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

| was SO awfully vexed, madame, not to get here
earlier, but fellow came down from town to
see me and stopped all night, AID he's only just
| gone or should have been here before"
| cIously.
1T seemed most awfully long time to me to
wait know" said Gilmore, ''it's close on
now, and know it IS too late to intrude on you
| for morning CALI but still was determined TO
you - ~ W ',- 'e'' s'-1 ~ Se'
This hour is pretty on the water, think -
said madame looking penslvey around, ''the
| shadows from the trees and the clouds culver on
| the rivers breast.'
u know what is Prettier than either the
| shadows or the Clouds" answered Gilmore
| ardently. with his eyes fixed on her face
She smiled, but made no answer, and the next
moment bent forward and dipped one of her
that on her slim fingers she wore several valu-
Would you like to row little further up the
| stream, y he asked, because if SO I shall be
| delighted to have the honor of rowing you?''
But madame gently shook her head.
NO, she said, but if Lord Gilmore will
| land shall be glad to show him over my poor
| house,
"only too happy, - said Gilmore eagerly, and
then madame beckoned with languid grace to
Juan to pull in her boat, which was secured to
the stockade by a tow rope, while few strokes
of his oar brought Gilmore's boat also to the
landing place.
BE sprang quickly out to assist her. and then
side by side they walked together up the garden
of the villa, and madame told Gilmore she had
~ thought perhaps you might come so I sat
In my little arbor beneath the trees, and listened
to the singing of the birds. That is my arbor, {"
and she pointed to rustic seat placed below
the spreading boughs of some trees.
shall we sit there now?" said Gilmore.
'lf you wish it, yes-and you can talk to me
there and tell me all about your past days.
~ do indeed wish it-and l feel as il I could
tell you something
They sat down together on the seat and mad
anne began smilingiy to question G gilmore.
''And are you bacheior?'' she said
Yes, untruthfully and unblushingly
affirmed Gilmore.
THAT is strange, said madame as il mus
ingly.
II may not always be one. you know"
''No, my lord will be Wedding some pretty
plue-eyed English miss
~ like dark eyes better than blue ones-dark
eyes full of fire and beauty like-but perhaps you
will be angry with me, madame, if go on
What do you want TO say?'
such eyes before. -
Perhaps my lord has said that to many
women?''
mo, I've not,'' answered Gilmore bluntly;
many women could not make me feel as you
'.Hark! listen!" she said the next moment
laying one of her supple white fingers for an in
stant on his arm; hear yon bird telling his
twas robin singing to his mate, pouring
iorth his clear notes from one OF the topInost
branches OF a tree near them.
They sat in silence for short while after tbi,
"a dangerous silence to Gilmore, who every
moment felt the subtle attraction of this woman
becoming stronger to him. They sat until the
moon rose, and the dusk stole around them, and
Sl!more utterly forgot that May would be wait
lng dinner for him, aud be naturally uneasy at
ms Iengthened absense. Then, at last, madame
gave little shiver and rose.
The night grows chill, she said; INV lord
must come again and talk TO me- - and she held
out her white hand in token of farewell and
GiiM bent down and ardently kissed it,
fou MAKE me too happy by giving me per-
mission 10 DO so,' he said. What hour to-
morrow may comeg''
Come and have lunch-that will be best
men 1I we can nave long, long talk. >"
Tney se5s!eo " thus. and lingeringly and I'M
wlilngiy fillmore left her, and when he reached
the landing place fund Juan smoking and actin
ally hsnlng by moonlight. The Srauisrd erfnned
out ms white teeth and assisted Gilmore 70 nI,sh
of his boat, though they mutually coTid not
understand a word the other said and Gijnnrs
left gold piece in the spaniard5s swsYthv
palm
Then he rowed down the river. in the elaan-
ing moonlight, breaking forth into snatcbes Of
song as ms boat giided through the water He
was in truth SO excited thai he could not hide j.
from May anxious eyes when he reached
home, who eagerly inquired where he had been
to sell. and went 70 see him" answered an
more with affected carelessness land we GOT
! on tslking-out 1 m sorry you've waited for me
May, you should have got your dinner
mo Gerard, could not do that she an
swered: and then the two sat down to dinner
and May noticed he hardly ate anything and
that his face wa. flushed, ana his ewes snsrt-
ling, and that he was great deal more silent
than his wont.