Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19

that / had bought her enough or fine
enough. and never weary of behOluing
her in different attircs Indeed, / began
to understand some lithc Of Miss Grm.t
immersion Ia That interest of clothes, for
the truth H. when yuu have the ground
OF beautiful pcrsol 90 alorn, the whole
business becomes beautiful. Tho Dutch
Chlntzos, should say, were eNtrourli-
nary cheap and fine, bat / would he
ashamed o. set down what | paid for
stockings for her. Altogether ! spent so
great q sum uppn this pleaauing iaA /
may call 10 that / was ashamed for
great while 10 spend more, aud by way Of
a sct OF, ! left on chambers pretty bare.
If we had beds, NJ Catriona was Il little
Draw, aud | had light q see her by, we
We're richly enough lodged for nae.
BY the end of this merchandising | was
glad 20 leave her at the door with all
our purchases ANA go for long walk
alone in which TO read myself n lecture.
Here lnd ! taken uuder my roof and MS
good ~ 60 nay bosom. a young lass cX-
tremplY beautiful, and whose innacency
was her peril. Ny talk with the oh
Dutchmnn. and the lies To which ! WAS
constrained, and already given me a
sense OF hoy my conduct must ap
Pear TO others, aud now, after the
strong admiration hHi just ex-
poripncpd aud the immoilpricy
with which ! had continued my vain pui-
chascs, ! began 90 think Of II myself AZ
very haznrdcd. / heth0ught me. VI ! Ind
a sister indeed, whether / would so ox-
pose her; then. Judging the case too
predetermined, varied my question into
this. whether I would $50 trust Catliona
in the hands of any other lad God had
made, the answer 10 which made my face
90 burn. The more cause since / had
been entrappel, and had cnlruppch The
girl into an undue atuntiun. that 1 should
Ifft All lao.
depended on me wholly for her bread
aud shelter Ia case ] should alarm her
drlicacy, she had no retrcnt Besides. /
was her host and her protector and tho
more irrogplarly | had fallen In these
positions the less excuse fr Mo N
should profit by the same TO forward
even the most honest suit; for with the
opportunities that | enjoyed. AMI which
no wise parent would have suffered Tor
moment, even the most hnutr suit
would " unfair. ! saw must b. cx-
tremcly hold-on Ia my rolnti0ns. ana ynt
noi too much 40 neither. FOR X i had 40
right 70 appear mt ali Ia the character al
sultor ] must yet appear continually,
and IL possible agreenbly, In that of host
it was plain ] should require "a great
deal OF tact and conduct. perhaps mora
than my years afforded. but ! had
rushed N where angels might hive feared
20 tread, and there was no way out ~
thar position, save by behaving right
while l was Ia IL, / innde a SET Of rules
Tor my guidance, prayed for strength %
be enabled 60 Observe thcm. aud ns a
more huiunn aid tO the same end pur.
CHASED q study book IA law THIS being
all that ! could think Of. | rolaNel from
these grave considerations, wheraupon
my mind hubbed nc once INTO al az
ferycscency of pleasing sfirits, and ID
wnn ike ono trendmg on mir that 4
turned humeward A thought that
name 81 home. aud recalled the IMAGE 0s
that figure awaiting me between four
walls my heart bent upon my bosom.
My touhlcs hegaa with my return.
she raa 10 greet ne with an obvious ana
sides epiirely va the new clothes thQf /
had bnuef FOR her; looked Ma them be.
yond eAuressl1n wVll nnl must wall,
have ehDked upon the words.