Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16
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again among them other children. l
should be powerful sight more ksm II
knowd thst when I WAS sway hu1ttn'
stock or t1ghtin' stakes with them Hsrri- (
sons, tbet she wss ssttia' there with
them and the birds and bees, and istenin'
to them and to you. Metbe Ihere's been
5 little too many scrimmages goin' on
round the ranch SERGE she's been child;
msb5e she crter know sutbin' more OF
man thsn s felleT who SPARKS her and
fights for her"
The msster was silent. Had this dull,
marrow minded pArtizAn stumbled upon
truth that had never dsEned upon his
own broader comprehension? Hs1 this
selfish eSvsge snd litersry red handed
frontier bTewlsr been moved by some in
stiuct Of the power of gsuueness t. uu-
GersIand his daughters needs better tbsn
Be-? For q moment he Tss staggered
Then &c thought Of Cressy's later frss-
tons with Joe Masters, and her conceal
ment Of their meeting from her mother.
Had she deceived her father also? o.
Yves not the father deceiving him with
this el.ernete suggestion OF threat and
| Of kindlness-ot power ana weakness,
He had heard of this cruel phrase Ct
South Western cunning before. With the
| feeble sophlstEy Of tie cynic he Inlstrus5ed
the good his scepticism could not under
stand. Howbeit CHANGING sideways at the
| slumhering gsVsgeTY OF the man beside
| him, and his wounded hand, he did not
! care to show mis- lack 0f cOI fje1ce. He
cortented himself with that equally feeble
| resource OF weak humanity in such cases
-good-Detured Indifference. "All right"
! he said carelessly, "Pl see what can be
done. But are you quite sure ven are fl
70 90 home sloneT Shall | accompany
your" AS McKins;Yy waived the sug
gestioa with gesTurC, he added lightly
as # TO conclude the interview, ''Iil re
| vGrt progress 10 you from time 10 time,
ifyou ike "
ITO me-" emphasized acKinstrY; ". @:
over thar" indicating the ranch. "Bo.
| p'rhaps you wouldn't mind my Tidid' by
aaa lookin' in at the school ToGm wirdar
o1ct in whit? Ah--you Would," be
adieG, with the first deepening OF co4cT
he had shown. "Wel!, Fever mind"
"You see it might distract the Cniljreh
| from tleir Lessons" explained the master
| gently, who had however contemplated
with some concern the irfDite delight
which glimpse Of McKinsiry's heIy and
! fstaous face =: the widow would awaken
in johnny Fllgee's infant breast.
"WelI, no matieIi" returned McKin-
stry slowly. ''Ye don't kesr, s'pose, 20
come over to the hote! AID teke euthln'?
A alep CT smsat?"
II shouldn't think of keeping you 4
moment longer from Mrs McKinstry,"
said the master, locking st his CompEu
ions wounded hand. "ThRHk you sl the
same. Good bye"
They shook hands, McKins!rY tEsEs-
feEriug MS Titis 90 the hollow Of mis- elbow
ID der his unwounded left. TIE MASTER
watched him slowly resume his way
toward the ranch. Teen with half "a
easy srd hslf pieasursbie sense that be
mad taken some step whose consequences
we're more important than he
would ct present understand, he
turned in the opposite dtrec-
ton 20 the school house. He was 80 pre-
occupied that 1t WAS rot until he had
nearly reached i! that he remembered
Uose Ben. With al odd recollection q
McKinstTy'5 previous performance, he
approached tie schoolfrOa TIE thiCke5 il
the rear and slipped AOiselessly 10 the
opsn window with the intention OF loc&
ing il. Eus the sChooi-hOusa, far from
exhibiting thGt "kSm" and studioug sb-
s!cection which had so tcuCaed the ngA:Ee
breast Of Mckfnstry, YVES filed with tae
accents CT youthful and UNEXPLAINED
v!tuperssion. TIE voice OF Rupert FIJI
gee cams shnrply to tina masters aston.
ibbed ears
"Y3u rcedG': try. TO play on Dobeil or
Mt.CheiL On Me-yOu he&r! Much yQu
know Of either, don't you? LOOK 81 tas!
copy Ii JOINING couldn't do better thsn
that Ia lick him. OF ccurEe tie the pei
it si1't your stodgy fpgeTs-oh, no!
P'r'aps you'd like to nev q few mole
Boxes o. qlills snd gold pang aud GIL
lofts bssl thrown in, for Two bits 3 les
son? I tell you what! I'll throw up
the contract n another m.niti There
gees smother quill budted! Look here,
what you Wslr Amt a peg, but Clothes
pin and split nail! T1aI'u E00uG j.ns
with your dilikit gait"
me master at once Stepped 10 the
window snd, unobserVed, took quick
survey Of the interior. Following some
icgeniaus ides Of his own regarding f.
ness, the beautiful Fi!ges hs1 induced
Uncle Ben 10 sea. himself on the f Jor be-
fore one Of the smallest desks, preeumG-
bly his brotheI'E, in an attitude WhicGs
while Il certainly gave him considerable
e,b1W/r room Cor those contentious Gen.
mon 10 immsture penmaneh1p, on red his
youthful instructor 6 superior eminences
from which he hove-et, occasionally
sWoog:Dg down upon his gfOWn-up pupil
Ike nlischievous out grtCsiQ! jsy, But
Mr.. Ford's most distinct Impression WAS
that, faf from Tesantlng the deEosA.srF
position snd me 5tuse Inst accompanied
it, Uncle Ben not only beSmed upon his
prosecutor with uGqueCcha0ie god hu-
NOR, but with undisguised admirG Tor,
and sho wed Hot the slightest inclination
to accept his proposed resignation.
"Go slow, R3op," he said cheerfully.
''You WAS oncs boy yourself. Nat'r2Iy
kslkiiole 10 slasd sIl the dsmsges.
You've got ter waste some powder over
s blast ike this yer, wsy down to tha
! bed rock, N.xa time I'll bring my own
pens"
"Do. Som from She Dobsn school you
ulster 90 to-" suggested the ds.k!y iron
! ical Rupert. "rheY WAS iron clad Elm
rubber, wsrn't they2"
'rNsver you mind wot they WERE"
ssid Uncle Ben good numouredly
ILook st thst string of 'C's' in that
| line There's nothing ueaa shout
them"
He put his pen between his teeth, RAISED
himself slowly on his legs, and shading
his eyes with his hand from the severe
perspective of six feet, gazed sdmiringlY
down u ron his work. Rupert, with his
hands in ni3 pockets and his back 20 tins
window, cYnicslly assisted st the in
spectioG.
"Wot's that sick worm st ths bottom
Of the psge?" he asked.
"Wot might you think 1t wos?" said
! Uncle Ben bsaminglF.
CLOCKS like ono c. them snake roots
you dig up with little mud stuck to H.
returned Rupert critically.
"Thst's my name"