Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-18
,ItxAS PRoDIGAL.
/ ..warIc DENouEMENTo OF
9n .rr, z GAME OF DRAW
watches In AImosiias-whsrc Is
Z Boy IA Four-handed
s.m,-I Busted Ranchman.

Tho Sunday Gazettel
~ Ra .;iio Tex, Dee. IA, 1S92.
Fat Anss anlD nj Nmositas ! met
12t ~ NJ friend. the ex-ranchman,
lh.N gu "a ~ when cattle were cattle
|prlt s ~ we're barons right.
In II riils p1 vas somewhat the tough
=. aeai.aas VEST Teras-they'y named
IA nv ~ and being re-christened and
II nes beve begun new exist
|, We iiii'r'' dnsethingyillo-Tn not give
|'na same. lest its inhabitants be
pa Nr'.el Hv plain speaking. For it
n In hole then-a typical IRON
~. w tovn. like the little girl in
|.tt llH rbyme, all very good or
~ d 80 church on one corner with
~. X. ,.oine on, and a dance hall on
ID, ri,h the devils revival in full
n and the gateway to he'll
/. - and yawning LOT the rect Oh
i. -.sef-hy. - eia. ~.
|ni All hsring blown in some several
W ~ n dollars on u magnlhcent wbtch
la. n Of 0 ruta baga, was stahulhg
d. 81 loor Of the 'Ranchman heireat
|sp,3 nj n Of its Projections, when Lank
cinie along and raised him
4 u ~, n third bigger and jew
~ 80 on its side. 4 don't
|asii III ..S Slack. hopefully. I bet you
|lass .g ran throw mine the furth-
|sli VI M 1orrf the trail that served as
4 4 n Y skiuimed both reporters, hotly
Ae., 30 ~ their owners to ascertain
i,ie broken bunch of wheels lay
W. Z and decide which had won the
gu n IN and wilder were the bets, the
| ID ~ and recreations of Almositas.
|tnr ~ naonle who attended the re-
|eo,... "a nrayed for the souls of the
|e,ss. N 7. Ia Borriboolagah looked with
n N horror and aversion on oil the
|. n tbe cattlemen and cowboys,
Y. c,yl,oys and cattlemen did their
w a 5,e them reason for TIER opin-
he 1 * !. were four of us down there
|oEd az ali eattlemen in for business
h, I. ,,o,iine TO cur own estimate,
|Fsi 4, 1etgnt fellows. He was sitting
M. h torrh Of the combination hashery
HI rl,os that was dignified by the
~ hotel As we came up he
VA "a "a greeted us with the suaveur-
q rl IN gentleman welcoming guests
L dt nanofial halls.
n i,uJ,ome mnn-the Handsomely
/ ~ - Z M sge | ever saw-tall, grace
hi n silerhaired. And yet II was not
\ II. sssiJ Of his face that struck the be-
/ w h q much as Its extreme benevO-
W. Nj the ehild-like simplicity Of its
L W sloa His voice had that pecu-
| \. wet heart-searching quality chat
|ftn ~ ihelt calls violin tone, and his
IL Il Z, Proclaimed. what his broadcloth
|is,-, Albert and slow. smooth courtesy
Il Y Nh lnapf seeonded-that he was from
\ 4. y f,h
/. h tsd US, too, almost as soon as
w sun 70 talk atn from Virginia,
lAs 'nrn BE- said, 1 am not travelling
/ lr1 dN i1r pleasure, nor with n view
hiliI tfng-l am too old man to think
jan ANGng my abiding place. L am
"a \ MIS- iog ny SONNY boy who has
~ lis hone u App0matox county and
r.. Ks ses 70 Isluln'
IN W There was a murmur of sympathy
lin the iou It bis. and Burt 1'homp-
|nlg no vat invited to have left Il
|a:iir iifd nuntg Il small children in
tlrIM tAsf s0leuhire Opined, under his
|ItNJ nj llai any fellow who'd run away
nn6 WI iaiher Ike that. ought TO be
|, M % and lrnched-if the old gem
/ !. h sid the word.
XIV ~ fond Of The society of Young
wv continued the old Virgininn, L
|'H1s. gen wherever | am; but i am mar
~ w nTeus to meet them now.
,4l llNsA them to have news of
L ool-Rahh Cation Pinckney-any
|aftl III Nv " With that name recentlyY
l. a., lygal ook died ont of the old gem
Ae and he sighed as there
L. 4 ,TRlQ save general shaking of
iseile vas no Piucliney on our
~ v il9npson the aforementioned
y Ns -r.se'o perhaps by personal ex-
Hlla' -eieu the suggestion in low
eca ~ leighor that it might not be
u ~ ~ good young man. con-
IA N M ~u gentleman tenderly, an
x Vgng man-only tribe
ans ideas. / am not hold
~ W y plame for them, aud | shall
p w I Y nan nan the day | induce him 10
~ q f .fgnia with me. Our ways
|niA ~ 10y please him-I may say
|Aei5. we ideas and his are not in
|lHlai1 MA 4 am hoping for a better
II X Il lg when we meet again
on the porch aud wait
u.,l, n hl 70 be ready, and the old
49, 70 US about his son, in
ihe .'IM voice of his that made
III III ne said sound, as little
|vas ll auAins said, like n piece of
~. Is ~ book, and when the darkey
~ 2 him. suns We 'us'
70 Ivy gray-haired old mother
~. v9r sympathies, that silvery
nv Il .-aener with his placid trust
= M sVo1 boys who would help
|nny son and pursuade him to
| srif good-humored enjoyment
|Bl1s ~ might have cared to
~ a f. u II we could, as lust
h " q n as was sufficiently pull
e',' sussamed through the bar on
w Tue dining room somebody
" y .iber " stop and take a drink.
hA iaarmed as to how the old
| sAtf IN IA sns99t take this; but he
|rlltlz X IN his slow. soft way,
,Iirs u, custom to drink before
"a b W. have a saying up in
Ing ~ hurt Won nny t,ma Of s gay
80 Nv gentlemen wish viii M,
|sc1 4" ~ YOU W." '-O'
|he 81 . IA Whispered Lengthy 70 mn
|soaw ", W. %, / thought the old man
,.A1 nj IN eoralled the boy too close
aow that couldn't live with
y ~ that ought To he Trained
he IN steer W
f rIeed, was the Unanimous
Fiia4 q 81 N, party, If Pinckney, Jr..
II D. 81 ~ our hands lust then he
i1 nv heard somr nlain truths.
/ r1flc nA'e met with some rough
iiqi ~ N seemed to feel thnt we
|lrf ! III u fan lie Presided at our
,..,as. ,uole with courtly grace.
80 t..b AZ 81 table manners long