Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-12

her examination.
NOu wVrc walking with a soldiers
I arm around your waist when we passed
| You, Amcndar she observed intorrOga.
lively.
I know. num-. admitted Amenda,
i found it there myself whcu the music
stopped
"Ethclbcrtha looked her enquiries.
Amcndn filed saucepan with water,
aud then replied 90 them.
I'm disgraoed 10 a decent household,
she said; no mistress who respected hcr-
self would keep me q moment ! ought
10 be put ont on the doorstep with MY
box aud q months wages.
hut why did you do IL thenf said
Etholhprthu, with natural hstOnshmVnt.
Because I'm n helpless niuuy num-
There was no truce of bitterness or pas.
sion Ia Amendn's tones She spoke in the
calm, even voice Of a person stating
facts
81 can't help myself she went on. II
] SEQ soldiers I'm bound tO follow them.
u runs IN our family My poor cousin
Emma was just such another fool. She
/ was engaged 10 be married 60 quiet
respectable Young fellow with q shop ~
his own, aud three days before the we'd
ding she ran OF with q regiment of ma
rincs and married the col0r-scrgcnut.
/ That's what I shmli end by doing I've
been nll the way 10 Sundmte with that
lot you saw me with and I've kissed four
ul them-thc nasty wrCtrhvs. I'm % nice
sort OF mrl tn hp walking ont with re-.
Hprctablv milkman.
"Shp was 80 deeply disgusted with her.
self That ~ seemed supprtluOus for any.
/ body else 90 be- indignant with her; aud
Ethrll"rthu changed her tone aud tried
to comfort her
oh. yOull gpt over an that nonsense.
Au4uIu aIIs tutI IuuuIfpuIts conn a.U
yUurgclf how Silly il b.. You must tell
Mr. Bowlos 10 keep you away from sol.
diprs
"'Nh. emit look ut 20 IN the sumo
! light wuy that you do, mum returned
| AmCudn somewhat roproyiugly; 70 girl
! that can't soc a. bit Of rod marching
| down the street without wanting 90 rush
! out aud follow &c mint DC To- bee anybody
! wife Why ] should Boz leaving IA, FAol
| with nobody iu 10 about twice q week.
/ and hc'd have tD 20 the round Of all
| Che barracks in London looking for me-
| ! shall save Mp and gpt myself into q
/ lunulic asylum, thntB what ] shall do
"Ethclbcrihu begun TO grow quito
/ troubled. But surely this Us something
altogether new. Amrndn she uid; sou
/ must have often met soldiers when
I you've been ont n London
| "Oh, yes. one or two at q time, walk
| ing about anyhow, ! can stand that ul
| right MS when there's q lot Of then
| wl together with u band that lose my
| houl
"You don know what its Ike. mum.
she added, noticing Ethclbcuh0's puz
| zlrd expression; you've never had IT,
/ only hope you never may.
I'VE kept q careful watch over AmcndI
| during the remainder of our stay n
! Folkcstonc. aud an nuNlous Tim" we h',
/ OF 10. Every day some regiment or uthul
| would march through the town, and n
| the first sound " its music Amends
| would become restless md excited TIN
| Pied pipcr's rec could not have Htirrci
/ the Uumrlm children deeper thuu dii
| those SYNDICATE hands the heart of on
| domestic Fortunately. they general.
| pussrd early 10 the morning when VA
! were indoors, but one dny, rrturninl
| home tp lunch. we heard distant strain
! dying away upon the Nythe road w
! hurried iu lGthclbprthu ram down int
the hiJchcu; 10 WIS empty! up int
Amcuda's bedroom; t was vacant w
! called There was nu answer
"lhut miserable girl bus gone ol
! again, said Elhplhpithn. What tpl
rihlr misfortune 10 is for her lts quit
| disease
"Gthulbcrthn wanted rue To- 90 TO Sand
gate camp and enquire for her. ! wa
sorry for the girl myself, but the picur
oil young aud iuuuDpf looking ma
! wandering about a complicated camp ~
Quilug for a lost domestic, presenting h
self to my mind, / suid that I'd rattle
not.
"Ethrlhcrtha thought rue hcurtlcss, an
said that " | would not ~ shc would y
herself, ! replied that | Thought ON
lcmnlc member OF my household wa
I enough iu that Cuup ut time, ana ~
| uuU-tcd her uut tu. isthplberthu express
| eel her sense OF my iuhumuu behavior j
hnughuN declining 90 eat any lunch, Uu
! ! expressed my sense of her unrcISul
| ublcupss los sweeping the whole meal INF
the grptp after which Ethplhertha su,
denly developed cXubcruut affection 4,
the eat tWho didn't wuut guybOdy's low
hut wanted 10 get under the Crate uft'
The MuuO. aud / became supernatural
absorbed iu the duyhrlorcyestcrday
newspaper
"lu tho afternoon. strolIng ont INF
the garden, ! heard the faint cry of
female u dlstrern. | listened Uttputiyul
ana the cry was repeated. 1 Thought
sounded HE Amcudu's voice. hut whe
90 came from | could not conceive.
drew nearer. however, uR / approach,
the BOTTOM of tho garden. aud NC last
located Do I'M small wooden shed, ust
| by thc proprietor of the house ms 70 dan
room for developing photographs.
"'Iho door WAS locked, us that yO
AmeuduI cried through the keyholc.
"Ies, sir came huck the mullcd u
] hNi'if " ~ YOU IlNNNN lfl INV NNl NNN
hud the key ON the gruuuh nnur the duo
81 discovered IL ON the gruss about
| yard away, uud Released her, WI
locked YOU in thereY asked,
q" did sir she replied. Il locked m
self in, and pushed the key out und
the door. l had to do IT, or should hU'
, gone off with those hcastly soldiers
1 hope ! huyu't Inconvenience 20
b. sir she added, stepping out 4 left Il
lunch all laid
AmondU's passion for soldiers was h
. one tribute 10 sentiment Toward
, others of the male sex she maintained
, attitude of CallOus uuWwcrpUbility, 10
! her engagements with thcm (which we
numerouSl were entered into on uhuudO
/ Vd on grounds sO surdid ns 10 serious
shock l.thVlherthn
a. When SHE cumv 90 us she WINS engage
b tn pork butcher with a uilkmun
?, reserve For Amenda's sake we dee
IS with the muu, but we never likph hin
IA and we liked his pork still less. Whp
q ! therefore Amcuda announced co us th
her enlargement with him was ION
ii and ntimutod that her feelings Wau
l n no way suffer by our going clspwho
for cur bacon We secretly rpiuivcd
/ III um confident you have done rigl
q AmendU' said EthelhorthR. you Wnu
q never have been happy with that man
u NO, mum, ! don't think over shout
Il replied Amvudn, II don't SEQ how al
sim could as hadn't got the digestion
l. am ostrich"
Ethclhcrtha looked puEalcd "But VIII
o has digestion got 10 do with itT y
"a IL a.