Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-15
mussers q vast deal that amt pretty hear
ing, l thought would Just stop out this

"'S 49,, "inb tVr u uit OF rcficf. InstNf Ills
moro than u man can stand for long In
the dark room. Then half tho limo he hluh.
OVERWHELMINGLY, or, like q cookboy. and
A saynEc oath from tho room whcro
Fnrochol lay hsuke oil tho talk. and thcy
stood listening In silsnco til no was quiet
again.
I'm no In now and sit with him. eaid
tho American, while you take tho air u
little"
IL was bsieh, frosty day, so that, COM
Ing directly out Of the sunshine, tho Amur-
lean a. nrst could see hardly anything In
tho dnrkonud room, hut hc felt Faroohol's
presence with n bit Of SILVER; hc WA
blubbcring again.
AS HE eyes got used to tho dim light
that filtered through tho chinks ~ tho
shutters the forhlddinlAaoc began to form
ITSELF In tho gloom, liyid and framed ia q
handagc, and gradually tho whole man
TOOK shape, stretched ON his baol, with
both hnnds hold tightly 10 his head.
We'll, how nrc WEI said the visitor,
with n-ctonse OF chccrfnlnuss "Comh
come, SIR. Don't take on so, have come
to sit with you a bit. what'stho mattcrf'
Hes got n son." growlsd farochol.
"who husl"
THAT dcvil Of an Englishmnn. He's no
man. Hos devil, and ho has got u SON.
lenlnitrc told iuc--up thoo on tho hill.
D--n my blood know, tell yoa. NJ
daughter haa borne him son. aud ho
Killed minc. II wasn't mo. Stamp mo
black Il It was,"
"ot course you Didn't, my dear man.
mol twas that dovil Of an English
mnn, Born his blood should have hang.
oil HIM yon were quito right, Why didn't
" Then he couldn't have done it,"
"Nonscnsol you forget. Tho hoy WAS
KILLED long before you engaged tho Rotri
bution.n
"Forgct--mo forgetl birthstone could
not burn 10 out Of mo Do you think III
forget low wo jumped into tho soa togeth.
orwhcn sho struck lie pu; his arms round
inc--ilkr this Ike this, toll you, when
wa wcrn In tho water"
"phorc, th0rcl you have been dreaming.
llc was killed cutting your howsprit frOo
from the commodore You forget Curtis
had nothing to do with IT,"
Ills arms wcM round me-" Faruchol
went on. paying no Iced to tho American,
~ tried TO keep him n1oat God knows
Ola. but II wouldn't do. l bad 10 hit him
hit HIS farc. -
''H'Nh AF'l thiu INV NlHtTlcNnt mug
Ink over tho bed, with bullying air. at
wasn' no ut all Yuu have forgotten"
hit his iBoc, " Fnrlohel wont ON I'M
steadily. He screamed whom ho went I'M
der"
"Stow that" cried the American say
apcly "iio was dund before the Uatribu,
tlon attacked, You have forgotten, hc
went on, solzlnE the sick mans wrist.
ft Il'Nn hpurN Nu, huVa a., Va, 49,.
mad,
The shattered wru,ch dominated by tho
others ruuRhness aud loud voice, looked
orally ut him for awhile with shifting
eyes aud thuu, pressing hts hi,Iida 10 his
head, foil TO hlubbcrlng
llo ~ clean OF Ills hrgt " said tho
American TO Lcmnliru whom no returned,
"Yuu needn't mind anything he says, II
isn't fair ON him uithcr TO rupcai &c."
And with that he rndo bark 10 DIM
stond In some complHn0puy fuuling no Ind
done good day y work toward hcsling
tho broroh no was kindly enough TO do
plorc, or AZ all oyontg toward tho diplomat
TO elaboration Of an ugly fant that bid
falr 20 fnnkc Il worso.
Tho meatiug 20 which Lucille had been
looking forward 40 long with n kind OF
fcrlnrn hope WAS not TIL thrcc days nttor-
ward IL was Gods mercy Curils oamo
homo in Tina TO ho with her, when shn
wng no hardly tried, md that she did not
have IN rCnfront alone tho last tlnrkonlng
" the shadow She had made IN tho intCr
val 80 much progress toward recovery that
sho waa sitting up In mn armchair and
undoubtedly tho American news had had
not n little TO do with tho Improvement
for, although ut the time 10 hnd nRitnied
her good dnl she wi,s all tho castor for
II HiierwArd u was tuwnrd evening; she
was sitting wrapped In tho quiet delight
Of returning hohlib, and tho countess whs
reading TO her by tho last rays Of the frosty
sunset
what that" cried Lucllo suddenly,
81 didn boar anything, oaid her moth
or
"Ycl, persisted tho invalid, Ills some
ono oominR--on boreohaok, aud coming
fast--l can hoar 70 quite plain ON tho fro.
zen ground Ills DiUk--f am Suro II liz,
PLEASE go and hook
Thu countess went into tho nort room
and oarno bsol almost dlronuy.
"Ycsl yusr' she cried " 'Tis Richard,
and hos squirting up tin hill like n kings
messenger, What oan you have, child
He'll he hero In lvH minutes"
"ob. nolhori" inurmnrod Lucille, and
then WAS client. with her hands pressed
against her faco as II ahs were arriving TO
Keep herself calm. 60 down quickly"
she said presently, 10 meet him and bring
him up
But before she was At tho door Lucilo'G
voice was calling her back, Toll mo
mother. dear she said taking her hand
shyly, "tsll mo r,ally--do lopk very
uglyf"
There was that In tho countess mniln
md tho way eho bent down and klssed hor
by way Of answer that quite treasured Ln
clio
And even n ~ had not she could hive
had no more misFiyinR when once hor bus
band had come In. At sight OF him alin
could only CRY out "Dlogr' and bo threw
himself on his knees bnsido tha chair
when tho long embrncp was over md
abe had told him how fast she was getting
woll he kiasod hnr ngaln and said, What
a splendid little rogue no ial"
lyon have soon hinY' sho cried.
Ycs, hos splendid. Your mother was
at the door 10 put him In my arms. Hos
ns strong az q little lion, md he laughed
ut me like an old shipInate."
Her head fell upon his shoulder, her |
nrrDs Etolo about him, and again no ON.
brsced her with all tho tenderness ho could
CTo he Continu~d.)
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