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


W. had most successful day RON
we'll. who had shot almost every creature
In the world whose destiny ~ TO be shol
for mans sport, benefit or safety, handled
his gun like n master. stanton, VINO hhu
In hle time killed ~ many partrl1Rcs ~
any man In England, was not lar Donin1
MA host. My performances met WIN
favorable CRITICISM and even inc gunioth
Vlnor added his share W the spoil Nnlen-
Zinc was the worst shot OF tho party, or tno
most careless. pretty bit OF landscape
would dultc take his thoughts away from
the duty OF the day, and his lnnttohlioh
would expose him 10 the laughing buntS
Of hia companions. Int wo had sue.
cessful day, and Rothwclls face ocained
with ploaAurc ~ We expressed our hrhtl'
dcatlon al tho sport ho had shown u.s.
Durlng the rest for luncheon Vigor ana
myself found ourselves together Nhlen-
tine had walked 10 littlo distance to
look with nm artists eye on an unusually
attractive bit Of scenery. Kothwcll ana
stanton we're still busy with tho lunch-
con basket
0Dld you 10 10 the club tho last time
YOU were In town, phlllpl" asked Vigor,
ns we III our cigars and stretched our.
selves out for half an hour OF rest and
digestion,
GOnIy Tor few minutosi | saw no
one thorc.h
1Thero IL most unpleasant piece OF
poaslp nonting about with respect 10 our
y0ung friend" continued Vlgor, nodding
towards Valentine.
fWhat do they Say about hlnp Has
he dofaultud, OF gone mad, or committed
forgcryi"
Nobody knows how reports Of this
Kind begin. They fly from mouth TO
mouth. Have you hcardr says jones'
and then, delighted 10 find that smith
has not heard, he tells him II smith
has honrd, the two compare notes ana
are convinced OF the truth of It,"
"Well, what Is ~ I'll be Smith !
haven't heard"
everyone enys that our Valentine IN In
rrnllly Capt. Cheaham's son. How the
roport was started no ono can toll but
fellows tnlk aud Joke nbout II aud mud
ont u marvellous likeness between tho
two men. Except that both ara talr
cannot see ". ita q nuisance for Vnlen-
tno.n
nSomo reports are too ridiculous TO
come under the head OF nuisnncesi" !
said, feeling worry vcXod
ayes, thnvA all very fines but oil the
world knows that Lady Estmcro aud her
husband 1.-Two apart, anc most OF them
know that your expensive friend ChoB-
HAMS limp waa brought about by Sir
l,awronce'A bullet, shortly after the hus-
band aud wife separated. People take
All this M aud put things togetheri 40
am right In saying II IL nuisance iol
Valentine
0Lot IL be nuisance then Where ID
Chcahnm nowSn
event abroad, they tell me-, some Ton
days ago There has been whlling and
gnashing Of teeth among our friends th'
Gamblers, NJ the way w which he ha'
mulrtod them
'u.ook here, Vigor, l'll tell You how
the report originated. Gresham spread
IA for his own purposes"
"Mon don't, ~ rule, do such hlng
~ thutn
"Chcshnn did hu wants TO annoy Est
moro. lie Ia u reyungelul man, and SOM
timu hnck, In my own rooms, he trlcd Y
force HIS acquaintance ON Valentine
Valentine declined It mud then Cheshai
iusullcd him"
a'lnsulted him, What did Vacnlln
do thcn2h
ullit out like steam hammer nm
Chcsham'E head went through my Eld
h0nrd. Valentine Is mnecnlaf, 20
know
at must have been a great insult
make Valentine hit cripple
at was, an iutolerablc Insult but va
nntlno was quite right"
"Still IVA a nuisance for him," IN
yigor thOughliully, al don't think
would make matters bettor " pcol
heard about the row.
"Not bit, Last said, soont
mondcdh -,
Then we resumed our guns and sail
forth on destruction bent. was mn
annoyed at what Vlgor had told me, y
saw already thlH report paslng ire
month 10 mouth was The beginning
Chashnma revenge. II could not ma
Valentine much, except thatlt ncoeHHhr
brought his motbcr'a nnmo Into
scandal, and that, knew, would tot
him on his most sensitive part Annoy
~ was at The matter, ! gathered 40
comfort from the reflection that tlhs u
Vnnom0us action on the pant ot
Asmodoua rendered moro probable
auupoatlon that Lady fatmuro'H +
NNl nNth iHt bNA'Nlh' w HNH'N N'""N'
plot OF hla | was now as keen ON
discovery OF whatever trcachcry mi
have been used ~ Valentine himself,
was anxious ~ hear OF Choehnm'A rot
To town, M | felt little could lao
ravelcd IN the absence OF the ~
schCmet
Az soon az found suitable ppl
tuulty, told Lord kothwoll OF our
20 fAtmere Court, aud the lnlormaii'
had extracted from MIRA Payne,
listened silently, and HIS kind brown
looked full In my face Az spoke, W
waa Il half wondering, half serious
preston In them.
uYnu have told tno moro than
romeo over did, be said, "Nomo IN
grow darker, some lighter. Il there I
thing aa fate, wonder fhihpY W
tine went 20 EStmcrc Court not kuo'
" was his fathers house,
Gle must have known We were Ia
ncighhurhood, but am sure be ha'
Idea Il wAa the house when he enter
HAnd Valentine, and YOU With
ramhlod over the old place. est,c,a9
found an eyewitness g. - ~, a,,v
Laurence ruin his l'a'iu ~" fNN ""'
seems Ike . ,. ane.stol
lures, lyi,lual array OF nopin 49,,
vcnnc al SIR Laurence LsuInoieI
.,Sos ,he good lady told me uno,s
nno hy Millals In the slrong.foo,n'' ~, Nv
tine offered 600 to ~ Npv"su 1