Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-19

posed to have u nttie appssz.sr before
lunch" the idea was received with entire
acQuiesoanoe. caught myself Wondering
what tho AAou would think of It. After
all. there vss nothing extraandinary in it.
We were living . perfectly natural exist
ence. When the snalors were On shore they
played cards and drank spiritrous liquors;
our game was little more involved and
orr drinks" vere mixed"
Our impulses were perfectly natural.
We were really free from artificial polish
and veneer. We conducted ourselves with
proprfety because we had innate ideas on
the subject, not because we chose to pay
hypocrisieal homage to conventional vir-
tua Such, at least, were my thoughts at
the time. As gay, I did smile httle to
find myself spread out at full length on
rug. slipping a sherry cobSler and laughing
at conversation which owed none of its
attractiveness to covert alluSion or sly ref
ereuce.
But where was the harm! I had been
accustomed to take not q little pride in
my elevsrness of managing conversation
SO a. to steer clear Of peoples prejudices
and natter their pecuEarfties. so as to sug-
gcss rather than to speak plainly and to
glide over things personal or undtgnified
with easy grace; but the people with whom
I now mingled seemed to take no thought
of possible deep feeling, to be utterly re-
gardless of hidden meanings They talked
Of everything with the utmost frankness;
began TO think that had been only stiff
where thought had been dignified, and
unnecessarily prudish who're had sup
posed myself to be elevated in tone.
I never oEce said to myself, Vogue Ia
galere, and had no fesitng that WAS fall
ing away from righteousness: / was quite
content TO think that this was the proper
way of life, and that II Bunyan had not
gone to the Celestial City along this path
it was only because the necessities Of his
century had forced upon him narrower
set of ideas. Lady Mary WAS quite right"
said I, thinking aloud, just after making
some reflections similar to these.
"What ON earth Is Mrs. Charter talking
abouti'' said Paddy Gander. "Mrs. Chart
er, your lush has gone to your head, Tll
be bound. Why didn't you listen to my
story about my sister Eleanor and the milk
punch?''
Mrs. Charter Is absent minded Chart
er, that's doesid bad sign. FL go bail
that your wife hss smashed herself on
Soma London actor. Plenty Of girls have
done that, you know
Eleanor Gsndsr jumped up at this sally
from Katy Langton, and threatened to
pour 8 pitcdsr Of champagne cup over his
head. Miss Camden wss the young lady
who hnd had statue made of Capulst, the
handsome young trxSsdian, after the pat
tern Of tho Befridsse Apollo, and always
had 1t put on the table when she took her
breakfast. got chance to explain pres
emily that had been thinking Of Lady
Mary Wo1tlsy Montague's saying, that she
had bsen all over the world and found only
two kinds Of peepie-fnen and wonen.
"An people are alike" said Paddy Gan
der
Not bit of it." said Captain Brague
Men are divided into two classes-the
men who'll trust you and the men who
won't"
"And tho girls are divided into two
eiasses-tae girls who'll kiss you and the
girls who WON'T" said Paddy laughing.
Not for you, you impairment young
man." said MIRA Frsebedy.
We'll, which do you Eeanfn
"Pm an old woman, sir, and wasn't a
girl when you began to 70 about. hut If I
had been there would have been an excep-
ton. l should have boxed your ears"
we'll" said Paddy, II wish all girls
would kiss me-"
"1snNt he korridi" said Eleanor
You see, at the very first fell in with
people who egged me on, and if took
pleasure in such employment as this it
may bs supposed that nay liking did not
fail for want Of supply. By the time we
returned to Philadslphis l had come to
have a very decided opiuion as to the man
mer in which wished to snuse myself
during the winter. After we had fairly
settled down in cur country house began
to think PhiiaAslphia stupid, and perhaps
provincial; but soon found opportunity
to continue my career of gayety.
ITO BE CoNTINUED.)