Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-12

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again a. she repeated the words with which
Taras had tried to comfort her.
Ny Judgment wavered-it was difficult
70 doubt the sincerity OF her emotion.
ut is my fault; I say 1t, IT. she cried,
striking her breast, adding, with dramatic
emphasis, "and II Is truel What right had
/ to leave the house when my master was
away What am | here for but to protect
the house and my masters interestsf II IL
had happened while | was at home, 1t
would have been great misfortune, but ut
least should not have been culpable; no
one could have said suffered the mischief
to be DONE
docs any one say SO nowf" / asked.
"Why, It Is evident, my poor friend. Amy
good for nothing watching his opportunity
might have opened the front door with a
bent nail and walked in. And, animal that
am, did not even look round the place
when came in to Zee that all was safe as
left it."
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS questionsretumed
forcibly to my mind, and l found 1t was
quite conceivable that u crafty person
should accuse herself Of pardonable fault
60 screen herself from the suspicion Of an
act of baseness.
"And TO think that this is my fault and
that owe everything in the world to that
dear master One would say that did 1t
expressly to show that there was no more
gratitude In the world" and the tears
starting from her eyes again she rose and
went out Of tho room, whimpering "Heav-
ensl | deserve TO be turned out of doors,
and then what would become Of nlei"
| started. thinking that had key to
the mystery IN that phrase. Had not the
dread Of being cast adrft induced Mere
Lucas to conniye at the destruction OF the
group II she had been warned Of the fatal
consequences to Taras, which the produc-
ton OF this work must entail, would She
not. for his sake as well as her own. AGREE
10 tbis simnle measure for ayerting sncb a
terrible result1 GauginQ her disposition by
INV avn. | believed sbe would md nv
heart readily forgave her oiTense. But
tbouph affection for the old yyomnn In.
ciined me to accent this explanotion I re-
solved To watch her closely i'm | Ind seen
Kaynnaph and heard the result of his In.
u,iirv r,..nprtinp the friend In soho
followed her when she went ont sbon-
ming. silent with NV door omen and ,vnt-
inu Mt a fancied sound crept ont in the
dnrkncss M Iisten an tbe stairs di.co,,.
cred not ming tending in the glipltggf do
,rrce To contirn the susnicinn M her com
5licitv in tbe outrape. on the contrarv bnr
continued detection. which tbe chSerfui
re,,onstr,ncs of Tnros failed N rarn1s,
seemed IN ronGr,n the sincerity NJ ber gor'
row md bnmiliation
Annornntly ltnvnnngb found ,,.o.tor
digictlty linn he Ind nntioinntnd ir bis IN.
yestigatjons for n week. eIanse5 befaro
saw lin ngain when he Vent IN ui,i,
treras intntbo work Lon 20 sao IL ,,a,,.
proup. which WINS already tal,ing form I
followed with The homo NJ gnIipg nm a.
nortupitv of benring the commSr;ca,tap r
which fbougbt Inc miel,t have tc ,,,ot,, a.,
me. ~
II shall finish it now said Taras conf
IDENTIFY. "by the time Gorion,s kiIn il
ready To be- hredu
nj nothing bappens To Won or IT, I'm III,
meantime" s,,ld KayAnagb somberly
at isn't likely the rascals will try that
game on ngniu. If they do. so miicb tbe
worse for them. They will have 10 settle
accounts with moor old Mere Lucasp
"Andsuuposipg. nevertheless - said TSny-
nnarh. will "A glance at mo ne he Turned In
Taras, that this proup shared the fate of
the last, what thenfn
"What tbcny WHY | wonld begip nm.
other. with a revolver bv nv side md
mover leave 10 till | gave IL 10 fhe world IN
protect.r
Kayanuph nodded t,rnvoIv lint made M
other commept For some ninutes he
stood silently watching 1aras no be buIif
up a fold IN the drnperv with nelIets ~
moist cldy; then. recovering from bis m n
nbstraetlon. he looked M bis watch anI
nIended nm pngn g.,nopt To,.,s LII ,,;,I,
Ills clay. and desplte bis friends romnn,
stranccs led the way down the stems to 600
him 10 The door
IN thnt moment Knvanagb t,rrir,, 70
me. murn,ured. ~
81 hnye somotbinf, IN Toll Won, ,,,bo, I ,,,t
the chance. But. fo, Lcavep,s saLn danit
lose sigbt OF Nero I.ucasm Tben ho a ,Ii'
some commonplace in n louder nenrd
ran down the stems.
At dinner dime 'ro,ns soilt,rc..
~ o,n goins ~ sm ,''I 9''u nj u,s ,,.,t, CO..
don nrosently Ny,li ynn ,,.,,t, u E'vr W ~
NJcinhi ,vitb ney" '''''N 80 '''' 80 'i''
Notbiny wnnid b.ve riaasod ~, ,,,.,.,
bnt ,yit, Rnvnnaghs ,orri,,,, sti 'l'V ~,
In INV ,.nr dnrpJ nor occe,,t az 90
"lio,y iorg abn1I yn, stnr Mn I,i,,,,,, r
asked thinting TINT ~ ~ ,,,,,, ,,.,,a 80
loo lnnf, NInr ,,r, ,,,i,,i,t H., i'S. "''' iO'
"a connle NJ bo,rs ar 81, tn, -, ,,.,.,,,
To wait And can't yerv well ak Won tn
20 up into his rooms.n
~ know that had almost ceasad IN
be exciting and no longer begrudred Taras