Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-26
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8 her OF courage 20 add, ai.ef he thzIke
9 ner Gnd took the tray
y "There is omethirg VISIT % tsil vo
, when you CA give me i've minutes. 9o
t will find me in the back p1rloT sloGe You
= brother is in his sIudy.",.
I Absorbed in MS Own affairs IS he was
} her manner aroused within aim sUf4>!en
E degree of interest "a tle ;Hsomstnipe'
TO tske hin down Stairs Is soon 'ss tt,
: .u1ch WAS disposed Of. He wss f51d @
? Anna, in sway. The7 hsd oesn comrade!
! for years, and be- tad mach respect fol
her quiet PERCEPTION snd sound sense
J E bel he'd resisued more thsn one dexl
J hope during the late GUNNER and esrly
sutumr-h0pse she had never CoLf LED
even to K lfus.
AEna was sewing, as usual, hemming
q set of tsble napkins that were to sur
prize Ethel when she came downstairs
They were bought with Annals own
money, VIXEN she deserted tbs numerous
dams in what remained Of E.heps bridal
ou't Of nspery. Hollis old MOI know
this, or care to observe the trtcas OF
housswork il the reddering aud rouglen.
irg of the "meidep's hard" The cruel.
sst neglect women ever receive from men
{ Who are man, il through the ss.f3a sb
sorption Of the latter IN other women.
Cataract never so defdeped the vision,
nor stone desfaess the ear.
This particuisr man ought to have ep-
preciated the directness OF his compEl-
IONS approach 10 the euhjact to bs la:d
before bin.
! "Garsld Lupton Wss hsngirg about
Mrs. Phelps garden this afternoon, wais-
ing to speak TO you or me-" she began.
Happening 10 catch sight CT lie on the
back porch"
"When you ran ole wy, another, to
get away from me loyers," put In Hollis,
with rough laugh. "Well, 60 on!"
SRe ooeyed gr1yely and quietly, not
raising her eyes from her wplk:
| "He beckored NE out, and gsksd X
| you'd walk In the rose-gsrden with Din.
He WAS all In q liver with nervousness
quite unstruDg between the dread OF,
as he said telling tsles out OF school,
and keeping back what Mrs. Phelps ought
to know, perhaps. He Is very fond
OF her, and Of Shlome, but
'ielt that he could talk more
| comfortable about 1t to me- Il seems
that, night before leet, hearing voics5 In
the library, he stole dowrsrsiTa into the
parlols to peep 8. the visitors. His Gu
rioeity had been already excited by catch
Ing glimpse Of his mother, in diff rent
gown from what she had worn at dinner,
slipping slyl7 down stairs. carving q big
pic:Ure-a queer sort Ct sffs!r, ne esid-
with locked doors over IT, that belorga
in his brothers room. he SEW her over
the balustrsde Of the third -etcry Stare,
having been to tie garnet for 8 book lie
Kept there. Interdicted literature ,probs
Div, but made 10 comment. This inci-
dent tempted to pl.y the eavesdropper
The sliding doors and the porGiere be-
tween the bsck paJlcr and the lisbrary
were shut, but he pried crack between |
the doors with his knite. blade, winding 1t |
with his handkerchief 10 prevent noise.
The curtains hung very little way apart |
so he could zee gate well al that went |
on In the other room"
"Thst boy is educating himself fer the |
states prison and gsllows!" remarked |
Hollis, sententiousiy severe.
al must confess thet the cool premedi- |
tEtion CT the misdemeauor shocked ne |
somewhat. Yet was inteTes ed when be
described how his mother. dressed up Il
to kill, in silks and laces,' sat there read
ing letter aloud to Mr.. Phelps, With the |
open picture by her. st Was the likeness
OF Rax's girl, the one who Was killed on
the railroad,' be sid, 'and rsying besu-
ty' His mother was perfectly composed
IN face and talk, bu. Mr. Phelps looked
pale and scared.
"G had the Strength of mind to stop him
there. 1T was as dishonorable in me to
listen, % in him to act the spy tolt
him, and l was leaving him in passion
when the boy burst into tears, and begged
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Mrs. Phelps or Rex with what he
was sure WAS at the bottom Of au
the trouble. II Mr. Phelps were TO die
he would have TO tell it all In court, most
likely. He hadn't slept Z wink all lss,
highland SO much more of the same
wild talk, thst let time 60 on, convinced
thai his while imagination msgnified the
importance CT tie secret, there might be
something In 1t inst would cast light ON
the mystery.
"'M:mma was reading letter. he re-
pexted. you know her smooth, Durring
way OF telkirg-like water slipping down I
! hillu"
"That's 20. hali-bad description, )" il I
Perfected Hollis. I
$50 thought. WELL said lie, 'she
talked little and then resd a little from
the paper. II was awfully sentimental
stuf-she reading wss-like love letter {
In novel. A. last she got to 9 place |
where the msn WAS begging his girl 10 q
give him six hours out Ct NOBODY q
knows how mspy half dozen years she mad G
10 spare, and how he could take as good 8
care OF her IS IN angel ever could, and | 4
how Madeline would be the first to make I
fun Ct her II she didn't come up 10 time. n
CT words to that effect. And before | 4
bad time to think that Madeline was e
Mrs. Paelps's name, too, up jumpsd MIR D
Phelps and roared out tbs. she mus. stop g
that, and asked her what price she pu, b
upon the stolen letter, and she stood up, c
too, and laughed in his face, and l was
afraid they were coming out OF the room, +,
md would smoke me, aad legged it IS +
light as could up TO my room. By and. b
oy heard Mr.. PlelpB's voice In the hall. Z
md took squint q. him over the bsnis C
iers. He said something about sending b
he papers over IN the morning, and his 2
head feeling strange, snd 9 trying dsy! Il
/ very trying day! AID walked unsteadi- t,
y on his pins. TO the front door, withou. .
lis hat. I thought he'd DE back in
minute, but he didn't show again." Fl
"Mrs. Lupton reported those very L
words" i,
"Yes-but she protested that the tp- I,
ervlew Was not SsitstiDg-ra simple mat. y
er Of bargain and sale.' I crcss-sxsm- 8
ned Gerald sharply on this point. Hs Il
luck to his story-.hst M. Phelps was n
wearing mad, and she as cool as IN iced d
u;umber. Obly no ice can be SO con- "
oundedly cool SIS nemms is, when other te
'omen would 60 inio ecreechipg hyster. Ii
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