Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-24
A HARLEM ROMANCE.
How a Young Man Fell In Love
With His Sisters Friend.
stuyvesant smith and Carrie Peters.
How They Becanie EnvaKoa The
Excursion Up tho nudson--A
Muurnfti Ending.

Moarnfni HudinE.
Tho friends OF stuyvcsant Smith, ono oi tho
most popular young socie,y men ia Ilarlom.
have recently noticed with dccp regret tha,
hc has Acquired Tho drinking habit, Various
surmiseA have been made, but nobody
guessed the r'al cause, which IL dlsappoint-
meat In love.
Although OF excellent family ana nne
education, stuyvesant is not very we'll nxcd
financially. Like most society mon. he has
no other regular employment. and 10 sup
ported by his felAtiyes.
s,uyvcsant lives with his married sister.
whom he owes n larlsv amount for board. and
TO whom he is dsyotodly attached. Mn.
Lucy Webb is the name OF stuyyeaanta
sister. She Ia a widow. and r,sldca in cory
Eat ON Amsterdam hvonun with several small
children. Her income Il not large, and che
has eeyeml times thrown nut hInta that hos
brother. like 2acheaa, when no was up tho
AyVamore trcc, should "ccsne down.r This
had almost as much cifect ON 'Stuvy" ~
pinehlng a COWS horn has on tha COW. The
suggestion that no should look for lob
merely amused him. He would rcnly,
What Nc work. Ncyeri" Thon hc would
borrow $40 from hia indulgcnt Nistsr, play
the mces, and bet on the wrong horse.
Finally, Mrs, Webb tried new campaign
plan. One day she said to himi
"stuyusant why don't you So, married and
establish u homo for youuclfS know We
both would bc so much happier"
"oh, I'm happy enough. Its not rood 10
DO too happy However. | might conlusa,c
tho verb To marry II weru in the potential
mood, hut you know AIN not"
"stuyy' sold Mrs. Webb, earnestly. ~ am
talking seriously to YOU now. What do YOU
think Of Carrie Poteis, that lovely girl with
blonde oarls and such beautiful blue eyes. to
whom introduced you to at the church
soclableY'
81 rmemhsr tAGy hatred fcn,alc with
blue cyes, and nightmare Of rod rag on
her head. shn romiudod ma OF n couple OF
butterflies oa 4. bundle OF straw. And her
mouth Wen, nobody could aver forget that, %
and stuyyssant laughed loug aud loud.
"Npu arc 900 provoking Carrie aud were
at Nasaar together and ahe "a very nice
girl, hhc Is very intellectual
"otuourse. All ugly girls arc that way
hnt "a eho sas Mtellertlal as abe ia homcly,
she must DO a female Shakespeare 1 aty,
Lucy, "a YOU know her 30 VOL, Perhaps you
can toll mo 4 she docs not have 10 ect hot
mouth measured When she buys tooth.
brush. 1hate was fellow at college that had
just such mouth. aud we all accused him of
widening Il attinoally with glove slrotchur.
but II was not aa large az tho conversational
apparatus Of Miss potcre."
III were you, ia propose 10 Carrie
Peters. said Mrs. Webb. paying no attention
TO her brothora lihea.
"Loyc. without money" said stuyycaanl,
blowing cloud OF tobacco 6mokc. sis
Ike a pair OF ahlny-loatief Ahoea without any
solos. and u Carrie were handsome, which aha
Ia mott sho Is poor, and pounds a Typewriter
for n living
"nui Carrie has money. now. A rich old
uncle has died and loft her $4,000 In tho
bank"
"Rhl whatfp
ayes, lust heard II yesterday"
swell, dcclare,' said stuyvoAant, very
seriously, ~ wish I had known this befora /
made nun Of hor right before her iaoc. What
must sho think OF meY We'll, | suppose ita
too laio now. FIFTY thousand dollars" aud
he sighed. That waa Just tho kind OF girl
no could love ior horseli alone.
ITS not TOO laie." eaid Mrs. webb. II
know Carrie admlfoa you. Rho told friend
of mine that you were tho hnndsomeat young
man on Manhattan Island"
"Dld thef BY love, IN propose to her."
''fhore Is TO DO a Sunday school excursion
up tho Hudson neat wook aud Carrie will bo
there" said Mrs, Webb. auggestyely
nm 60 along n I have 10 swim. Fifty
thousand dollars !" aid stuysoeAnt, hugging
himself
"sow you ara sensible at last" said Mfr,
wohb. and aho felt happy at tho idea Of some
other woman having to airport hor dude
brother but, of course. pbo did not toll him
that was the cause OF her iAyoring their mar.
riAgc.
Among the ezgufalonIsls on the otoamboat
we're Mrr. Webb. Carrie and stuyYcaani. Tho
latter wore nov suit and straw hat all OF
which was paid Tor by his sister. who rs-
gardod tho outlay aa good Investment