Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-28
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Knowing tina, Mrs. Mnlihrd was af-
4 nlctcd with a heart trouble. great care
wan taken TO break TO her as ccntiy
eS possible the news OF her husbands
death.
II was her sister Josephine who told
her, In broken sentences; yelled hintc
that revealed in. half concenlinr Iier
husbands friend. Richards. wua thrre.
too, near her. II was he who had
pven IN the Newspaper office VIXEN in
teihsenee of the railway disaster was
received. with Brently Mnilard's nniae
leading the list OF KILLED" lie had
oniS taken the time IN assure hliaself
OF ITS truth by n second telegram. and
mad FASTENED 10 forestnll any less care
tul less tender friend In bearing the
sad message. ''s
she ia not hoar the uory MS many
women have heard the same, with n
paralyked inability To accept It's sii.nia-
| vnnve' she wept at once, with sudden.
| wild abandonment, in her sister'g
ariils' Mhvh the atorm OF grief had
/ spent itself she went away To h,N
! room alone She would have ro ono
follow her V''s
There stood. facing the omen win
| dow o comfortable, roomy armchair.
INTO ms she sank, pressed down by
! u physical exhaustion that haunted
| her body. and seemed 10 reach into
] her soul
She could see in the open square be.
! iufe nor house the tops OF trees that
/ were nll n-quivcr with the now pprlpg
ne me delicious breath OF rain was
] IN the mir. In the street below a
| pcddlcr was crying his wares,
Tho notes Of n distant song which
! spnconc was singing reached her faint
| y, ana countless sparrows twittered In
| the caves
Therc were patches OF blue pl,y show
! luB mere and there through the clouds
mat hnd met ana piled one above the
othcr IN the west facing hcr window.
Shv tot with her head thrown back
| upon the cushion OF the chair. quite
mouonlrsf, except when sob came up
! INTO her thtunt aud shook hcr as a
| enid who has crcd ltapif TO alrop eon-
! tlnuca 10 sob Ia iiB dreams
she was young with u fair, calm
| race, whore lines bespoke represnion
| ana oven certain strength. But now
| there was dun stare in nor pyoW
| whose gaEc was fixed away of Wonder
! on one OF those patches NJ blue Rky.
! II was not n rluuce OF reflection, but
| rather Indicated suspension Of In.
| trlllgent thought
There was something coming to her
and she was waiting for 10 trurfulh
What was az She did not know. ID was
too subtle ana cluHiye TO name. Iut
she felt IT, creeping out OF the Yly.
reaching towards her through the
sounds the scents, the color that nlicd
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nizp thH thing that was approaching
| TO possess her, ana she WINS Htrl.I
10 beat II back with her villas powpr.
less 9s her Two white slender hands
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w rh eh' abandoned hereclf little
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parteu hph' she SAID u over nnd over
undor her breath: FREQ. free, frcr,'
Ihe vacant stare ana the look or torror
mat hnd followed " went from hur
cych' lhoy stayed Keen and bright
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blood warmed and relaxed every inch
OF her body.
She did not stop 10 nFk " II wore
or were not n monstruus joy that held
her clear and exalted pcrc.pti1u
enabled her 10 dismiss the iuEyestlon
as TRIVIAL
She Knew that she would weep again
when she saw the KIND, tender hands
folded IA DEATH the face that had never
looked rhyc with love upon her nxpd
aud rrcy and dead Hut ghe raw be-
yond that bitter moment II long pr5-
cpssinn OF years to come that would
belong To her absolutely And shp
opened ana NuTpun lpT uTruN vida
out 20 thom In hearty welcome
There would be no one IA lIv, for
during those coming years; rho would
live Tor hprself There womb br ma
powerful VIII bending horg I'm TINT
blind pcrslstenco with which mon nnd
women believe that thcy hnye n rI,bt
Ia ltnpose n priynto will unnn n rciIo,v.
creature A Hind lntentinn ar a rt,cl
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crime ma ghc lnnlf,d unnn II ii, uat
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