Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-23

TUNED nls sTiSii gray eyes upon aim II q
half sstonishsd. bsn q lestionilg manner,
the potent spirt Of childish EesredYeneEg
suddenly took possession Of the boy.
Wild horses could lot now hsvs torn
;iom hin thE QUESTION which Only me-
ment before Was on his lips.
"Hullo, johnny! What ara Te dom
here?" said Unc!s Ben kindly
"Nothin'." After pause, in which he
walked all round Uacle Bsn'5 large fg.
ure, gazing up st him SIS if ne were c
monument, he added: "Huutiu' black
berrieth."
"Why sin't you over st the collation.
"RupeFth tnere," he answered prompt
ly.
Tie iies Of being thus vicGIicusIy
present in the person Of his brother,
seemed a sufficient excuse. He lesp-
frogged over the stump on which he had
pause for the next question. But Uncle
Ben WAS apparently perfectly satisfied
with Jobnny's reply, and nodding TO him.
walked away.
When his figure nsd disappeared ia tbs
bushes, johnny cautiously approached
the cabin. At certsia distance he
picked up stone and threw 1t against
the door, immediately taking to his heels
and the friendly copse again. No one sp-
pearing, he repealed the experiment twice
and even thrice with larger stone and
st q nearer distance. Than ne boldly
skiEted the cabin xnd dropped into the
race way ct i!s side. Following It G
few hundred yards he c2me upon G
long disused snsit opening into i,
which Lad been covered with rough
tTep Of old plsrks, as II t. protect in
cautious Wayfarers frCm falling IN. Here
= sudden ana ics1plicsble .tesr overlook
Johnny, AID he I&o aTky. When he
reached tie hotel almost the first sight
!hSt met his sgtounded eYas, was the
spectacle OF the paragon, s. aEeptly still
in urdistulbed possession CT all his p r
tecG.ons-tTlVing ccoliy IF in buggy
with flesh comps2
Meantime Mr Ford, however, touched
By the sentimental significance OF The
celebration. became slightly wesried oil
It's details. IS his own room il
the Eureka hotel WSs actually
,h;illed by the brass band without,
and the eloqGeEce CT speakers below, eEG
had become rsdGleat o. gunpowder ard
champagne exploded around il, he deter
mined to re;uIn to the schoo!house and
avail himssl! OF its woodland quiet TO
write few letters.
The change was grateful, the distE1t
muymur Of the excited settlement came
only ts the soothing sound OF wind smopg
the leaves TIE pure air Of the pines that
filed every crsDny Of the quiet school
room and seemed to tisperse all faint
Of human tenancy, made the tar of
celebrations as unreal es 8 dream. TIE
only reality OF his life wSs here
He took from his pocket few letters
one which was worn and seized with fire.
QaeGt handling. He re~resd It in 6 MALT
methodicEI, hGlt patient wEy, IS IL he
were waiting for GONE revelation it IN
spife6, which WIS slow that afternoon IN
coming. At other times II called up &
youthful erthusiesu which was wont 10
trsnsfg1-e his grave sad premaiuraly
reserved face vita EeW expression.
To day the revelation sid expression
we're both wanting. he put the letter
SICK with sigh: eigh, thst sounded SO
preposter0us In that Silent T0OD, that he
could not fcTg0 an embarrassed smile.
But the next moment he set himself Sc
Iiously 50 woEk On his correspondence.
Presently he stopped; once or twice he
had been cVeTtaken by vague undefaa-
ole sense os pleasure, sven 70 the dreamy
hating Of HIS pen, L, Was a sensation in
10 way connected wish the subject Of his
correspondence, or even his previous re-
fgctioDs-!s ws5 psrtiY physical, and get
II wSs in some sense suggestive. II mast
De the Intoxicating effect OF ths Tgoodlsrd
cir. he even fsncisd he mad noticed i
be tore, e. the same houT when the SUI
WIS decl:riD2 sad the fresh odors OF the
underground we're rising. It certainly
vas perfume. He raised his eyes. There
lsy the cause CT the desk before 5iEl-a
little nOsegay OF Wild California myrtle
encirchng rosebud which md escfpsd
his notice.
There Wss nothing unusual in the cirs
cumsisnce. The children were il toe
habit of making their ofaEings generally
without particulsc reference TO iine or
occasion, snd it migat have oeen overs
locked by him during school hours. he
felt pity for the forgotten pCsy already
oe ginning 10 groH limp in it's neglected
solitude. He remembered thGt IL some
folk lore Of the chiidrsn's, perhaps 6 trs-
dlsioD Of The old association O! the myrtle
with Venus, II was believed TO be erloIeH
mStic Of the sf5cti01s. He remeu 5ereG
also inst he had even told them Of this
probable origin Of their superr
sIition. He wss still hoIdiIg 1t IL his
haud when Re Wss CONSCIOUS Cf 4 silksn
sensation thss SEM magnetic thEill
through his fingers. Locking 81 il mere
closely 1t sza that the spIigs we're bound
together, YoG By thread CT liooor, buf by
long f bneuts CT brown hair tightly wound
around them. U3 upUouad G single hsir
sud held II 10 lhe light. It's length,
color, ttE!Hce, and a5oys ell ceTtsjn IN.
Noticeable in2iicct, 3old hiu itwss CIcEsY
h1o Ktnstry's lie laid It doRn quickly, S.
II he nsd IN ihAs Ect faniliarly touched
her person.
He finished bis Letter, out presently
iouad himself again looking ST the myrtle
Il which it hsd hee1 placed IL WIS evil
tentlY intended f2- hiu; the ieEcy OF
bidding il with hsir wgs also Intentional
snd not q necessity, as he knew his fsIni-
nine scholars were usually well provided
With pits OF thr, &c, SILK OF ribbon, Ii It had
been son:s new absurdity OF childish
Isshlop introduced IN tue school, he
would hETe noticed it exc this. For ii
was this GotYusi0n Of i personslity
hat Asguely troubled hin. He remeUa-
oered CresEy's EsiF; 1t wss certainly very
oesutiiuis in spite OF her oCCagionsl We
carries OF couture. He recalled how, ole
ifternc0a, It mad come down when she
was rompirg WIKI Octsyis n the piGy-
ground, and Tss Gu1prIsed 70 f1d Whst e
vivid pictule he retained CT &ar lingering
L the porch to put it up; her rounded
Ems held a6ove her head heE pretty
IaouldeEs, full throat, Ga3 glowing
ace !hroWa back, and 3 Wisp Of the very
lair between her WINE teetAi He began
mother IGf%nT