Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-27

burning house to believe TIM, he Int pert 4
In tho flames. while he made for some rou..
In Lower California, or Centfai Ameeioa.
Colonel Morton had all the qualities o.
gcneralshlp, In the hour OF greatest irlg
when an ordinary man would have lost III
head and have snbmitted TO tate thas
seemed inevitable. he rose equal 10 tho oc.
caslon,
Daylight WAS breaking over the Coast
Range; but tho hundreds OF people, whn had
boon awoke by the burning Of BuenA Vista.
forgot the coming sun, In thu light that
meant ruin. while hundreds. from home
and park aud highway, were watching tho
fountains OF flame aud sparks shooting up
toward tho copper. colorcd clouds. Colonel
Morton and few followers were making
their way, by means OF tho underground
passage, 10 the yacht
Hut among MI the watchers, there was ono
man who was not deceived, one man who
did not holloyo that Colonel Morton had tho
rcoklessneks to end his Ito in this way, and
TINT was Abort Howard, While visiting
Ducna Vista ~ Lord Pelham. no had dis
covered the underground passage lcahing
from the house to tho shore, and even AN TAT
back as that he had associated It with the
t, yacht.
Even II day worn not downing, the con
! Migration gave sunlelon. hsht 20 make oyory-
thug visible about the little hay, Calling
on Mike Rcgon and his men 10 follow hial.
! Howard shoudcrel his ride and rau Ike
| deer in the direction II the yacht,
rhoy reached the shore 90 ind The anchor
up aud the suila raised and tho grcciul
craft, close pointed 10 the wird, was creeping
| from tho shore. Madiene1 az hayIG his
prey escape him a. no Ast monsn,, ,lhsrt
Howard raised his ride ead frei ~ tic -ame
Instant hall Jospn hho,s Ncfo iield inam ths
| boat, and Howard s,1-Aeiei tack With his
right arm hpns.ng holpleesly IN ,i's SIDE,
/ by This tIme tho cummodDrr spi Hilph had
reached the bny The yneht hsd lasssd a.,
nrst lbo Of hrsasors aud WAS hes. hng io- a.
bar. They could distinguish cyory ono oli
board, among them Coipnel Horton. WIN
stood near the helm. In his belt, tho coa-
modorc half hoped that tl' despcra.e MAJ
might escape, The yacht regchoi RIO bae
and rose and toll Ike u great b,rd On DIV
mountains NJ white foam, ain vas we'll
managed and undoubtedly would havo suc-
caedrd In another minute. hn, sI'ldanly from
the hold an unexpected iisan appeared on
the deck This waa Mad lncs. With
haicl,ct she at once began slashlng at the
ropes, Tho mhlnsnli oaino down, tho yacht
turned broadslle on tho breakers, was tossed
aloft for an instant, aud the next. shrill death
cries came IN with tho booming Of tho waves.
and the boat had vanished with AT on board.
But little more remains To ho aald- When
the news OF tbs burning Of Duena Vista aud
Tire loss o. the yacht became known, the
newspapers stated, and all tholr readers boz
llsyed, that Or. Ellcrton was the mAn who hal
fired the building, eud who was drowned on
the bar, aud no one regretted his inte. .yf-ss
Albert Howard recovered from his wound.
but the work Of vengeance TO which he bod
devoted his life. being accomplished. he be-
camo careless Of himself. grew dlsglpated.
and died. poor and irlendleaa. TOW years
afiHfwartis.
What the reader must have anticipated
from the flrst. actually did happen. To-day,
In tho old homo on the banks OF the Hudson
two families are living, one that Of Commo-
doro woat. who. after many years, found that
tho love Of his younger manhood had not
changed IA object In approaching age. II IL
fitting that Mrs. Ralph Holmes should live
with her mother. Mrs, Commodore West. an
arrangement TO which Ralph did not object
ana II Is equally hitting that tho faithful
Mile. bertrand should be tho custodian OF
the home on tho North River. as she was AZ
Busna Vista.
Aud 10 tie signal Is given that the drama
IL ended, and tho curtain falls upon tho close
Of The Istaci.