Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-10

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II Texa the .pena him with
WA extd IN up ease -ersion. What
A[W1N cesSs mote been too preeip-
A&MFk rs vice since Hatton
pre- al Oh escort, bringing
terato inatMiss Forrest de-
fAGs di W arm and, on the
seaA Ie gaI- seemed to repel tie
hear n C4owing marked in
3 me Is CO imseh ne attendant of the
centspe ms oi'AoSee vice while DR. Bay
s 800 "a ltry aense. De visiting at the For
eSti.sEf oyernbeksn to come forth and,
il yfthat tie glance up and down
I'D 81 ,gh she had no other pur-
= asthl> iefs lheE n"g Out than TO escape from
sEaTEa ..lSn closes. 4irer, the young lady had
n ! NJ, er fro the path away from the
prieehe map AN, thfers and disappeared from
on of uunapoE direction of the traders
Arse he. Some of the ladies were beginning
81 3 n the believe that faute de mieux the doc
WAS consoling himself in q Irritation
"a = u his lacSadasical patient but it was
rbx sedily noted that he stayed only few
nipee ments whenever Miss Forrest left the
man. osSfe,s, and the idea was as speedily
% = me entire sisterhood, unless,
BNueFldeed I've except the1ady herself. Poor
&s Forrest. IN these days of her faded
L. ~heNpty she could not forget
- the fact that it was only a
few Nears before that her rosebud
- complexion and tender blue eyes
4 q
among the, young fellows in the garrison
where she Ehe only damsei, reigned SUI
preme; and lives there n woman who
having once Queened il over the hearts of
4 the opposite sex, can quite abandon the
idea that her p0NGers still exist.
~ Knowing from plain declarations to
that effect that her>spirited sister-in-law
totally dsapproved of Doctor Bayard
after a conversation held with him the
n night Mclean was returned to the post,
n Mrs. Forrest was tain to flatter herself
that these frequent visits to her were inn
PEELED by an interest transcendng the
professional and rapidly becoming
sentimental. II really did her good;
gave her something to think about
besides her woes; rescued her from the /
slatternly ways into which she was fall |
ing and restored faded coquetry 10 her |
dress and mien; frightened her dreamy /
eyes and lent color TO her pallid cheek /
snd prompted her 10 surround herself /
with those domestic barbados against |
nnhaliowed gIanues or uRwarrauted !
sighs-the children. But when Fanny /
Forrest fiatiy told her il was all nonsense, /
- This encouraging DR. Bayard visits ON /
SEc0tiHS OF some suppoSitious maiady and /
thai She was looking better than she had /
seen her look in SIX months, the lady |
took offense at the first statement and |
alarm az the second, and between the /
two relapse was accomplished which, of /
course, trinmphantly established the jus /
tice of her position ana the inefTable cru
ely Of her sister charge
Fanny Forrest 5 life could hardly have /
been pleasant just then, said superficial /
commentators. To every woman who /
called upon the lady of the house in her 1
invalid state Mrs Forrest had something /
10 say about the heartlessness and utter
lack Of sympathy with which she was
treated, aud Who can doubt that the let
ters sbe-wrote her soldier husband made
] frequent complaint to the same effect
Now If III the domestic circle Miss Forrest
lad 40 friend or synlpathizer it was quite
as bad without. With ali her franl1ness,
uatailiancy aad dash, with ali her willing
anteSs 70 be cordial and friendly, there had
with isen beween her a-la the Whole sister