Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-23

teach mel" she snapped. stopping
short and facing him and looking very
angry. and OF course much prettier
than he had ever seen her look before
II don't know what you want fooling
about with a girl TINT you think
doesn't know what's right. and az you
think that OF me. wen. we've made n
mistake, that's all. ieastways have,
night"
And suppose that means good-by"
said Tom,stopping also ana trying valn-
~ to screw his voice up 10 an appropri.
ate pitch OF iirmncss. "Wen, Alice, I
never thought II was going TO end this
way. and " never would have done II II
hadn't been for that burned. smooth
tongued. slop.made---''
That will do Tom Milosl I think
you hnNe said quite enough to me, any
way. You had better 10 and say the
rest TO Mr., Stanton, and have II out
1 with him, I'm not going TO stand here
! puArrVlllng any more so you had better
say which way you're going, and III
/ 20 the other"
There was no compromise possible
after this speech. spoken aa e was In a
voice from which every trace Of tender
ncss and hesitation had vanished; and
| now, too, Toms Indignation. whether
righteous or otherwise. had fairly got
the better OF him. so he snid, with a
| EAAfA ~ eANAkN AAukfls huA tAili NV AAAfN-
Ing himself to look her full In the
face,
AN right. then: that Finishes ~ II
It's the same 70 YOU. I'm going back TO
the township. No, 3 viii be coming
through soon. and I'm going up on her
70 Bear Creek, for I'm going 10 work on
that snow-shed IN the morning stan
ton won't he back before I'm gone, but
you can tell him III be back Saturday
on No. :. and then IN have II out with
him. according to your advice, and then
you can fix It up with what's left OF
him as you likow
You brutel"
The words Just reached Toms ear
rs he strobe away down the path. lie
stopped for an instant and clenched his
lists hard, but he didn't turn back n
he had done II might have been all right
and siS-Mllc creek would mover have
hud Its SOLITARY romance 10 talk about
Tor the bitter words had scarcely ca-
capped her lips when tho tears spranE
tu her eyes, and tho hot anger was
driven from her heart by awift, cold
chill which made her catch her breath
sharply ana wonder why the darkness
had fallen so suddenly over the SNOW
slopes In front Of her. hut Tom etrodc
on, and u few moments later she heard
the deep. mellow whistle OF the engine
and the changing OF the hell come echo
ing out OF the gorge OF Beaver Mouth,
She turned aside sharply from the
path, and walked over the SIN hard
SNOW up under the trees. and as soon
AS she got out or sight uf the line sat
down on Il log that lay at the foot OF
great cedar, rested her elbows On her
knees and her chin between her hands,
! trying to think about what had hap
p'ned She didn't succeed In doing any
thinking worth speaking OF, but she
sat there mOtlonlcaa stun she honrd the
al ltn1I "a a
through the trees the long line of
llghtH from the car windows wind slow
I ~ out from the bank and wo streaming
away over The long trestlo bridge,
III that should brcak II doesn't look
over strong with that biz, heavy train
, atom ~ H. and MI that force Of water
, rolling and tumbling ngaiust the piles
I Wouldn't 1t be awful " II did, and, oh
Lord, with Tom aboard the train, tOoV
! Tho words were nothing like what
, she had been trying 10 think They
! had come unbid1cn. suggested 10y the
: accnc In front OF her, but the fact that
! they had come convinced her more
, quickly and thoroughly than any
> amount OF argument or pleading coult
have done Of the hopeless folly and dis
Z ustcr of the scene that she had JUS
4 gone through with Tom. They hat
A.. both been IN tho wrong Lovers VIII,
have uuarrels nlwnya are. nnd that u
! probably why they arc tho bittorest o.
y Oh differences while they last.
y hut now Tom was gone aud wuuldn'
= he hnclS I'll Saturday night. This wa
= Wednesday, What was Hhe to do II
the meantime7 Mr. stanton would b.
. back soon after niFhtfnll. and woul,
! be sure 10 come into the store Couli
she say anything 10 him about ~ Ne
i, certainly not. She would bite the cni
A on her tongue before shed do thnt,ani
Z Yet n she didn't procure some eXplona
= ton, he and Tom would meet ON Satur
d day, probably On the station platform
q when the train came In, and thpl
/, thore'd be dreadful scene. and per
hapS even blpOdshod, FOR they wer
4 men both OF them, aud nelther woul
Is take an Insult without giving bacl
It something for it,
Il In the end ahc decided TO do whn
~ was wisoat under the circumstance
'o She went 10 her mother ana made
e, clean breast OF H., and her mothe
IL laughed az her good naturally, an
W said that she'd speak 10 Mr. Stnntor
D. and would nlao sec TINT Tom dldn'
n mike a fool Of himself when he cam
r back, The next morning Alice though
~ OF writing TO Tom by that days mai
Al but after abe had begun two letters am
q, found that the words wouldn't come Il
~ any price, she decided 10 let him coo
~ down In his own way, aud then mai,
m Il MP with him In n plchannter fashion
II he met her half way. II he didn'
r. we'll then tho loss would be his, an
4, ahe would be bcttor without IL ma
&c who could bear illswiil for 10 long.
~ and against such n Iflrl, she might hay
OF added. IN her soul; but this can hardl
~ be chronioled at all positively.
Z Still. when Saturday morning cam
nc Rhe was faln 10 confess that she hn
eH never spent such a miserable two day
T., In her life, Ilor mother had spoken
~ Mr. stanton. and to such good pul
~ pose that he had first tengcd Alice IN
~ morcifully about the auperlativenei
IN OF the charms which could inspire sue
deyuuring Jealousy, ana then he earne
~ his pardon by promising TO set Off on
~ three days moose hunt with his con
X panlona the next morning, and hn
" kept his word.
The train was not due In TN nearl
~ eleven at night. and tho day and ha
AZ the night that she would sim have
&c walt seemed Ike the bost part Of
~ wools 10 Alice, IN spite OF the fact thu
abe tried hard TO got away with u
o. time by rtheoralnR all the nice thinl
~, that she was prepared TO say II To-
~ only camo back In reasonable fran
n Of mind.
w But at Hundown suspense gave pln,
on to anxiety. which rapidly grew I'M
Nv positive fear. First came the news !
"a, telegraph that the wcat-bound ira
~ had been stopped by mud-slidG thr'
~ miles out from Beaver Mouth, and a
Up the available men at the station hf
M 10 set on down the line to repair d
w damage. Then, az commonly happei
~ In the Selkrks. a blizzard came roarlr
uF ,l,...,, ti,a It.ayer Valley with HARDLY