Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-09
QUEEN OF run NAY.


W. II was the last day Of April
lAuv. shad been chosen by her fell
az ,ndents as queen o May on the
oN'''S she carried her coronal robe,
me-. ,r,Cct marvel Of gaudy hnery' upon
s,,h ali the girls had been busy Tor
sun must wake and call me early
4 wv W, ~ early. mother dear;
Il w s.aw nj be the happiest time OF
ion M ne Glad New Year,
q -. slesfully quoted as she rushed in
~ .ts sitting room, and tumbled her
III the liable, Mother! Motherl
vtsr are your
' ssre was no response. and Nellie
lrhtly up stairs. on the wardrobe
hsr mother's room was little note
which read
ansar Nellie; Your father has been
..rsd Unexpectedly to the city on
sosiness and he wishes me to go with
sIm We will be back tomorrow. If
snu are afraid to stay alone in the
hopse tonight, go over to your cousin
1ennIes. But, with Nero, there is
nothing to fear"
mo indeed, old fellow" said Nellie,
Mating the Newfoundland, who had
l,lsurely followed her. ira Just like to
see anyone touch me, while you're
+ near You're whole police force in
y yourself. And now I'll try ON my
dress
After she had posed In sthtuesque
attitudes before the mirror, and ad-
* rirad the rfuzy. tinseled dress to her
s..s.,,,,,, s,,o I,id IL cor,g,,l,. nm
IA nrA'' eVn',''H -. 49,
~ lhe oeu anu went u""n 9'''i9 ~
pare her supper. Nothing occurred TO
81 ,,-,..s ,,,. zoo, uot rtgbt In the
warning when she awoke. she ran to
M ,he window and anxiously looked out.
mia shrlek of disrnpy ESCAPED her
~ lns
4 Nav had been seized with one of
M .bese caprioious vagarles that distin-
giish her slster-momth OF smiles and
tears. II was actually showing.
81 IA. dearg' cried Nellie, who would
{ have thought II? why. Yesterday was
as lovely spring day as one could
4 MN never saw such weather"
She dressed and ate light breakfast.
Every few minutes she looked out to
skies, But the large. feathery flakes
f. proyoklngly continued to fan, melting
the moment they touched the ground.
W Her troubled face watched the hour
hand Of the solemn old eight-day clock
as It lnally began tu move slowly but
surely toward the figure Y.
What shall / do2' she asked her
self y was TO be at Smiths wood by
II y without fail, They'll be waiting,
n Know and hate dreadfully to disap-
point Them Ill-EoE
e sas nasny aecked herself In all her
T. Waterproof But It was nowhere to
II ps found, and wrapping a red shawl
Around her shoulders as a substitute,
T. ns salhed forth,
eae gecded 10 make up for lost time
" mahg a short cut across the fields;
~ tlisiully guarding her dress from
n tos,s sse'0us unuergroWth' she fastened
wssv smiths wood-the scene Of
H. rssa a. tteauNe occasion. she had not
peped an u '' can when something hap
! n Her wa,, jed ai is ioau'
II misSis way ls9 across a pasture. In the
hmnehed tree ''' $50 s,ood a low thickly-
sprnring y tun was munehing the up
80 quiet and uro ot s,aas, lie seemed
islt no hesItation IN G ts mat Nellie
U Keeping the animal .,..u T..
she saw him rais ,''' H. wen IN sight.
her ,yG1 az her, as though examining
vsya ' sa,.cy The next moment he
md CHARGED 9or Sli.ilc KICKS at the air
Good en- ersc hleree,y down upon her.
I lcHlys ct .h.rt Nil1u Ntllle IRAN