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

piness never yet waited on one who was
deficient In iliAl duty"
And i this ali YOU can SAY. rdi,hs,
exclaimed Edward passionAtoly. "fs ms
sola approval all can hone 10 receive fron,
tho object OF my Arst and only iovrf Hsve
NOT NY every look and tone told YOU hsw
deeply loyei you. and caa you let ma a.
part without one -Nord OF tendernesa or ~
Efcit Must | remember your rNntle far.,
but "a dream 81 boyheoAs shail ve,,r
bygone yeatsg May ! no, hear Win me
IN my Punishment a hope, faint and COLA
Il may be az the winter sunhta,n. yc, lirhf-
Ing up my dreAry path With sodnethtnr
llke promise ~ future harninesay narh.
! an no pliEhtod faith; | wish you mol 10
pleigo nue. your hand IN | can come fnr.
ward and Claim Il openly. hut would fam
knnw whether my love Is but az incense
/ hNne upon the Winds. N Nou can oher ma
return 10 my Affection. dearest. lei me al
onee know my fate, and With all the force
( Of an ovcrmasseriug VIII shah my hesrt ~
filenced. q not sublucd SAY that vs1, lns,
mo net, Edith, aud though tho streAm ~
my llfc must forever bear Your iuaFc on
Its surface. ye, YOU shah never know nov
dark las been the shadow Il has cast, saw
.nat you love me not and YOU shall never
/ hear iuuiinur from my lipa. nor shall
your peaceful existence DO sadaened by the
( gloom which must ever poreadc milne You
arc silent. Edith--you cannot bear TO utter
EpAir,'
Ellis paused aud stroyc 10 read IN Fam.
! faee the feclrgs TO Witch she could not
| give uuerance. hut ior eyes were hsnt
/ upon the ground. while tho hir teara fcii
IKE ram from beneath tho dro6ping lids
AM ~ her flushed check hc saw Gully die
81 was rirht, Ednh." sald he. sadly.
| you 20 no, love mei forgive and forget ms
/ lolly, but lot US not part In e0lducssv lie
loon nor hand again as he spoke; u per
ngps deserve rupnishment for my SELFISH
ness W thus asking tho heart when
could not claim the hand, when am gone
some happier lever viii perhapn ask both,
and Them
He Will he denied" interrupted Edith
nas'ily, turning her Agi,atnd face toward
hef sutton This Il no time for maiden
eoypqHs, Edward, your happiness and mine
are both At stake, aud therefore ! tell you
what III this moment was unlgnOwn ovon
keeping"
dearest. dearss, Ednh. then am AT.
pIomoly happy, ! ask no more; lot the only
n9nd between VA be the secret one Of cher.
Not 40, Edward; you have promised your
ialher not 10 enter Into any engagement.
but am bound by no such restraints
You are, and must remain free from ali
alh,r bonds than those Of feeling, but u "
stirred OF my tiih during your absence. /
pledge you my word that my hand shan be
youfa Whentygr you come 10 claim itr
nut yuure parents Edith+what viii
they say e they iud you olluEbg 10 a 70
in,mh'rci lover and perhaps rejecting some
ADVANTAGEOUS tottlemantw
They VIII aungg me 10 pursue my own
eourne, Edward, and VIII be sailrn0d With
anything that binds mo TO ms ohndhood'a
rome am too much the companion 90
my parents 20 be locked upon In the sht
az Intruder when | proiong the period
"raon BE- +, 30, dcaWsi. bound by nh on,
Nafd Pledge, we VIII cherish our anrelAn
within our hrarig, and since we mudl part
you VIII sun rialcn your quiet homo win
your sWeot rrccnco, while Will 80 forth |
20 win the fortune which cannot alone 90, |
elrc me my future hapnness,"
Three wecl,s aitor tina Interview Edward |
NIiA sailed for smyrna, and Mic Pom.
