Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-04

Esd left. Even In the m;acnieyous
glsnces OF evssive squirrels s.1 TIE moist
eyes OF contem2iat!Ts Rabbits there were
faint suggestions Of some ct his own
trusnts. TIE woods we're tcam3!iug with
senIle memories OF the i1Ge pea deaCs he
hsd always Known hsle-,: That sweet
snd grave re!rea.-now SO ridIcuous!y in.
vsded.
BE began to hesitate, with ore Of those
revulsions Of sentiment Characteristic of
his nature: Why sh1u.d &c co,rer HIM
seh aoout this girl alter all? Why
not mske up his mind so accep:
her as his predecessor lad dcnes
Why WAS II necessary tor him TO fad her
inconsistent. with his ideas CT du.y &C his
little flock and his mission 20 them2 Was
he not assuming & sense CT ceeorum that
vas open to miscorceptiot2 The alb
surdlty OF her school costums and sIy
responsibility Il Incurred, rested not with
him, ou. her parents. Wnst right had he
to point II out to hem, and above al
how was he 10 do Up BE halted
irresolutely st Whist he belIev4 I'd wss his
sober second thought, out whic,, like
most reflections hat take that hsttericg
title, was only & reSction a5 impusivs
and illogical as tle emotion takt pre-
ceded II.
Nj. Mckinstry's "snske rail" fence
wss already oiscstnioie In the lighter
opening OF the woods, not ier from where
he had halted As ls 900 there i esi-
tstion the pretty h4ure ard bright gown
OF Greasy mcKInstry suddenly emerged
from more secluded trail thE: inteIsecs-
ed his own at an sclts srgle few rods
ahead Of him. She Was NO. alone, bat
WAS accompanied by m.!e Gsure whose
arm sne had Violently just iIslocged ;rcm
her waist. He WIS siiI trying 20 resume
his lost vantage; she was IS res Jluteiy
eVadtpg him III S certain 1Ynph-l like sgll-
t.y, while the sCurd Of her .f-lsughipg,
slf-t-ste protest coul1 De family heard.
Wltnocs BEING able 10 identify tbs face or
n5ure OF her companion e. inst distance,
ne could see this: IL ~s5 no. her former
betrothe6, Ssth Davis
a superior smile crossed his face; he
no longer hesisstet, but st cncs resumed
his former path For some :ime Cressy
and her compsnion moved on quietly oe4
fore him. Then on reaching the rail
fence they turned abruptly to the righ>,
were lost for sn instant n the intervening
5hickeF, and the Ne x momeus Cressy ep-
peared alone, crossing the meadow IN a
shorter cut towards the house, having
either scaled the fence or slipped through
some familiar gsp. Her companion hsd
disappeared. Whether they had noticed
that they were observed no could net de-
termine. BE kept stead y along the
trail tat followed the line Of fence 10 the
lane inst led directly to the farm build
lug, end pushed open The from. gate So
Cressy's light dress vanished round 81
single at the rear of the house.
The house Of the Mex Dstrys rose, Or
rather stretched, itself otfore Sim, in al
the lszY ungainliness Of southwestern
sIcaitec ure. a collection Of temporary
r:sko- shifts Of boErds, Of logs, OF csa-
vac, premsturely decsYed, and IL scme
Instances abesdoned for = newer erection,
or degraded TO mere ou;hGQses, 1t pre-
sented with singular it.lkpess the 80
macl; and tentative d gpoeiiion Of its
founder. l. had b en- repaired without
being impEGy d; is additions had seemed
onlY to extend I;s primitive ugliRess over
& lsTger spsce | s roots were roughly
singled or rudely bosrded aud bsttened,
and the rafters Of some of It's clean
to'o" were simply covered with taEred
csnvas. as If 10 settle auy doubt CT
the tmpoesiOility OF this heterogeneous
esqre combination, s. small building of
corrugated iron, transported in sections
from come remoter locality. hsd been set
up In its center. Tae McK.nssry ranch
hsd long been so eye -sore to the master;
even that morning he had been muteiy
wondering from whs, convolution Of that
hideous chTysalis the bright butterfly
Greasy had emerged 1; WAS with re-
newsl of this curiosity that be had last
seen her futter back TO IL sgsin.
a yellow dog who had observed him
hs stating in doubt where he should eu-
ter, here yawned, rose from the sun
light where he hs1 been blinking, ap-
preached the MISTER with lsuguid po-
likeness, snd thsn turned toHarGs the
iron building as II showing him The way.
MI. For followed Elm cautiously, pain
fully conscious that MS hypocritcal
csnine introducer vas only availiSg him
self CT al opportunity OF g;iaipg ingress
into the house, End Was Leading him as 8
responsible accomol!ce TO probable ex-
pCsure and disgrace. His expectations
we're lickly reeiiz d. A lsLy, queruIous
feminine ouscrF, with TIE words, "Yel's
thatdaTCet hound egiD," cane from an
az ,csnt room, and his exposed and
s5hGhed companion swiftly refreshed
psst rim into the road ,gain. Mr.. Ford
found himself alone In plainly fur
nished sitting room confronting the
open door le,dirg TO another apartment
81 which the fsufe OF woman, pre-
ceded hastily by thrown d'shclota, had
j 1st sppesred. It WAS Mrs McKlustry;
ner sleeves were rolled up over neF red
out still sh:pely arms, snd Gs gle stood
there wiping them on her sprop, with her
elbows sdvluce6, gnd her closed hsnds
raised slternsteIy in the cir, .hare Vac an
old pugiltstic suggestion in her attitude.
covery Of the MASTER By her refreshing
bows etill well forWsrd IS il wsrily re-
ii ing to en- imsgius.y "corner."
Mr.. Ford e. once tsct:ully stepped back
from the doorway ~ beg your psrdon,"
he said, de icately Addressing the oppo-
l followed the deg"
tJickF," responded Mrs McKins:ry dola-
fully from within. "Oa'y last week lie
lei in Cninsusn, and in the na.'ral
himself outer the pork barI. There ain't
hound amt up to-" Yet notwith-
sen she presently msde her
appearance with her slseves turned down,
ter black woolsa dress "tidied," and q
smile Of tatigued but not unkiutl7 VEL
come ard protection on her fsce. Dust
before the master, she continued mater
hot