Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-30
STERN CHASE.

-. about this lliho in''
nvas M time O. night, ] was walk
jusi aso'' VI .lonr Broadway looking FOR
ng ihs n,' ,otell the truth, looking weary :,
i's-- '.a.. n ,or one, seein as how I'd been
az anxious !. y, an hadn't even taken
ny !Hrd mou ,,ssin Chambers street when
va X shadow sees two people Wup
eui o !. a. NV attention. Tney was se ,a.
rliraesifa ~. ..,u n arm. as II Old NICK was
ein aloat a. a., thelr faces as they came into
~. .. FIX was CHASTITY wnite.
DE gaslis t.,as / could see, for he wore
Us s al = an bis ulster collar was turned urn
ilous- n ~ = ,genleinanin the late twentles OF
~ H ,hiriles The other was gel oil ABOUT
elrly IVA. .,n trayelin cloak an tweed
2, a Nsi. Yin sort o handbag. Jest
hi 80 ~ Xxx, N her face as she stood under
eaasn' . s,- al the street corner, an al
tie g,Sl ,,sss,srvbody knows, / amt what ia
l nj unreasonable sort o cove II
'Ai.', ~ real thunp in the chest like. IL
gl's .' nl I 4 pre,ty face, au not on'y pref
~ 49, s,,sst face; the lines was so deli
N ~. , s was such sad shadow over
sA'el . = about the eyes, an the chin
n 2 gs,b Z daisy Of dimple on 1t. All,
N very we'll for you eoves to say
1910 Human nature Is human ma
= ,rbe,ber rs a settin inside a kerride
~ ~, or outside bloomin shoful, an
\, III rofnan is the one touch o. nature as
w ". ,ss iolo world kin, rs Shakespeare
Y. 70 yoa bet he knew somethink.
"A ~ NJ mae party he darts up an catches
"A N. he splashboard an says, "Cabby,
4 \ "a satch the midnight train for Bos-
s,,.trfll have a shot at it, sir. There's
II .e.,,i, what my little mare can do on
N .A jump iu."
II y. chops in like bird, an the fellow
81. AID a. as the doors swung to on them
|'& .trl.to the mare, an ficks the whip
I. ltks to her with an strokes her. but
4 4, b, her with, an she was Off in
ktrk
lust then l hears somebody behind
II. ~. "Hil stop that cabln an | looks
~ IA reins in a bit. Then l says to
N, hR through the butterfly; There's u
: s.lt A-sgnalin me to stop, sir. Friend
a ,tura, lserposei"
4 An nj fare he says, excited like: Drive
. Dave onl Don't take any notice Of
{ybody TIL you get to the Grand Central.
3 Eell. thinks |, it's no business O. mine.
distractions Is re. O. by r." so l CHR
IS to the mare, an In a hinHnitesmal
q a second that old gent was, instead
nyards, 30 in the rear.
= in begins to wonder what the little
+ asis ior ganeln round l sees the old
/. Jump into another hanson an shout,
IyHiake that cab at all hazardsw
be driver Of that cab, strange enough,
. Hppend TO BE- Joe Tibbits, an Joe Tibbits
ne somehow happened to have took a
Ike to each other, principally on nc
. n o. our hayin took a likin to the very
x Identical young woman as was Just
L upper ousemaid in 'ouse in Lexing-
~ Artnue
low, Joe was chap as put on enough
to haYe made 4 billiard ball do any
LII but while didn't care fardin rush
about I'm thinGin ITSELF lotsmarter
h than me, when it came TO chippin
y osseS as he vas very partial to, 1t
iz used TO touch me on the raw, an
be said, as " my mare was another
tan gender, she'd ~ done very we'll for
Wa1teriakin line ! used TO cop the needle
Atertent that one day we got off our
ts quiet street to settle our chippin
hvltha scrappin one, which we should
done quiet an peaceable If as how a
dawn copper, as was our mutual rival
II aaectious Of the girl of both of our
n hadn't appeared on the scene an
s.asd to take our number as we'll as
oaT kebs
wien | hears Joe chyike to the old
ala lbut at mel; IAN right, sir.
mn round that ere relic of Old Bulls
says Can yeri Well, wen have
10 gives quiet tug at the offside
aeld my little mare what was want.
N q asked a question in vain. Shg
, Y her head as II she was goin to
samiek wall; then she chucked out
\ Z Ret, as II she was Paddyrisky
! N Agrapd pianner, an you could hear
III " on the stones rs she fooled along
an The lampposts they whizzed past
IN '9a each other as the bullets out oil
y Shat with thinking about the gel
sNe bone of contention betwixt jos
th what a funny thing love was,
rsn upset things in general an made
INK bit brisker, all OF "A sudden a
lSled into my cad. lifts the but
u V.oe again, an says to my fare;
> ", ole gents took another cab, an he's
q das SIR
we fyou beat him, - says the fellow,
-S'un his hand through he says,
sssomething on account"
~ you are, sir" saysI. But scuss
I slopementi"
~" bit it,n he saws, an the gel
, 4 20 pretty musical laugh too.
ns young lady's scoundrel Of
,.', y. VINO wants to keep her fortune
sMAer margin me-"
49, uo 1t, my beauty" an Just as she
sssaia into Madison square the mare
~'Ad forward, an a copper stand.
u i Past holds up his hand, but what
uian't mean to hear. An the
.poke was out Of hearin.
.s,ht long afore heard the hoofs
yum rattlin along behind us, an
q ms bells, so had to shake the
s r9loe again, began to feel inter.
~. business somehow. Here was
~ 70 hustle me out of the gel o.
an here was his fare tryin to
- out Of his, which l hopes is
aa Tor all you drivers to under
~ Time putty late. in course there
ss, n .'aihc to speak of, SO we had a
,a TO just jump from Madison
i i, 's s to Thirty-fourth street, an
4 br sss tearin along the street with
Y " s.1 ied yards betwixt as,
l. - ,'aned out an looked round; then
,hs,lme, For heavens sake, drive