harion, a. shg witnessed tic tl-dNgnlacd |
tHuauou u The lovers. waa compelled 10 |
icknvwlciEs tAai 'af.a ain. shu really
behaved N Edward bad Siayed, hcfo would |
aaye been a match bHiweon him and Elllh. |
hut Eillh buried within nor own bosom
Dor newly awakened emotions. llaf manner |
eae always 90 quiet. that II h1t stop did !
aec1mo less light, ara her voice arrow |
sofisr IN IT. melancholy cadnnec, o wa |
aoAWely noticed BY her th1ugAueaA com
N''s'iaNAfHf tN' ANN ANAltNN hfAAA CIV " "a NN" /
loved only IA the moment AZ hopafauon,
and, therefore. there were few tender ana |
hlihAful rtcolnctipna TO brgul0 The weary |
days q alvrnce, but
Woman l9,o can live on long Remembrance
Ana Oh how nteCi0un % he allfhieat thinf |
Affection gives and halldwH
She WA one Of those gentle beings who /
draw from the font u tenderness within
ihelr own b1iums drauglg " aympathy
Tor iha suhorings and wants Of others She 1
folumo1 20 her seli.donyIng duties with q
more thoughtful eplrlt aud more loving
heart Her character. always fun oi good
neid aud ruth. soemod 10 assume an clt
Walton of feeling, such az nothing but pure
and unsQlnhh attachment cnn ever create
a de.lra 90 become M ail rospoola worthy
Of him whom sine loved. gave new tone O.
nor Impulses. and hnr vivid eensc of duty
became blended With her EARNEST dpelro 90
merit her fuWrr hapnintas, Edward wrote
very pupclualiy 70 his young frlond Chafloa
Pambufton, aud every letter contained
some message 20 Enth. but Aha alone could
detect the f2crot meaning % The apparently
careless lines, They Afforded sufficient n0ur-
ifhment 70 tho l0fo NAlch was rapidly be-
coming a part Of her bolngi and Edith was
eoutcnt TO abide her tmo'
In the meantime MTs. pembcrion, who be.
came an adept Ia matchmaking, blhled her
delf In providing for her younger glfa. ana
was fortunate enough 10 secure two mbdi
eligible offers. Caroline, "a rs, became the
wife Of promising young lawyer. while
Maria who WAS nearly two years younger.
married. az tho same tins a pf1aper0ud
merchant VINO had iatuly rat up hla ear
riare. and. a. be had no Time 10 NE ~
hlmaqi. wanted a wife 10 ride IN Il. Mira.
pftubefaon was IN eeathaet, Tor ahn had duc-
oeeded IN ai her planF Edith was tlill az
home ~ a Fau OF houAekeepcr head og1k
dhief nuras, ttc. etc. sharing oyerybpdy'a
ahdrs and tightening cyrryhoiy's troubles
sniie he twu glddy gifl, who had resolved
NOT 10 become uaeful ~ l1nR "a ihoy could
avoid the Necessity or n. were respectfully
latiled IN thor uWn homes. Sue was mover
.lrni Of agiolilng ne talents N one Aun.ini
aw. and DO fino fortune Of the other while
he spoke of Faith "a "thht dear. g10d girl.
sh0. I am happy 10 say. Ia q confirmed
ia maid aud Will never leave her mother
While che lives"
But thls manoouyfs dd not discourage
isyera from sefiing the hand Of The gentle
dill HOr father wondered when Hha re-
used two Of the most exceptional of0fa,
md syen her inofhof folt almost f0rry whom
he decilnrd ihe addfosscs OF 4 wid0Wrr, on
loNrl With a fortune Of half a million. and
family OF me children. nat total want Z
4 cnnrenlallty of feeling IN an her imfne /
Hate friends had taught Edith a dokres
4 reserve which heamsd cfeouiaily 10 CON
aai her deepest fselingR She wac patient !
nd trustful. abe eonsldere1 herself afilanced )
d hesri. aud thaiigh couAnlnia that not even :
De 10 0i honor "A The world would c6nAlder =
bound her loyef to hla tr0th. abe felt no E
aaFlynga ~ n hia fidelity. Eha trod tht 2
gen tenor n her way. difnGing chefrfinn1 ,
nd comfort afound Der. thinking for every y