Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-11

''Then she will be q very amusing
companions; you won't be duh any
longer, Lord Gilmore. -
con, won't IL know who should
rather talk to one half-hour than to Mis- s
Kate Butler all day.
81 an quite curious to see this young
lady-is she tall or is she little?''
''Tall and straight as river reed
she wants certain softness, to my
mind-a grace, charm that some people
possess.
"And when is she coming?''
every soon, I believe; in a day or
two, / think, but I hope she will not
stay long,
"You may change your mind on that
subject -
81 don t think shall, the very idea
bores me-mRy come and talk to you
sometimes when she is here?''
mo, am sure you may not, you will
not want to talk to me then. 4"
"But viii indeed-if you knew how
1 think of no one else
''Lord Gilmore, you must not talk
thus
'Forgiye me, but you don't seem to
believe me; you do not seem to under
stand how much am in earnest.
''About what?'' smiled Nancy little
ssuoily.
"About my great admiration for you,
my eager desire to see more of you"
'But we really cannot see each other +,
Lord Gilmore; II told you why, you
know"
eyes, know you did, but 1 cannot
give it up.''
Nancy was silent for moment, and
then she turned her charming face and
looked at him with her soft, shining dark
eyes.
CT told you our sad little story, did
not?'' she said. elbow my dear father
was killed in a moment and my
mother left very, very poor-so poor, "
added Nancy with emotion, 'that you,
who are rich, cannot understand it-and
Lady Blenkensop, who is an old friend of
ours, got me this situation here, so that
might be able to assist my mother-and
and must not risk my mothers
Bread
HGilmore was moved; moved by the
girls beauty; and by her sweet voice, and
the unconscious pathos of her words.
''You make me feel almost brute!'
he said impetuously, ga selfish brute
and yet
81 do not wish to make you feel that,
for am sure you are not selfish, but you
see 1 am obliged to think of these
things
''Bus it seems so hard-a young girl
like you.'
"But young girl who has gone
through lot of trouble" said Nancy
with rather a sad smile. f'I told you
how strange it all seemed to me when
first came here, and when was at Lady
La u.
Cakes talked to me q little, Lady
Blenkensop gave me quite lecture, and
told me it would never do for me now,
to speak to young men.
fLady Blenkensop is an old fool, beg
ging her pardon and yours for calling her
soto talk such nonsence. Does she
think she can make young men blind,
and expect them not to admire 8 lovely
face when they see one? But I shall do
everything you tell mel shall never
weary nor worry You-if you will tell me
one thing?''
"And what is that?''
elf you were not here as a ohildren's
governess, would you have cared to talk
to me sometimes?'
'That is hardly fair question :"
"Yet should like you to answer it,"
"You mean If l were here as yoursI
mothers guest, like the young lady wig
is coming?" n
eyes, in that case, would you haze
cared to talk to me?''
81 think should - answered NancysSi
and sweetly, and with such a
charming blush and smile, that Gilmore
was completely enraptured. 80
81 am so glad so happy ''he said eager
". ''Now 1 shall feel do not bore you
by trying to see you, and shall not tor
get what you have told me about Your |
family circumstances, and l shall neger |
expose you to any annoyance-you can !
quite trust me!'' I
81 believe l can. -
Thus these young people came to an
in the fast gathering |
gloom of the winter afternoon, and as |
they walked up and down the long cor |
rider together, poor Nancy almost forgot !
all Lady Blenkensop's warning words,
AS for Gilmore he felt happy and excited |
to no ordinary degree. This beautiful |
girl was not quite indifferent to him then,
he was thinking, and the thought was |
very pleasant to him.
They talked after this of books. of |
theatres, of picture galleries, but the |
common place subjects did not seem |
common place, nor the time long as the |
husky shadows stole around them.
HHave you any decent books to |
read3'' asked Gilmore suddenly.
i have the school books" answered |
Nancy, smiling, ''and study grammar
est Miss Dossy should ask me any uues-
ions 1 should feel unable to answer
"What shsmel 1 have heaps of
novels lying about since my Illness; 1
must lend you come.
cit will really be great treat to
ne.''
81 am so pleased thought of it. Shall
go aud fetch you some now? Do you
lee that door there, Miss LOTUS, at the
md of the eorridor?''
eyes, see it. -
stThat leads to staircase which opens
INTO my part of the house; the door Is
always kept locked though, but luckily 1 |
found the key, therefore 1 can bring 1
books or flowers, or anything to you
Without anyone else being the wiser.
but" demurred Nancy, as this
proposal seemed rather alarming.
1t will be such pleasure to me-"
Urged Gilmore, and Nancy was not
strong minded enough to refuse.
They parted with the agreement that \
le was to bring her some books on the
afternoon, and that she was to
cave the children in the schoolroom, and
20 down to the end of the corridor to re-