Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16

nSrcly Tecc gn1Zsd his pupil. Whetnef
orInot she understood what she read he
5esitAted 20 inquire; no doubt, as tn
her other studiee, she knew what at
tracted her. Rupert Filgee, sympst etc,
il not always correct resder, who boldly
took four and i've syIlabled fences flying
only TO come to grief perhaps in the
ditch Of some rhetorical pause beyond,
alone expressed mis- scorn CT her perform
snce. Octavis Dean, torn between her
hopeless ST ction for this beautiful, but
Inaccessible boy, sud her soul friendship
for this biege but many-frccked girl,
studied the masters face with WstGhtul
snxiety.
1: is needless TO say thst Hirsu Nc
Ktnstry wss, in the intervals OF stake
driving snd stock hunting, hesvily con-
| tented with this latest evidence of his
daughSeE's progress. he even il:imsted
| 10 the master that her reading being 60
accomplishment that could be exercised
81 home WAS conducive 10 thSt "kSm" il
which no Was 40 deficient. 1t was also
EumOrad thst Cressy's oral rendering OF
AddisOa's "R hections in Westminster
| ABBEY" snd Bu1ke's "Indic.mens Of War
rem Hastings" hSd beguilsd him one
evening from improving En opportunity
to "Dlug" one of HsrIiscn's boundary
"-siders"
The master shared in Cressy's glor7 10
| the public eye. But Ethouga Mrs Nc
KiuSsry did not msteyis!ly cnsrge her at
J titude Of tolerant coed nature TOWARD
him he YES painfully cTsciOus that sac
| locked upon ner daughters studies ard
| her husbaDd's interests in them SIS S
weakness thEt might in course Of tins
produce iufrCily # hon.cidsl purpose
end become eueTyajiFg Of eye snt trigger
| finger. And Ehpn Mr. McKi sSfy got
! himself appoi0Ted IS school trustee and
VAS thereby obliged 10 miugie With Ger
tain eastern settlers-colleSgu on the
bosrd-this possible weakening o? the
old sharply drawn sectional line between
"Yanks" aud themselves gave her grave
doubts I Hirsm's phYsicsl stamina.
"The old DEn worriss hev Borter shook
out little Of his esld," she had ex-
planned. On those evenings when he al
tended the board, she sought higdsr con-
| ISOLATION in pGsyer meeting IS the South
srn Baptist church, Ia WHOSE exercises
her northern and eastern neigh )ors, thia~
II disguised as "B1sl" and "Astsroth"
were generally oVerthrown and Jhelr TEN.
pies made desolate.
II Uocis Bars progress was slower, 1t
wsB no lees satisfactory. " thou. imsg
in&tion and even R.s00ut enthusiasm, he
kept on with dull laborious per
s'stercy. When the irascIble inp'-
tience OF Rupert FiIgee at last
| :uccumbed to the chdurste slow6ess OF
hts pupil, the master himself touched by
Uccla Ben. perspiring forehead end per-
picked eyebrows, often devoted the rect
Of the afternoon to gentle elucidstiCn
CT the mysteries before him, setting ccp-
les for his heavy hand, or even guiding 1t
With his own, like chiid's, scEoss the
paper. At times tie appalling uselessness
Of L Gle Be1 ) eudesvOTs reminded him
# Rnpert's tguntipg charge. Was he
| really doing this from q genuine thirst OF
| krOwiedg5? 1t IVES inconsistent With sll
that Indian Spring knew Of his
snteCedents sId his present smbitions;
he WAS simple miner without
scientific or technical knowledge; lis al
ready slight acquaintance With arithmetic
and the scFhWI that served Tor bis sigus-
-ure were more thsn sufficient for his
reedg. Yet Il YVES with THIS latter sign
maru&l that ne seemed to tSKe Infinite
pains The MISTER one afternoon thought
fl. 10 correct the apparent vanity OF this
performance.
al. you took as much care in trying to
form your letters according to copy,
you'd do better. Your signayurG is fsir
enough ss II is."
HBus it don'. look right, B1r. Ford"
ssid U1cle Bee, eyeing it dis.rusItally,
"eomehoH it aiG's al theEe."
"why, certainty il is. Lock, DAB
n EY-nct Very plsin, it's true, but there
Ere EIl the letters"
"Thct's Just Il, Mr. Ford; them sior
sll the Iettera that Orter ne there. I've
allowed to write it D aBNEY TO cave
time and ink, mt il OTter read D a U 8
.IGNY," s4Id U1Gle Ben, with palnfu!
dis1iE ctaess.
"Bus inst spells d'Au6igry!"
IT s.e."
ISIS that your nsms?"
az reckon"
The master looked s. Z 1cle Ben douot-
fully. Was this only sG0ther form Of the
Dobell Illusion? "Wss your fsther &
Freuchmsr?" be asked flally.
Uacle Ben paused ss II TO recall the
trihIDg ciTcu instance Of his tAther's Ms.
tionslisy. "No"
Your grandfather"
"I reckon not. At Iesst ye couldn's
prove it by me-"
"Was your fisher OF grandfather C
voySgeur, or trsp2er, or Cana 1jal?"
"Phey were from Pike county, MI
zoori "
The master regarded Uacle Ben still!
dabiouslY. "But you Cali yourself DAB
ney. Wnht makes you thing your resl
name Is d'Au5igay?"
ba roNif L.
tiers 10 ne IN The ststes. Hold on. I'll
show ye" He deliberately began to feel
in his pockets, finally extracting his cid
| purse from which he produced crum.
pied envelopad, and carefully smoothing
| It out, compared It with his sjGnsture.
! "Thsr you ase. tie the ssne-a'Au-
blgny"
/ TIE MISTER hesitNted. After all, if was
not impossible. H recalled other in
/ stances OF the singular Transformation OF
names In the Californian emigration.
Yet he could not help saying, "Then you
| concluded thst d'Aubiguy was better
name than Da5ney?"
| tDo you think it's better"
! Women might. dare say your wife
would prefer to be cSlle6 Mrs. d'AubignY
rather than Daouey"
The CHARGE shot told. Uacie Ben sud
denly flushed to his ears,
"I didn't think c. that" he said hur-
riedlY. al had smother ides. I reck-
oDed that on the matter o. holdin' prop.
erty and pEssin' IN money il would
be better TO hev your name put on the
squsre, snd to sorter 60 down to BED
rock for it, Ell? II l wanted to take s
hand in them lots or Ditch shares for in.
stauce-it would be only isv to bev i
made out in the name O. d'Au5iguy."
Mr.. Ford listened with certain imps.
tient con tempt. II was bad enough fol
Uncle Ben 20 have exposed his weakness;
10 inventipg dctIons about his early edu.
! cation. hnt TO inYeat himself now With Q