Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-06
A TRICK OF FATE.

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Tie GiillsdoEsr farm les q the roAd %
Oak Orchard. sus; after y0u cTass ne COZ
erea hg.esr Azd climb the hill. Ia lafss
white house sss veil back tron tie foAA-
he barn Is bun; Of round ooesis stones
fron ihs lake shore Back oi ne hara Al
APPLE orchard stretches 70 tbs ha1ks q ne
creek To The rish; are vrzErazt meadows
Q; 5uekvhsa- L. this goo5 bsns N2iaaa
Glilie4crer and his wife. Aan. were 12T en-
!,yias eozaioftaAls and p-as2sfols &C
age.
Tasy had tzo cAna-u,--Jssl, eaeasiar
o. =. Eho supsrintsadsd The farm EoIE-
AID Mss julia. VIA never l,oksi iai7 ms
ilzily Blh,s because & e5niained he dats
q her sirta- Juei ana Mss Jrlla lad been
I . he district tcbaol down asar ITa
Bridges. AMI SfisrvaFd had driVaa IN daily
/ % he hiEl Eeso5l IN Aliou- Taey Eers,
from h beginning s,ser. res7sc;a5!s and
| ininstTio1s. ani E2osr. rCs7t-.Esle and IL
das;riozs iAsy Esuii always u,at!nus. IAsE
licked Very much alike. Eni Glss Ike ihs!F
iaihsE AID mother. between Wa1n there aas
ne rs1e-hlarcs e5umoa to Cd couples
I Ihty we're TAI anI ht4vy. VIII dark halF.
{ LEa. blue syes. f1.sS hr5li A. he ealn
[ dun. erown c1npls1ua aad ln1Eezits eye
t7oUs and eye.ashe1. They b7ush; thalr
Z el'ihss ready MADE u BuHko- Thess we're
{ 5i'sa expensive, but the essot Vas irsesa-
I .aT Mss Julia liked tcuca q blight color
! 70 her h2ts. joel gave A!s fancy rein IL
] he natter o: ascstlea
Neither Miss JulIa a1r Isei had ever
known love AGAR. This vas not the 's-
I SUI; g, dt.rrniusd cslh1cy CUPID had
Q @" ~ sY-g~-
( sally Cai;hoEps 20 Grivs AID all the way
had ;Alktt about The crops, particularly OF
I the ravaEes q! the cabbage Eorm. and
device o; hiI 5Eu 10 deisa; that bslllEessat
animal When BE Esni 70 Announce his
victory the following ss-lay. Miss sally
vas gone vith another nan.
Tae elder Gililtlousrs we're vs-y anxious
hat joel SHOULD marry. F.rs;. because IL
su 'cste-A az right" ard second. BE-
cause they wanted 70 see an her TO the
l Gtliet5wer acres Thar son was likely.
s-=zdy. wail-.o-do Wha: more could a
v1z-au Taut: Al ,sr julia. that was o. less
I iupor.a-cs. Old maids were taors il the
order o. nature. A ba-ssl5r vas 4 mon
sir7si;T. Old Nathan talked seriously &c
I J-al about IL as thgy husksd corn n the
taru.
Why don't yer Fi- ger vile. Iosl, Yer
nutAsrl ne zir r;iia' tired o. paIuu' fer
T y-u an J1llz- SEEMS y you .sz; Get round
az eNgscie- the Lord 10 tx yer up a rib.
s1ns's lie tl- i1r Ada1i- Yer mlssia' yer
F. oss: years. ? tel you. Why. married yer
r-o-hcr When / warn. bu, % year o.d. Yer
needn't ;aks a beauty. Any smart. healtay
E-fl all DO. There's Matilda B-ligss. Why
--1'' you make up 70 hs-7 old Martin
Bridges ain; au5.lsr chick nor chMd ia
tas void. u ysrs s-a.Et zb5ut %. III ssuad
tie old folks Ter yer"
But joel hastily declined BIS fathers klnd-
nsis- A2llta Bridges weighed 30 pounds
-li Fas er7ts-zyed. AID Jcsl had his
drama They showed hin a trim yo-ag
woman. VITA black eyes AID half and
a--i4't !ls. Fssema,inE a summer buzrlef
ra1 o1ce stopped Ia he ntighb1rho5d. This
Fis-5a appeared when cabbage worms were
qulssosaL
uas eFeaing, as be drove home from the
iniu. ihini1us of his single state. he saw
l-l'ea en- '1e tsEce IN mammoth letters
AlfeF'lss.' lie read no further. but took
'9' N1-d as prophetic message. He lzasg.
