Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-14

her recol from him he started with
amazement and said:
'Nhy do you shrink from me? Can Il
| you see that | am overpowered by the
beauty of your presence! DON you see
that love you?''
The girl laughed. 81 am very sorry
for you, - she replied; 81 have quite
got over my sentiment for you.
The blow TO the mans conceit was
| complete and terrible. He clutched his
brow, staggered back and demanded OF
/ the girl reason for her change OF
heart.
why - she said, Us she struck q
bewitching attitude; "do you not see
that l am now as slender as l ought to
be?' =
Mrs. Astor has issued invitations for q
! ball on January II. and this social event
is exciting double interest because 1t is
, expected TO determine the future of
McAllister. That his book while it has
made the judlcious laugh, has given
grave offelse to society leaders is no Sc
cret. One of the many DuriesQues upon
it, that by Alfred Thompson. is said to
have been inspired by a social queen
| and Is printed in her colors-white and
gold. McAllister fixes his own social
status in his book. He confesses that
instead of dining with the queen, ut
Windsor castle, he diued with two of her
servants at the village inn, upon a
pheasant presumably shot by Prince
Albert and stolen BY the keepers, and
that his visit TO Windsor castle was
confined 10 the kitchens, from which
he was elected las Boon as the
footmen passed the word TO
are born sovereigns, have not been in
the habit of occupying such position in
English society, and it has become a
question whether the American queens
can afford TO admit to their houdoirs a
person who associates with the menials
of the Queen of England. The fact tina,
at the opera, McAllis,er now frequents
: the Vanderbilt boxes. and not the Aston
box, is pointed out as emphasizing this
whispered gossip. Mrs. Aston has only to
order her own servants TO arrange her
ball and omit McAllister's name from
the list of invitations to cause the ex-
director of society TO be dropped by all of
the other 399 social magnates.
-.
Col. Ingersoll WAS invited to dine with
party OF literary and scientific people,
and heartily accepted the invitation. The
dinner hour came. but not the colonel.
He was telephoned, and arrived nearly
an hour late.
~ left Washington this morning, -
was his explanation; preached home
very tired; took a rest; did some work:
dressed for dinner, aud forgot all about
your Invitation. As / was seated at
the head of my own table, l re-
ceived your telephone message and was
dismayed at nv negligence. The party
at my table kindly volunteered to furnish
me with acceptable excuses-that the
train was late: that l had oversight my
self; that l was unexpectedly detained
by business, and so on. But my daugh-
ter looked at me with her gentle eyes
and said: do you think. papa, that
they are the sort of people that one can
tell lie to satisfactorily Gentlemen,
l do not think SO; and, therefore, tell
You the exact truth and throw myself
upon your mercy-I forgot ali about this
dinner For his daughter sake he
WIS excused. -
Look out for the girl with dagger
up her slssve.''
1t was at the corner of two crowded
thoroughfares and a policeman WAS
standing near at hand. Some one, 1t is
impossible TO say who, had uttered the
above cry, and just as it was done, q