Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-02

than when J am trying to be an impossi'
That was tho mistake ne madei he al.
I WAYS ran 20 extremes BE uloaAnt uiat
an oath. III it were only bis cuolFn'
( would frirhten awav human nature ~
1 stood III nnir srrvlnE ss r challenge 70
ID. Accordingly. each rciormation Was
/ nnrs intsmnrrafc than The last % oe
\ duly followed by great swing % the
/ pendulum in The opposite ilrccfion
Being now in a thoroughly ree sless
mood. De went The pace rather heDg.
/ Then. one evening, without any pfeHio3s
/ warning bad a note from him ONE
ronnd and see me on Thursday. 1t j. my
wedding eve.
i went lie was once more 'tidyins
up" AL his drawers were open. anl on
I The table were piled packs Of cards het'
ting books. and much. written paper as
before. an ID course Of demolition.
/ smiled ! could not belp 81. and, no
way ahashcd. he laughed bis usual
III know be exclaimed gaily. "but
this IS not the same as She others.
Then. laying bis hand on my shouldcr
and speaking with the sudden serious
ness that comes so readily 70 shallow
natures De said. God has heard by
PRAYER. Ola friend he knows am
weak He has sent down au angr out
OF heaven Co help we.
lie took her portrait from the mantel-
piece aud handed DC t0 me To seemed 10
ne the face % hard narrow woman.
bat ~ course De rQVcI about her
As hc talked. there iuttered 90 the
ground from the h,ap before him an old
restaurant hAl. and. STOPPING. Do picked
10 up aud held 10 in his hand musing
Have sou over uo.icld how ;he scent
Of tlc champagne and zoe candles sceus
to cling o. fhcsg thngsF he said lightly.
D." .| .H
what become oi berg
4 think | wouldn't think about her
at an tonight 7 answered.
lie looscued bis hand letting the paper
my Goir' he cried. vehemently.
"wheu ] think OF on the wrong have
d0ne--thc irrepanble. overwhelming
ruin ! have perhaps brought into the
vorld-u. God. spare noe "a long lifc that
! may make amends. Every hour. every
minute 90 Il shall be- devoted 20 your
service
As be stood there. with bis eager boy
ish eyes upraised. light seemed 60 fall
upon bis face anl llumiue &c. had
pushed thc Photograph BACK Co him, aud
BE- las upon the table before him. He
kuelt aud pressed bis lips 90 d.
With your help. my darling and His
b. mumulpd
The next morning De was married
She was o. wcll-meanius girl. though her
rety, as with most people. was OF the
negative order aud her unupathy TO
things cyil much stronger than her
sympathy with things good For % much
longer time than ] bud expected She kept
linn straight perhaps little too
straight But at last there came The Ia
.Fitaulr relapse
l called upon him. in answer TO un exc
cited message. and found him iu the
depths uf despair III was thr uld story.
human weakness. combined with lamynta-
DE Jack of the most obituary precautions
against being found out He gave nae
details. lutprsnerscl with cXuhprIut de-
uuuciauOns of himself. aud I undertook
the delicate task OF pcaccmaEcr
10 was "a weary work. but eventually
she consented 90 forgive him His Joy.
when / told him. was bouudless
How good women are. he said while
thp tears came into bis eyes But she
shall not repent o. Please God. from
this day forth. IN
He stopped. and for the FIRST time M
bis life the doubt of himself crossed his
phud. As ] sat watching him, the joy
dled out u his face, aud the first hint Of
age passed over IL.
II seem 90 have been tidying up aud
starting afresh all my life" he said.
YEARLY Tin beginning TO see where the
rid of d."
/ asa not understand the meaning OF
his words az the time. but learned il later
on
lie stroye according to his strength