Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04

ES9 - -. The Thermometer
Ea -, ON the shady YER
anda marked eigh-
4.,,--saven degrees OF heat, and nature
wooed the soul OF languor and reveryi
but nothing could abate the energy Of
this bony sage.
''They talk about their Atlantises, -
their submerged continents" he OK
claimed, with a snin through his wide,
hairy nostrils. why, Trednoke, do
you realize that we ara living literally
at ne bottom Of Mesozoic--at any
rntn, Cenozoie-seA2T
The gentleman thus indignantly ad-
dressed contemplated his questioner
with the serenity Of one conscious Of
freedom from geologic responai bility.
He was man Of about the professors
ago,-say, sixty years, --but not like
him In appearance. His figure was
stately and massive, that of one who
IN his youth must have possessed vast
physical strength, rigidly Developed
and disciplined. Well set upon his
broad shoulders was a noble head,
crowned with gray, wavy hair; the
eyes mud eyebrows were black and
powerful, but the expression WINS
kindly and humorous. His mustuche
and the Roman convccity OF his chin
would have confirmed your convie-
ton that he was retired
wnrTior; in which you would have been
CORRECT, for Gen. TrednolSc always mp
poared what no was, both outwardly
and inwardly His great frame, clad
Ia white linen, was comfortably dis
posed in Japanese strnW armchair;
yet thore was a soldierly poise in his at
htude. He was smoking "A large and
excellent cigar; and n cup Of coffee,
with n tiny glass OF cognac beside H.,
stood on mahogany stand at his
elbow.
." DO you remember, Meschines, the
time licked you at SCHOOL," he in-
quirod in n tone of pleasant reminis-
ccnee.
u can't say do, What's more, !
venture to challenge your statement.
And though you are hundred pounds
TIE better OF me In weight,
and West Point graduate, |
will wager my pipe (which Is
worth itS weight in diamouds) against
that old woollon shirt Of Montexuma's
that you showed me yesterday, that |
can lick you to-day, and forget all
about II before bedtimul"
Well guess You could" returned
the General, with little chuclsle.
"oyon II hadn't TINT Mexican bullet
In my leg. but You couldn't forty Eve
years ago, though you tried, and
though / was a year younger than YOU,
and woighod five pounds less. Come,
now you don't mean 10 say you've for
gotten Susan Brownp'
"oh oh hahl Susan Brownl Wen.
! declared And what brought her into
your head | should like TO know"
why attor breaking your heart
drst, aud then mine, lost sight OF her.
md don't think have seen her sinee.
Bat u appears she VIVA married TO n
follow mined pnrsloo."
"Dou't fancy that namol" obAcryed
the professor, wOgging his head aud
Irowniug, HAS mean sound To it.
But what Of it2''
well, she died, rest her southland
farsloe too. But they had u daughter,
Ind She survives them,
And resembles her mother, ehq-
No, 1'rrdnolsc, the time for that sort OF
thing has gone by with me, Susan
night have had me, tiye-and, forty years
ago; but | cant undertake. 10 rcvivc my
patsjon for the benefit OF Mrs. Patvloe's
daughters, Besides, Tan too busy to
think Of marriage, aud not--not old
tnoughn
Al this tour de force. the General
aughed softly, and finished his coffee
hu old Indian, somewhat remarkable
N appearance, with shaggy white hair
hanging down ON his shoulders, stepped
forward from the room where he had
Soon waiting, and removed the cup.
"No lettera vet, kamaialsang" asked
!he General Ia Spanish.
''ln few minutes, Gencral.n tho
Ithcr replied. Pablo has just come in
sight over the hill. There were several
brands"
"Muy huenl--I was going 10 saw.
Nesehines, her father aud mother lef
ihe girl poor, and SHE, being, appar-
unity, eleyerNnd energetic, took to-
y know" he professor interrupted.
They all do Il, when they are clever
and energetic, and that's the end Of
heml -School-tsaehipg!"
Not at all, returned General Tired
ioltc. 'she entered dry-goods stose,
Entered a dry-goode storel Wen,
heres nothing SO extraordinary In
hat. I've seen quantities OF women do
Z, 81 AL ages, colors and degrees.
Shat did she buy there9n
"oh, dddiestickl" exclaimed the
General "Whv don't you keep quiet
and listen to ~ stoFyg say, she went
INTO a great dry-goods store in New
York, as saleswuman.n
hop-girlg'
Shy not9''
ION. wen!-- but, shade Of susen