Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-01


| to hunt out The guilty.
The very next day after the discovery Of
| the murder Blarnaby hurried into the Office
| of the Patriot, eager to see Mr.. Hogg.. The
| two men met in the latter's private office,
| separated from the late editors room by a
| high wooden partition.
'sMr. Hogg-we are friends-2"
| Hogg shook hands with a firm grip.
what shall ] say-what am l to say?
| This is cruel blow for me, not less than
| you-'
Il know it Mr.. Blarnaby; l feel for you.
| Everyone who knows you must feel for
you"
az would have sacrificed all my prospects
| rather than this should have happenedl'
'Mr. Blarnaby, we are. political oppon-
| ents we have fought with more bitterness
| lately than have liked or desired, and, We
| may have other battles yet to fight; but
here's my hand-I assure you OH my honor
that neither | nor anyone here, nor any
honorable man in the country, has the
ghost of the shade Of suspicion that you
have ever, in the slightest degree, encour-
| aged any show Of violence" They shook
hands cordially.
II thank you from the bottom Of my
much-troubled heart for saying this"
''And | am printing it. too"
Il was sure you would. Hogg, we can
be frank with each other For the moment
let US change one painful theme for another.
You printed that infamous paragraph about
Lady OsSulstone. Do you consider that
| fair play in political fighting2"
81 wish we could have parted without
touching so sore subject; but since you
| wish it, tell you straight: you brought it
upon yourself, and more behind it!''
Hogg was in no temper for calm discus
sion, and who could be, in his shoes at such
a timea
Blarnaby changed his tone He, too, was
wound up by excitement after excitement
to fever pitch.
Take car. what you say! You seem to
threaten what sensation-mongers call more
| exposures, do you9''
Hogg jumped to his feet and rolled his
half-hysterical speech out without pausing
for breath.
"Your friends-your tools-are more
likely to do that for you than l am. There's
totherlngham ready to turn you up; and
Blobbe talking about your jealousy to the
| man in the street; and Dicker willing to
sell you out if ] would stoop to Dribe his
dirty paw!''
"Blobbe is no longer my friend; the rest
have never been more than the friends of
themselves"
sight into character and motive-you can
permit yourself with your high status to
jump up to power, eminence and wealth on
crawling wretches like these as your STEP
ping Stones"
81 am politician, not political saint 20
"Your hirelings have Threatened me with
violence in your interest. You shall see
their letters. Your servant, Dicker, has
villains in his pay, as l can prove, who
threatened my poor editor with the fate
they have given him."
''All this is new to me!''
"You have used Lady Ossulstone's name
to"
'Silence, STRIP Numbered Blarnaby; ssyou
have no right to name her name to mel"
Il have the right of the man who is to
marry her daughter"
Blarnaby was dumbfounded.
"You traded on that lady's name for the
benefit of your scheme and your candi-
dacy!"
Barnaby clenched his fists as he Kissed,
BE careful, Hogg, be carefulr'
"And your scheme is rank swindlel'
Hogg shouted the words, in his irrepres-
sible excitement: 81 know Terwilliger,
and so does Sir John Tyrwhittr'
The words were not uttered before Blarn-
ably flew at Hogg as tiger springs at his
prey.
They grappled each other in wild way,
their faces ivid and their lips tightly
clenched. The wrestling was over in mo-
ment No blow was struck BlarDaby'S
superior agility gave him the advantage
over the younger man. He got hold of Hogg
ny lIle anu WALSH, anu Dy q dexter
Gus side-twist pitched him with his back
upon his desk, and there he fixed him, glar-
ing at him with rising fury.
Instantly checking his impulse, Blarnaby
vented his passion in words which only
the perfectest self-command enabled him to
utter:
81 am an old man compared with you, but
l scorn to use my advantage. You have
wronged me! By God, you have wronged
me! Your father was hated because he
succeeded. You would crush me when you
think l am falling, as you crawled up to
me while you thought was risingr Here
Blarnaby flung him into his chair with the
gentleness of contempt, and stepped back
pace, where he folded his arms across his
breast and eyed his confusedly silent foe.
Pointing his finger at Hogg's face he con-
tinued:
'sYou have the i'll grace to talk to me Of
trading on people and floating speculations
Remember the career of your own father.
Remember how that wealth was got
to me for the last words shall condescend
to utter in your hearing. have used the
worlds weapons to win the worlds tri-
umphs. as your father did. He won. l am
probably losing. But 1 have wronged no
living soul consciously. My ambition has
been strong; it has made my road rough;
yours has been smooth You were my
friend. Lots of your friends have been
mine; fair-weather friends. at whose deser-
ton in my hour of need smile the smile of
defiance fail here. The world is wide.
1 shall succeed elsewhere. Tell your aris-
tocratic friends from me I am stronger
alone Tell them that I have found that
even love itself withers and vanishes if dis
appointed in its pltiful ambition"
He stopped, picked up his hat, gave ST.
lent bow, and turned to go. But from be-
hind the partition there appeared woman,
evidently excited, but with ladylike self
possession. She came one step forward and
said with touching earnestness:
NO; true love never changes"
1t was no other than Mrs. Euphemia
Shicksper, who had overheard the latter
sentences on coming from her inner Office to
see Mr.. Hogg.
Blarnaby took her hand warmly and led
her out Of the room.
(To BE CoNTINUED.l ~S611DE
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