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

about and begged the man to be quiet
and to his astOnished ease she then
quietly explained the whole condition of
matters.
"You pefriended me once, - said she,
f'and l know can trust you now. You
will never breathe to living soul that
my husband took me out of your chorus,
will your"
81 swear it on stack of Bibles, Jen-
ME, - said the theater manager, "You
are out of my world now, and if it ever
gets noised round in some other way
where you came from IL come forward
if you want me to and take my oath that
the worst thing you ever did while you
we're on my stage was to wear the risk
lest clothes could have made for you -
The society bride gave her hand to the
manager, and hurried on to meet her
doting husband.
It is the custom for Carmenoita, the
Spanish dancer who has made such q
lucky hit with her eloquent physical con-
tortions, to sit in q wine room connected
with the concert hall where she is at
present engaged and drink champagne
with the men about town that flock there
to enjoy her society. Before the advent
of this dancer the expenditure for wines
in this little room amounted to about
$3.50 TO 5000 In an evening. Now it often
reaches $500. Out of the hundred or
more bottles that are opened by the
twenty or thirty men present the Spanish
drinks about pint, the remainder going
into the men and supernumerary girls
that sit about IN their tights, or being
left in the bottles. A pleasing trick was
perpetrated at the expense of very self
important clubman in the wine room not
long ago. He has gone there with the
avowed purpose of snbjugatisg the Span
ish dancer, had boosted in fact, that by
the Inducements he could offer in the
way of monetary lsvishness and personal
attractiveness, he could easily monopo-
lie the passionate creature and parade
her as his latest conquest. Upon enter
ing the room he was introduced to tall.
slender, dark-eyed beauty who spoke in
fascinating foreign accent, and who
hesitated only for an instant over his in
vitation to join him in the punishment OF
bottle of rare Johannisberger. Fifteen
minutes of swift, fierce aud contdant
application made the clubman complete
master of the situation. He was elated
by his success, and as be gazed deep into
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at the other side of the table, he drew
from his little finger valuable ring of
rubies and diamonds which he passed to
his oharmer, begging her to retain 1t
for his sake. The handsome girl took it
reluctantly and breathed the whispered
assurance that she should prize it'above
all other possessions for its giver's sake.
Flushed with victory, the olu bman
turned to avow his conquest to his
friends, and found them converting with
a Tivaeious brunette who stood in the
doorway of the room with the eyes Of
everyone fastened upon her. For the
Brst time he was struck with the fact that
from his entrance he had been allowed
perfectly clear field, no one else vieings
with him for the fsvors OF the gloricss'
woman who had drunk his wine and who
had seen talk of the town. Everybody
weAwhy, was Us of the dark-halred
doorH2" asked shegay.
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