Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-02

nj NEG ne Claimed t1at colonel j.
vi w c Patton euchred him Of
IN the honor OF making an ad-
~ NJ dress presenting . picture
tHth w to the daughter Of Cow
ernor Ross. Colonel Patton
claimed that /. was all the
result of Q misup6 erstsndiDg on his psrs,
and as sorely IS he regretted Colonel
E,nenwein's disappointment, he could
not help laughing 1T the German Colonel's
predlcament But alas for Colonel Patton
he has now tasted the bitter chalice
which Geluged Colonel Ernenwein's heart
with supremest anguish. Colonel Pat
toms bosom hesyes and swells with 3
food OF agony never felt oy Colonel
Ernenwein IN his most scrFoWful mo-
ments.
Colonel Ernenwein's grief is to what
Colonel Patton has endured, even IS the
murmur Of summers orCok to the
fierce, angry surges on rocky beach.
The story runneth thus:
About mQath before the Opening OF
She State EstS, TIE fertile mind CT Colonel
Patton conceived brilliant thing fer the
State Fst1,tnd an opportunity for Col
onel PstktI. That thing wss to have
"eogsm day." and to invite Henry
WA@SdY Of Atlanta 20 make sn address.
s3aHf. Grady accepted the iny itstion, then
eGolonel Patton would mske ) speech in
Producing Mr.. Grady to Texas. The more
be thought Of this, the more he became
enamcred Of II, snd IN frenzy of delight
be impaired his plsrs 20 President Arm
strong CT the association. President
Armstrong was pleased with the
idea himself, and with sug-
gestlon thst the day be known
as "Tsxas Day." ne babe Colonel Patton
God speed. With unoounded pride in
his scheme, Colonel Patton for time
laid aside the ponderous volumes CT legal
lore IN hls Office and went fcrth into the
city as young nsn goeth forth to win 8
race. In day or Two meeting OF Young
men YVES held, over which Colonel Patton
presided, and a resolution was adopted
inviting Mr.. Grady, in the name Of the
young men Of Dsllas, to make sn address
at the fair on October 81.
rhe invitation WAS gotten up In
princely style by local professional pen
man and duly bound with red, white and
blus ribbons, placed in an elegant box
and expressed to Mr.. Grady. Colonel
Psttop, with reckless disregard for e1-
pensee, prepaid the tariff on the package
and turned It over to the express conf
psny, which with ten6ecest care bore 1t
swiftly away to its destination.
Mr.. Grady, in his sumptuous apart
ments IN the Constitution building in
Atlanta, his mind cppre ssed with the
| 1nkind thrusts Of contemporaries chtrg-
Ing him with treason because Ct his tsrif
views; his shoulders burdered with the
cares, anxieties and responsibilities CT 3
great metro politsn paper; conscious that
the g.z3 OF the Democratic psrty was
upon him IL cruel, piercing glance, was
disturbed one day by tle messenger hand
ing him s pAcksge.
He YEARLY turned around and signed
| for it, thinking it Wss perhaps package
OF seed from Congressman Tom Crimes,
Of Columbus; or bundle OF speeches On
the tsrS from Charley Crisp, oi Americas :;
or soma consular reports from Jim
Blount, OF Macon. He sighed deeply snd
was shout to turn 10 his desg to repri-
mand, parhsps, tie Macon correspondent
tor permitting tie Messenger to
"scocp" the Constitution on the rattle,
snake story which jim Dense, the famous
| freight conductor Ga the Central, brings
iGto MncCn eVeEy other day. But in
stesd CT n ne opened tbe package and,
10, document from Texas. With waB
and ieverei gszs he read that misslSe
snd admired i.s beauty. For 3 no
ment the commonplace duties Of Me
stole away from his brain and VisionssAt
the new south Snei their iI5tre in ~
heat. His musings were Only dsrkened
when he saw tie yellow leaves falling
from the trees, telling IN nature's laA;:
gusge that the winter was coming, sHe
tina: the delinquent list WAS large snashe
cordwood pile was low. The chickens
and eggs were slow IN comingln, the
watermelon season WAS fecedilg
into the dim vista CT the
past, the Georgia yarn CROP
YVES short, and Bill Apps communi.
cations At S25 column were getting
long. Poor fellow with this prospect IL
view, how could he go to Dallas.
After revolving the matter in his mind
he grasped the bull by the horns, made
his application for 8 free pass, and de
term,ned TO speak at Dallas anyhow, snd
he so notified Colonel Patton. Colone
Patton aroused himself from "Bishop OF
Criminal Law" and called his tribe
together They met and planned 81
elaborate programme for Grsdy's enter
tainment, enc of the features OF whicl
Was that Colonel Patton was to introduc.
the speaker. Then Colonel Patton sans
into the quie.ude Of his private office anc
delved into "urfoIgotten love-" III
powed tbrl Ugh Shakespe a,e and furrowet
BlsIr's rhetoric. With master strength he
grasped the thunierbolts Of Demostnenes
dea hless ora.ions, and oped the dusty
leaves which still CAV life to the gepiu!
OF Cicero, and the rugged eloquence o
Pitt, and the romantic beauty OF R3bey
Burns, snd the soft, tremulous MUSIC, e
Tom Moore's Tyre. 1t WAS to besthe
effort Of Colonel Pstton's life. And beeid
ing his mind to his work he arrank8d
with fsulIless beauty the fabric Of ar
Grafton which was to bring Grady into
close communion with Texas.
Blu. the wolf entered the door and
ruined PAtton's hopes. When the cold
grAspine, plethoric citizenship of Oallss
learned Of Grady's intentions, it metWftt
pomp In the frsscoed halls OF s5sAss
chants Exchange to take action. Witt
ruthless hands they swept Colonel
Patton's plans from the HSt
Of the earth, crushed his com.
mittees, and with the greed ol
avarice and the iron hand Of power they
took charge CT the Grady affair them.