Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-25

! mat bIfAgfUI weoK-ne wdS ono OF the Two
or tArec men who staid al tho time-and,
although he was really more attentive to
Lofty. and probably at that time liked her
better, came in for his best manner and
his most charming guile. Well, played
accomplishments, and was as agreeable rs
Punch to everybody, and didn't take ad-
vantage of baing Lotsy's friend, and didn't
show eemper-and was, in short, as careful
as any girl could well have bean, and
think I deserved to be liked. At first /
came very near using my eyes too much,
but stopped myself in time.
After that Lofty asked me to stay with
her, but thought it better not to run the
risk Of firing my hosts, 50 only sIaid a
day after the others went, in order to make
a good impression on Mrs. Hsthorne, and
then returned triumphant to my mother.
l believe my mother would have viewed
with absolute satisfaction the prospect of
working herself to a skeleton in order to
advance her daughber's social welfare
She took an almost absurd delight in my
tales, and tried my patience, if the truth
must be told, by asking me thousands of
repeated questions. was rather self suf-
6cient just then, and preferred to treat
everything that occurred to me as the most
natural thing in the world and beneath
discussion.
That summer was spent in quiet at my
grandfather's farm. l almost had fit of
crying when my mother produced this
was before we left Philadelphia) little
sum of money that she had put away for
me, which she gave me, with tears in her
eyes and a half framed blessing. telling me
it was for my dresses next winter. We
did a certain amount of shopping in town,
and sewed a good deal while we were at
Lancaster. Ny grandfather, too, bless his
dear soul, gave me a handsome Tip" as
the boys call it; and many a pleasant af
ternoon did my mother and l spend to-
gether over my dresses, she dwelling with
a good deal OF spirit and color of langu age
on the good luck she anticipated for me, l
celebrating, with little consciousness of
my own cleverness, my theories Of life and
society-which were already pretty well
formed. i had by this time recovered from
the SOLDERING effect of Miss Mayburn's last
words to me when 1 went through the
time hononed ceremony of a farewell inter
view with her before leaving school for
ever. They were words that half expect
ed to hear yet half hoped not to near.
know now why she did not give me the
praise winch secretly Thought was my
due; know now why she tried to make
me see that life was not bed OF roses; but
at the time l hardly cared to have her tell
ME that only hard work and an abiding
faith could bring happiness in this world.
The strong faced and dignified woman sat
by the table in her little study in the atti
tude which all her girls know so well
with one foot pushed forward, her arm Oh
the table, her hand stroking her smooth
hair and her other hand lying in her lap
looking ut me intently. Ethel" she said,
mo woman can be thorough ySgood or
thoroughly happy who is not j8tally re,
ligious woman" I returned Der gaze. l
heard, but l think knew twas going to
forget
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