Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-22

in open-eyed wonder until she broke
vn and cried.
After a while you grew up, you went to
ool and learned to box. skate. boast
to have very big opinion of GER
small boy Of your acquaintance. She
about the same as when you left her.
had grown taller, but not so tall as
d and her pretty curls were tied back
Ii bright ribbon. She was still cow
&ily enough to let you call her :" fraid-
q and gentle enough to allow you TO
. her, but she was shy and sweet and
~ to look at and she could sew up
*Ap'a coat before his mother even guessed,
n that wonderfully intuitive way some
hers have. that he had been sliding
Nn the icehouse. She was a good sur
p, too, and could bind up bruised arm
axe splinter out Of knee better than
doctor, though she did give shivers of
may You were very good to her; YOU
her stories OF what great, brave boy
were and how afraid all the professors
senooi were OF you. You made her
ga al your descriptions OF tricks you
VEG on the new boys, and told her about
lessons and how hard they were. and
you Knew them in twenty minutes.
ue Key to her success with fellow like
aIAeli was that she adored you. she
nea incense before you. 1t shone from
uumirlng eyes, from her sweet
which she listened to imaginary
Of your achievements, and you read in
fearful eyes when you were in trouble
ststy sorry she was. And then she was
sne never told you these things. but YOU
:. nave read them even II you had been
segotlstical than you were.
,nen you were about twenty and she was
sr' shyer, prettier and more admlring
~ ever you married her. She is still
believer in you, and even when you
UP TO think the world ought to be
on you. when you feel bitter and dis
sehed, she looks at you with the old
Nv, IN her eyes. and you don't feel so
mat she Is reaching out her hand TO
YOU, but that she ia asking you TO
ana guide her, and her helplessness,
- IN wumanly woman is only another
ior trust, is wherein lies your
sngth as well as hers.
ine Girl OF twenty years ago loved
ssu' hated cold water and firted with
III man she laid her eyes on. The man
~ natter bit, II she was satisfied that
Mas a man. She did not question
sner ne had brains, education or char
she found out II he had pleasant
straight nose. rosy cheeks and
asA musache, and she was happy. II
SaHeeu Well. could squeeze ones hand
Nv ana discreetiy. aud knew how to
ieve We'll. she married him. Once
eSnle she fell deeply and terribly In
Vim man who had neither char
~. money nor manners, and then her
nsa inleriered. calling her a nlnny and
'senning the sex In general as roman
knownothings
! Il ~ we're the epithets the clinging
bmsrt,usnt down upon the heads OF
N ss.'l she OF the romantic disposi-
|& dvssy spent q year, or probably
~ ~ ie,sls oi broken heart. She looked
"a Nav sss.ssung with her big eyes and her
M me sneekA and the white muslin gown.
IN ons sesnal rose now posing as the
'dArried hsd given her. One day she
Ia rri,.s the adventurer. or who ever
|hobablv nsF father did not approve OF.
E AZ, ushed in his sleeve 'N' P-Ps-7
NJ rnsSs ',ns 1es and muslin gowns. with
<rnt n'6n heels and degrading senti-
rlod m,, zone out The man OF the
"a DO uass mourn for the helpless maiden
- grsnass, putton his fathers boots. light
teap nevs,s pipe. grow fearful over
>ten cali ~. ~. cook and sew and let the
nenen FOOLS becauae thev would
~ can ~. them high education
VI ,lch he a.., about the deeda az valor
( puid ty,,s s'u "a Perform for a woman who
Frause ~ I'm absolutely; he can ween
80 nr~hra.e sirl OF to-day Won't he hugqed
II rra,h Just because he ia n man. he
'n us teeth because women mem ee t
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