Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-28
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Observation-Disclosures
Brlgh, petals fol- softly on tho white
tabecoth, glass and silver glttorod in tho
gaalighti and two people sat modify oppo-
site each other over dessert. one appar-
emily too Indifferent and the other too abb
stractcd to renew the conversation that had
dwlnded to G doHultory end with tho de-
parturo of the servant.
Tho man, though not IN HIS first youth,
was handsome but for the lines in his
forehead that revealed a latent discomfort;
tho woman was fnlr-harod aud beautiful,
Her smooth skin and delicate white hands
told OF luxury and ease. and life that know
not the toll aud mol Of ponury or tho harsh
hunots OF a workaday world-yct tonight
nor heart was busy With fancled grievance
ana oppressed with vague porteut,
The husband had long since ceased TO in
vito his wlic'S confidence, utung by her grow
lng unacc1untablc eoldne.s. and. all too
conscious OF tho disparity In their ages.
eilcltly-hut bitterly acknowledged that his
MARRIAGE had been u mistake and left her
to her own devices. There wero times when
pardonahlo desire for explanation almoat
oycrcamo him. but pride always checked
the query that rose to bis lips, and no went
In ,, $50, - '''''
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n Ia. NV, 49,,
,hn o,,,i.i ~, '''4+ 'N''u"h HV'''' ,,'
bnovtn,, o,, ",'NS'' y, "'iu,y
made hor caprcious and unwilling to be-
hove her whms had driven them apart;
80, too lhoughtlcsd and inexperienced to
aVo"'p' resumption Oh tho waning Homage
N''' was htll' h'r own Ahe turned llko
Maynard child to tho ilrat sympathetic ear
TO DO conaOlcd for tho niHchef sho had
wrought
And no .,,,-,,.,,,. ,..
Tb,ro mo-, ,.-..,'' S' h"''''
49,. 9' W" '"'t e'''e'' "pV"t " tnut az
N'V'vu ana pfNurht strange excitement
INTO hcr idlo lIfc-lt not only Soothel her
rulol feelings, but almost crushod out Of
memory tho grievance II had come to do.
piorc.
n,i,.
b., "uah stormy weather
WYE "uapAnu ana WHO together for some
houIH' uhill no was able to 10 Off to his
club and ebo TO her friends. or whom tho
servant lefl them ritt,nr suonuy nr,rt
even h IN, ,o,t,l -. 49, ~,
hi,to- ,,,,,,,. "i,'' ,u'''''V' hu"r "o
49,, ""''A' sehso OF injury was para
"'ou"'
Sho rose, dhntily shaking out tho folds
OF her slllS gown. Her husband held Tho
door open, and AZ aha awent mat
him. accretotv odntrod a.. -,
t.r 'Ho polSo VI
pou" htue head and the
'n'ok' natural wavo OF golden hair gathered
INTO wonderful curves aud looms Tho
faint nuah on her check, her downcaat eyes
Even tho detail of bo, iot -trIn,,nod dross
Wer, In hi, MINI -. ~, -, ' ,', u'e1a
ia nj, s,ii,,r,, 40 We so "u"e u'eN' h'b"'nb'
sho r,n e'ha' an,
anyio,s ,,t,nr ~ wi 'uvin VITA hn
innstnrs $3.50 ~ NV van CLOCK on tho
$780,, 49,. s'N".u uut solomn' mon
rl-td -, "''h "Vu' wy uepHA or us
c,blno, ,,,,,,,. anl; unloeNng an ANTIQUE
sNu''uN uieNuNcINl IN ono OF ltu mysterious
g,.,,i., ,, ~ ~, no,n Mhloh she read with ro-
,V nsuo IlVWh' non h'"tlly donnlns
a. 'V, u''u'.Nl hAlue aud small bonnet.
s,, WoN t,'eh Neii over nor pretty even
,ti .,"',7' any s'eSl'nS Aoitiy downstairs,
'',gtvu "u' vi ~. heuhe,
toyy,, in ,ybinh .S,. onS issnlohap'e seaside
M, ~ "n'un hno hau CHOSEN to niger on
M.pN ni'er Weeh was nearly ended. She
mulrluu ul tnrouEn 'ho almost deserted
tutoes' loolnB tlludiy about her. for she
was not used TO ramblc unattended Though
potoDer was near toc air was balmy but
,yo, 49, "' ~ a u,'',, pgoeae mat swept
ever tho sea, across whose dark, sohbng
Nat'rs tue moon east cleaning. silver
green pathway
She paused near tho pier, shamefaced and
lrresolnto TO await her sympathetic friond,
whom she saw approaching with an unmlo.
takenlo oppression OF pleasure and graft
heation m MA eyes, There was brief
sllont greeting thon they wandered on 10
tho hhell-stfewn beach, exchanging oona-
donecs to tao soft accompaniment OF tho rc-
eedlng tide,
Tue subtle certaiaty OF perfect apnrocla-
ton e0aecd every doubt that had assaulted
nor "a TO tho indiciousness VI Keeping this
appointment, and she told. rocltlesaly
enough, OF tho widening gilt between nor.
self aud tho husband Who could or ,yori1
not understand hpr. ot tho yenrnlnp for
aohethlnE hho had never known, OF nor
Intellectual loneliness. And. in Tho law
musical tones mat thrilled hor. he npoke
OF ms own wasted existence, tho wife who
WNs no COMPANION TO hun, tho sympathy
ho longcd for--and. at last, OF their o,sn
friendship, limiting something desnor ehn
end him uof,ly, but with a conscloasnsss
OF forgiveness FOR his presumption. and nm
cqu'Voeal arRumcnt cnsuod. that absorhed
mem into forgetfunosa Vt tho flying hours
tll her startled cry and upllfteJ bands
brought MS carefully -worded dlscoursn A. 4,
sudden end
From tho church tower tho hour OF mid
nlght doomed distinctly through Tho eenfIo
mss OF the distant waves. Each strniio
foll liko u knoll upon hpr throbhin,, .,'
Looking up, TalV and terrlnnt "eN'e