Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-31

| young and strong, and who are clear
headed and active when they are awake.
| 1t was late when she opened her eyes,
| and the broad cold light filled the room.
| She lost no time in thinking over the
| events of the night, for everything was
fresh in her memory. Half-dressed, she
| wrapped about her a cloak that came
| down TO her feet, and throwing a black
| veil over her hair she went down 10 the
| FORTRESS lodge. In five minutes she had
| found heyOrs'S address and had despatched
| one OF the convent gardeners with the
note. Then she leisurely returned to her
room and set about completing her toilet.
She naturally supposed that an hour or
| two must elapse before she received an
answer, certainly before keyork appeared
| in person, fact which showed that she
| had forgotten something of the mans
| characteristics.
! Twenty minutes had scarcely passed and
| she had not finished dressing when Sister
Paul entered the room, evidently in a state
| OF considerable anxiety. As has been seen
| il CHANGED to be her turn to Superintend
| the guests quarters at that time, and the
FORTRESS had, of course, informed her i'm
mediate.y of keyork's coming. in order that
she might tell Beatrice.
| He is there" she said, as she came in.
Beatrice was standing before the little
| mirror that hung upon the wall, trying
under no small difficulties to arrange her
| hair. She turred her head quickly.
| Who is there, heyork Arabian
Sister Pau nodded, LAD that she was
| not obliged to pronounce the name that had
for her such an Uuchristian sound.
| Where is he | did not think he could
| come so soon. Oh, Sister Paul, DO help me
with my hair. l cannot make it stay.
HE Is in the parlor, down stairs" an
| swered the nun, coming TO her assistance.
! Indeed, child, | 30 not see how can help
| HaI q
| tually. There! Is that better!' she
asked in tinid way. Il do not know how
| TO do it
NO, non' Beatrice exclaimed. "Hold
! that end-5o-nOw turn it that way-nO, the
other way-it is III The glass keep
it there while put in 4 pin-no, nU-In the
Ssme place, but the other way-oh. Sister
| Paul Did you never do YOUR hair when
| you We're girl -
That was so long ago. answered the
| nun meeklY. Let ne try again
| The result was paSsaby satisfactory at
| last, and assuredly not wanting in the ele-
| ment of novelty.
| Are you not afraid to go alone?" asked
| Sister Paul, with evident preoccupation, as
| Beatrice put a few more touches to her
| toilet
But the young girl only laughed and made
! the more haste, Sister Paul walked with
her 10 the head of the stairs, wishing that
Beatrice into the parlor. Then as the latter
| went down the MN stood at the top looking
after her and audibly repeating prayer for
her preservation.
The convent paIlor was large. bare room,
lighted by a high and grated window. Plain,
straight, modern chairs were ranged against
the wall at regular intervals There was
no table, but square piece of green carpet
lay upon the middle of the pavement. A
richly ornamented glazed earthenware stove
in which q fire had Just been lighted, occu-
pied one corner, "a remnant of former aeS-
thetic taste and strangely out of place since
the Old carved furniture was gone. y cru
ciiix of inferior workmanship and realisti
cally painted hung opposite the door. The
place was reserved for the use of ladies in
retreat and was situated outside the con-
stantly closed door which shut of the clois-
tered part of the convent from the small
portion accessible TO outsiders.
keyorll Arabian was standing in the mid
die OF the parlor, waiting for Beatrice.
When she entered at last. he made two
steps forward, bowling profoundly and then
smiled i'll a deferential manner.
My dear LADY, he said, Il am here. 1
have lost no time. it so happened that L