Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-23

w mum never thcusht or tnurmurlnQ.
she had been 20 long accustomed to live fot
Others that seit-saerlhce had now necome
hAhitual. and she never dreamed too much
feetion.
u Is a ecmmou remark that tho years
neeta 70 Erow shorter as We advance In life.
end they who cotld once cxclaim "a whole
year" IN accents Of unquallaed alarm Il,
is length, at lcngth nnd tSensalvos RI
I fcrring to tho same space Ia tho caroieas
tone 81 Indifference a. "0nly YEAR
Twelve months had sotpied almoat an cter.
my 10 eilih when her lover nrst hade her
farewell. and the time that INTERVIEWED bo.
/ tween his letters to hOr brother seemed
almost endless. but as ehn became en-.
/ crossed IN new rArss. and her youth becAn
% alp by eva although Charies was now
I "a a distant part OF The country ana the
I corre1rondenca between him and her loypr.
1 1, 1t wAs Eslll continued. never met Ia,
eyc, she had formed an Intimacy with lcd.
Z Ward'a mother, aud. AZ the old LADY was
very fond of nendle-MorRod pineushiona.
net purses. worssed iirc screens and ali
I such little nicknNoks. u obtained without
expense. Kdith wAa soon oalabilshed In her
7 flod fraces. She was thus enabled "a
Gee Edwards lettora 20 his nareuta and
though they were very huniness!iks. com.
/ honnaco alairs, not at all Resembling a
ledys heauldeal OF a lovers onlstle. stiil
| Hdlth was satisfied. II was strange that 40
7 Atrpns, 20 abiding, 40 pervadlns a posAlnn
should have takcn pNssrtaion % ercannrr
20 Fcu,le. no almost cold IN her demcanor.
hut the calucst exterior often oonceaia
\ lhe ,trongest emotions, and. n the nnw o.
edlths feelings was Qulot, Il was only bb-
cause they worked Tor themselves deeper
and less fathnmAhle channel
Seventeen Nearssaa long period in the
annals Ok time, aud lungcr IN the records
q tho heart seventeen years passed Gro
Edward FMS returned 10 HIS native land
ho had LETT Il romantic warm .hnArtea
youth end no returned a respectable. In.
ieliifent. wealthy man The ambition which
would have led him 10 sock literary fame
had been expended IN nearch Of other ala
tinotiohS IN The world ot commerce., lie had
become keen observer OF men and an
acute student " the more sordd qualities
on human nature'aln a word he had devoted
his nne enerHna 10 the acquisition OF
wealth, and as his father predicted. he had
20 W,ll awaited himself 81 his opportunities
thAl he was both an enlightened aud rich
merchant.
nut tho romance OF his early DAYS had
LONG since passed away. The Imaginative
student was concealed or rather loaf In the
man Of thp world, Thrown upon His own
resources, IN foreign land and aurrouadcd
~ STRANGERS, he had learned to think And
act for himself llo bad acquired thc
worldly wisdom which enabled him TO atudy
hls own intpreats. and II u moi atNnEe that
aelAthnnss had mingled iia alloy with his
naturally amlahlo character During bis
long roiourn abroad no claims had been
made upon his afrnetous, hr had lived IN.
loving and unloved aud thn warm current
0f hlA feelings hctmnd gradually TO have
become chilled, when uonn through the
mist Of absence, or viewed through tho long
Wan Of tlmo' tho familiar faces Of his
distant homo faded INTO vague aud lndia.
unet images tie returned "a the suruea
~ his youth with toellhR VI sttanFeneaa
and the roiuombraupos at every stop of his
approach were rather mournill than pleaa-
ant 10 hn soul.
