Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16
MISS MARY

'he puhuuy H0zetto,
Miss Mary was not
never had been prn,,c '.g
added years had broe',,,e la
dimmed her eyes and VIZ ~
look 70 her mouth aud el, s's
homely. 'qa 9
For many years shs
the same set Of hooks n~.a
as much a part of M wv
niture. At \ O'Clock .i q
desk, at , O'Clock M
luncal, at Z O'Clock ~.
her old fashioned bonnie, ~ = Z
yet where that home w..
office companions ever
no confidence and invita-
Day by day for lively ~ Y.
bad gained the conhdeso. I.
plOyers until She wus bs.s
and received the best sels..
Office, yet always the tse.. .
calico, an old fashioned f.-.
bou or flowers 10 Offset ma =.
OF her plain attire. Silent M.
catiye, and austere No 80
ship, nothing beyond ma
tlie Office, and the rows u Az
ledger.
Yet she had not alw,s,
When she first came lpie a
spite Of her plain fuce and
robe, her heart beat high M,
ambition. not for herself N,
near aud dear unto her n.
aged and crippled father !,
broken down before her t,.'
auxieties that poverty brIn,
tive natures, q beautiful to',,,
brother, handsome boy he M.
among his fellows. d braIssl
admired by his friends sni
10y Miss Mary.
When she first obtained A,
as bOokkeeper she was I'm
us she counted over whal n
would buy, she pictured n
for her mother, little oong.,l
invalid father, bits Of finer \
ter and best of nm NJ
ton and q professioD
brother. In him all Of her IN
future were conferred. She
for q few years and then. Il I
manhood, he would cure n
during their remaining DAYS
She denied herself every M,
the long walk from her Nam, h
and back again that Me hl
he saved, even did without
lunch that every cent coun \
the fultilment Of her chpnAfl
Soon her patience aud llbnl
warded, her salary was ii
bought q modest little cotthu
stalmcnt plan aiM for the ri
their lives they had u home x
The brother left FOR clia|
possible, even closer ec0nonJ
ticcd than before. FOR he IA
retarded IN his studies by ~
money matters.
The weary months passed h
Mary iNeyUr missed q niomc
desk and never spent a dOlH q
earned wages upon herself. IN
her brother grew more aud on.
aging, he was one Of The Nth
in college aud she was faJ
him, but hc required more 4
money every mOmh She az
efforts and worked night a
was only for II little time.
Three years passed, Miss Ned
had again been raisld and II
little easier. il would be bult4
weeks Until her brother sfil
her heart beat fast as she h.
proud she would be.
One morning word came tAk
pr was in trouble, he had hr
and was under arrest for "a
lad gambled and lost, and 9
lebts paid had forged hls ns
name 10 Il check.
When she read the tder
Nlary's face grew white aa
irst time since she entered il I
lsked for q vacation Of Ar
'aised all the money she coti
% her brothers rescue, !. NJ
% repay what he owed and " +
ng attorney listened 20 hS
md withdrew the plQsee4
he brother disappeared als
ears that have elapsed no.iN
Ieen heard of the wayvad q
In three days with @ heai,
md her lips set firm, Miss
gain at her books, for then :
o care for and there was
orrow.
Two years passed away b
rom the wandering brihf h
another calanIiy y
title cottuge, the younge
COPIED with q handsome plonl'
whom she had been warnta
With her heart scared a4
umbed. Miss Mary wens
esk. for her father and ~ 81
ct to care for. But there E
er any hope IN the sou q
irl, she aged rapidly a
he sister returned, q Wlpq
and had been killed in
aud except the nro'a
lmily is reunited agalp
larry once more has a KY "
'andering boy viii return q
e happy again In spite q p.
As / watch the set, pele,
pom the plain face, TIE e
ression as though her ~
IL seems 10 me ina, ~
1cks of the Palisades alQl
IN, throwing the sunlFaAs
parking waters Of tbe
aiming none themselves
into the hearts q
er, yet remains cold '~f
upenetrablp.