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

same smile I could have struck her for
"Oh smile away" cried. az hay,
seen your bonny father smile on thl
wrong side this day. Not that ! incar
/ he was afraid of course" ! added has
tily, but he preferred the other way o.
What Is ttisfr she asked.
when | offered 70 chaw with him,
said ].
/ Morey she cried
And ! lid so. said I, "and found him
| backward enough, or how would we be
/ herey
"There IL meaning upon this" said
I 5lfp What ~ II You are mcaningw
He was 10 make you take me- / re-
| piled, "and I would not have It, ! said
with you alone; little | supposed IL would
be- such o spcukingl And what II / re-
fuscy says he. Then Il must como to
the throat cutting says i Tor j VIII no
/ more have husband forced on thnt
young lady than what ! would have q
wife forced upon myself These were
my words, they were friends words:
bonnily have ! been paid for thom Now
you hnye refused nae Of your own clear
free WILL and there lives no father In the
Highlands, or ont Of them, that can force
ON this marriage. Will see that your
wishes are respected; 1 will make the
same my business, ns / have al THROUGH
but think YOU might have that dccpncy
as 20 affect some gratitude. Decd. and
thought you knew me bctterl / have
not behaved quite VOL 10 you. but that
was weakness. And TO think me cow
ard, aud such coward nB thnt. Oh, my
lass, there was stab for the last Of
it,
'"payle. how would ! guessT' she
cried. "Oh. this j. dreadful buslnossl
Me md mine she gave Kind of
wrctchcd cry at the worl-'mc aud
mine are not 10 10 speak 10 you. Oh. /
could be kueellng down to you IN the
street, | could be- kissing your hands for
your forgiveness"
81 win keep the kisses | have got from
You already cricd l. 81 will Keep the
ones | wanted aud that were something
WORTH. ! viii not be kissed In penu-
tencc"
what can Won be thinking Of this
miserable girlf" says She.
What ! am trying TO tell you al this
while said l. 'tiut you had best leave
me alone. when you can make no more
unhappy % you tlted. md turn YOUR ~
tcutlon To James More your father with
whom yon are Ike To have u queer prn
90 wind.
"Oh, that / must be going out into the
cried. and seemed 10 catch herself In
with q great effort hut trouble your
self no more for that" said she. "lIe
does not know what kind of nature " In
my hrurt He viii pay mo dear for this
day of it' dear, dear, win hc pay
She turned and began 10 go homo aud
! 90 accompany her AZ which she stop
ped,
81 viii be going alone" she said. 1T
" alone | must loo scUiug him"
Some little while ! rngcd about the
streets, and told myself was the worst
used lad in Christeudom Anger chokel
me; II was all very well for ue 10
breathe deep; u seemed there was not
air enough about Icyden 60 supply me,
aud / thought ! would have burst Ike
mun at the bottom ot the sea stopped
and laughed nc myself at "A street corner
q minute together laughing Out loud. 80
that "a passenger looked az me, which
brought me 10 myself
Well thought II have been gull
and ninuy aud soft Tommy long
enough, Time IL was done Here Is II
good lesson 20 have nothing 60 do with
that accursed sex that was the ruin ~
the man IN the beginning and viii be- 40
10 the end. God knows ! was happy
enough before ever ] saw her. God knows
! can bc happy enough again when /
hive seen The last of her.
Tint seemed 90 me the chief affair. 10
gec them go, dwcllrd upon the idea
hcrccly, aud presently slipped on In ID
Kind Of malUvplcucc, To consider how
very poorly they We're Ike 10 fare WHOM
pavic bnllour was no longer hy tu hc
their mllch COW, Ut which. 60 MY own
very great surprise, the disposition of