Edward ellis had been several days at
homo, he had fully answered All the claims
II nllai aud fratarnal duly and received
,an congratulations of the friunda Who arc
always fUuld ready 10 note onO'a GOOD Tor
tune, ere he bent his Steps toward the DWELL |
lng " Edith Pcmhcfton. iiie fceilnga In |
ihIs 90 IN most other things were materially |
altered ltM early passion ilke bls aHplra- |
uom aitor temr, had become but an a
dream N tho past. a shadow Of soma IN. |
attalnnhlo iellpity Tho hope which once |
made his love source " anticipated happ- |
uass. had loug Hlnce faded from his uight, |
ana NJ time passed on. tender and nolan
oholy interest," such az one feols when re-
Fardlng tho youthful dead, was tho only |
emotion which tho recollection % Edlth
could inspire, lie had ouiliyod the Affer,
ton which ho had dosiSned to be tho meas.
ufo ot their eflatonco, The flower had been |
hlighiod by tho cold breath u wofldllneas.
and 10 many a0rdit intoreatn had occupied
his hoar. aincn. that every trace Of Us
beauty WA lost forever, Not wish 10 ~
viyo Old feelings, but from morbid. rent-
lHas unaatiHnet yunrninR Tor the part, ELLIS
boloDk hluiself 10 the abode Of his once
ioyei Edlth,
As bo entered tho hall. and gro the ser.
want could announce hls name. a young
lady emerged nom tho drawing ruom and
mat him face to face, lie started In un-
he gH.IutUIaNf
Hirs pembortoni liiiihi--can II be pos
alhlef"
Tho lady looked little alarmed. and
opening tho door through which she bad
Just passed. SAID
ny name \ Margaret. sir: did you Wish
lie answered In the Affirmative. and as he
TOOK hia scat while tho rylph-likn ngufn OF
The beautiful Sill disappeared he could not
help glpnoing AZ the mirror. whore a mo.
ment'a fufrntlnn rpbn convinced hun that
he years which had 30 changed him could
haya LETT adith untouched. Tho
thought that Margaret whom he had inft
amoat an infant should have thus expanded
Into the lovely Image OF her sister, pre-
pared him Ia some measure for other
changes,
Edith Ind cxpec,od his visit with a nutter
lf spirits most unusual and dstfealnf. She
aaa c0ngclOus that be would md hor sad.
" altered IN person, and she had been try
ng tn school htf1clf for theiutqrylcw which
.he we'll know must be ffanght With pain
ven II II brought happnuas. But when
her youLg slater came 10 her with lu1i-
.rous account Of tho strange Fenlcinan's
iroll mistake, her prophetic soul, which had
required the glfi of prescinnce from sorrow.
NV but too plainly the cloud npou the
uture. She had dressed Tor visit to q si0A
spinAn hle wnn caring f0r aud Without
sAilns 70 thruW on her bonnet and shawl
no deserndrd 20 tho drawing room
qith 4 liberalization 70 control her cm0.
tons, and, q Que 40 accustomed 10 self
the task though difilonlt was not
% pagnlbe,
The meeti.g botwoen the ong-pafted
1verh Nau painful and fun o. c0natraint I
"a the emscihisd ngufe and h0llow check
4 her who bad pas1rd the apfing o. NE /
chs sgw liitia 70 aWahen tho associations |
/. early affection, Tor lie being who now /
before him scarcely retained a
race 1f her former self. Time and care
ia tho wearing anxiety " hopo deferred 4
Iad bighicd the beauty whloh under hap :
Ter circumstances might have ouiliyud her D
Edith was now only placid, Z
woman. With that iade- /
cribable air Of mRnueririn which always a
the sinHlo lady o. certain /
ke, ADD az Ellis compared her present APP D
oafance with that Of heT blooming sister, o
no bore a most singular resemblance 70
er. no vas tempted 70 feel fecret salts. a
ieiDn N the belief thai her heart was a. &
iiirh changed a. her person. h
And what felt Ediih At this mrsting7 h
be had lived on one sweet hope, and had .
ofne absence and sorrow and tho wHatiug y
: 81 alIna fI.. ~ = 4.