Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-16
REUNITED.

below the eye. '-Ol9' exclaimed Lrz.
Gobis IN s shrin ssaocato. a. she fung the
Ratchet ,indic,iTsly from her. and rising 70
her feet she danced about ia a vivac.Ous
manner without time O. tune, With 10Th
h.nds held 70 her bruised End dishgured
facs Wien The frst pain snd s-nart lad
sbated nitls. shs made her wsy inio the
hcuss and sat down 5 = rocking chair the
yery picture q disoS solsts woe. Aftsf
awhile fbs summoned Up courage TO 20 %
the cupboard md hunt for her bottls Il
Errlca and opedeldoc, aud when found she
rubbed the hart With the lotion- The tears
were running down oopiousiY. Ms Gcble
was pi,ying herself
II va certainly ysry hard tina. = woman
o. her age add no stronger than she vas
should have everything % do for herself In
addition 70 the quilts which she quilted Il
90 much pr spool for other people And
when Ehs was too tired 70 work any loagsf,
and hsr eyes Eere to- weak and weary 70
rad, o. abe feil 2slscp oyer the mcs. thrill
ing s;ory, there Was ncbody a. hand 20
sooths and cheer aud pet her, " sgrsf with
Nina Cotls that Il was TOO lad" And
barring shzms' fsr Lar 70 have 70 live a
life llke thz-
She egslds't take any pride IN her house
work tecsuse there wa nobody 70 whom Il
Eould make aay difference how many
times Over she swept btfore she busted
nor IN her cooking tor there wasn't soul
u at Il aad saY Il wes delicious ard ssk
where the recipe came from. There were q
great many little comforts about her small
hsuss, for she he'd The knaek Of making
surroundings comfortable, but, ~ she vas
Gocus-omsd 70 saJ, With a sigh Things
can't make q homs. There must be pso
pie
Mrs Gobie continued 70 battle Der cheek
Aad wipe Der eyes alternately. Time TTEs
when the kindiing basket Wa always fIl
baA.ud the kitchen stove; when TIE shed
sheltered Pile q dry wood, split and sea-
soued, that WA always replenishei before
i; lad time 70 disappear; when everything
within aud without bad heen kept 10 apple
PIE order Don't g-t Up TOO early. dear"
her Lulband would So There isn't any
occasion f1F it.H Aud then, when she care
down stalfs after long morning nap, tho
kitchen Gee vas burning brightly. the tea
kettle singing nnd q delicious aroma q
boiling cofie porfuned the air Oftrnsr
than 0thgrwIse ths table was AL set, and
" sunmtr tlme therc wa d bunch Of flow
err IN G pretty vase IN thc middle Of IL.
Then. when bnlakfatt was Overland IL
never took much trouble % please Jerry
be made great froiis Of wip.ng the dishes
after they wese sealded and drained before
Kissing her a tender B9cdby and going OF
brightly 10 he mornings work.
Jerry, u course. was not altogether c
paragon Of perfection The gods love those
who are, and they die young He bad a
temper, aud 20 had shc. Il took his long
time 10 bgeoms aroused, bot when It fnht
ly woke Up /; was IKE o cyclnne and dev.
asthted all that stood iu the way Of H.
AZ for her, she was qugrulOus, and she
'nsggsd" hil more ABd morl as the years
went b. Then the children cams. and as
they grew older quArrels tbgt related 10
them grew frequent and increased IL fury.
What the last quarrel had started about
Mrs. Goblc tried in vain ~ rsuembsr. IL
ended IN divorce. She had bee1 given tho
childrSn. One Of them had since died the
other had run away and Roae 20 sea She
was lonesome shv wls losiug Der good
looks; she wa growing old. And only yes-
terday she had seen that GAY youDg hutay,
Lucia Myers, tuAllug eyes ~ JerTy a. be-
drUye past ia his buggy. Making eyes ~
her Well, he wasn't her husband ex.
aclly, but he shouldn't be anybodyis else
And MIa, Goble bristled up indignantly At
tue bars idea
When they had parted, Jerry bad paid
her quite a little sum a. alimouy. but q
woman who has been shielded from care
doesn't always know tho bsst way 20 man
age mUucy. She tried 70 be economical,
but somehow the money socmcd ~ dy.
From the time Of their divorce to that 0i
CorA'A sickness and death they had met
only ~ strangerB-for hve long years A.
this time, however, he came every day ana
helped TO nurse the little girl When she
died, be had seemed almost heRrtbruken.
After that he fell into way Of calling
casi0nally-just 10 a friendly way. They
never talked about the divorce, but some.
times they remjnisced over old times until
they found themselves getting up on dan.
gerOua ground.
It had been 10 years aimee they had gone
their separate ways Jerry had prospered
He now had u business Of his own and q
smart little house whlre he lived alone with
only man " cook for him and take care
Of his horse. III IL were woman,
thought Mrs, Goble, I'll think I'd throw
vitriol in hes eyes" And her own e. y
snapped Wickvdly. mot that care !,
snap OF my finger for Jerry Goble himself
only l suspect the insideof that house &.
hight TO seer
There came q sudden rap ut the door, and
Mn. Goble opened II with her hand kerehir
At her eye. When Jerry walked IN, she fcll
the need Of sympathy and broke out crying
"why, what il Is, Nelhcm asked he. sh,
took away the hhndk erchief and let him see
"Wby, what pity. Are you doing AM
thing for ~ Then, seeing the Arniea bot
tie, be put her into a chair aud began yCsl
AwkwaIdly = hathe the hruise. When 81,
| fOlt his toucl on her cheek and they h.,
drawn 80 near to each other, fierce eaclt
ment entered the hearts Of each Of the
| He set down the bottle and put both h.
shaking arms about her Then be wits
pered hohrsely; "Come home. Nelhel Coui
home aud lot me take care Of you, and yol
take carr Of I -
And then, though she didn't care IN
snap Of her finger foS Jerry Gohle himself,
she threw her arms about his neck NJ,
cried harder han ever ~ she felt an eleotri
shock 70 through her at the beating OF hi
heart against hers,
Jpn try to be good TO you, darling--t
keep my temper and never DO cross, Nv
always loved you, my wife, whispered h
bfokenly.
And land IT, murmured she, whicl
meant she, too, would fight against her be
setting ain, or that she, too, had Away
4. a. a.