Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-11

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A PARSONAGE OF VAST IMPORTANCE.
slept i'll that night. The demons that
attend the pillow OF the wretched were hard
ut their work OF torture, and on the morrow
lrose with mingled feeling of soreness
and bewilderment My bodily injuries IN.
decd nov caused little inconvenience, but
such was the dire confusion OF my mind
that could notat once recall the precise
causes Of the turmoil-the thunderbUlt OF
the letter, the proyocatiou, the folly, the
impending ruin. The effort, when success
ful, did not tend TO raise tho spirits.
A clear perception OF the situation was
simply a passing from the vague horrors OF
"A nightmare TO the certuinties Of an obdu.
rate fortune. But necessity has always a
stimulant, and to certain stubborn natures
calamity is It's tonic, was braced for
what was In front, II not with Christian
iortitude to benr my wrongsand hardships,
ntleast with adcsperate defiance, a determi-
nation deep as the wounds IN my soul, to
retaliate with all my might upon my enc
mics, There might be no hope OF victory but
there was wicked satisfaction in prolung
ing the conflict and rendering evil for evil
even 10 the bitter end In the raw ntmos.
phere Of the dawn, however, my resolu
ton could not keep me from shivering,
Ny Impotence TO be otf brought me to
the point at which was TO take the coach
good hour too early, That time for the
want Of better employment, | spent pac-
ing to and fro on the pavement OF Princes
street, chewing the cud OF very sour relec-
tons. About me stablemen shouted and
gworc, horses elattercd into place, and
tussy passengers nude commotion for no
reason whatever, MS fussy passengers have
q 4 la. . h. 1
have been amused. but just then babel and
the tongues ten times confounded could
not have diverted my dismal and ranking
thoughts.
The morning broke brilliant and keen
caller, rs rtey say In Scutland-with the
wind coming brlskly or the firth aud the
level sun striking with dazzling radiance
on dewy roof and tower and spire. A that
hour the scene was one Of transcendent
beauty. Misery itself, which is egotistical
and iaundiccd. could not look without a
thrill OF exaltatlon on the romantic city
nashiug in liquid brightness, US Il she had
just arisen. dripping from a bath In the
sea, and glowing, nay, blazing, witha thou
sand colors that made her pinnacles points
OF fire aud turned her ramparts and but
tsesses to opal and amethyst
Every moment there We're fresh enchant.
ments, magical effects OF gold and rose and
Rauzy silver, so that Edinburgh, cluster
ing about her hills and precipiees and
broken INTO iridcsyent peaks and fantastic
pictured masses, seemed poets dream, a
city OF fairyland. Yet already, in obedience
10 the condition Of her existence. she was
bending her neck 70 the prosaic yoke of n
soriid routine. Her citizens were coming
forth to their daily toll with the marks Of
struugle on their brows. A little while
longer and the sun would look down on
men and women striving with each other
fora pittance 20 keep life in. by an easy
process made their case my own.
The castle nlone seemed independent and
nusabduablc, lifted completely above the
trivial and vexatious affairs OF life, Vhe
sentinels steel cleaned on the battle
monts with stirring and qnickenlng sug
gpstions OF It's own, | thought OF the
glory Of carrying arms, experiencing in
imagination something OF the shock OF
battle aad the rapture Of victory. Why
should not join the ranks Of those who
gayly sought renown with hanner and
musci What more natural . the hand
OF highlander than the hit OF a sworli
But as / asked myself the question the
trumpet blared out its summons to mount,
and 80 instead Of getting into warlike 40
coutosments and putting my fortune TO
the srbitrament OF bloody strokes, as my
lord Stanley has it, toos my seat on the
eoaeh rs meek as any Quaker.
We rolled of with regal pomp, our aour.
ish 81 trnmnets and the festive style al our
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