Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16
nsnuer, he Seemed to cSer ridiculous

AE9lSr, ne Ee6H6H 10 CHet EIuINuIGu US
suggestion Of supporting him with his
w017ded member.
"Wnen you first KEN TO Ibjin Spring"
ne begaa, rSstn and Cres'y vas goin' To
school, bsy. s1d girl like, aud nolh!n'
more. They'd Known each other from
bs6'es--thsDsvises bein' our neighbors
ia KllntucS, and emigrAten' With US from
St Joe Seth mout hev cottened to Cress,
erd Cress TO him, in course o. time, Eud
oere wasn't AnYthin' befWIxt the tsnI-
lies 30 hev kept 'em from mTrYiE' when
hey wanted. Bat there never wsr any
4or's passed, srd no engagement"
"Bat," inteTrupss Ford hastily, "ny
predecessor, Mr. marsin, dis;ircLlF told
! ne that there WAS, and ira! ii was with
Jour permission
/ "Fns's only because you noticed
suth!1' the fret day you looked over the
! school with Marin. 'D.G,' a,z Cross 20
zee, 'thxt new teachers very pesrt; ARd
| hs's that keen about noticin' me snd
| Sgth tnsl l reckon you'd better give out
snkt wa'ie engaged 'Bu. are yoa?' sez
l. sIt'ii come to thsE in tae end SEE
Cresa. 'apd il that yer teacher hez come
! here with northern idess o. a0cieIy, Il's
Just az well TO let hin see Itjin Spring
ain's entirely in the woods aoou: them
thing5 either Sd agreed, and MAr:iu
told sou il was sll Tigh'; Cross and Seth
Vas 81 engaged couple, and you was to
tsks no notice. And then you ups sEd
.3hjlcs TO the hull thing, and allows thst
pourtiu' in school, evea among engaged
pupils, ain'l proper"
TIE master turned his eyes VITA some
ureag.ness 70 the face OF Cressy's father.
L wss heavy bu. impressive.
/. 81 don'I mind teinIA you, now thst i!'G
over, what happened The troubIe with
ne, Eir F.Td, isl &iI's kan! and you
air, and. Traits wnSt go: he. For when
heard WhGt you'd ss!d, Lgst on inst mus
.arg snd started for the school house to
clean you o1r'apd Civ ypq five minutes TO
lesye Iajun S5ritg-y don's know ez you
remember thst day. I'd -1akilated my
time so q 10 kefch you comm Ont o.
school, bGs l was too slrLy.u IThuDg
2rCucd cut G. sighf, ard t5eD EftChed my
ness to buckeye and peeped inter the
winder to hev 8 good lock sS ye. l.
wss yeiy q1iet snd kan There was
squirrels over the roof, YelloW lckets
icg ike nil around IN the air, and ] AZ
2tsds twisierin' in the ching es, and they
reYeT minded me. You we're moVln' Up
ard dcTn am0ng them little gals and
noys, liitil' u their hssds aad tslkin' 10
,, aotsIy and quiet lie, q II yen vas
one CT than yourself. And they looked
cootented and kan. And CucG-I don't
kuSw il yCu remE inter i!-Y5u KEN cloge
up TO the WindeT Wlh yCQr htpde behta 4
yon, and looked oEEgo ksm aud q liet sad
80 4If.,Cff, ez H7evsrybCdY else outside
the school IVES. miles away from yea
l! Gem 20 me''fhen that I'd given g
hesp to hev hEd the cid wOrsan see
you thar. Il KEN to me, Mr.. Ford,
that there wsan'5 sny place Cor me thar;
e2o :. ken so ne, tO0-Rnd little rough
Hkt-thaE mehbeG there Wsgn't sny place
there for my Crsss either! So I rode
awsy without dislurnin' YOU nor the birds
nor ila ,qrlrTeIs TElktn' with Cress
'iaat HiahJ, che said I how /; was fair
sample Of what happened every day, and
thGt T00'Id always {resteG Ier fSir Ike
the uihs;s. So she allowed that she'j so
DOVE to Sacramento, and get Some tn!rgs
sein her and Seth beiD' married 4 Z.
month, ard she reckoned enc wouldn't
trCUCle y1u nQr the school agin,
EsTk TIL I've done, MIR. Ford"
he continued, az the ypung
nsr made slight movement Ct d6pIecS
ton. "WeI, agreed. Bet aE!er she
uoc to Sacramento and bought some fancy
fxip's, g j. wrote &c me sBd sez ez hoW
shec Deen th.Dkin' the hull thing over,
snt size reckoned that she &.1d Seth were
tCo yCucg 20 marry ard the engagement
had. osst5a be broke. AID broke It for
her"
"But howl" asked the bewildered mae
ter, >
"Giu'rsIy with this gun," returned
McKius:ry with siOR gIsvi.Y, iodicat-
ing the ras he Was carrying: "ior
amt kan. l let on to Seth's father
that il eYor found Seth aDd Cfessy to-
gether again I'd shoot him. Il made q
sort O. ccolLess bctwixg the families, and
hiz given some comfort to them low
down HsrElsong; but evan the law, l
rscsoD, recogBiz 8 fathers rights. And
ez Cfess SCI, now e. Seth's cut O. the
Way, thar ain'B no reason why she cSn't
-so cack 10 schoo! and flish her eddicA-
ton, And I reckoaed she WAS right.
Aud we both agreed that 81 she'd Left
school to git them stort clothes, 1t Was
on!y fsir lnst sne'd give the school the
beneh. q 'en."
Tie case seemed more hopeless than
ever, TIE master knew that the man be.
side him might n6rd y prove SIS lenient 10
& second Q. / ,cliol at MS hand. But that
vesy reason, perhaps, impelied him, now
thGt be knew his danger, to consider II
more strongly ug duty, snd his pride re-
yoIted from possible threat Underlying
McKlGstry'e CoDhIences. Nevertheless
he bsgSn gently:
"But are you quite sure ths. you won
regret GAsG you dida't sVs!i yourself OF
| this broken engagement, and your dhugh
| teEis GU. f 10 send her to some larger
/ boSrding-achool in Sacramento or Sar
| Francisco Don't you think she msy fad
! il Gull, and soon tire Of the company Of
mere children when she his already
| known the excitsmeDt ot'-he Wa
shout to say "a lover" but checked HIM
self, sud sdded, "s young girrs free
dom?"
"Mr. Ford" returned McKins,ry, with
/ the slow and fatu lUs misconception OF {
oneridesd msn, "when I said just nov
that, lookia' inter that kan, peaceful
/ school Of yours, didG's ilc & place tol
, Cess, II warn't because / didn't thinl
she ough:eT hev piSce thar Thar VS.:
! thsv thar Wot she never hsd tz little CIR
! With me sad the old wonsp, and that che
couldn't ll.d q gEoWnd up girl IN sn.
boarding school, the home Of chi 1; tina
&!eG y IlauCsnt t .oI!sHGess that 1 scme
times reckon must hev slipped outer GU
/ lIa,g.az.s Wagon coEi2' sloss tae pl2irs
or got left behind at St Joe. she was
groWnd girl fit to msrry store she was
child. she had young ielleya S.sparkin'he
afore she ever played with ZEN ez boy ant
girl. l don't mind tellin' you that
Tern't in the naeut Of Blair RSWlins
dsrter to teach her own dsrter any bet
ter, for all she's been mighty help T.
me. So if it's all the same to you, MI
Ford, we won't talk about groWnd u
| rchool. Isd Tashar Grass he r. little cir