Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17

|, that than by pressing your suit unduly-
forgive the word-at this early day. / feel
quite safe in agreeing with you there
Blarnaby reached out his hand and took
hers. which was simultaneously raised to-
wards his for a friendly grip. With spas
moGic effort that evolved a good deal of
agility he bent over and kissed my lady s
~idin9-glOve with more than merely knightly
courtesy.
He had hardly recovered his position
when the excited apparition of Sir John
flashed upon him from sharp turn in the
road ahead
Blarnaby fairly shook with dread.
But mis- feat Of gallantry had not been
spied
Sir John had galloped back at utmost
speed because there had been an accident.
Lady Elsie's horse had stepped into a rab-
bit hole and she was thrown. Happily this
was all for he had instantly collared the
brute and released Elsie's foot from the
, stirrup. She was stunned; whether i'll
ternally hurt or not. could not vet be
known. He had carried her into a cottage,
and was now in woeful plight, well under
stood by every bearer Of unexpected bad
news.
ElSie's mother was At her bedside when
the poor girl recovered consciousness. Lady
OSsulStone'S constrained calmneSS sur
prised herself She alone played doctor
to bring back the roses and the smiles than
all the clumsy efforts of man, professional
or lay. ever could have done. When at last
IA doctor came he said no bones We're broken,
no muscles sprained, only the nerve shock
from lucky tumble on thick grass Within
an hour Elsie was in her own room, and by
dinner time was permitted to reclue on her
favOritG couch in the bow window over
looking the mere. Sir John was model of
demure proprety-so excessively well be
haVed that Elsie could not resist poking fun
at the little boy who remembe 50 well
that he should be seen but not heard And
though he tried bravely to keep her silent,
he could not help proving that at least that
virtue was denied to the gentle sex.
The reaction came sharply upon Lady Os-
sulstone When she saw Elsie cared for
and recovering, then came forth the plenti-
full tears that bravery had Stitied in the
time of danger. The housekeeper, Il lady
who mad been lifelong companion to her
ladyship. well knew how best to deal with
such Il reaction. They had shared many
great griefS together, and this was but i
case of ordinary pent-up emotion which
cures itself in its own way. But good Mrs.
Netherby was altogether off the scent this
time She knew of the pecuniary
worries, but believed them TO be as
good as ended now. SO she was
rather surprised that the well-balanced
uIlHu Oh HcF IdtA uIu MOI IcstSScIt IlStIL
with its wonted ciastic>y. She wa diSap
pointed in the slow action of her own res
torative cheeriness, but hoped the quick
recovery OF Elsie would complete the cure.
After eating an apology for dinner. Lady
Ossulstonc sat for Il while near her daugh
ter. iy-and-by she felt the open air would
suit her better. and Elsie ought not to have
more than one person near her just now.
Mr. Blalnaby considerably carried d camp
stool Is he mt Oh his hat TO accompany her
ladyShip
They had slowly Sauntered to the bend in
the main path where it turns off to the
clump of old elms near the classic temple.
Here hc gently raised Lady Ossulstone's
arm and placed it within his.
He led her slowly, 50 slowly that it
seemed mechanical movement only. Yet