Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 77, Ed. 2, Sunday, February 10, 1895 Page: 2 of 12
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INDULGED IN BY THE RICH
Hr David Adees Famous Edition of
Waltons Anffler
SMALL BOOKS ARE IN DEMAND
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jr Cleatrjce Augtutus Salas Memoir
iubllhcil Shortly Ouldas
Latcit Jssay
A book that Is sure to meet with very
ereat favor la Tho Ufa nnd Adventures
of George Augustus Bala The work is
now Jn prcs proof sheets of which I
have at hand Ha In 1 a dellahlful story-
teller and U full of curloUi reminiscences
Durlott hii lift he ha known and been
on In lima U tTma with the leading men
of hi time Of Ms family and early his-
tory h wrl e most enter tain mily II
says Ansientl I apprehend our peo-
ple were persons connect with sorre
aula or ciuntj hut whether as court Jon
clerks ushers or beadles I do not kao
On of hi family wrote to Balas fa-
ther never to si that 1 danced In th
tfehlr ipe at the Cnrnjval of Venice In
mo Thus families laiu tl olr up nd
downs and as worthy John Oxenford
om rhymlnirly put It one soars high
and ont falls flai and one becomes an
acrobat 1 never had the allirhtest nmb
tlon > r wish to make It belle ed that I
came of an Illustrious slock and It whs
for that reason that I have been qui to
candid in regard ta tho tlslitropa dano
In in d < i it n t so ih son peo-
ple Many a man Is never tlrod of telling
you that hit undo was cousin to a baro
has peon iVuratlveiy remarked thit the
inuli Is c tn mi ly fond of talking about
his mamma the mare but that h Is sin-
gularly reticent concerning his papa tho
j tK ut Ua mother and oihrr
studies h writes She was a perfect
plimofortp player but more than all
thefl wa she thoroughly Well read In
English HtTatuitf of the highest kin I
Hum ll ntruon 1cps rlwtft Addition
and Stielo ero familiar to ber and to
h < r being vcll vorwd In th writings of
tbf urcit theoiuglans of the osven
4nth fntury I owe the adJIctlveness
whUh I hav always had for such writers
as Uaxtur Hooker Btlilngfleet Jeremy
Tavuir South an J Harrow whose s r
m > ns anl tssajs I have boen continually
mvinu out and strliing to imitate for
inur tmn forty years and who have
often helped me over n stile In some of
the many thousand leading artlclos which
I hnva tontributed to n slntile London dal-
ly newspaijer and which the envious and
the foolish usually ogre to sir aro
knoikod off Knocked off forsoothl
They have been ground out of my brains
In the course of a life more than half of
which has been dwvoled to syatematla
and unweirjlng atudr
lloro Is a diverting story relating o his
baptism and ore U < ur e Augustus hns
not unlikely told many times I lsvo a
little moro tn sa In mnnoulon with my
lp jrtlpm Two or three jeirs igo an un-
known fimalc corrmpondent writ to mo
uayliHf that hhe Vas tli ivi mvir of my
chrlhtinlng cap hvthor sho wlshod to
pre ont that trifling ftrtlcln of tnfantllo
uttlre to mo as a gift or whether her
wlnh was to part with It for n considera-
tion I am not certain I am nlrald In any
that I neur www rod her letter
A an a few days After I landod In Mel
bourne In 1W u vsnerable UAv called
up n me at MenclM Hotel and In forme
mo that rh had held w In her urms at
the btiptlPinal f nt Hlto was viry talka
tuu and very tlsa ana I think Mie did
mt go uway without aomo sllghth sub
stuntlat apreclstlon On > iny part f the
litimr Whioh she h il done mo In the
wimr of J3 but Mill enough It
< named that dining that nolfsnm > even
ing ut Government llouso with tho then
uovernor of Vktnrla Btr Henry I ch I
Inoiilentally alhiied to the visit paid me
by tho nlco old Judy iMar me quoth
Ills LXudbiicy a nlc edd lady such hs
> hi ilftnibe called on mo a short tlmo
fiiT mv urrlvnl In tha oolcny and sh
lnf < im < I m thit she had held in hi her
anm nt lh < i baptismal font i ur so many
yea ago Well we nra all bom to ful
