Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-23

written to him. and how he felt II harder
amer each enc to write and tell her that Il
Was for himself thar he dreaded poverty as
inueh as Tor her. lie put Il OF each time.
AMI az last he took refuge In silence. Men
are 90 dincrsut from Women la that Way;
they prefer 10 end anything unpieAsani ab.
teptN, With AZ little explanation a. posi-
ele; While women must always excuse aud
explain themselves; II II necessity 81
their nature lie LETT two ieiters uran-
swered, Then came a third She was he
SCI with tender anxiety about him. was be
ny OF In trouble, or had her letters BY
chance mlscrripd, Would he NOT send hoF
one line 20 toll her thu reason o. his sl-
lenee. So he wrote hrieiy and dccislyel, Z
telling her that he waa too poor to marry
ncr and ~ Il would be better Tor them not
70 writc. lilo had not ceased 10 love her.
out tho case was hopeless, and he couid
not forgive himself for having won her love
sne must forget him. and " she could. for.
sNe him. There came no answer; he bad
not expected ono. year later. Just be-
Tore ne sailed Tor india, a photograph was
sent 20 hin signed barbara. she MAS
Menged little the expression wRs much
tadder tet prct,ier, he thought Iiut the
peauutui eyes gascd straight into hts heart
~ they USED to. 1t hurt him to look At II
ne Kept u only week aud then burned q,
All this came back 10 him now quite clearly,
A"N NNilNNl ANNNNINt Al " NlNNt tUtuf
The sound u . voice elnse hy nuscd him
from his revcrle. "rhcre ia Harry Ice %
u said. "how we'll she looks tonight
must 20 and congratulate hcr on that last
hook q hers. read Il to-day, aud lrs the
best Of tho lot"
Yes, answsr'd SOMEONE 'she has had a
wonderful success, They say shO has made
small fortune from this ono and has
eeueh, charming cottage by the river
with II, somewhere above Bray. She looks
young to hc 40 eleven"
Ralph penuiston's eyes followed tho dlrec-
ucn Of theirs, and dwclt careiessly Tor mo-
ment on the object Of their remarks. Then
he recognized her and. without pausing to
consider, be crossed tho room and was at
her side, She wu standing In tho center u
group. and great statesman, who had
Just been introduced TO hcr was paying her
compliments under the guise Of criuclslng
her books, from which she defended herself
smllnKly with ready tact. Ralph waited
There till there was monetary luii. aud
then. barbara he said. may an old
friend oncr his congratulations. or have
You had oL9ugh OF ihemf"
she palcd at tho sound " her name In the
familiar voice. Yes. am .ii,id OF them. '
she answered FOR the present, at all events.
Besides they should come from me to you, I
think. What a Wonderful escape YOU hadi
II thrilled US, even 20 road OF Il, | wonder
II feit nothlny nartiruiar', hn renlied
except thai / need moi tronhlo over M
was sure 1 should 30 saved s6nohow
Come into the garden. It Is cooler and
quioter therr. and No can talk "
She took his pronrred arm. and thew
passed Oui and found themselves cnupafa.
lively A!ono on Inc terrace by tho river,
"a never knew untn to.ninilt." IA, lniA
her, that you were Barry Lee OF course
/ have re,d your hnois lite tho rest m ths
world but n never orc,r,rcd a. ma ina, ve,,
had written them -. thiuiliur ~ vou
Iist beforo NM yo,, rc,nemherms ,he XXI
DAYS ana Nondrrinr n Won had foraotien
me ,rnli ma barbara ~
~ nav. farsattnn natht,g >, ,be ans,xoroa
,op,ly cyan ysre Niscr than Was IA
moan laws nnd-ana I AZ not caro ~ taii,
m them
"can Won mt forgive mo 81 no nieaded
and would haye an mora hat IN, inter
runtet him
ttaN q ta.. az