Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-10
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"a YOUNG GIRLS STaAThGEM. /:
BY u J. W.


'Bravol am glad to hear it; that was
exactly following my example. Before
got through they tried hard to pose me.
but l was an overmateh for them. /
would have made capital lawyer, Julius,
had chosen to practice"
What pity you did not uncle"
Yes. that's what ell my friends say.
and that II had not been too rich to
need IT, they would have given me all the
business In their power-every cents
worth OF It, Many OF them wish that /
had been poorer. that might have been
OF greater service TO the public"
What kind friends you must have. sir"
You rascall l see that YOU are laugh
Ing at me. However, intend to take you
for my raw material and make OF you
everything that l have failed to be my
self, In the FIRST place. you are to rise
to the height OF .he profession here. in
this very city, to make amends for my not
having attained the station"
But the opposite reason to yours will
forbid my accomplishing that, rly dear SIR
too light purse, is, in the generality Of
cases, greater obstacle than one too
heavy"
An ingenious lawyer to presume that
when l employ You to do my work for
me, ! expect You to so upon your cwn
meansl Why my worshipful attorney,
| you must live here with me in my own
! house, ana make use Of my own purse. II
is my place TO pay the eRpenses."
Dear uncle. how kind you are! How
generousl | can never be sufficiently
| grateful"
spare your eloquence to plead my
causes fer mel We LAWYERS know how
much speeches ought TO go for, so
want none Of them here Just now. Am
/ not telling you that you are to work for
me In return, and | wish you to fulni au-
other OF my duties towards society"
Anything In the world. uncle. after all
the kindness"
"Poh! It's not an uncommon task
wish you to undertake. 1t Is only to
marry a wife and raise family. You
may initiate me in everything but being
an i1ler and an old bachelor"
why everybody thinks you, sir. the
happest mo8t Independent most con-
tented old bachelor in the world. quite
an onvln0lc person"
81 am not at all to be envied, Julius
As to being happy-thats all sham
have never beon contented since they calico
me an old bachelor No. no,-you mus
have a wife. have picked one out to
you"
Indeed Pray who is she, uncle2''
zone Of the lovelCst girls In the city
your cousin, Henrietta Atwood"
"Etty AttN5udi the pretty little sccon'
cousin WHO used 20 come sometimes q
visit as whom ] was o boyi rcmemoc
hcr we'll. the most beautiful sweetest
tempered child In The world; with hr.Eh
. brown eyes, and dlNen rinslets curtin
over hor shoulders and down 10 her waist
n she Is as charming u woman aA sh
Rf NhQIAW
4 an objection ! used to call her my litt
wife then, and the drst poetry / ever PEI
s petrAtp1 was some sianzas addressed
8 her on her birthday"
n Yes, she has shown them to me moi
o than once: she remembers you as we
. as you do her and often inquiries OF y
about her cousin and old playfellow, il
, Illus Rockwell
"nut do you think she would have m
uncle?'
"why shouldn't she? You are plagu
l, good-loolSlng-y0u know that well enouH
e very much like what was at your AK
> YOU have sense plouty-that Is, " you a
not a degenerate shoot OF your famll
II you have not, you must acquire ~ 81
2. have formed no bad habits, hope
II YOU have / must cane them out OF 20
l. And Etty will do whatever ] bid her-
n know she Will She Is aware that ] vi
q. looking for you, and will expect you
Il call TO sec her Immediately
? 81 shall be delighted to do so; can ~
T. take me this evening uncle2 But ho
does It happen that she Is IN me clU
q Her parents, l believe, reside In the eou
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az ashe is with her aunt, Mrs. Attwo1
II a rich widow, who. having maI'leu
.r all her own daughters, has btgEe1 "a eha
10 of her time Tor the sake Of her compan
IL She Il very much OF a belle but u y
~ manage properly, you and she VIII ma
4, a match OF It in less than six mont
"a or my rgme is not Herman HolerotL
N must then live with me, begin 10 y
~ lonesome as l grow old, and you "
" oelye. / have house-room for TWEEN
Ia more" ,.t,a,,
va my dear uncle, you are too kindl
~, "stop a nor sntl remember II Is OF
90 on condition you bring Etty WIN W
~ don't know that | would like nnyo
y, " else. SO / will 30 with you ana lnu
Y Auce vou toniEht. l was afraid you VOL
- have 10 wait to be provided with a n
e, sIIt. but am agreeahly disappointed \
10 iook not only gonteel, but fashionat
" Your country tailors must be on
10 march OF improvement
ooh since steam-englnes are so ao'
.e dant, no one need be behind in the IA
ne IONS, unless he choosesi but uncle Is
in bere-1uich All she has gone arou
on "Who-what Is III" asked the old ba'
On elor. hastily rising from his superb, ga
he ask.coyered rockingham. to npproi
ID Wy "A young lady-the iOveliest, brig
" est ID.
ry "Phoi returned Mr.. Holcroft sink
OF again into his cushions with look
", disnppplntmant; why, l see thousal
ID M lovely. bright-looking girls pass
II hero every day, and 30 II has been
Nv fhe last twenty years. That, ] supp,
r. ia ono reason why have not married
ry mover could get one pretty face lNea
le. ,,v heart. before a hundred others J
~ scnted themselves to drive II away
at The windows OF the apartment
les u,bich the gentleman sat opened ~
Is one OF the most noted thorauHhthl
oh which at that hour was crowded by
at- unusually brilliant throng OF nc ialr
tbe gay. called out by tho bright 3
II shine OF clear December afternoon
exhibit, each, her new ash@llinth
an winter nnery. During the ioteBV,nH
RS iorue Young Rockwell had not bcen
err ,,s,ch occupied rs to be- lnnble TO IN
las an oceasi5nnl glance into the street
Ter the ono which proceeded his eSelnmal
NJ Md been net by pair OF RADIANT q
in Win m exprcssiop so cordial ana
IN ,niiior that he WAS quite riarued-
or me mora eagily, that they bel5hgod 10
ale ~ me most beautiful ifcea anu one
ay tho Richest costumes that be had mon
Of on the crowded pave. y e2uli u,
ell have seen her bffgrs-nq' never
rcd said he to himself, and the pas NEv
ON Moore. 90 generally known 70 .he =.
mental and romantic youthr W.
In our language, came INTO ~ I', .,,,
"Aa 50 his soul that nl9lnsnt 't ISL,
An image II through lie haH 4oush
yer aud gNrHs