Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-05

not CT US, neither never would or Coul
they be. What I've bore m forgive, We
KEEP on hopin' again hope, sin't 10 b
tole here ncr now. I'ye trusted u
prsyed-though agai1' scripter and com
mon sense, that the tiger might shed hi
skin m the European his spots, sn' here'
what's come O. &c ch onnatTal doin's."
r chard lowered his eye!ids 10 hide th'
glee that was fairly on tiptoe within him
compressed his mouth to keep the rebel
lious moustsche- ends still, while Ii
scrubbed, it would seem desQltorily, or
his folded paper. II Madeline were only
within earshot! He despaired Of doing
the subject justice, even with the help q
| his notes.
The Fitchett wss mounted sq1areiy and
heavily on her high horse. The story,
rolled like an unctuous moTsel uuder hel
bitter tongue for so many days, WAS to be
rehearsed to an ignorant and sympathetic
listener.
81 ain't got one soIiterry item Tor = re-
proach myself with, Ricasfd P5elPsi not
! in singular, individooal nor iGentickle
perticoclar, hev l occasion fer repeEle pee.
IS | said to Mrs. Tom Johnston las Sun
day night, when che m 8 couple noe g
ny lady irien's m their husoan's come
in after everin' service, (not hevin' seen
me out all day ST. church to labor with
me en- the eucjeck, m tildin' me-sn five
O. EN- js.' IS firm g sdcermint-Ssz L:
Mrs johnston seq III the Jedge wa
10 summons ne tonight T. answer = tn
deeds done = my minister's BODY Eez l,
q sin't mite afraid bu! that He'I cay by
ne ez He did by tn GOOD Samaritan VIC
ms he ist f. q ,
she wiped the bovine eyes il whose
murky depths ugly Goals were beginning
to burn, snd made an eE9rS 70 be moo
eTate.
"But I'm gcin' on ahead OF my MARIA
10 hear the rights o. tn stOry?"
"Iudeed Go! Whatever concerns you
interests me. And all this gfieves ne SO
deeply that l an al Xious TO hssr the
whole, to gee II l msy not be Of some
service 10 YOU"
She gave the history Of the tes party,
emitting no detail Of the psirs she had
taken t0 please snd honor the pastor sud
his helpmeet; the presentation OF the
flowers was depicted with the aGiunctive
psrticul RS the tale had gathered 10 Itself
by many repetitioE5, the incident Of
E'delia's accidental espiel from the street
Of what looked ike the ounch OF buds
and blooms her too conGding mother had
t,ker, first from her garden, then
from her tsble, and given GwLy over
night, accounted for the TepossesSion OF
the same, ard the revelation CT the frczsN-
viperlsh peifidy OF those who had so
lately psrtaken CT bite md sup over her
m&kOgsDy "extensiou." "Thst youpg
Lae" hsd tried to draw the fire OF right
eous indigestion by ofaTicg to take his
Bibls-osth that his sister-iu-I2Y had given
him the flowers 80 Gerry, On meeting him
nesr Mr.. Phelps gate, aGd that he had
tDoughtlessly thrown them eway withou:
her consent, suppcslng them 60 be with
cred
Gas if any fool with half en- eye il his
head couldn't see thai this ID 2 putUp
JONI" commented the injured party "s
story CO: "a csrved m cooked Y suit tn
occasion, ~, to my TASTE, consi3er'b Die
overdore m not too Gweet!'
Richard hesrkeped with eurpriaipg ps-
tience, when one reflects inst the leading
points Of the narrative were NOT new 10
him, and thst the tone OF the speaker and
the pettinesB aud wi geTity OF the tee pot
tempest were rep lsive 20 his taste. a..
this juucture he interposed. He wss
really fond Of Hollis Lee, and, for his
sake, wished 20 serve his rel&tiyeF, to
whom he silently gaVe credit for discre-
tiCn in not having, alder pressure, re-
Vesled the circumstances CT their visit TO |
his house on their way home. lie had
horror OF alteration and neigh |
oorhood squabbles. Thus f.r the Lees |
had. very properly not allowed him to be |
with them.
"Excuse me, my dear triendi" he ssid:
"but Mr.. Hollis Lee called upon me that
evening to complete the details Of cur
new partnership, and in leaving men
TONED that he should probably Join his
brother and sister on the way home, they
having accepted your hospitality. That
s bit of corroborstive evidence to the
ruth OF his story"
She cut the well designed phrase short,
'svagely.
"He didn't think to mention that he
vas invited, too, an' couldn't come on
account O. hevln' sn engagement to sup
Der somewheres elsc-did he? Thai was
up T. order, too, It seems, II he
vas ONLY o CALM to your house on BUSH
leesi He's no better n the rest of 'em
,etter for us!"
Richard WAS tolerable Judge of hu-
nan nature, and usually happy in his
hoice of policy in dealing with knotty
pecimens. He made the L istake now
4 assuming that the engry woman would
Ike to be conciliGted; that il her griev-
nee could be lessened in her own sight
he swould return to q ":ore Christian
-ame OF mind. Whereas, broad, safe
rinciple in such cases Is tina. he who
dds fuel to the wrathful in the shape of
lllets of further information in kind or
sggots Of appreciation, well resined with
sympathy-who would be sur
rlsed were the Plaintiffs condition OF
lind other than il lie, or his fury less
ery-is rated: as the irate mans best
lend. The Widows Injury was her
Of her bone and flesh of
ST flesh. The attemp. to believs II, or ,!
1sY II away from her EN- brace, was an
front that aroused @ brute ferocity in
le maternsl bosom.
"You must let me defend nv young {
lend and partner" Mr.. Phelps pursued, 1
ling unconsciously into the persuasive {
jury Troop" He looked debonair, ele-
snt, snd winning. Fellow passengers )
srvelled st seeing him in confidential {
,nclsve with blstsnt, tawdfy wGmsr. q
Being young, he ls, as he coniesses, :
ioughtless. II is not go long since you
ere.a girl yourself 6 pretty one, too, g
It me observe in passineD tbs. you can s
VITA youth. Hollis is in c
spa5le OF deliberate fs1sehood, or of in b
srtinence toward any ore whom he re- g
,ecss SO highly as he does yourself. He 9