Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-16

sympathy. tenderly placed an arm about
the poor woinan's waist and whispered:
Come with me, my daughter, and"
But he spoke no more. He held in
his arms dead weight. She had fallen
into merciful Inconsistencies.
MAORI COURTSHIP.-Betr Of
children was common among people of
high birth. II no betrothal there was
generally lot Of talk aud squabbling.
every one in the tribe thinking he had a
right to interfere, till at last the young
couple. il lovers, would flee to the bush
until their living together was agreed to.
The girl generally began the counting. |
have often seen the pretty little love let
ter fall at the feet of a lover-it was
little bit Of fax made into half knot.
Yes was made by pulling the knot
tight. no by leaving the matrimonial
moose" alone.
Sometimes in the WHARF matoto 1.-THE
wooing honsel n building in which the
Young Of both sexes assembled. for play,
songs, dances, etc, there would be at
stated times a meeting; when the fires
eurn low girl would stand up in the
dark and say:
Il love, SO-and-so-I want him to be
II be coughed (sign Of assent or said
les IL was well: IL only dead silence
she covered her head with her robe and
was ashamed
This i not often. as she generally had
MINCED TO ascertain. either by her own
inquiry or by sending a girl friend il The
pTOposul WAS accepted. On the other
hand sometimes mother would attend
and say: II want So-and-so for ms
son. IL not acceptable there was gen
orally hooking and she was vas, told d. 10 let
the Young people have their house 1.-THE
Wooins housed 10 themselves.
A STORY OF THE sTAGE-In the
days before Billy Florence and Larry
jerome had become victims to the erent
practical joker, Death. John w.
Mackay gave a dinner at the
Hoffman house, New York. to
jerome, Florence, Bob Ingersoll,
Roscoe Conkling and Tom ochiltree.
The dinner fingered late Adult II o'clock
Florence began to fidget in his chair.
lie knew that his wife was waiting for
him over to the Brunswick. and TINT
keeping late hours aud peace in the
family was not possible under his dom
este arrangements. He limited at going.
SAYS tile san Francisco Examiner.
20, no; you can't 90 yet" said .Ie-
rome, MS mind ever alert TO play pranks
with his friends. IF you 20 now Mac
Kay II think you don't like his dinner.
You'll offend him"
No Florence sat. Each effort 10 break
away was met by the same obiurgation
from Jerome. The actor grew more nm
easy rs the hours drew on, but he didn't
dare offend the host.
AT = O'Clock Jerome made some excuse
aud slipped away for moment. Going
10 The office he wrote a note and sent II
by q messenger boy. The note read:
Dear Mrs. Florence: Where's Billy?
We have been expecting him at dinner
all night, but he hasn't come. Has any
thing happened 10 him! Yours
LAWRENCE JEROME" 7
In q few moments the jolly gonrrnets
rose from the table and Florence wan
dered home. He was met by an indig-
sharply.
20, I've just been over to the HoG.
man man dining with Mackay, Jerome and
80, you trcacherous villain. Read that
mote. The ink on it isn't dry yet"
The angry woman held Jerome's note
up TO the dunbfounded actors eyes.
The next day Florence took AIackny.
Jerome and the rest around to the Bruins
WICK 10 square him with his wife.
But she merely looked on the pleaders
with plying scorn and said; 30 yes:
know you'll all lie to help each other.J