Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-17

"a royalty?'' repeated Hope, inquiringly.
"a certain per centage on all sales; just as an
author has a royalty a book. Only, in this
case, IL you preferred the royalty, we should OF
course pay you small um outright; for there
is no question as to the value of your rose; and
there always is q serious question as to whether
new book is worth the paper 1t is printed on -
Hope.
Although he was genuine West Point boy, who
had passed unscathed through hundred frta-
ticns, something about this little maid touched
him as no other girl or woman had ever done:
miss Hope he said in a low voice. May
I-shall leone back next yeGr?''
The SiIteen-y ear old girl caught her breath
with little gasp Of surprise and terror. He
was so handsome. so amiable. such thorough
gentleman. She did not want to hurt him, and
his blue eyes seemed wistfully pleading with
her. Then the budding woman in her arose and
strengthened her to be true to herself and to
him.
mot on my account, Lieut.. Marshall she
Why was it that at that moment the memory
of another scene bore in upon her, aud she saw,
in his place, s tear stained boys face and
heard the cry:
Whatever I am-if ever amount to any
thing, Hope, owe it all to you
Two weeks later they could hardly believe
that the grand army had come and gone, with
all its train of exciting circumstances.
DIR. John seemed Just the ever. It
was noticeable that he looked thin and worn
but this was easily accounted for by the pre-
valence of dangerous malarial fever through
him night and day miFht well have taxed a
stronger constitution than his.
Ofcourse the McCrary's came down with it,
Just when the disease had abated little, and
the doctor most needed rest.
Matters had somewhat changed at the mount
ain ranch since Mike McCrary started out to
prove himself man.
The house was IN better repair. the children
went to school, and Sam, at nineteen years of
age, shamed by Mixes example, had planted a
considerable acreage in vines, to which he was
giving Indifferent care.
One of the children, little Matte, as she was
called, was gentle, lovable girl, with modest
lady-like ways, in contrast to the rough man
ners of the others. Hemmed in by every disad-
vantage, she had exerted all her slight strength
20 bring order and decency to the dirty, I'M
kempt household, but had succeeded only in
bringing down npon herself the open disfavor Of
the rest. Nike, alone, Inundated by the con-
trast between his home and the orderly house
holds Of the valley, was little Mattie's devoted
champion.
When the fever had run its race with the rest
OF the family. Matte, the faithful nurse, fell
sick. and DR.. John that II was to be q sharp
struggle II he would We her.
Distracted by the danger that thre stened his
young sister, Mike McCrary left his work in the
valley and came 70 her bedside, where he took
up his quarters as tireless watcher. Together
the decor and he fought for the child's life.
and ont night the crisis passed, and they knew
they had won the fight
With his fingers on his lips, DR.. John arose
and tiptoed out OF the house. He felt strangely
worn and tired, now that the sharp strain was
over A football sounded on the turf, and Mike
stood behlnd MIN, ms haggard race dlgnlhed by
its look Of solemn thanksgiving.
Its your work, Pr. Johu,'' he said.
you've saved her. There isn't anything in
the world wouldn't do for you. I'd lay my
life down for vou.''
About this time the occupants of Home Ranch
became involved in difficulty almost without
precedent.
great corporation, which earned princely
revenue by supplying large city with water,
found the supply in its reservoirs becoming in
adequate for the growing city's uses, and made
haste to supplement 1t with the waters of the
Brook
They began their operations 4 couple of miles
mp the canon, where the steep cliffs nearly APP
preached each other. only needing q heavy wall
OF stone across the entrance to complete a vast
natural reservoir. By the LIST OF September their
work completed, and Just as the farmers
came to the season OF the year when water was
most essential to them, the brook. imprisoned
in an iron pipe, conrsed past them on its way 10
the city.
The people of the valley awoke to the fact that