Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-03

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o. DIV W., rossage of q few weeks had wrought
NV changes in the fortunes of certain
soHlo 1 Sa, connected with this story.
PeFsSo a Pemberton's foster mother,
t Mem had again changed her name.
NHu- .os widow no longer, having sub
eIa 10 the Establishments of Dan Ash
NM and become mine hostess of the
star. .ooa "a b,s rvord
- the old home at AZ Manchester
va 7ras broken up, and Nancy and
loe .o5onted daughter went to live at the
he nv Ashton intlmated his Willingness
Al ali for Nellie he had promised
Nancy he would do.
'T Tbe nretty weaver was to cease work.
trT in the mill, was to become the bar
LTD NJ The star If she chose, was to
Lora tutor to teach her music, another
., ~ ;rnroye her education, in fact, any
hing she required.
On, every one of these proposals were
.oorined bv Nellie, to the amazement of
nan and Nancy. The girl was heartily
.roteful to Ashton for Offering to do so
F,~cb for her, hut her refusal to accept
angtbinr of the nature proposed was i'm
mediate aud emphatic.
Sbebad all q girls natural desire to
better her position and improve herself
accidentally. But she had sufficient in
dsnandepcy Of spirit to prefer remaining
at her looms rather than become bar
maid. As a weaver she was her own
mistress. had all her evenings, Saturday
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herself: to become a barmaid would
necessarily cuTtail her freedom and make
OF her a servant.
And again Nellie had no liking for such
ssrvltude. She knew that the company
which freGuented public houses was of
the most mixed character; that barmaids
hal to listen TO all kinds of language
from tipsy customers, and she preferred
the privacy and liberty of her present
life, rather than the publicity and re-
straints service behind the bar of the
Star would entail upon her.
With this conclusion of his sweet
hearts Mark Eliot had thoroughly
agreed. When mention of the suggested
change was made TO him by Nellie, he
had urged her strongly against it. The
thought of such a thing was extremely
odiOus to the young fellow. He knew
that beautiful girl like Nellie, if placed
as Dan Ashton proposed, would be at the
mercy Of every vain fop who chose to
pay for a drink ct the Star. She would
have to submit to their openly expressed
admiration, their silly compliments,
double endendres, Iibidinous vapouriugs.
His soul revoted at the thought of all
these things, and he urged Nellie against
II with all his love, and with so much of
plOquence as he possessed. And he had
capped bis pleadings by saving that in a
little while, when he had soraped to-
Eetber sufficient money to furnish small
cottage they would be united and then
all necessity for further work on her
part would be past
And thus things went on in the old
way, and Nellie remained at the mill
working regularly, cheerfully, for her
great love for Mark Eliot filled her
thoughts, her life with happiness, and
the hours, the days and weeks sped by
on rOse-hued wings.
Almost every evening, when the
weather permitted, the lovers went for
long walks in the country around War
bingham, getting to know each other
more intimately day by day; and their
mutual affection grew deeper and
stronger with the flight of time.
II Walter Mayhem had not abandoned
all hope Of winning the charming factory
lass he had, at least, ceased to poster
her with bis attention. The rough les
son Mark had taught him was probably
the cause Of this, for it was certain that
MS passion for Nellie had only been in
lehsIhed BY what had transpired and
that his hatred of Eliot had become the
most dominant influence of his life.
Night and dav-every waking moment
walter Mayhem dwelt upon his schemes
Vi possessing himself of Nellie Pember-
S, and visiting his vengeance on Mark
EHot' Within the last few days he had
MADE q somewhat startling discovery
auu the nature of it only further aug
wife.
what that discovery was need not be
stated at this point, especially as May
Nv was only as yet partially acquainted
Sun the bearing of what he had found
Ou'' But he meant to ferret out the
"uole matter, and if it was as he. ex-
ensue.
was mldWinteT now: rigorous frost
nAu SET IN, as if it meant to stay for
was and the whole countrywide around
"H'Fngham was clothed in a thick hard
frozen coat of snow,
.on ue M-ted, badly clad poor of the
~. ~, were having a very unpleasant
=, HU. OF It now, and there were rumors
me .ne factory circles of impending
r tOloIes' All the cotton spinners of War
a rs5't.. mad given their hands notice of
8, t s-lUn all around, and the strong
naorIe s,,us prevailed among the work
F,gpie 10 favor Of striking.
CO.., Nv Ine matter would result no one
c Gc'g 'elI' but the prospect was sufi-
an M! omlnous. The cotton workers of
ts,r asses were making spasmodio at
irrl''IA' organizing themselves; meet
.cs,. %ere being held in public houses,
frn., O, ~ lComs aud the open air; speakers
s55 L' oluham, Manchester and Bolton
thsa, ss'.l The operatives and exhorted
diH,,,,.' u much fierce language and in
mos ~, grammar, to resist to the utter
miso.e I'll attempts to further reduce their
NJ oie starvation wages.
into ,S oourse Mark Eliot threw himself
soul agitation with all his heart and
indiv;aa,, mad argued the operatives,
urpsnt tr uay and collectively, on the
respsc,' necessity Of at once joining their
sevs,e, '.e trade societies; he addressed
isrv ot meetings, and became the secre-
Rp, new Organization.
sxDer,sD. eia even mere than this. The
taught Nv" OF the past few months had
spoken M, MI mat old Bob CubbY had only
AM o o lne truth when he stated that the
kanyV ro1s Of warringham systemati-