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

| into a matrimonial engagement
There was strange glitter In Est
mere,s blue eyes az he handed me the
latter. ON receipt Of II he had gone in
search Of his enemy, but found he had
| left England that day
~ shall follow and XII him. said
valentine "Thnt VIII stop ihe Sian
dorr
needed all the Influence possessed
over him 70 stay his steps had TO Inn
plOrc him In his mothers name u urge
upon him the utter folly OF meeting the
man 10 show HIM u would make mat
tors Ten timea worse. ~ last he ncquis
esced sullcnly, but he was very mlsoras
BILE
Not ono word did he breathe % his
mother Of the reason for the termination
Of The engagement which promised 40
F, folr. lie concealed his grlci cvcn from
hor, | alone knew how deeply he had
been wounded alone saw him IN his
sud moods.
with others, even ut times with me,
| the natural gayety and brightness OF his
disposition stlll asserted Itself Perhaps,
M Claudlnc said, hlH sweet nature was
frivolous and his wounds soon hoalcd,
Having now rocapituatod the prlncl.
pnl events Of the last eighteen months,
cnn start my tale aircHh
one day IN July--o july which made
the London pavemcnts red hot, and those
who trod them lnugUd, and beginning 10
hate the sight OF bricks and mortar.
Valentine aud were trying 10 lind cool
spot, and grumbllng AZ the blazing
weather.
al ahan't stand " any longcr,n said
Valentine. "Thcro's nothing to walt Tor.
Tho season has come TO iis fag end |
shall 10 10 the seaside tomorrow.
Now, as II happened, for the last hall
hour had been drawing mental pictures
and imagining myself MttIng In cool
cavern | know Of on the North Devon
coast, and watching the fresh green
waves break In lines OF kissing foam
against the gray crogs tiny feet. About
u hundred yards away from whore my
Imagination led me, remembered strip
of firm, brown sand, down which many "A
time had rushed into tho delicious,
frcsh, Clenr sea, | seemed to feel the
sharp, keen sting OF the wnyosaa battled
my way through, and, like with Valen-
tine, n great longing TO leave the hot city
was coming over me.
answered Valentine by putting these
thoughts into practical language, and
: commended his Idea OF leaving town
: was ready 20 10 with him. Where should
II be I suggested one place after
another, but could not make n happy So
lection. ono was too fashionable another
: was ugly. Above all Valentine wanted
some fine coast scenery.
. "You must 20 70 Cornwall or Devon
; for that | said,
3 'Why noi2" cried Valentine ~ have
! an inspirations Lot w 80 down TO oui
I ancestral towers, my Philip. Let "
Z visit the scene Of your Innocent boyhoOd
Y where you grew pOetlcal, and comnunct
with the sou pnlls, aud felt Ike II luycnll,
7 Alexander SclBlrd"
'I on win be bored, Valentine
owns ever bored Ia my lifc2 Writ,
y telegraph say we arc coming to.mor
row or the next day
!, lie was quite in earnest, and |, who hat
j q hankcrlng 90 see my strange old home
! again, humourod him. We won't down
u TO the lonely house, and for some tcl
days amused ourselves as bost we could
9 the place WAS little changed The serv
u ants were tho same, the fishermen still
u lived IN their little huts OF the top OF tn
u little beach My boylsh belongings w0r
atlll IN their old places IN my OLD room
from tho window Of which had SO oitel
gosod on the changcloss yet ever chang
C lDp Hch.
= Yet there was one thing missing, lack
% Ing which the house could never feel llk
y homu--my lnthors presence. i sGome
w unnatural 10 look into the library an
10 not soc him In round-buck chair, bcndln
a over tho large table which Rronned undc
~ accumulated heaps Of books and papers
"a IL seemed strange TO sit At The Dime
table without him-- strange not 10 hcu
70 his music uB twilight crept into the room
70 The whole place was 80 Identified wit
~ him TINT could not call II home.
y Valentine aud passed tho days ploas
a., Nutly enough, lie found some uharml;'
= bits Of scenery, and spent hours avtcn
m Ing Often lay beside hlr tp'hing .
W reading. Then there wpy, 'ohtpg or lsh
ng a. occnno no A. "Vld boat had die,
IN lug H ~ o1'1pg tnS.Nfwc had a bigger ON,
w o "a' LA, I.ghn Ilfracombc, and prove,
al Wv '""4u friends, the fishermen, Tim
IN "a. Hf fhilIpH hand had not lost IA
" lmnhlhg from his long soiourn In Londol
. town
u valentine was the personal friend q
d everyone In TWO days time. Our comel,
Ola h"lsekocpor gave him the whole his
n loiy OF her early days up TO the tim,
II whoh her man was l0st at sen. She CAV,
~ ~" "'n' iull anu particular account O
Il my cllildhood'H days. This 1 overheard
q through Tho open window as sat In Tho
u gadon splicing llshng rod / 40 moi
J. Iopeal II az The account was moro natter.
ing than deserved. When the GOOD.
4 Dfoad, musical Deyonshiro words came
u 70 stop, pccpod through the window.
j ana saw ny guest sitting on Mrs. Lees
y IRONING iaplc with great dish Of raap.
0 berries ut his sides HIS face radiant with
I Rood temper and amusement az he Ms.
I toned to the certainly uninterostlnr mar.
I ralloh oil my small exploits
, Ana lhu opplc.chocked, healthy Devon
! snlro lass who assisted Mrs. Leo Razed M
MN opcn'moutled, ~ II nv brilliant
irivhd were some gorgeous tropical bird
winch had straycd into this ecgludod
npo,. Tho cross grained old anrdenor
NY poyh0od's terror, stuck his spade into
! tne ground, md withouta frown. wa,obo
nm rue the garden Of te inirost oIt.
, although ho knew The greater portion OF
that booty wOnld be Distributed a,nong
! lne small tribe of iiaXen- hcnded BOYS 0nd
! gFls VINO ran IN and out of the Usher.
mons cottages, and came wlthouc fcar
10 the guy young fellows call
80 Inc DAYS Dagapd MIN 49,. 49,.