Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-09

| With his maxim. and with the little
catchword Of which Mr.. Temple was SC
| fond" Patience. gentlemen. and shuttle
i conforted myself / shuffied | ad
dressed myself once more to the routine OF
gaining favors. and tried 10 ike what
had as 1 had not what liked, and I think
! my spirits really rose TO . considerable ex,
tent.
But the occasion when | really felt sd
periOr to the world were those hours when
into the delighted ears Of Lofty and Olive
| ! poured my confidences. and for them
satirlzed my acquaintance. Not that
vas III natured: but my nerves were Sd
soothed and my temper so improved by the
process that it was dou Die pleasure 60 me
Il was 50 satisfying to be able 20 mimic the
little foolish ways Of the men, to nit off the
afectatiOns Of the girls-and | could 90 it
III the best na1ured way III the world Of
ten. while some fussy dovager was draw
ing on my discretion or my patience, nave
/ said to myself. You shall pay for this
my dear lady. Shall not remem Der your
bonnet strings, and your ridiculous waist
and that egregiOuS false fronti Be careful
about the pronunciation of your French, [
beg. or shall be tempted at some future
time 10 initiate you" And Oh. the men
! seethem bowling 10 Lofty or Olive on the
evenings Of the days on which we had been
! laughing At them. II was so delightful 60
pretend Innocence, to lead them ON in their
| folly, protest. believe girl can make
| man say or think anything Well, I
may have been Ill natured: but consider
| the provoca.ion.
! Toward the end of Lent | decided on
! III
| couple Of small Saturday afternoon teas.
| Ofcourse Lofty and Olive came 10 NV as
! sIstanCe. decked up our connarativeIv
bare walls vitha hundred or SO Of .Japanest,
| fans which | got for a few cents apiece.
| and, i'll moment Of inspiration, conceived
| the happy thought &C covering our dresses
! aso with he airy adOrnmentS
! | was enormously successful and the
men who struggled in to my first tea were
| 80 much amused by the tout erSeu bic That
they beat up all the afternoon loungers.
and for the last hour on our first afternoon
and ali through the second the little parlor
was perfectly iammed. This success gave
me an idea OF a new outlet for my energies
and at the end Of nay first winter louced
more than ever TO play different role in
| society.
8 r.
over my prospects for the next season. |
hit on the simple solation of all my diff
cuitIes- Marriage! | can honestly say that
1t had never occurred to me before in ex-
act!y that light, and when first thought
OF II 1t gave me little chill even when /
exuited IN the idea Of being my own mis-
tress anu a matron in Israel. Now saw
why my mother wished me to be discon-
tented with the present state of affairs.
Now saw how I could obtain such Il foot
hold rs would give me The right 10 DEFY
criticism. Yet | gave the subject every
consideration. At one time | nearly nut
the lnea quite away from me and decided,
IN accordance with some romantic motions
had in my he'd, to wait until | really fell
IN love, 10 matter what nigh, happen in
tie meautime But was 1t At ali sure that
should fall in love- While | remained in
my present state of mind. SO | argued. |
should all ne time be wish ing for more
liberty. Il know men 700 well already
thought |, aud , have only two more win
tiers IN which To find the man IL nv hear
For the matter Of hat. am ! not 100 cal
cula;'ng III my disposition for y 70 he prob
able that ever should fall in love in ar,y
desperate fashion On the other hand.
what do gain by deciding to have ali tie
fun can before settling down.
counted up the girls l Nnew who haI
made good matches, and l found that most
of them had taken their OPPORTUNITIES at
best and gone off at least early in their
second winters; aud this WIS especially
true Of girls who. like myself, had had 70
money. On the whole decided thai mat
rimony Was my racket, as Bran Bouliter
would lave expressed it, and having MAIZE
up my mind Immediately proceeded 70
select a husband For hld to mary
somebody, aud to w0it until a marriage lie
raison presented itself woUlG have bern.
Incer the circumstances. quite as foolish |
as to wait for a marriage amour. Oh. men, !
men! - but, der me, il | tpost rophi5e !
heD, and warn item that they 10 not /
know what Is going n in the minds OF de |
loure beings whom they pauronige and pro |
tect they can perfectly well reply that We |
do not always comprehend ch1 creatures
whom We consider 81 coarse and stupid. |
Alas, | am afraid the human race is deceit
ful a class,
1t was only natural that wien once |
began ~ think over my male acquaintance |
l should first breathe with Il twin born
sigh the name of my adored Bran
unused over his charms for while. but
7@S'A beAA SAAN GAONAkAC 1ApHl mt anu pro
Ceeded 10 business, for was not sure That
cared for him more than most kris did.
nor was at all sure of my ability to over
come him Moreover, he was poor. but | |
must frankly confess that just as This
thought crossed my mind / caught myself
mum uliaG The desert were a paradisf-If !
thou vert there, II tnou vert there
Dear Bran. But proceeded 20 business
and after disposingO f one Or Two Otner men
Macy Temple, for instance Tor whom |
felt much friendship but no particular af-
lection. and VINO was quite IL poor Us Mr..
Bouiiter-I soon decided, with n reserva-
ton in favor OF anybody more eligible VINO
might turn up in the meantime. upon Mr.
Charter.
Ny reasons We're convincing. Penn
Charter WAS young, healthy 70 n degree.
very rich, OF simply indispensable position
and quite good natured. knew that If I
once succeeded in charming him his nat
IIral obstlnacy would make him marry me
IN spite of his mother, who was \ scragCv,
]ewely old lady, of unreasonable pride and
dense ignorance, with violeut temper
and cockade GU her footman's hat | was
not much scared by the prospect Of hos1ili-
ties with her, and knew that if once q.
Ar. Charter TO fall in love with me | could |
kesp him fond OF me as long as | wished
Ny mind was naturally much stronger
thaI his. and if married him I should |