oi 20 maiden 20 his fancy. but, OF course.
me "-''1 held one E5mewhers He would
seek h=f through the omnipo;ent press. The
iI''e As i2,lEAi OF %, toe more the idea
lil4s=l li1- Without the ordeal Of ask.
hs De reaid know 8, the maiden were
NtilLs re could onumCTAts the necesss-,
Ql2-a'4il5ns. So ihat none Others mead ~
Ply. AID tnally everything c7li7 bs F,.
..led up before the sprlns pi4aarg came
TIE wording c, the advertisement. tos,,
EHca thought. lie de,.ieI 70 Keen IL
piAl ea'.Eely sacra;, After t--enty slirs a,
t.-I'L -tEe Torn up, the following u5flee
~ lsai 20 tae weekly so witch ,he Gllle-
loves had been subscribers or many
year, Eool-l0ok'ug" tmoiher alVa,s
says &c, that's all know abor; IN "Tel.fo.
-. airAaE young nan would Ike 10 cor
Tespoat VITA modest. zm.able and inlrq-
,f.ol' iAayi object; ma;Fim0uy. Address j
When Joel took the weekly from Tho mai,
and saw that notice on The ar-s 49, ,''' =,
niuAhed yinleu'ly, !. seemed 10 aim .ha,
eYcfy body must kaow who sent ,ha s5ve-,
ahement He was almost afraid 10 give IN,
ihiher the paper. lest they sh1uld sus,sr,
aln az onee- NJ: the old man took no
iurihsr no.ice % the all important n,rs.
ErAph than 10 remark 70 hi. wife. WI, az,
With hes knitting on the other side of a.
t.slEE Tor his inatf"
joel AID julia bad gon. to the prsv.,
meeting az Deacon Podgers'. They drovs
along Ia silence and. s;rsnee IA ssy h,,b
we're thinking Of the same thlnr Iplis
Gillleaower had Icing suffered rom ,h-
heaYy. weigh; o, the Commonplace. ~
longed 70 throw OF The bonds 81 c9nvon,i-,.
All'y, 70 feel some of the Wild eruotions ~
read about In novels. In abort she v,s,,al
10 Eet married. She had seen that ro,tc, 4,
the weekly. II was q Wild, 4 tresaffti m.
20 DO hu; abe was very much incilned II
answer %. ~
That night before she slept S,,,, mt,
eompq7td tho following letter, '.f,y- ~,
sir-i have seen Your adysrfiys-,eTt O., ~,
weekly, and would Ike " corresn51f
MN you, u Agreeable. l am EftctIonafs
industrious and we'll on. aud willing n
meet a suitable partner for lie. bsvs
been 10 school and 70 a high school /
would le willing 70 do anything for INV bu-.
nand' Please address Evelina, Buffalo. "
" Mas julia also wrote 10 4 frieni IN
hunala to forward these "Eyeliaa" letters -
her under cover. -
in three DAYS Joel received a bunsia n,
answers 10 bis advertisement. Ia ~, the,,
from Tho mail himself and rad Nm ~
old Clover lastly llngied the sleiFbbsllS IN
the homeward road. They wers a r,o,ic,,
crew. Several addressed him a. s.D,riir-
jay" which he thought lndee5roua one ~
mo made unpleasant puns on hls frufsi
letter. Finally he took out a deiirsssi,
United envelope Of tho TWENTY-FIVE cssts .
box order The handwriting, fhourb ri.rh,-
y dlssnirel, vas Of that dell,Ats. c,pybso,.
had Nhich Joel AID Julia had ben tsuve,
10 sdmire az school The address pS,ti@i
MODES ny toward the bottom o. The cavtions
A thTin went through Josrs snse~s a.
/ ne opfued the end The ra-srs.. 49,