Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-05

Af"f| 0AA a'ltittt LOT llNintIlt Anl.
taking the beauty charm from the
cord that held Il, | fastened II to hts
watch chain by little ring that was
intended 20 hold some ornament, but
was yet empty.
AT last" | said, Il win wear this
no longer II Us my first present to
you, and. IL | could believe that It
had any power To make me win the
hearts OF men. should give IT 10 you
all the more. for only In your eyes
do ! wish TO be fam. only BY you do
desire 10 be beloved our lips met
oh. happy; oh, never to be forgotten
moment In which | had foretaste of
paradise.
An hour later my uncle arrived He
was much affected by our meeting,
and his account OF his long, anxious
search for me really touched my
heart
He met Arthur with state courtesy,
but my dear old Don won his heart
az once. shortly we all entered the ven-
cradle earryall and drove out to Nal.
colm's Nest.
The family We're all gathered on the
verandn to meet us. My aunt must
have spent a great deal OF time on
her toilette, and Adelaide was prettler
than ever In pink and white CO.'S
tune. She flung herself into my arms.
WIN ~ Wy lol TAnkufP. anu Ms ttlt
sure, remembrance Of the presence
OF gentlemen TO admire her grace and
animation. My aunt WAS more dignlfiedi
welcome TO your old home. Niece
Anna" she said ~ had vowed never
could forgive you for using me 40
cruelty. How your poor uncle has
danced up and down the earth In
search Of YOU. And you have given
us both dozen OF new wrinkles. and
look at the colonel's hair
However you have Improved so that
l cannot lind II In my heart to seuld
you. And now. l suppose, you have
someone to keep you In order" and
she kissed me and gave her hand to
my soldier who won her heart by lift
ing II 10 his lips
She. too took n great fancy to MIR
March. who win always be the Don TO
me. though never called him so. And
as for Mr. Graham, l saw IN ten min
utes that he had fallen In love with
Cousin Adelaide. The ehlldren-scarcely
children any longer--danced about me,
and Maum Mandy and Aunt sally rolf
ed their eyes and lifted their hands
In apparent ecstacles OF rejoicing.
''tlow has mourned and lu-
mented, 10 be sure" said Mandy. u
steddisd and steddied, and couldn't
s'posc nuinn but Miss Mamie done been
kill and berry in de bresh l.ora. when
dey come and tell us dat Flo she got
dc chain, sartin sure she snssinntc her,
like De folks said she did, Neber spect
i see Miss Mamie again"
Me necdor' said Sally "me needer.
i is powerful 'Jiced. l Is, an l mus
say nebber see no one grow UP so
harnsome."
Course Miss Mamie wus always
hnrnsome' said that arch hypocrito,
Ia Ia 10
ing smile peculiar 10 herself "De
MalcOlms always Is hamGome. but
some way anoder she is got so mighty
pftDcrscssln'"
Yes. Miss Mamie, you sartinly is
powerful pre-per-sesain nowadays"
said Aunt sally. "Struok me like
lightnin' fust minute l saw you get out
ob de carriage"
could not help laughing. and at
this they laughed also, OF course, and
with smiles and mods and oourtesies
rolled away
Mus get you nlls some supper soon
as we kim" said Maum Mandy. Cite
ment. even II 1t is jyful. tires folks out
and makes 'em hungry"
AS we sat at the broad supper table
that evening / could not help remcm-
| bering how many u time ! had slunl,
away from 1t. Inundated by reprouf,
sick at heart with sense Of my own
inferiority TO my cousins. How nay
aunts GOODNESS had made my heart
ache. How l had waited IN vain for
| my uncle TO have time TO think Of
me But was now too happy to feel re-
sentiment. Moreover, ] acknowledged
that also had been 10 blame. l I'M
uerstood many things l had not COM
pretended then, aud ] was glad later
on to lift the load from my unole's
heart. by telling him that / should de-
to Fl NittN Inn
of Malcolm's Rest
1.-The place whore my lost mother
waB born shah not fall into decay" /
said. NOR shah you, her only living
brother. end your days in poverty"
MY chic, YOU are n true Malcolm"
he said; generous ana noble; think
heaven for you"
My inheritance was now placed in
my hands, and before my wedding day
/ had already restored and refurnished
the ball room. Fine heveled plate
glass was pla ed IN the grand old
frames, the ipantelpieces were restored.
the ceiling iedecurated and the floors
polished; all the old velvet seats reeov-
cred. The wedding was an old fOhh-
toned, Vlrginian home wedding: the
ceremony. first. the ball and feast af-
terward.
Mrs. March. who had received an ur-
gent invitation from my aunt, had come
10 us at once. IL fc1olceu me 10 see her
70 happy In her reunion with the hus-
land OF her youth. As FOR my uncle,
In his new coat. his soul at rest from
thoughts Of selling land and timber, he
was brighter than l ever remembered
him. 1t was plain that Adelaide nad
MIR Graham already understood cach
other.
My aunt and Minnie and Lionora
were all smiles and aWse,arss, ana the
servants felt. as they said, that old
times had come back again.
And /, as 1 stood VITA my hand IN
that OF my soldier and uttered my VOWS
IN words to which my heart responded
In It's every beat felt that ] was ia
vored among women.
Was l the little orphan, too morbid,
too unprepossesslng to ne loved IKE
others OF her age. p.nt1g Tor d tender
word, fond careas, who. In that very
room three short years before, went
nearly mad In her misery?
Later, when all ths gues,s were gone,
and the candles burnt low In their
sockets, my soldier led me into :he
i an again. 'I4coK at you-5sil my
DARING" he said. See what IA hearii-
ful wife have" hut |. us looked,
could only see that ne stood beside me.
could only remembe- that 1 waa his
while We two iiyei.
Life must have It's changes. As time
giides on. who does not meet with
sorrow2 / think, despite the old Jokes
on the subject. that a wedding Is an
excellent finale for a story.
( SO as stand, my hand In my dear
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