Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-16

Of himself as the example Of his own Cos
pel-he would az soon have discussed with
You his razors or his wrissbaads-but he
often told me that he admired nothing so
much as absolute eonstancy to ones word
in everything; and he never would let any
consideration affect or change his mind
This could not understaRd-it was utterly
foreign to my nature. l learned from him
to be silent when things did not GO as I
wished them to go, but his cainness was
Elraast the repose Of the elements, and my
apparent meekness was compounded of tie
sinpiesUf nsllsw hypocrisy and suppressed
i'll temper. Otherwise Mr.. Han was often
a rexasioa to my spirit.
Seine people called him a prig, but he
was not. His finer feelings were-but all
his feelings were finel They used to say
that once when he YVES walking through
the country he met poor woman who
was an epileptic. Just after he had passed
her she fell into fit. He turned to help
her, and the story was that he was discov
cred sitting by the side of brook, to
which he had carried the woman, waiting
for her to reeorer, and gravciy sailing his
hat In the water to amuse her little boy.
This sounds somewhat like Keneln Chill
iugly, but he did not in the least resemble
that half legendary hero.
Although my wits had been sharpened
by reason of my greater familiarity with
the subject, 1 never suspected him of be-
ing in love with nae, and he certainly
never showed his affections in the way
that other young men do.
One evening we mad arranged some tab
leaux at the hotel. and it was decided to
finish the entertainment with that clever
little sketch, place aux Danes" I was
Lady Macbeth. Now, Lady Macbeth has
to say somewhere or other q forget exactly
how 1T goes) that Ophelia, who is always
quoting what "Ham says" talks as if she
were a sandwich, for she never says two
words without putting a slice Of Ham in
between.
When | opened nv mouth for this biting
sarcasm on Ophelia (Rho WAS played by,
oh, such = lovely Baltimore grip looked
over toward the windows OF the dining
room in which the stage had been set up,
and at one of them, Just down by the foot
of the stage, gracefully resting his elbows
on the ledge and leaning in, was Mr.. Boull-
ter. Mechanically l went on with my
speech, but was suddenly aroused by hor-
ribly amused smile ON his face to the con-
seriousness that l had declared that Ophelin,
who was gfggnng at the side scenes,
couldn't say two words without putting q
slice Of Bran" in between. For a moment
| was covered with confusion, but recov-
cred myself and went on stoQtly, putting
myself out to look more Lady Macbe&hian
than ever. I don't think anybody but
Opheha and Bran himself noticed my lit
tie slip. Certainly Juliet didn't, for she
asked me afterwan what made me htush
SO Tioleatiy.
AIIer 1he play was over Bran came up TO
me and SAD That had been numbering
bis sleep" for the last two weeks, and that
ne proposed TO 90 execution on little OF
mnne In return you mustn't go to bed
YET, ne SAID. Tome and take turn or
TWO on Inc porch before gon turn In" 6
was niSnt for romance, II ever there was
one. inc moon huhs nlsh IN the onsky
heavens, ana ANYBODY who has ever been
10 flaooe isiand Knows now BLACK and
smooth iss sweaing sias can De, how bright
ana nYssefioas are the reflections OF its
heses aaaein9 On 'he water now warm
ana fal Oh ~naspennSs IS It's gentle breeze.
IL was DUG step from the hotel to the
o.sai-o1' .nasssesp oesst AS we sat TO-
sesnsl n IA iieNs VI ei-e 10" oi oathfnS
ns''ses IAI VIC 'ocSsle 'nore ana more
inss' ms isce drew nearer ana
:s W n ..1 .s'i - Iioseu my eyes ana
sI.o W nSseI' ~ Ne Inooses W KISS me
49, W.! 40 n 'n-'' al. ana OIL course
h0 aiu
am Simply STATING the facts as they &C.
CURED ana am not attempting to excuse
mysea, 0n1 II all the girls whom Bran
hoaifoer nAs Kissed were 20 own up 1t Is
my private opinion that the list would be
ehor nous.
AS openec my eyes, ana wh1ic we were
seiil' 10 say the least, In very unconven-
tienai pesatioa, a hgure IN bathing costume
came slowly out of the little alley just be-
sac as matted 1or nraef instant In sur
PRISE at seeing US there anu then fastened
down TO the waters edge and sprang into
'he breakers pressed Bran.s hand, which
was somehow or other ciasping mine, vio-
iehtiy IN my emotion and then tore my
own away gaspans ont, Goodnessl he
huss nave seen usF Bran took things
raseef calmly, ana In fact began to laugh
Ia wGas considered very caHeus manner.
bo1 ne only laughed for an instant and
then sald:
IT'S only Middleton Hall. 1 entirely
forgot that that queer lad INDUCES his
natatcry predictions whenever there is
mocniiSht Bless you, be never saw you,
being at present meditattng philosophy,
which does not make him uncommon
lively in his perceptions, and if he did see
yeu," he continued, in more serious tone,
''he could net by any posi- bility have rec
osai1ed you"
was claimed after little while by
nfah assurances and by the fact that 1t
reAlly WIS quite dark under the roof of the