Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-24
A PHOTOGRAPH.


"You think her pretty All, let me look
At her picture. It's long since noticed ~.
The pore ia good. Well remember that
black lace shawl Can't tell who was tho
owner, but we all borrowed II 70 have our
photographs taken. Her hair IS chariningly
cimped and caught up at the back with
high comb Her face IL almost in profile"
YES, and her features are pretty. That
deep dent under her lower lip and the chin
coming out so roundlyW
THE picture shows all her good points
and none Of her defects. She had horrid
complexion, and her teeth were yellow.
What is that written on the eardt"
"'Your roommate and rival, but devoted
friend, May Fowler"
"Hal 'RivalP That was meant for Joke.
But 1 can't help signing SO long since
that WINS writtoni She is dead"
Dead"
1.-THE first time saw her crowd Of Us
old girls were calling on the new arrivals.
A boarding school Is a little world. had
been there year. My standing was rs
tablished. We had heard rumors Of Miss
Fowler brilliuncy, and so after we called
one girl said. Well, she ought to belong to
the intelleutuals, for she'll never be count
ed among the Beauties She WAS little and
thin, with an unhealthy color and round,
startled looking eyes. She very soon proved
herself able TO study, and her literary pro-
ductions showed her TO be well read.
But the surprise about her was her sue
cess with the men. There was university
on the other side OF the town, and the stu
| dents were splendid material for Irritation.
That is where our rivalry came in. All
Emmett had been slightly attentive to me,
but there was no magnetism between us.
/ a. t...V
hands never touched, and US to a kiss
that would have been impossible. But as
soon as All met May Fowler (she and had
become roommatss by that tiIne) the case
was quite different He ceased to seek me
except to talk about May, and he actually
told her sol And she repeated the remark
to mel But had my retort ready. said,
| Yes. he told me that he had ceased to wor-
ship at the shrine Of beauty May gave me
one OF her swift, pop eyed Chances, and then
| We both burst out laughing.
ut was fact One day he said, Kate,
| know you ar better looking than May, and
| you're just US smart; but, oh, there is some
thing about herr
at was genuine passion. /, us an un.
sophisticated but idealistic dreamer, took
deep interest In the affair sand enjoyed
being in the confidence OF both lovers.
Our boarding school was not ruled over
by an old maid, thank heaveul Our pre-
ceptress was the wife of the president, and
l verify believe her theory was that the
chief end of the woman is 10 get happily
married. She was wise. She helped the
flirtations Of her favorltes among the girls,
and therefore May Fowler was allowed
calls from Mr.. Emmett and occasionally a
buggy ride. When she came back at these
times, her face was strangely illumined
More than once / have said, May, you are
growing beRutiful-at least, as ALI says,
there is fascinating something about you.
But May torinentcd her lover Did she
love him enouGhf Was not their gttrac-
ton mere pessioni All these questions
she would ask. Nays favorite poet was
Mrs. Browning. This her fayorite quota.
ton;
"Unless you can muse In crowd all day
On the absent face that nIed you;
Unless you can love as the angels may,
With the breadth OF heaven betwixt you;
Unless you can dream that his faith is fast,
Through behooyinE and unbchooying;
Unless you can die when the dream Ia past,
Oh, never call It loving.
81 remember, near the end of our board
ing school days, several OF US girls were to,
gether talking about our ambitions One
said she wished to be an artist, another a
writer, one missionary and variety Of
such things. May was silent until some
one asked; Come, May, you say nothing
What Is your ambitionP
Then May electrified us by saying, My
ambition Is to be loved and to be mother.
1.-THE truth is, overy honest soul among
us had thought that, but had not dared 20
say it,
80 she married Mr.. Emmettip
BLESS you, mol"
"What thenP
"lhese "reminiscences make me feel old.
1t is " years since we graduated, 10 years
since that photograph was taken. The next
September May went to another school for
a little more erudition. Here she found nm.
other lover, and, to cut the story short, she
Tilted Emmett and married Day"
What a shamelh
"Suoh Is life. Four years afterward
was in Detroit and met Ar. He had set
tied there aud had fine success. He was
lawyer and getting quickly to the top. lie
had grown old looking, but stylish and
polished, like man Of the world. Oh
course he talked about May very much
with the old sense OF longing and pain, but
incurable attraction. oh, he said. 'ther,
are days when walk the streets and thlnk
II | could but see the face Of May Fowler
In this crowd I'd give hundreds of dollars. u
"a year or two later paid May short
visit. Mr.. Day was extensively educated
but his health had failed him, and he We,
keeping grocery. They had two children
May wore spectacles. The house was dis
orderly-excuAe me II l shrug my shou
ders."
but you said she was deadf"
ALAS yes. She died two years ago. Sh,
left four children went TO the funeral
and sent word to AIT Emmett He wa,
there, apparently quiet, respectful stran
ger, but knew the truth. In his heart h,
was chief mourner. In his heart he mourn,
today
Silence fell while we continued to talk o.
the pretty photograph, the picture witt
graceful drapery, carefully arranged hair
the lips with their girlish smile, the eye,
full Of youthful dreAms.
GLOW sGdin whispered my companion.
YES
"How sad for Mr.. Emmettr
"Ies.n
"How sad for Mayp
"Iesn
slow sad for her husbandW
Her hushandi Oh, he is married again. ;
Kate kaufman in Cincinnati Post
An Irish Court.