Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22

horses, but shah mover release your She
drew back the tagged sleeves from huf long.
gNunt arms I'm her extended fingers re.
sembled the talons OF a ncsco eagle. while
she continued: n have sought you In your
house. and you have denied me; have
followed you on your grounds and you have
avoided me; but you cannot scare mo on.
dream OF you dream by night that SEQ
you dying. ] think by day OF killing you.
and, now that You are before me- my hands
are thirstng for your blood. When SEQ
You dead az my feet tl,en the storm will be
passed., and shall be ready Tor the calm OF
the grave to which you consigned mo years
ago"
Pedro, the gato-koopcr and the womana
brother, came to her side, and releasing her
hold on tho wheel he said In Spanish, and with
a sontlenoss OF manner That did not at All
please his employer
please, my sister, 20 to our home and
rest, and shan SEQ you tonight
Yielding 70 mis- request ruther than TO tho
gentle force no employed, the woman released
Der hold ON the who'd, and shouted after the
COLONEL, as he whipped up the horses
"Reetl rest rcst tbero Is no rest for me;
and by the Holy Virgin, thcre win be no rest
I
Colonel Morton had tolegraphcd his COM
ing, and az consequences half dozen stable.
men were ready 10 take hia horaes tho
Instant he refined In before the cataract OF
steps leading up to the white piaazns. He
srroug from the vehicle. and Ignoring tho
servants who bowed obsequlously before
him, without removing his hat or his coat,
he entered the private onlce and dashed up
hn Col e.
tower.
'fou are in time, sir" said Fred, tho operas
tor as he looked up from the instrument 10
his employer.
, "whats nowY' demanded the colonel.
Nothing OF special Importance, ali. war
the roaponae; "hore are tho last teegnma
from Frisco. Asusual. hayo kopt careful
copy OF them"
AZ that instant the click Of tho instrument
. became so rapid and furious 90 to slartle even
the man whose duty II was to translate its
raps.
''Woll. what is M" asked tho colonel.
"Mr fronch, sir, is at the other cnd Of
. the line" said Fred. US no wont on writing
tho message
u ''What has ho 10 say9n
Tho young man waited for fully two min
"'N'f A'Nt' NN'NNhNu AlN AMANNNHNhAAt hhA
, looking up, said
MT ftonch Is Informed that Commodore
Woat Inns yisltoB."
7, "Ase French TO be explicit" said tho com
1 modoro, impahcntly,
The operator sent the message, and within
Z, u TOW minutes tho roply came back
Judge Davidson wns one. the other we do
20 NOT know. mcsaengor called az tho hotol
al N..f.. a
:, dorc West was engaged. Tho name Of the
- vieiior could not bo learned, but viii keep a
n lookout llao this Lord Pelham returned
+, YETI"
J, "lod pelhOml' cried the colonel, "Td
y forgotten all about the fellow. Let mo 900,
:, Fred, ho went to Monterrey"
- "YoR, sir, and has not yot rturnod."
" ivory we'll toll French that must
" change my thlngs and have dinner. mennume
y call mo lf anything Of Importance comea
~ from Frisco"
: Gan right. sir" responded tho operator.
Colonel Morton hositgtad as II he were try
Ut ing 60 recall something else that should bo
said; he gRyc up tho elIurt, aud won't down
~ the spiral stairs.
After bo had hathed and changed hl'
clothes no wont ont to dinner to found
III ENNlAhH llitHNNN hhN Iult IiNnhlNks ~
NY addition thorn wore NJ tho board number
Nv Of young people. friends from tho nolghhor
ing cstalos who had como over TO lnqulr
about tho invalid and had been prevailed oil
TO stay TO dlnnori ior hearty informal hos
ptallty wns the ruo AZ nuonn VISTA
The colonel kiased Dora. and thorn wa
nothing Ia hor manner TO indicate That no
Affection for linn was coudcd by suspicion
. or that she felt he was uoithor an ideal hus
band nor father.
He had always boon oHtentnhoualy kind ant
luylshy liberal with bic daughter. Dora ha,
become tho one object that 10 him made llt
worth living. Beautiful she certainly was
but to his prolndicod sight, hs daughter wn
tho loyollest being and most perfect womal
that Heaven had over sont on earth.
Tho very purity Of hor character; her on
tire Ignorance Of that Ito with which he wa
so familiar and her noble uuscllahnea
were qualities that by reflection ho ofte
doludod himself into tho belief that he In
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