Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-12

hs1 not time before your message Wa
brought in. As you anticipate shat
| depend much upon her judgment IN form
ing 8. decision. To be frank, like to-
| look CT the thing, at the first fash. q
little So you DO. You have spoken g
/ epsniy tnat may venture to be yet NOR
! iIsLk, and al nit that l neither Ike nc
! admire your correctly estimable step son
ana think my girl might DO much bette
| In the mstrinoIisl mskst. Having ex
changed CO, fiences thus fsr, and ami
J csbly, we vii postpone further discussion
until nave heard what Mrs. Peeps III
to ssy"
"B7 no means. You will pledge m
your support here and nov, give me
finite, solemn promise to oppose hi
match By every means at your conmaad
Briefly aid explicitly, will not hsve il
GIN no. talking for ef9ct"-l
be gszet at her II incrt daiou
sm.z m=nt. az ! had not been $50
'.aken py surprise By the e5gsge2en'
having stult.ded myself by following 81
other trail, could hsve ma5sged with
cut your CO operation, l an coz f1ent!.
OF the came mind vita the mSa TEo SSH
Time snd 1 sgai2ss any other two!
You are Times unworthy substitute, h
not oeing nvsilsble"
V1zed though re w,s, he EAT the r..
dicuioUs clement in her usurpsliCn O
despotic rule, and The aer6pe assursLct
with which she relied upon fee gnc
Independent man of ststion sut family &c
90 her behest. he hsd credited her with
mora sense than to take his innCcu0u:
gallsDtfies an grand serieux. b. every
"a
little fssciustor presumed upon her tnfa-
cree over her sdmirera. He you'd lei
her down getty but decidedly.
"Ny d.ar Mrs. Luptop," he said po-
litely and smilingly; 1--WE msy IS well
understand one another in this matter
before m5re IS said. Should ny wife see
reason to psrmit this ergseemont-"
"PrCvlslonsl!" she interpolsted mildly.
He bowed.
"This engagement, provisional upon ny
CONSENT would be q reelection upon
her were l TO promise you, 'IeTe end
now never to sanction il. AgEiE, Salome
!s not q child. She will be tweI:y-one
rext May, AID able to msrTy without my
appreciation Of Ter choice. appreciate
your position, End earnestly desire 20 CO.
operate with you. Blu. [ c.DnOt folfeit
my child's confidence aud Fiction, CT
kick her fuitor-s nan Ct good family
and fortune and ifreproscasble morale
cut OF m7 81 use because l happen nos
TO Ike him. II l should forbid his visite,
and command Sllome to give him up, ano
soe were 20 Tebel-es girl with mind
end affections Of her In IL likely TO do
how would l have beitered you by
slienstirg her erd woundipg ny wii,'
"In that event, should be justified in
nv eyes, il not il you're, in playing my
IS ct caro-, should regret the esciardIe,
out self prf servation would demand heroic
"Ycu have still another card, thel?"
he ssid II, in amused curiosity, eyeing |
Ter coolly and critically, IS she arose de-
ibe rstely from her chsir with an almost |
bsu:d so!emnity Of motion and vls.ge, |
md re ed one slender hand on The leaf |
brown screen st her right. she was q |
,orn sensstiCnaIist, but she ovsIrated
er dramatic ability. This was cheap
vo,k.
"Is 1t consistent with the unities CT
cur plot, 10 give me sn mixing OF what
hat card is ?" he asked not without q
thinner CT mirthful contempt ST the COM
inslicn Of sise e.ef:c and evident esr-
estuess of purpose.
"Is is here !"
A slight push rolled the screen aside.
: had concealed The ts5ernscled portrait
sIome lad seen upstairs. The leaves
we're opeE; the srgie Il observation ard
nd the fall Of the light had been clearly
sicu!ated from where he sat. The illu
ion wss 30 nearly perfect that the living
I n pnrnfEr him InCplnr, |
srily he passed his hand ecroes his eyes;
Or enc bind second the roaring Of waves
llsd his ears, the floor rocked under Il
eet; voice and breath fJTsook him. He
al never heard that such portrait WAS
q Rsx LuptoI's possession, and the
Inhibition had the effect OF q wrsith,
,xDert in cunning devices Mrs, Lupton
I'D drtped easel and frame with come
u!lhued Oriental fabric. The beautiful
cad lesned toWsrd the spectator from
ne shadow of .SsitghtIy pssiscting hood
nth which thsfRainsed bscksreuld was
F It is only OLE esss'a stage #ss mems
nees smite togetheFaor }abger IFS ait
Tan is required for tsRsrafy of conven4
onal lock End WAs The show woman
Fqpttsns111sI6f bleEch and qaIver.
ne Ordinary observer would have no.
ced only start of surprise, thenasIkef
weep ct the hand over the face tosstudy
lie vision. After that, 4 mans scourfly
resence, rising 20 his feet, because his
os ess remained standing, and fixing in.
hiring eyes on her countensnce, while 4,
IS fiDgers tugged mechanically q. h!rFs
ustache. !
"Ah! an excellent likeness!" he said
asits'ingly, apparently be ause he could !
1t t5irk what else was expected OF him.
But Fill to see the conrec'ioE-"
with my final play? Sit down, :
p" resuming her seat, and, as II idly, =
ckipg up an envelope from the table at
ar lets, turning 1t sostrsctedly over II
er hand, and pinccing tbs corners hard >
it'll thumb aud forehager while she :,
liked. "While you look at tie picture
it is by C sud remarkably fine
sinti1c-!et me recsll TO your mind J
lestion pat to you, g fortnight or go !,
70, rel,tive TO mysterious lover Of :,
IS B.ysrd with whom ste wEs in cor l
sponterce at the time of her death. l !!
I'd tnen IN my desk the documents In s
e csse, and needed no information from Il
~, cue 1 threw cut the query as d
eelcr,' you understand. That WAS i'm. "
rtiuent jsst!rg. Tonight an in
.adIy earnest This" holding 1t up
q letter 1 took from the u
,cket Of the original If that picture ST 4
+ her death. " Is too lorg and wordy .
be read in fail, and Mrs. Phelps may II
impatient II we exceed the half hour. 0
lie was much enggossed with you whose o
cease WAS hourly expected, 50 a. p
ngemsats ior the obseq1ies, disposition
effects, etc devolved upon ny has. "
nd and myself. The gown worn By the =
ally II NED traveller WAS partly burn- f