire Of de.
termination which flashed from his eyes.
This occurred at a time when land
iobbers were flooding Western Pennsyl-
vania, the rumble of the gristmill or the
harsh grating OF the gangsaw as IL tore
through the compact fiber Of oak and pine
were sounds rarely heard. Vast tracts
fell into the hands Of the spectators,
who, DESTROYS of having their possessions
cleared, entered into agreements giving
onefourth, and IN many instances one
half, TO the parties clearing It. Adam
negotiated with the spectators, and, being
pretty shrewd, effected arrangements
more liberal than all the others. Then
he set to work with zeal that fairly
frightened those interested In him. Day
aud night he toiled the forest resounded
with the blows made by his sinewy arms,
never stopping save to Stake his thirst at
brooklet and gulp down frugal
lunchi the stately shafts and crests Of
great naples succumbed TO his AK, whose
blows, alternated with the songs Of birds
and the chattering of squirrels, were the
only sounds he heard Yet these TO his
ear were sweeter than any he ever heard
before, for did not each felled oak bring
him days nearer toshis coveted goal, the
companionship of the one woman who to
him was life and happiuess2 When time
had rolled around the lady's twenty-1rst
birthday, Adam had by his prodigious la
bors become possessor Of the tracts that
made hun feel rich man indeed. His
muscles and endurance had lifted away
the mantle of forest which previously his
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perseverance had been sustained by
thoughts Of her for whom he was
tolling. His love had been so absorbing
that it had deluded him. Never for Il
moment had he doubted that he would be
accorded reciprocation. The delusion
was q fatal one. She ON whom he Law
ished affection, while sincere In her re-
gard for him, had never permitted the
feeling to develop into love, aud the
evening that she gently and compassion
ate'y rendered the Intelligence the hearer
was so grief-stricken and stunned that he
could hardly make an utterance. With
bated breath and tremulous hand he babe
her farewell and left her home heart
broken man, carrying the burden of uncon-
trollable mental anguish and with the
death-knell Of his love ringing through
his maddened brain. He staggered along
the swollen stream into which the young
elms gracefully Bonded their branches
like one in drunken stupor
For few moments he paused
among the moaning trees as
If about to cast himself into the dark
current and darker perdition. Suddenly
he turned, and with the speed Of a fawn
darted toward the woods. thick tog
was creeping death-like over land and