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

you enough or Wnulu You llht IuoEef NOW
does Il feal to got a drubblng"
you ought TO know, who have had II so
often / rctorted. but as to this days
work, we will reckon Tor It yet Tomorrow
Wen sec who crows lnudcst."
1--WE viii " he laughed, with a more sin
ister expression than had ever seen in his
face before You and I agree for once,
And when the reckoning comes there iua
muir cocks know whose crow will not be
so cruise a. IL Is today.
He came up to me with deyiilsh CLEAN
In his eTes and snapped bis fingers In my
face. Tomorrow be hissed. I'm show
you whnt1 be tomorrow. See, TN crush
you ikethatW nnd lie stamped and ground
his heel 10 the dust "a poor, crawling
thing like sou setting yourself up before
mel" Then he stood on step and broke
into laugh OF derisinu, hut checking him
self he bent forward, again snying in a tone
OF simulated compassion; After all, "a Pm
a Christian, ought TO pity you. There il
shilling for you, Take It. Before seven
days are over dare say you will hnd 1t use
mln
Such was my amUement ut this speech
and tho sudden change OF his manner that
mechanically held out my hand and took
the shilling But It's touch, which was rs
sting In the quick, restored my senses,
and llung the coin buck In his face
you may insult but you cannot degrade
me, ! crird Il hot, moist prickly sensation
springng to my eyes "Nhat your mean
ing is ( cannot tell. I only know that, he
iupy0urs 10 must boz spltcful aud malicious.
But before the seven days of which You talk
IRE over will repay your aiiront with n-
terest, And in the meantime / will nay in
the spirit of rImon, d. is a ply you are not
good enough to spit on."
My outbnrst nWed the throng that had
gathered about us, and I strobe away in
the midst Of dead silence, the picture, as
IN eyewitness 0tterwnrd told me Of fury
incaruata Peters tongue, however, was
not long still
"ia ha" be cried mockRgly ere had
gone 80 yufdB; "sn the beggnr would ride
on horseback would heb Pride goes be
fore fall The pnupcr who refuses aims
today may tomorrow dispute with the dogs
fora bone. Even % highlander may find
1t hnrd TO feed on his pride"
/ turned quickly ON my heel, under u
frantic impulse to 40 back and rcnd my
tormeutor on the spot. Perhaps il wa, the
vision OF icuriug faces that deferred me,
for the crowd were chiefly his friends, or
80 may NANN NNNh NAA sANAhH NHll0E VI NY
physical disability, but / only called out In
frenzy Of pasIoui They laugh best who
laugh last lllHilence your tink Ter tongue
yet n and held on my way, my rage so fu-
riuus that pltssersby stared Mt me, ms
brain throbbng with tho fellest purposes
OF revenge
Poor fool One brief moments preset.
ence, one glimpse Of the future, aud tho
knccn edged sword that fate held imml.
mont over my head would very speedily
have checked my passion and turned my
mind TO other things than petty aims Of
vengeance, iotsucl toreknowlodgc would
not have diminished my sense OF wrong.
My ruenys evil influence was prpdomi.
nant, aud, little as | guessed 10 was IN
shape my whole subsequent career.
On reaching my ruoins ! found o letter
from home awaiting me The guptncTip,
ton wHsmy fathers, u circumstance that at
another time and In n calmer mood would
Immediately have struck the as peculiar,
since my mothurwns the invariable CORE
spouduut at kiburne Hut Just then
had net eyes to observe One thing aud
thing alone saw aud thought ot-the de-
tested object Of my wrath lie loomcd upon
my distracted mind like u portentous fate,
shutting out all else. Instead of making
hastg TO learn the news, crushed the letter
~ NY hhnu nlu A'rvne ao9ut tne apart
'il',' uFNeu'us WIN NloiVnt "nsuaso,
~ 'vns'n ~, turr tno ehNclopv anu REM
tHN 'u''oE rue eut9' was as lyVeFel
,peh N,'e 70 plunHo mo an ley u9od ana
nN,u"' MS ni''n'ns currents opllieu IN an
,ns.,'c he'ul,u 70 nave pdHSeu IA mo
inth' llu,, one u iS state ni existence
NV ",o'ne' n'u' hplu ureAutuI l hNI
,vNpei' III we W9,ts OF our poet from heli
heov 20 "pc'lu cole' from 'he region or az.
Nv 'u.o Ih"e p' uVshelr' anN Ior nWhne
was pAiAiystu' AthFHtl reAu iherednlouS'
~ ,lhAlng. way 'uIl must nave uls9reseI
ny "rolu. .lp,'llhE my h'9u IN my hAnu'
~" Hs'''"' wv ~ ns'lh, uolNns 10 proc
.uc ne. ln'Vlpiot','on NIenS; hut re-
I,r'.s.. Wy pioOEps oUe ne la,ai truth
suJ tlo,v v'Vslll. ln'h : ,n"uHht tnA' my
1917 inus. nav n'on un'u w"en nc Wro'e'
J's si''' ~, ~ l'.l,a.a W. sau ln ue Hu,l
zone, iue ,cs'o' ''u'e" was mefe'leSsly
''',,' "''u 'Ntl,,ulN l.,
I''''','''vNs "peu'''''le, coVelll,I
written letter paper. That might Inc III.
ter understand the crisis which ind com,
upon rs and the COURSE OF events lendinp
up TO IL, my father related the history of Mi
the preceding generations OF our house.
Nv ancestors according 10 tho martial his
torian, were men Of rare virtues and splen.
did accomplishment. brave. generous and
we'll favored, aiming ever at keeping Their