The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-12
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Tire Queer Is Dead Long live the King
Ciceiy Coverdale was as sparkling a
brown.eyed lass Of ono or two and twenty
as the whole II London town could boast.
For several yenfs she had had as many gal
Isuts at her beck and call as she had I'm
gers aud tees. ana the rings With true love
pos,es in them. and sonuets and such-likc
kickshaws. came svarming 10 her like To-
Gusts In summer
Her father, Thomas Corcrdais, was q Wild
over. a merchant a warden n the Mercer :
Guild and prosperous until one could hardly
ruess his wealth. Yet he wss not satisfied;
he must BE- always gaiuing morc; ne Aal
tic name among his feliuw merchants q
being q hard man. shrewd and skiiful IN
driving bargain. and one, tbey saio, Wn9
hnd o. eve Tor Anything save bis money
bags and their increase lie wsS NOT .
man 10 ferl much sympathy for h's dnnga
TER. and DE- was determined not to bc nG,,n
cred with love making on her account. lie
tiled by gruT words aud short allow
apce Ia drive such notions cut ~ her hcan
hrf Cfcely was a lass ~ splrh, ana Nae
palmer she dressed the more striking was
~ You must marry. Ciceir, be would
say walt Till / can dnd yon m honest
merchant who will bring more aoaey iu3"
RSt. father, What Il should not love
himgr
'Od's hlandl Whist dc | care for thait
Learn to love him I'll not have yen @ast
al on flirting gallant n the court, wac
like as pot carries the worth ~ q torbQe
IN the stnn u his ionhlet and hose. Rud
keeps brace ~ harlrts IN thc court Ne
Sides.
ThuS the matter wonid rest Tor = whiic
hat AZ such times there vas alvays q
dnaged l0nk IA licelr's eyes Whicn knnWf y
had her father but been able ~ ser T. that
II wculd take two tn make marriage IS
vtrt a. ff EfH IN ~ his own mr.
loved bargain.
But az last Master Coverdale cast about
hini fer snEne e1ectise means * dslnp9,s
the ardcr 81 hs daughters suitors. lh
those DAYS the one resort on such
occasions was o. SeBa Ssh tnte
the eeuntry. There was a Coysruaie coasln
IN Rata. and another ~ Bustol nFslaes
a brother who lived in Werwic Ss1ire neaf
StratfoTd. hut uew that Master Nlli
Shakspere hat become 81 famous iu is0ii-
don. StratfeTG VISA Inevitably associated nf
the stueter sort ~ peppif. "a q vague way
With fhe Gisso3ute. registering iue ~ the
thss.ers IN BanEsiee, and Master tnyer'
dsie. with nis s;rsiaht.}Eccd f'urltHrie no.
lions ahoat Whist was rfsat aud vhSf was
wrong. wuuid hare sent tieciy. r. i4e dew
straight ae soon as into tanhslae, ol STRAIT
ford either 50 10 was 1eelua3 % send heI
TO TIE house "a a fgftnd' By Hevousoire.
who lived near the tarrs AZ tloSeily
Court,
There wns Iif1le 30 common Between MAS
feg Cnvertale and siaaoU Hrar1. save so q
ht5slness way fnr thrv wcrf Uotu Mior
cnanrR and save that Hrnrd, hga n1s
friend was az stiH ana scSlf a. the veIiesi
stgsw c3uid visa 1here was smau cnance
~ gAIanfs there and, thought her fatner'
she viii soon be cures q her notions
about love.
g3eefy had been win Master Heard near
~ thrse montas when one morning sac saw
a aeTseuan approaching the hcuse she
recognized MIN az enc ~ her rather $
servants aud called n aim eagerly.
lack j2ek hneyer. what are you doins
here9 Have yau letter from home
aye Mistress CIcely, that Raw, aDd
fear Il viii fetca me sour welcome. hoid
your hands"
He 3aESed up beneath the window ana
threw ,hs letter 10 Cicely. she faand II
thinner tnan might have becn expected cot
EiderlnE The fact r8st she mad not heard
from hou1e Tor over mouth. tlcriy BROKE
thr seal aervousiy sad read the contents,
which eansad her face u flush VITA anger
and her eyes 10 na win tears.
shame, shame, shame, Eae eehocd haif
aloud. ''i4e does nct dszerre that.
The sound q tearing paper as Der treui-
hing nnrers ciencRed the letter, recalled
her 70 herself, and she suiled family
thrnnga her tears
wei / wiii not cry" sac said nrarely.
''Dlfk wuuld not ike that, Tor be Always
csils ue his brave Btile lass. wish NJ
cared tor bravery less, though Ehe AdGeu
Ter she had an iInPuisiye heart and loved
good cry.
sue made the EFFORT. however. and tnouSH
a sEw tears trirEirG down her cheeks she
brushed them aside impaiisntN. Inen sht
thrust the letter into hgF pocket aud SET
ont for . yak
Il was one ~ those brscinE day.
IN srripg when she air Is ai
siive With sound aud changing color. and
sueh daFs are more perfect iR the bonng
north 81 Devon taen elsewhere in thp
World she ipok her way out over fhr
slise and past the ruined mounds ~ the
old Roman camp unfi she eame 70 = foot
petb that led eastward along the clih 81,
could sec, as she passed thr rsvine. thg
little elnster u fishing cottages At the foo,
% tsscyeily Stairs. white over his shoulder
70 the westward. Just hiding the ble1k Isl
Of IsUndy, was the grand old hradlaud Of
Sallartry Bower, now pGrplc Ia the
shadow 81 4 cloud
Haf 4 mile farther eastward she turned
from the psth where brook. which