Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-07

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ing 81 the Goals. Ne was serious axd nm.
easy. For sone time he had seen a
change 10 Nora; this past eyenin., he had
talked earnestly with Der, and AZ Area
dian days were over. Strephar would re.
main faithful, but now he mu' A care for
his nocks alone; for Phylli hsd t,,rd
OF the green fields. He ha \ fonnd out
beyond the shadow of sanht 49,
she was all the VIC ~ ~ NJ,
AS TO what he was 10 her, ~ ,ha atbar
hand, he had the most ~ ~ .t Ell.
lngs. He felt-nay, 40 knew--thnt he
was not Indifferent &c he kne".-.nns ~
head seemed turned fher' Due her pre'v
Her ordinary WE az. -.
tied; Der old res W " ihe "ole u li's-
Ing; her mind oarces "<re unna,s s,Il
o. wet upon the uelghti1,
,nerd Inc 6as going East and would
nile unde. Summer at Newport. Jack
eij, t,ans fstood the situation was not a
he corn one for him; and, had he been
md ~, Sex.tional luvessick swain OF poetry
aken sance, he would, no doubt, have
,op, Q. much TO heart; as Il was, be
70, dior the best and borrowed as litle
Il fble Is possible, and, after he bade
M goodbye at the Union
alton, he worked harder than usual.
She wrote ~ him from Niagara
fsiso from New York and her epistle from
the latter place reached him about the
ltime'Dhe went 70 Newport; so he was no
doubt thinking about her n great deal
during the very hour she spent on board
of the Eolus.
Before the steamer reached Coaster's
HErbor Island and the quaint old town
came into view, Nora had selected several
people In tEz tbrong whom she thought
interesting and began 70 dealize them.
One, IN particular, was man approach
ling middle age, tall and well built. His
features we're regular In his dark hair,
moustache and whiskers, extending about
an inch below his temple, was a dash
Of gray. his eyes were bright with
keen, aud at times merry expression
in them. Nora heard some one Cand he
seemed to know the whole New York
J party call him "Seaton.n In his com
pany was q rather younger man, unde-
niably an Englishman, from the crown of
his Derby hat TO the pointed toes Of his
shoes. His name Nora also heard, for
his companion took him from group to
group, presenting him in due form, and
one Of these groups was close to her, and
its constituent elements greeted with
certain effusivcness "Sir John Lyle"
! Sir John himself underwent these pro-
tracted and elaborate introductions with
grave and patient courtesy, very much,
clever Nora thought, as should some
neophlte endure the ceremonial ordeal of
secret society. She felt sure, too, that
Mr.. Seaton greatly enjoyed his task, and
/ the consequent exhibition of varying
national traits. She heard him ask
couple of youths, limitations of English
men, who were gazing at the baronet, II
they were "trying TO get points from the
real thing" How charming 1t was,
thought Nora, that she was to meet all
these people under such pleasant auspices
aud to be part of such cosmopolitan
society. Just then, however, she remem-
bered that Miss Johnson's note, received
| in New York in answer TO her own, had
seemed little cold, and then it was only
too clear that an invitation to visit her
did not mean TO stay at her house, for she
said that the Ocean house was Greatly
quite comfortable this year, and some
nice people were there"
Her reflections were interrupted by the
passing of the gang-plank and the eager
cries OF the hackmen. The crowd OF
summer residents dissolved into twois
and three's, who entered handsome car
riages with liyericd footmen in attend
ance and departed to their homes. Mr..
Willis, Jostled and bewildered, found n
public conveyance in which they iourneyed
across queer old Thames street, by the
side OF green park in which stands the
cold mill" and 70 the open door OF
huge wooden house hanked on three
sides by WIDE yerandas, on which
lounged few entire strangers. BY no
stretch OF the imagination could it be call.
ed hilarious opening to long expected
visit. Nora, with forced POPULARITY, re.
minded her disconsolate mother that life's
warmest welcome was, according to the
poet, found in an inn; but the good lady,
looking at the bare walls of her narrow
bedroom, hung her harp on the willow
for good and all and wanted to know
why they had left their lovely home In
Lakeside.
81 am trying to remind myself" said
she, 'that we have come here on pleas.
ure trip
When Nora arose late Woodworking the
sun was shining brightly through the
blinds and the band on the stand below
the house was playing vigorously. She
realized that she had reached the Mecca
OF her fond fancy, aud she rose and
dressed with determination to make the
most OF II, Half an hour before noon
she and her parents entered the famed
Casino. Passing through the arched
entrance, they beheld with surprise and
delight the beautiful interior. Before
them stretched sward of enameled
green tiapked by dark; wooden buildings
of old-time pattern, with galleries of
various-slzed design on the second
story. On each side Of the lawn smooth
graveled path led 90 steps by which one
reached IA seml-citcular wooden balcony.
nearly illed with gatly dressed people.
Beyond this We're more lawns, from which
came the sound of tennis racket.
band was playing waltz. Nora remem.
bercd her teacher In Lakeside bringing
her a four-hand arrangement OF 1t, the
Knstler.Leben of Strauss On the bal.
cony she was curiously reminded of the
deck OF the Eolus. Here sat lust
such people as she had seen
there; sort OF close corporation.
she mentally styled them. They ali
seemed well acquainted and Thoroughly
satisfied with each other, and, beyond a
doubt, they were uncommonly cookbook !
Ia "a $50, ~