Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16
THE WEEKLY GAZETTE FORT wuRrn TEXAS
whttiyou'Ie comin'her for, and the only
Itthipg that mskes you comet"

comm here for, and The only
thing that mskss you comet"
"Whsl?"
"It's-some-girl!"
Uncle Ben broke into 6 boisterous
laugh that INSIDE the root shake, STAMPING
sbcut sDd Shaping bis legs till the crsz7
floor tlembled. But at that moment the
master stepped 20 the porch and made s
quiet but discnD IMPOSING entrance.
CHAPTER w.
The return Of Miss Cresssids McKinstry
10 Indian Spring and her interrupted
studies. WAS sn event whose effects were
not entirely col filed to the school. The
broken engsgement itself seemed Of little
moment in the general estimation COM
pared TO her resumption of her old foot
ipg SIS scholar. a few il!-nstured ED
ers OF her own sex, and naturally exemp,
from the discriminating retort O. Mr.
McKinstry's "shot gun," alleged thst The
seminary at Sacramento had decided to
receive her, but I, msi0ritv accepted her
return with locsl pride as 3 prAc ical
compliment 10 the educational facilities
Of Indian Spring. The Tuolumne
$751;" with 9 breadth and
eloquence touchingly disproporiion
ate to its actual size and
quality Of type and psper, referred &c tie
possible "growth of grove OF ACsdemus
81 Indian Sprlpg, under whose clustered
ooughs future ssgas and statesmen were
now meditating," in way that made The
master feel exceedingly uncomiortsb {.
For some days the tr2L between the Nc
Kilstry's rs1ch and the scho0l-house was
lightly pstrolled BIZ relieis of susceptible
Young men, 10 whom The epfrSDchise
Cressids, relieved from the danger Us
supervision Of the Davis McKipstry
Clique, was 81 object OF ambitious sdmi
ration. The yonng girl herself, Who
n0ysnce, seemed to be following soma
conscientious duty in consecutiveIy srrsy-
ing herself in the different dresses ste
hsd oou ght, however she may have taatal
.z2d her admirers by this revelation of
bgidsl fiaery, did not venture to brir 9
hem near the limits Of the playground
i struck The master with some surprise
thss the Iadian Spring did not seem 20
trouble itself In regard 10 his own priv
LEGGED relations with ite rustic enchsDt-
ress; the young men Clearly were aot
Jealous Of him; no ms ron had suggested
INV indecorum in young girl of Cfessy's
Eears sld sutccedents being entrusted 20
the teachings Of 6 youpg man scarcely
her senior. Notwithstanding the a.
iitude which mr. Ford had been
pleased 10 assume towards her, this i'm
pied compliment to his supposed mo-
nastic vacations affected him almost ss
uncauf1rtably IS the "6tsr's" extrava-
gsnt euloglum. He WAS obliged to re-
csll certain foolish experiences OF his
Own 10 enable him to rise superior 10 this
presumption Of his ssceticism.
IN pursuance Of his promise 70 Nc
Kiustry, he had procured few element
aTy books Of study suitable to Cressy's
new position, without however taking her
out Of the fmsiler classes or the discipline
OF the school. In few weeks he was ena-
bled 20 further improve her attitude by
making her "monitor" over the smaller
girls, thereby dividing certain functions
win RupeT1 Fllgee, whose ministrations
TO the decettful aud "silly" sex had been
characterized BY perhaps more vig1lso
EcoTr and dispSrzge ment than was neces-
ssFy. Greasy had accepted it as she hsd
accepted her new studies vi h an irdolep
g3od humor, snd at times frankly ST.
pFeme ignorsGce OF their Abstract OF
moral purpose mat was disccur.ging.
'!.Whst's she go3a # thst?" she would ssk,
lifting her eyes abruptly TO the master.
Mr.. Ford, somewhat embarrassed By her
lock, which always, sooner or later,
frankly confessed itself &c excuse for S
perfectly isreyelaDt examination OF his
features IN detail, would end in giving
heP some severely practical answer. ",
if tire subject appealed 10 snY particular
Of her own, she would
speedily master the study. a psssin2
prediction for botany was provoked bV
q single incident. The master deeming
this study q harmless Young ladylike &C
cupalion, hEd one. day introduced the
answer. "But suppose" he continued
Srtiul!y, "somsbot7 sent you anony-
mouslY some lowers"
"Her bo!" suggested Johnny Filges
with bold bad reCkless1eEs.
ignoring the remark and the kIcs with
which Rupert had resented it on the per
son OF his brother, the master continued ::
And il you couldn't find ous who sent
them you would want at least to kGow
what shey were End where they grew
"Ei they grew anywhere bout yer We
could tell her that" eaid 6 chorus OF
small voices.
1.-THE master hesitated. he wss con-
scious Of being on delicate ground. He
was surrounded by dozfn little keen
eyes from whom Nsture had never yet
succeeded in hiding her secrets-eyeg
inst had waited for and. knew the coming
up OF the earliest flowers; little fingers
thst had never turned the pages Of s tex;
book, bui knew waere TO scrApe away the
dsad leaves soove the first snemoue,or hsd
gycped pa,piully among the life ess
btEnches a forgotten bollow5 for the shy
dog rose; ungu'ded little feet thGt had
iaEtinctively inside their way 70
remote southern slopes Tor the first mari
POSES, or had uuerringiy threaded the tgle
hidden banks OF the river for flower de.
UCe. Convinced that he could not hold
his own on their level, he shsmelessly
struck at once shove il.
Suppose that one of those flowers, i"
he continued, twas not like the rest.
thst It's stalks and leaves instest o!
beiug green aud soft, were white and
stringy ike funnel as il to Protect II
from cold, wouldn't il be nice to be a5ls
TO say ct once thst it had lived only IL
the snow, end that some one must have
gone sill the way up there, ebove the snow
line, TO pick III" The children taken
sback by this unfair Introduction of &
f7raI stranger were silent. Greasy
thoughttuliy accepted botany on those
possibilities. A week later she lsid CT
the masters desk limp looking plant
with stsIk lie heavy frsyed woreted
7srn. "It ein't much to look st after aIl
is i'?" she said ~ reckon could cut {
better one with scissors outer an Ole
cloth Jacket CT mine"
"Apd you found it he-e?" asked tht
MISTER il surprise.
81 got Masters to look for it, when b.
wSs on the Summit. I described 1t K
hin. didn't allow he had the gumptloI
to get it. But he did"
Although botany lsngu!shed slight,