Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-04
A NEW YEARS ROMANCE

hor me IOSt. ..'
Time: New Years Eve
Scene: a large house. out on farm IL
Texas.
In the cosy pario- containing {
huge open fireplace, nl.ed VITA blazini
oak md light wood. seated upon iov
ottoman. drawn up before the nre. wa
a delicate. ianguia-.ooking girl. rnis wa
Estheta Coton, the farmer daughter
MAJ may or may nor nave been cuueatet
aSONe nvr ssa..sn IA .iae. ..iiywHy, sn'
,-'d Arrays entertained 'onsii.ss ior SONS
.t'Hs h'sleg, Siatuvf' titlii sac MAJ
HtAcrto VNgr Known.
Sne had iovers by the score. but nom
OF tucni seemed 10 suit her tl.i youni
AIR. Ora iory came IA That viuiniIy ~
tne purpose Of inVesaigAt.ng some ian,
llt'tsi ANA though Ho.slg IN years. az
Was Qiu III heAa, and sized ms girI VI
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES not, however, before NJ
had sized up MIR. Cotton's bank account
10 his entire sntisfu ction--an1 cCnriudet
being q poor man--thnt he cou.d do n'
better than to make Miss Estneta IN
grnees long enough to DO 10. for 1t wa
ginnored tlat she was rather d,iiicu.t {
by bitter experience.
But Ora Tory was not as other men
MS slight legal practice having made hin
wary, he thought he knew his CIR anl
that. In order 10 be sucressfu'. granilo
auence was absolutely necessary.
Being already, to certain extent nc
hard IN the present Instance.
Ifoceedng thus, he got on finely; an'
now the New Year was OF hand and M
must soon HE himself back to the city,
He would also .ove To HE Estheta WITT
him-but more especially the nice lttti,
dot she. would receive from her father a.
marriage PORTION,
This New Years Eve was to setCe MI
fate, so locking too exquisite for any
thing; Clothed in immaculate attire. NJ
sped him away, on the wings or love, u
tho Cotton's rural mansion, whereas w
have glrcady srcn--E sthetl had prcpnroc
herself, also the ottoman, to give him 4
She was lnduiging in a very Pheasant
rrvcrie. the main reflection being nov
she was going to act when the inevitable
could not compare his sty'e favoraby
Win that OF the hero Of the last thrilling
story she had lust been periying In IN,
Ladies' Journal, then, lying In the far
corner g. the rontn; that ahe would moi
accent him; NJ this shr had small fenra
however, ms he had hitherto distiuguis1ed
hinscf both In eloquence and effeetua-
posing.
our hero soon arrived at his destinaiion
and IN the hall. having dvested himsc
OF hat. overcoat and umbrella. ne en-
trrcd the npr,or and presented him 7elf be.
FIRE his lady love looking as fresh an1
Estho'a having beard md recognisea
the sound nf his fpotstens In the han
was, e. course, unaware OF h,s proximity
sweet, Iorr-sirdied. lit,le stprt OF surprise
that made him long to c'asn her IN ms
arms. MS che know It wou!d-sne motlone1
csters,tly bun. fer one, but by tight
soucezi-g would ho,d TWO.
=. Ora Tory cat for awhile encaging hei
tine 10 collect together The dsiocoted sun.
stance. hn had previously prcnnrcd. IN
fnch fetching INTO Foeeohcss; then. rat
Ting around In W Uranium like the seeds
Al ,ast having ufaclor,iv rcrresneo
h,s memory, when rrc.oitous oonortu-
nifty occurred, 10 gracefully ronnel down
unnn his left knne, with foot EXTENDED
toward the frenlpne IN whi0h. as NJ.
tNadv mentioned. we roaring fro, In
di~rncus 10 the country On w'n'rv nghtP.
Pogirripg he orator'-ni efmsion, No
had arrived halfway. when thqt left Dol
h""nn 70 feel uncomfortable not, hut u
would mover. do 70 arise until tho cliuny
WINS rpno"od md che Ind rrNmised 10
hn his wife-rot whom the worHau was ~
the temperament Of + theta-nfter he ma
hans. he cou.d hold hnr 10 the I'm rynin
cretwhNe he must endure sihe palu--tNe
nrN was .rattng in. lis vork-or al his
Put would ~ over live 10 get 20 the
end ~ HE rhetorical rccitntion2 He hnd
not thourh' y 50 long before; he had
even hcCn fearful that It's hr'efncea tnirht
he somewhat dista stef''l TO her romantic
notions: now II s""r,n1 to have bsrome
nossesge1 Of the e,tstioty Of India ruhoer.
extending into volumes Of untold lengths.
lnward,Y writing With agony, he fairy
few over his words with tbs rnpidlty
NJ tho lightning express" unl, ut Inst
with an irrNpI ssihle gnEp, he had IN
ishCd. md rs she yoftly answered; Yes"
be bounded = us feet Ike missile shot
from a catanult, aud then, as MS toui
cnmc IN closer contact with the almost
red hot sole OF HE ehoe. he gave mn ear
Frlttlng screcoh md flinFlng himself vio-
lentv down beside his 'ady love, com.
u,erccd to tear like made ut the laccs
IN, Riding himself OF thai n-ticle when
rorm, having heprd The vclI ana asa
I've scream n us dnrgNtor who had tallen
over In o dead faint, thinking. no doHh'
that her lover Ind nonn mad with delight
a. her recinrnclty IN the affair.
The cd man rarme1 to take In thN
ritu0tion nj Rlancc; hut Ora Tory never
knew the ccns'riiction 10 p'acod un7n
IT, % hr found hmgn't immediateiv
Prasrch by the collar and whirled into
the center OF tNa rHNyn nrh from thence
hn'f-tNr1tst half-kicked into the yarr
v'h 70 fr~rr--urNn BEARING i've belliGeront
voice ~ NJ Co.tr., .u-e -hling. ''Si~ 'a,,' /
etc 'eni" ri tncwlnE ht-'' N he uo~snsse 1
NJ nnworfu, and fernHiniis mastlff. ne
lnid beck h's ears ord t'ent. on" Fhop on
pul tNa nthor ncf-ebtmmlng p'org over
tho fr~-en Ground with the ve'ncitv OF
rpf~ood velocirede, never caasirp to rtin
rn'n 10 REACHED hIa boarding mace. prd
Vow yonr's dry ho hIch rim nwpv atone.
no Ao''ht havinp first formed tnnnv gno1
re~1'rt'ers 10 turn over row Leaf for
tho f,t.uro Alya CLAW BrayD