Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-28

voices rose higher and higher, and the |
two watchers on the clih became gem
timely concerned as flying kailstumps be |
gan TO take the place of feryid Gaeilc
words. -,
'Ifil be stanes ahint kail-stumps!
exclaimed Joan in great anxiety.
And so IL would have been, had not a
heavy carriage with smart coachman
and an old fvotman in front, mountain
of luggage behind. and gaunt old wo-
man, with her head swathed In plaids IN
turn surmOunted by huge bonnet from
which in every direction waved forests
of plnmes and flowers, sitting conplacent-
ly within while one hand rested upon
acknowledgements cuskets al that mo-
ment stopped in front of Sandy Nichols
door.
The storm Of kail-stnmps ceased at
once. and the fierce combatnnts had al
ready disappeared, when Sandy's aud
wife, casting furtive glances behind her,
came dodderinG and trembling to the
| gate. The coachmnu gestured towards
| Lord Glebemoth's lodge. and the auld
wife smiled and iluttered, and nodded
reply. Then the lady in plaids and hon
net pointed toward Glenn Affrici pass;
as if she would go. return and halt
| again. on her way to the lodge.
| ITS Lady Mac Tayltt at last. Jornw
said Hugh ruefully; for they both knew
| II was the beginning of their parting
| then She Is great lover of fine scenery.
She has ordered her carriage driven up
there a moment to Eas-na-conn 1.-THE Fails
of the Dogs for u better view OF the
| valley She VIII return; change her t0n-
net for her wonderful wig in Slnly's
cottage; and then she win proceed in
state 10 our friends at Guesach IN"
His words were all hut true. In a fcw
moments more the carriage was rgain
at S1ndy's door, Sandy himself hunhly
| backing inl0 he cottage. followed 10y
| Lady Mae Taviit, who was alreaJy di-
| yesting hersclf OF her bonnet ;le old
footman with divers hastily slntcbed
bundles and wraps bringing up the rear.
The Mac Tavitt is now DOMINIC her
wig" remarked the artist Orgy.
Up to this point Hugil's predictions
had been correct. Here they failed
There was cOmmoiion in the cottage
The old footman hurried out and ran
sacked the carriage. Not finding the OBJ
iect of his Search he threw his arms
wildly in the air as if c1mpl stcly dis
trnught. In a trica Lady Mac Tavitt
appeared, b0nnetl So, her wraps and Ile-
longings in her arms, her bald head gilt
tering strangely in the SUM gilt and her
shrill Objurgations outrivaliug the croft
crs' of few moments before. She flung
the parcels into the carriage and pouncel
in after them, screaming dozen orders
at once nj her poor old servant who ran
helpcs,ly NJ and down the road Then
! clappcl her bonnet on askew, drove thu
old fooiman upon the lox with threats
z aud sobs and despairngly enyelOpug her
=, head, gorgeous bonnet and all, In a
= mighty plaid, sat out Mt furious speed To
Lord Gllbemoths lodge.
/, BY all the guocsI cried the artist In
! unfeigicd alarm, Lady Mac Tayitl has
e lost her wig,'
! How ndicrously swift was The echo OF
= Huph's gruesome sentence, swept from
. valley end to end. and even tossed porten
o tousy among the misty heights
Lady Mac 'rnyitt has lost her wig!'
y ii few on before the nObl' AherdJn
u ian's hHsty welcome at the lodge. i
J, preceded her in her own scramblmg iligh
} with smothcred pcals of laughter anon
lords and ladies' fine. II scntterel amnni
= Wallets and maids like a mirthful p-sti
= lencc.
y Lady Mac Tuvitt has los her wig!'
! II cirllcd the great nous, as in merrl
!. eddes and gusts. 1t woke the lazy ke p
ers Of the black herds upon The hills
L swept into the dGiries and 81 the maid
and milk a-sh1lSing there: whisk u anon
=, the browr-faced kinds iaking tha ai er
d math hay upon the Tomneh fields
whistled ogerishly about thu fur game
keepers hut, and hunted Out the gisglinj
= gillics in the glens
, Lady Mae Tavitt has lost her wig!'
II hastaned swift court ls Uf discover.
:. to Els-na-rOnn. to Strury, 10 lrcilhS
castle. To Brauly aud to Inverness
" stirred al wide rlthlass ike MAJ
and merry tusslc Of III eemrnts. An,
ir it tumbod Hugh Rtchic's wits about il
X such grand activity ms thry had ney"
known or borne before. as h hearl hi
ID dire sentence through the kcyhole of Lad
90 Mac Tlv!tt's door. viii her he had Re
i paired to prefer sympathy and aid;
, Hugh Richie, its nae cuddlin's. !
a. hae moo Bring the weeg, or We an IN
nrn dim.
~ He Joined in the hunt, the only di'
a. r0ctcd one of all. The coachman az
~. clskct under Lady MncTavitt's arm, b,
- tween Stury and FNsnakyle, and the oil
foatman. now reduced under clnmor nm
~ haddering to complete imbecilily, coni
In only gasp that he had surely seen Y
casket. safely on little laple pesiu
ls- TNe next morning Hugh questlone
us Sandy and his wife mercllessly Inc
knew nothing of the casket, but he conl
d, not understand their extreme perturbatiq
!, solely on the ground Of the general dl
II turbluce, which brought only mirih an
d, smiles 10 every face but his and hers
or The nuldwifc simply rocked and moant
il and was .v0iceless Sandy, standir
nd with lis back against a little corn
cupboard Of the ingle, glowered at, hi
> Jc6nnfiy with, 81 ha' M ain kist her
he, / mi ma ain klst hereW but the co
yiption came powerfully upon him tn
IT. Old SANDY Nichols not only knew u
All whereabouts of the casket but mil'
n, nrincnnls of the strange little dram
id SGT in action by the loss of Lady Ma
it' nisconrneed. but still determined, :
IN, left the couple, Joan Joined him at h
M own door. and in little time the ~
70 were M the falls Of Easna- Conn. Abo
90 those mo stone highway bridge cross
q the tuubling waters which descend me