Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-24

MY Sweet Cousin. n
Il write to repeat my thanks FOR On
exceeding kiudncaE and hospitality whl0
l rcreivcd While an iftfnatc Of 1ouc n "
ny i feel especially bDund 10 DO thtI
becaune. as am on Tho point or I'll.
barking for France, ! may be unnble =, 4
several ycara 70 offer nv ackoWltd'l
mcnts 10 hcfaon. You arc ioubtlcss =, N
priscd hut YOU will perhaps b. sun MOO
30 when ! tell You ! am nOlrg 10 ioin MI
husband. our marriage tool, place rno'f
than q year since but We thought II
prudent toeonceal ithoth on account u NJ
then recent wldowhood and becauEe XII
husband WIS hot then Of nRc. His GilaN'
dian was opposed TO his union with y0t'
pennilesa cousin. and he was sent on n
European tour to avoid mo, but y
Were secretly married before his d
parturc, and az he has now attained fA'
majority he has written TO me to me-
him IN Paris, where hope 70 iud INF
domestic felicity which / failed TO al
rive from my former unhappy conncctin
ny the way, my dear Alice, I fancirl
when | was at your house. that thsH
was some little col lnoss existing betwod
YOU ind your htshand. l sincerely hollj
that was mistaken, and that II was nj
love for you which rendered mo too al
servant Of tho little differences whic5
I ffequentiy occur In married life. ! thin2
Mr., Wentworth was piqucd about you.
/ carry engagement TO Charles wilson, yuI
had better explain the mattcr to MD
anu he WIN probably find as little caust
/ Tor his Jealousy ~. assure you. thcTs
was for yours. Don't rant, dear Allut
| you certainly were little Jealous Of mo
but ] only iirted hatmlessly with YOU
husband pour pastor 10 TENS; and poll
hapa little out Of revenge. | wanted 4
ny whether n little doNdyish red-uosc
woman could have any attractions fc
I him"
by Iupterl she uiust have been iiatert
Ing at the door when 1 was discussing IN
subject OF her ill.loolIs Just after her al
rival" exclaimed MIR. Wentworth.
Yes. and mortified vanity viii accoun
for her well-practlsed seduc;lona Harry.
said Alice; but let vi hear the end q
this precious epistlc." MIR. Wentworth ne
snmcd
II hope he has fallen into his old habit
again, ana Ia az fond and lover-llko as
found him on my arrival. One piece o.
advice l must give you, my sweet Alice.
DO not trust him too much with thos
who have greater powers OF faHolnatioi
than his little wife, for believe me, hi
I posscsses very susceptible nature ID,
not be such good spouse "a TO show
him my letter Remember. I write TO YOU
| with my usual iinpudent fsankhess. Klsi
little Harry Tor mo and remember md
most kindly 10 your amiahlo husband.
''Evor your devoted friend rnd cousin
AGATHA" /
ar. s-Can send you any knick,
kuackery from Parls2 shall be delight.
cd 70 10 OF service TO you"
well. that Us as characteristic a ieltai
as ever read exclaimed Wentworth. a,
he hung II on the table; 'how adroitly she
mlnrles ner poison with her awcelmeatai
and how well she managed TO afiix a sting
at The last; wonder whom she has dipped
into marriage"
SOME foolish boy. doubtless. for shr
speaks OF him a. being lust OF age. while
she VIII never again SEQ her 50th sun-
mer" SAID Alice; but what does She
mean Harry, about my carly engagement
with Charles WILSON, lie was clerk Il
my father"
She told me a Ions story, Alice about
a proposed olopemcnt between you and
this said charles Wilson, which had buei
provonted hy her Interference"
Good hcavonni Harry, how she must
have mlsreprescnted the aifdlr. wilson
was 10 nnpa'h employ and probably fan
cled IL would be good speculation II h
could marry his employers daughter
IIe became exceedingly troublosome /,
mo by his cvilitles, and finally made low,
TO mo In plain terms. when ! Foommunl-
Gated tho whole affair to Cousin Agatha
and begged her to tell papa OF H., hesauss
| was such "A child that ! was nshamed
TO tell him myself, She did so. and WI.
son was dlsmissed but was then Only d
school glrl,"
"sho seemed ~ eRtatod when she re,
| CURED TO the subject that l really be.
/ leyed her story"
81 was vexcd, Harry. because she IN.
simulated that there waa a likeness be-