Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-02


owner, rsr and ever 90 much nv senior
[ don't mean to n,ttsr you," frankly af-
fsctionste, "hut our inpp!sive girl Is do
ing more sensible thing than l expected
from one CT ser rcmsDt turn OF mird
Her mother Is the cleverest woman
know. AID an mare grstifsd than
sravely msteI ysi-"rhst you havs Let the
old dream 60 FOR what /. was Worth, ard
opened your eyes % sse life as it is. Few
first loves are j1dIci0us
He Was thoroughly uncomfortable when
she let him go--ss spe intended he should
De. Be gr9unt his teeth, in mounting
the etalra, TO take their gdge CT, as it
we're. Yet his Gistyust OF bis step moth
er was zoe yet confirmed disbelief. His
chamber yes Cheerful with the play Of s
Woct hIe 81 the heath; his gas burning
Hsf high; lis slippers e. smoking j:cket
were OF sn easy cieir wheeled up 20 tae
fender. 3: oOl. I5abel hsd her qa!Iks sNd
Ger IG!iies, but sAs had algsys miEisterad
faithfully TO his physical reeds, and made
th!s house home fer him as iar ss she
could. Il Vas the fault CT her tem5Ers-
ucnt t2at they were not ccDg5uiai ssso-
cistes. He wished be lad been less cut
III al LIS Fj4S..ss esSI A3u GOL ie-
fused 20 smoke HGTGGt1iIs.
Yet AFTER toEri-g v-lve. jscket :rG
clippers, NJ est down, srd lighting lis
ciEsT, !.tnad 5s,k TO ws;ch tae Ire ana
drasn Il Sl0Ge aJG t1eir rsal hum3.
N0t uDti. the Hted YVES nSif consumed
Cid he obser-e sG enTeiGpe On IRE tsb!a
81 hi5 elbow. Itwss ges.sd and addTc sae
10 nm, in d back aSGi be did OF TseCg
\ 4. Ruhcu5 thought OF Ms. Pleipe'
IsrLiIg, SO fsr aAeid had lis musings
wandered, ne opened i. and drew out t
le2;er written on thick business paper,
and several pages IL lacg;h From within
II q tE!i sleGt tcited cree glippet 10 'ha
floor. THIS Re PICKED up ed uLfoidcc
Upon it Was pag!ed ems.lsr sheet q
note pspsr that had been to:2 Gld lhen
fitted togethCg. There wers three Iinee
Of pG-ciled w:li.Ng, but so oiurred by
CROSSES ard joins tGas the cursoCy alsnce
he csst upon ii dis not decipher sir-
gle word. Laying il ss!1e be turned
10 the letter fer explanation. The CHI
ToErsphy YVES bold and cierBaV, and might
have been 1naS ct = msrchAnt's or Law
Yer's secretary. He did not !biLk OF
Isabel, VINO wrote two or three bands
bearing Only family resemblance 20
each other.
"IN THE LIBRARY, Q O'Clock p. N.
any OWN LovR-You say IN your le.-
Ter (burned IS soon ds l bad committed
he contents TO memory thst 7 must
Lever cali you tilst zsfiG. There ia
higher laT than tina: OF mans appoint
maut, oi- ding cur hearts together, ssTon-
ger even than tnat Of your sweet, wise
lips. Until you are actually married 20
tina Nan whom you confess you do NOT
love you will, according TO that divine
iCve, be ny OWE M:riCT--"
With violent start, the young Tasr
shook the shee: from lis fDgers, % he
would serpent.
This wss what he hsd promised rot &c
II ad, OR go much as 20 touch! TIE vt'rs
stood out h "a and dark en- his forehead;
be drew in the ar hissingly. Had bas!
lax urcclleG from his basom End thrust
& ioEked EOrGue il his fsce, the shock
would not haze been greater. This was
q. Sc letter written 10 Ma.icE!" Ha hac
THROWN sway six 0. the best e.rs cf hie
life upon tie woman when sucther man
called tie "2WD icye;" the usn 10 WHOM
see hso confessed tnst she did net love
Der bctfothed Eus5sr6! Who was hs?
The letter rad fallen with tde first page
uppermost. From where ne stond he
Could Rad What be l0d zs fref over
lccket, snd IhRt you'd nave put him III
guard ~ Gree rad he noticed 1t. "AG-
theDi1c Copy" WAS written on the upper
LEI: hand coraGr. TIE words 6spensd
doubt.
"If they are genuine, respect for the
tesd, snt II roy to tie living require The,
Lay should pc suppreseeg a1d destroy
ed" Mrs. Phelps had ssid CT "pspsrs
1Ei.ten & little while before M.rioH's
teath." Els word was pledged. Bat
vast Dsma would lie see il he reversed
he eheet before destroying il? With
ooTnd T he heart that would lave as
sured him, tad proof b5aH needed, whist
lis bonnie, living girl-lnve M6s 20 hin he
9ut s~sy s.. tender memories CT the dead,
'alSe belEoGhed He had wcyssipped srG
the thianest Of shadows. he
night owe res pect-IhssEactly- the
ieat, ous no reverence 10 s. Wild dream
rem which 5a mad awakened. VINO was
he 'liviaa" to whom he WAS entrested 20
sew mercy? Where WAS she man who
lad first robbed MN, thso let him plsy
ne sad vissgod dupe snd fool, while tae |
iey-G Cay OF yuQt1 slipped forever beyCLd |
is reach?"
To leer2 thSt-to remember the name |
xitn execrztion-to despise, With the full |
cree OF C wrol ge6 and houest soul-per- |
laps, to brand him ss cur and blsck- |
.uarc, should he eve- cross his path |
would not re TO break his word. Wss It |
ict his r;ght-aGe poor rsg OF c1mpenss-
ion he might C zim for the .aceiculsbie-
he C2TEe5le evil the traitor had /
Sroughs? He would confess it TO So
ome'5 mother morEoN-5Ut th!s one
hirg he would do!
He stopped Tor the Letter.
peace lie: him rest! God Srows;h be,tl
And the flowing. tiGe comes in
And the flowing tide comes lnl'
1t Vas only his acknowledgements on
Ter nightly round Of nursery sud GsI-
los chamber, singing to her guilelesa
elf in passing her step EoE's door. to
rove her serenity of spirit, but R9x
back ilto bis se.s, put his Ell
loBs en- his knees, and covered his face
With his hsnds.
He sDelled the bslsam- bough slsnting
0 the water; the trailing Srnutus S,lome
we're in her Del7, hesId the waves tapping
he Prov and sides q the bounding boat.
! 1d's glorious heaven was over them,
III tuS sCA "So IlriASy nttSE Q IUEgt
org night, in his heart. The fresh, ten
er young voice told the tale OF love and
oss and pstient submission.
peace! lie! him rest God knoweth best"
Mrs. Lupton's chamber door closed
pom the rest of the refrain.
Aye! and could not he-s lept in
esven's best blessings, loving and be.
owed by the noble, true daughter of the
christian heroine who expected her
'aon" TO stand fast by his plighted word,
be almost husband Of pure, high souled
IA hn = L.