Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-23

his reckless defamation of reporters. -
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have just heard good story that is
encouraging, inasmuch as it proves that
| some pretty American girls are not so
mad to capture and marry EnglishmeD of
title as some foreigners would have us
| believe. The name of the characters in
the comedy can be comfortably left out,
all that is necessary to say beng. that
the girl was fine, healthy example of
the Yankee beauty with fortune, and
/ more charms of manner and person than
| any other girl of her set The man was
a parsonage of high rank, who distin-
guished himself after his rebuff at the
hands of our heroine by capturing a
wealthy widow who was more dazzled by
| his noble station. 1t was at a grand
| function that his grace's ardor reached
! boiling pitch, and he allowed himself to
| speak the precious words that placed his
proud name in the hands of the young
New York belle. The two were
alone, out among the plants
IN the conservatory, and his grace was
| declaring, with as much warmth as his
! dignity and the temperature Of the night
would permit, that he had decided he
| loved the young lady, and would she
! consider she was invited to become his
| wife. His grace, as he made the soft
| avoWal OF his affection, observed that
| the object of it squirmed neTvously about
| as though laboring under a strong pres
| sure of excitement. he, feeling that she
| was overawed by the seriousness of the
situation, endeavored most delicatelY to
put her at her ease by assuring her that
he would wait for his answer, and beg
giug her to think of him only as a hum
] Al
worthy, even though his rank was great
one. But the girl continued to writhe
about and finally settling in despair on a
chair. His grace was on his knees in an
instant, imploTing her pardon if he had
been too hasty. AS she kept on weeping,
he pleaded to know what was the mat
ter, and what he could do to relieve her
suffering.
"Well, you see, - sobbed the girl, 81
have porous plaster on my back and it
is almost driving me frantic. 1 must get
somewhere and take it off, or 1 shall go
mad. -
His grace gave up his suit in that di-
reCtiOn at once
Ingenious are the youth of the me-
tropOIis. There is young but bright
boy who won the hand of belle, but the
engagement has not been especially
chosen to discourage the attentions of her
old admirers to the extent demanded by
her accepted sutton. Among the men
who continued to implore her tolerance
after she had pledged her hand was q
wealthy German gentleman. This |
Ominous party was the particular eye
sore to the future husband of the f1irta-
tious beauty, and many were the fierce
objections made to his persistent devo- |
tons, but TO no purpose. The German
was at the house of the fauce quite as
often as the youth himself, and
appeared to be treated with most
objectionable preference by everyone in
the family. Finally the young man
made up his mind that q conspiracy was
in progress to rob him of his promised
bride, and he set himself about to put
quick stop to it. His method of doing so
was certainly heroic. Conscious that the |
girl of his heart did not know word of /
German he learned from q friend a series |
of the most impertinent phrases con-
tanned in that eloquent language. They |
were such as would make a fish mongeT |
resentful, but all innocently the girl |
learned them from her lover, with the |
understanding that she should astonish |
her old German admirer by speaking |
them off rapidly when he was not pre-
pdE6u. ne NE6LCu6u lOuiu ShOI6 SOl-
EMMY that the words were entirely ele-
CANT, and that the German would be !
much pleased by the sentiment they con-
tanned.
The evening came when the three were
alone for moment together. The young
man gave his signal, and the girl pro-
oeeded in her sweet voice to Tecite her
lesson to the German. AS the terrible
sylIables dropped from her lips he began
to grow pale until he was dead white.
Then his blood took the opposite course,
and his face became purple. CHANGING
quickly at the young man, he gasped:
Z" Goodness grashus, do you hear dot?
Vat ISIS der madden NIT her?''
The hopeless boy approached and whis-
pered into the ear of the German:
Monomaniac. Likely to break out at
any time with just such fearful words in
her own language. Cam cure her. -
With look of fright and pity in his
eyes the German hastily made his adieus
and left the house. His attentions to
the pretty girl ended from that night.
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