Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-18
THE OLD FARMHOUSE.


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A. Wv Hwihe' vera
Yes, wide awake" Is the answer, In
VERY sleepy tones.
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iNther have gone 20 bed. l heard him
throw his boots ont. lsn't Il funny that
no niwnva NAB. s,ah ,,i., lin
j, ~ y, ,-"N' sN'" "'"e WA
s '.i,l,. Ngtnlnnci mary, vino was rather
h'sNVn 70 tnlhHlng ahens everything.
a.. " ~, ~ H,S you nMnk now Y SAID mat
NJ 5iact vera Who was out OF bed by
WI ~ Nniei
~ Enlng TO dress
a. N,nne'hsn' " we stop 70 dress we
sn.' ~ vynEht You snow that mother
ciNs hhv oiien comcs TO l0ok az us IN the
Msnt US only iust down stairs aud
49," ~, la"a' aud ite 10 hot We cant
'1 W., WV,
nu' hlpptwn We utAmn on
IN WHAT said Norn, impauenily col-
.v'hhk Z small tamiy ~ doile fun the
wv n'Nh nnd handing thcm to Mary,
,,.t, ~ ni i peeit's or ssnEs' said Mary
Win ~ rhuuuer'
w you are no fun az al, said Vera,
llniknhy AMI. sitting down on the iloor
NY m,sl ner lace 10 She mooniiFhl, sho took
ner Younger sister 10 task snow, didn't
y9in say you'd just lovc to 10 into the
o'n lnunhNnse
MARY npldod. and cuddlcd tho dolle NO
mo hcr arms ~ u she wanted TO com.
iort wen and herself too,
., And didnt YOU. hear nurse say tiiat
!, was 4 beautiful place inside. and Il
WeN ply mat SOME one didn't sion ita
laling TO piecraf ot course ydu dil;
An9 We noth said We would go over u to-
hEht ;anu now that | have takon the
trouhln 10 Keen awake MI iheae hours,
10 u sIaHN
Nu'h we ger nome AGAIN. ] won't lot
yon play Win NY DONE house. that I
WON'T nn1Ai mother save ! may have tho
NV an9er service, do al thn cook
ihs mYhHii thAt wiz
some time after the little rirl, had
| .,rps unWn me stairs ana were cnOseing
me lawn bf the ligm ot tho moou. injury
RfaAiang The doh> with mothoriy care.
Nnm Nern hoding randseslick
me door OF the deserted farmhouse
Hlo.q open ~ usual,
Vow lshl this worth coming 20 eecT'
Mw vera standing on me top Of the old
2,k Nln,reNse' she nod LIGHTED The can
ul'' hlu n,lu y 50 Vl9t they oa'ild look
aronnii Mary admired tho staircase lmi
something rushing across the floor near
hrr mare ieet made her scream Vera
started dropped the candleatlck, and the
| liEht went ont
How iircsnme You nrr"' nd Vera
| rrossly, NOopinr tn pck 10 up, lust then
| the moon went bohind n thick coud. and
| liz place was In dari,noes' ''''
Worn scniie Xxx Man ,vaa crvin,.. ~,
/ nvn heert vas heating fnst nm ~,
| tvna eirondv besinning ia rencni 81
tnVtf Gnd Inc onndlr then M yAi iual
! .,,l,f. 49,. '..,., ~ wa i"''
IN, t'ls,,'t nv ra,,,ilo a,,.. ,,.t,., ,o,,,,
| ~ ,,au' Wv 'Imul'' III, wa, .''' ln
~ mug INV WY theh Wy
ulVhlositn lnnt me HNl's'@ nun ianol
no sue ,1aMl'u h,o3it loehng w p,ei
tne l"o' ,ngn snaV li Mn,n ~, tSa'n nnn,
oul, hfr MINUS Wvil iht9 Npa'e' {nr nppl
Hr,lnvu y" Wv" WY "n" e"' ''H WIN
scream
She didn't hnrt herself 1ttrr MI, bN
| You'd severe SHAKING
"Whoro are you Nary she said, eott
y when she had 60 70 hgr KY gFain
was aafe nj homti n only the moon
would come out, things would he better
| AN II was, she was standing somewhere
she knew not where In total dnrfness
| nfrnid 10 move a foot. lest she shonld
fall again.
.kI,,v Mary derrp' abe caIled. Hs
t,,diy ~ XIV could The emufy walls
, ~ We ccbo ma saomed 10 say
HiIcrnr' T6en thc child lost nn fear 81
lisooyerv md punishment and ahfieked
u,'t moment mt hf,erwsrd n bright llg6i
eaa,,cd ,nto hor cyos and Y man, who To
the terriaed child looked like n giant.
eane down tho steps which led into The
r a,n "'Nn ~
In a, instept Norn Jaw wherr she was.
gde had fallen through The floor Of one
IA ~ ,irnnr ron,ne III fhe kitchen below,
o. lthe 9npI iooiS IN :" ,rInntes ~ le ro,i.
,,,,, a did ~, teke n sg-and Tor Vera 10
lin. /, gashed fhroneh nor mind like q
sfrenl ~ iluhtnlne, aud before the man
bsd eot down ths three stairs loading