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

and the little islands-do let US 90 Mis-
Loftus?''
Is 1t not too far?'' asked Nancy for
the park was great place, and extended
over an area of quite fourteen miles in
circumference, aud in summer-time wal
beautiful with its green and varied
slopes, its lake, and magnificent trees
beneath which the dappIed deer browsed
and the wild birds sang. Sir Thomas
Clifford, when he bought Wrothsley, had
pulled down the old hall that stood amid
its woods and wilds, and had reared the
stately pile he considered suitable to his
new state.
And he had spared neither money nor
care, on the great Elizabethan mansion
that he built. It's well-balanced masses
aud the magnificence Of its details made
it show house in the county, and the
old man had been proud of il and was
never weary of pointing out it's beauties
TO friends that he had known in humber
days, and would boast of the vast sums
that the pictures alone had cost him, and
beautiful statuary marble mantel- pieces
and the Aubuseen tapestry.
The lake was lovely spot, quite a
mile-and-a-half from the house, and
Nancy had never seen it, but urged now
by Gilmore to comply with the children g
request, she consented to go. Presently
the little girls ran on, and she was yir-
tually alone with Gilmore.
''Do you know. 1 have watched and
waited over an hour this morning to see
you," he said, when the children were
out of hearing.
Nancy felt greatly embarrassed by this
speech, for more than once during the
morning she had taken herself to task
and had told herself it would never do
for her to be seen walking with the young
lord.
"You promised to talk to me some
times, you know, before you ran away
yesterday - continued Gilmore, $50
you will forgive me watching for you,
won you?''
81 hope you won't do SO anymore,
Lord Gilmore" said Nancy, nervously !.
You see Lady Gilmore would not like
tit Will only bring me trouble.''
81 have thought of that, too, 4"
answered Gilmore, ''for women are SO
absurd about some things, and my
mother has very Jealous and exacting
nature, but still we could meet, you
know, on the quiet?''
81 could not do that - said Nancy
raising her head little proudly.
EDO not misunderstood me, please; I
only meant that to avoid the COMPOUNDED
gossip and talk, that some people will
make about nothing; we could arrange
some place where We could see each
other, and have pleasant chat like we
had yesterday. 1t must be horribly dull
for young girl like you to be shut up
in a school room all day with two chill
dren.'
"Governesses are not supposed to lead
gay lives, you know, +" replied Nancy q
little archly.
"That is all nonsense; it is pleasure
to me to talk to you, and unless You dis
like it,
Nanoy's deepening blush was her only
answer, and as Gilmore turned to look at
her, he caught glimpse of the rosebud
nesting by her throat.
cat least you honor me by wearing
my poor flowers, he said. pleased.
"But even that has nearly got me into
trouble already - SAID Nancy, smiling;
''Miss Dossy Immediately inquired if
one of the gardeners mad given it to me"
'tTiresome monkey!'
$50 you see, Lord Gilmore"
81 don't see it at all. Will you come
down to the conservatories again this
"Certainly not.''
Tomorrow, them"
"No, indeed?"
"Ah, Miss LOTUS, don't be so hard.
What possible harm could there be in
your walking with me for half an hour?"
mo harm, but, as 1 said before, Lady
Gilmore would not like it.
"But would like it. 1 want to be
friends with you; 1 feel almost as if we
were friends already
"Yet 1 have only spoken to you
once, said Nancy shyly.
what matter is that? know when
1 like people the first time / speak to
them, don 'tyou?"
eyes, I think I do" answered
Nancy, still more slYly.
"Then don't tell me you hate me,
please. All. here are the tiresome brsts
againl''
Dossy and Flossy now reioined them,
and Gilmore tried in vain to shake them
off. Dossy related to her brother how
their great-aunt had said such 'funny
The afternoon before, that
mother" had sent them out of the
room.
s'I believe they were about you, Gil
more, I" she added, raising her blue eyes
to his face. ''It was about your acci-
dent she was talking, and she said she
had heard some woman had a finger in
the pie.
scarlet flush instantly rose to Gil
more g face.
"what follyl" he said, hastily and
angrily. ''What a fool that old woman
Is, to be surei''
"And she made mother as cross as two
sticks continued Dossy; altogether,
We had bad time of it, and Miss LOTUS
was far better of. She went over the
when we were away, and
johnson the gardner gave her two of his
best roses.
Nancy could not help laughing at this,
md moment later Gilmore laughed too.
But there was frown on his brow still,
md after they reached the lake he parted |
With them. But before he did so he had |
! word to whisper TO Nancy which the |
harp Dossy did not hear, as she was
aiken up at this moment in Watching |
ome waterfowl on one of the little |
stands on she lake.
HPlease come down to the oonserva- |
cries tomorrow at 4, - said Gilmore in |
! low tone, 81 have something to tell |
,ou,' and the next moment, before
Nancy could reply, ne had taken off his
zap and left them.
''why has Gilmore gone awayf" ask