Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24

hind my ears, knotted my eye
brows together just over my
nose Ia Ia another editor
had just seen) I pulled up-as much as
my new dress would let me-and pro-
ceeded Gin my mind 3 eye) to anDihilate
about fifty bringing syncophantio liter
airy aspirants. Then l took up a paper
aud my eye fell on that horrible Kernm-
Ter execution. had seen the wax fig-
ures of the scene in the Eden Muse the
evening before. The official murder
room Ga perfect facsimile in size and ap-
pointment), the physicians aud priest,
and that awful desth-Chsir with its
stold, CHASTITY victim strapped in it.
Beside this room, another representing
the dynamo-room, the machine and its
manipulator-boo! 1t was q realistic i'll
iustration, and l read on with an intensi-
fed appreciation of the foul horror. I
heard gracious football near me, but l
needed not. looked up presently and
saw gracious face above me, we'll
dressed, well-poised iGure-slmply
waiting, standing. I began to
leone to- Il had Invested
my ears of the pens and stubs, thank
heaven, l arose, calmly not subserv-
iently and asked "are you Mr.. --?'
ID busWeTeu respectfully du
but wish you could have seen the con-
fiict between laughter and annoyance
on that lord high executioner editorial
facet Well, made due apologies. l
presented unimpeachable certificates
not only of my sanity but of its being
several degrees beyond the amount
commonly allowed. "We' (ahemD
had nice chat and-well elf there is
anything in my work, New York wants
it,'' l noticed EGAZETTE' on that
same exclusive desk, and IL was opened,
TOO, and had some marked paragraphs.
1t was like n home face and l sneaked
my hand over and patted it while the
editor told me how much had 10 learn.
The Baltimore and Ohio railway from
st. Louis to New York is such q beauti-
full route. II seems very indirect switch
ing one all around through Illinois, In
diana, Kentucky, West Virginia and
Pennsylvania, finally deposi.iug one in
Jersey City, ones ticket expired and
the bearer not yet in the state of New
York. The scenery through West
Virginia is superb, though 1 am vet to
see any mountains TO compare with the
Rockies. Much of the route lies among
the spurs of the Allegheny mountains,
where there is some fine civil engineer
curves, as though made to keep one ever
in view of the beautiful winding "Cheat
river which twists itself about the
headlands for miles and miles, laughing
and sparkling over its shoals until one
is bewildered, then suddenly losing itself
disappearing absolutely in some secret
cavern-a veritable ''cheat. Grafton
is an interesting spot, having been dur
ing the late unpleasautness, military
headquarters for the army of Virginia.
one OF 'our' forts, as q kind
hearted but wrong headed GENTLE
man went on to call it, until
l told him that s'we'' were not nour''
in short, that "our' headquarters were
the Tennessee armory's, lower down on
the Southern border. From Grafton
the road is fine Notwithstanding the i'm
mense upgrades of Laurel and Sweet
Briar ranges. Near the Maryland
border is Deer Park where President
Harrison g summer home, q modest red
rooted cottage, is seen from the rear
platform of the sleeper. The residence OF
Mr.. Davis, tine owner of Deer Park, is
much handsomer one. The Davises and
Harrisons were very good friends at the
time the former presented the red
rooted cottage to the latter, but subse-
quently GOODNESS has sprung up be-
tween the two families, it is said on ac-
count of President Harrison refusing to
advance Lieut.. Brown, Davis son-in-
law, in recognition of his valorous
career in the Samoan expedition. at
any rate, the presidential cottage is shut
up for this summer, but
guess he and Baby Mckee are just as
comfortable in their other "preseuted
COTTAGE with dear "neighbor Wanny"
at Cape May.
Now, dear GAZETTE, you see this is q
pretty patchy letter, but have not been
here long enough to ''see the sighIs'
which want TO tell you about. Next
week will have more of New York and
less of BELLE HUNT.