Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-29
CHAPTER XXI

rose hLlli NNNAfNtA1f uAN AhNhth
about vaguely. think. expecting aid. Not
living thing was In sight or sound. H.
limitably 70 every point spread the gray
waste Of burning sand, hot az the mari that
seorched the feet Of satan In his defiant
and iInpious journey. Above was ball Of
living IRE, below mn arid, llfeless plain
rndiating binding, choking heat like an
infinite limekiln, nanght else TO DO seen
save far away TO the west din, pale perks
that might be tho thin veil a dlsaolYinR
clouds
tried to walk by way Of diversion, bu'
reled and staggered 80 that I was fniA
10 sit down again. percoiying TINT my
worse now east u shadow, orupt into IL,
and huddlcd there with dropping head aud
an aching heart, thought bitterly Of what
might have been but for my own peryrfs
ity.
At that moment tho heather about Xii
pour was IN full bloom, making the air u
distilled essence Of hontg, and the becs
with the drnNsy soun that had 10 often
been soothing melody IA my ears, were
thriftily preparing for winter, and Hhep.
herds were whistling and calling from crug
tops, their voices blending In a faron mn.
sl0 with the barking OF dogs and the blcAt-
lng Of sheep. and sparkling streams were
lenpIug down green md purple hillsldos,
and overall was soft bluesky with masses
Of cool white clouds
How yiHdly 10 all rose before the eye Of
imiyiuntlonl Many aud mnny a tlmo 10
the lHugnOruus summer days ! have luyed
my hnrc limh4 IN thosu peilucid waters and
watched the flashing u slyery I'm and
scale Us the trout dnrted under bank or
stone, and lain Oh ny back IN some shady
place looking mp ut snowy fleets. touched
With mink and rose, sailing uu an inverted
ocean. And 10 think uf all that nowl It
WINS ns tho vision Of Dives when, raising
his eyes from bis place Of torment, ho be-
held the felicity of Lazarus. Peace broOdcd
like n guardian spirit over kilH0uraud The
Films, amid their quiet cuoircling hills and
tho uucotionatn souls thlru wgro the hltthcr
because thny thought was happy aud
prosperous Would no sympathetic spir.;
tell them OF my condition. But their guo-
rance was part Of my pdniahmeut had
once been IN paradise, too and fell by rcbtl.
lion As we make our hr,lH, $50 mist We liN
In tho midst Of my dream ] remembered
that my pipes nnl some other things cher
lshed werc with 1Uhnl and nay mare. But
luckily al the relics VI uast happiness were
not lost. Undonr The folds Of my dress,
drew forth my mothers bible. aud with 10
the two white roses NOV sadly withcrvl
aud crushed that Isabel had given me,
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lender q carys, as u they were seutieut
hriurg cnpnblv OF feeling affection.
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