Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-14


AN ANGLo-AMEIICAS ALLIANCE.
Curtis used to say tho colonel never
reached finer height Of conduct than In
tho struggle that ensuod
1t required, indeed, no small push Of
courage that night to stand up 10 Faro
chOl with the frenzicd crowd at his back,
ard yet tho American did, though tho
bridegroom, seeing his home invaded, flow
into une OF his mad passions, btlching
torrent Of threIt and cursing, with hts
pistol in his hund And all the while ho
never loosrd his grip OF his vile
Doubtless her pain was tho Americans
courage Yell to him rs the pirate would
to stand aside, he never liuchcd, but stood
with his hand appraised ior silence, and
Curtis let him feel there was pistol be-
hind him So for awhile here was no scc-
ing tho end OF 1t TIL u trilllng lull gave /
them tasto Of his famous Voice
"Silenccl" he reared and the word /
scared like an organ peal through tho /
shouting and tho wind
may. silUnco1 hu cried again as the |
tumult recovered its sudden check 81 |
lencol In tho name Of the rcnublicl Lis |
ten TO the voice Of the uutiun'' and with |
that he threw buck hts cloak aud dashed
upon them his uniform as colonel Of tho
blues
1t was uniform around which was
gathering already so much Of suntimunt
and respect, and the whole stroke was
played with such a majesty that the ling
cling spirit Of the thruug bowed to 1t, and
FAEOchol himself WAS ut a loss for u parry
A dead quiet fell on them, nor was there
my utteraueo except whore a follow over.
coma with drink, sat In the mud, with
outstrotchcd legs, ind gently hicuOughvd,
Ia t.fNf Al ttlg
the while at tho empty bottle hc held
Before they had tinc TO recover tho
American sinOtherrd ;hrm with AN IRA
tion, calling upon them to remember they
w1te Fronuhnicn. 10 tho finest phrases.
"Shnll we quarrel lac cried vita much
moro to like effect shall We marry aud
give In marriage or drink or dance ut this
timer We'll enough when IL was but ter.
mans on tho frluticr but now tho old enc
my Is on the s,,t and thuir iluuts are gath
cred like cloud over your hrnds, und tho
nation calls to Faruchul for help"
II was thing 10 remember how, Mt that
tho pirate dropped Tho lady's hand, n
changed man Ii was the very action Of u
| parrot that being attracted by some
suoming iusiguiHcance, will suddenly drop
| from Its claw "A luscious fruit out " sheer
| oblivion, as II weru, md levity VI purpose
so then Faruehul dropped the countess
hand and strodo u pace or two toward the
! American
what" cried no in low voice, "a
commissionl"
"a commission, replied the American.
"What Is ny" asked EaruChoi. taking
anothur eager stride
The rest is secret answered the
American.
And now Farochol was alamo for moro,
and, turning about, uriad TO tho people In
his rough confidence 10 be gone.
But they would not bc denied HIS
yielding TO tho newcomer was too fresh
in their minds. The absolute inhexibility
that hud cowed than was blown upon,
and they began TO Org 10 no pretty pllras-
ing that thGy had come to 500 his uuptinls
to the end, and that they would SEQ
In vain tho American used all his art
md FArOchol all his violence They only
crowded ou--shoutine unanimous, ugly
And tho countess was in the midst OF her
wanton bridesmaids distracted by the rib
aldry.
She would have covered her cars, but
the girls dragged away her hands, and
there was doubt OF rough handling till
Curtis slipped In among them nnd by a
mixture OF force and rafting pntteT OF
jostiug ooarsrr and koonur than their own
got his arm about her.
So lie began udging with her toward tho
door, laughing and bIasphcming pastuny-
thing they could achieve. sun success
WAS far away, though those Two strange
allies, tho one Ia his brilliant uniform,
the other In his slaughterur slops, held
tho entrance with u iire OF word and now
and again with something rodghCr,
IL could but ond ono way, nor did thoro
seem tho barest hops OF escape, whom, ON
n sudden, those two duiendrrs recled apart,
and between them Jew ont upon the door
stop tho little bright eyed old woman,
with her thin white hair Wild aud stroaui-
lug.
She tore at tho nearest fnoo with her
sharp hands and cursed them all--curscd
them In a shriIl torrent ST. appalling In
Its unnatural energy and dow of Invention
that tho crowd WAS stricken into stiffness,
and the girls shrank away In terror, and
Curtis ceased 10 laugh,
And the old wonian's speech never fail
ed nor tagged but rather grew In shrill-
ness and yolubility, as by twOs and thrces
those farthest OIL began to stink away iuto
tho dark, and thu girls fairly ran OH, and
tho mass OF tho crowd fell farther and far
thur back They were but simple lisher
folk and peasants at best; no people TO
Withstand So uncanny an attack atop OF
all the rost
While she rallied on higher and higher
and tho crowd loosonud and shrnnk Cur
It's draw tho countess within tho door Aud
30 1t was, by u chance past all prophecy,
she came TO her now home as 20 haven
of rcst--with sense Of peace and deliver
gnce
And when Curtis set her In tho gildod
chair by tho fire she let her head fall back
and closed her eyes and sighed rosttully.
Without, the old womans piercing in
vectiye gruw broker and then ocased, Tbs
tippicr In the mud alone was left, aud,
bearing speech at nn end, hc hiccougheJ
again In kind VI cheerful pa,ronage
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