HI some funUun or nuoth r This ludys
culling In lire was ovldently to hold babies
win ti th > wer chrl tm d Icrhops tio
was a third godmother whose nam bad
escaped mi A Lilry godmother possi
bly The book ahouadj In Just suili In
cldsnls It ts goo roudlng
U Is now 6a odd > ear slno the print
collecting and Ihe extra llluitrating fad
oamo into vogue On John Allan who
passed away long ago was Iho pionetr
He has hai many foilowars nttiong th
rloh It Is a fad that a paor man can
h v nothing to do wth Unless ho wishes
to Impoverish hlmiHf In most of the
olrt book store copies of extra Illustrated
volumes wilt b found and th prices
aikod for ihem la simply staggering
8i c for a fen volumes as much la asked
as one could buy a v ry decent library
composed of th works of the beat uu
thors ancient und raudern On desUr
has on xim Illustrated dltlun tf ivs
trp Llf of DLktu Oilglnally In twa It
was xtmcl tuflftivn voJuiq by th in
sertion of rar pictures and pilntsetc and
thopneod k0 for Ilia J3W It took en lin
nionse amoon of labor to inlay and ar
range the several hundred pages of those
volumes anJ the plates eoai a good pen
nyj but i it worth ihe candlo S mo think
so whin nther consldsr tho fad trifling
and absurd Tor a man who has money
to burn and Urn to kill it Is an Innoctmt
amusement If nothing better can b said
of It However thers nrs certain dlree
tions that an extra lUustritor and ox
tsndor might takit that would lead to val
uable results Ireland a lUcord of th
Wcw ork Biag is a work that Us been
very often extra Illustrated so also WaU
t ° n Angler Th best s t of h An
gUr Is owned by Mr liavld Ade of
Xirooklyn N T Wr Adtt started out
with a twovolum dickering edition of
irfiA ltr Atxi n ha attended it to
many fines its orlglnat site 1U has col
leoteJ pundredi of portraits of Walton
and Cotton ajrl all the llluitratlons of any
consequsndA thai were ever nlad for any
edition of th Angler ll has secured
portraits also of everybody mentlond In
that most delightful of all books Mr
Ades Ms gone farther UU hor Wal
ton has mentioned a book h hi secured
a title page of tbo ama All of these
portraits pictures mA till pages Vav
Jeu wiarxtd by InUrlnx to a uniform
s and the whale bound together An
Aarltr uf this
chiracter la a ry ex
l nilvtt affair of cours
One of h men succeesful of tau
work publlshod Is Torda Literary
ShlT upwards of Mow copkl uavo nI
ready toon aoM Tho ruccesn of this vol
l m which is a most amusing satiro on
Other literary louts proves that pub
lishers tre it Ml wlso Until Mr Illch
mond reud tha Ixk it was pronounced
not Just th thing for success Yet
not on book In 1000 that Is published
reaches n cditloo of 20000 ccplei
Tho demand nowadayg is for small
bookst quurtos and folloa aro dead stotk
p bU DortfolU is a thing of th past
they wont sell mr pictorial edition
tiL ue brouBnt so ° now ko abcgglnc
f l f Tnt on ly wrrtc of thi cb racter
tliAt Is In any demand at all la an Audu
if0 lnal u now wnd Is tho kind of
Ntta that Dtv Johnson preferred so
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ft I
that you can carry to tho fir or what
1 now catalogued as a library edition
The chatso Is a very sensible one since
It I a struggle to read one of those fid
folio of WO panes they ore so bulky and
heavj A handy 12mo Is the lhinir or
even a smaller volume
Some people Imagine that alt Hnallsh
books ran be purchased for less money In
Knjrland than in American This ts a
mistaken notion as a comparison 1
prices will readily Bhow You will moat
always flnj the some book quoted torlnt
money In en American than In an Kng
llsh catalogue Immense have been tho
number of all Tngiuh books imported to
this country during the past hundred
jears and the Importations keep steadily
on Some Imagine too that Importing Is
an expensive affair This Is a mistake
since you can hav a box of book weigh
In WO pounds brought trim London
cheaper than a man living in San I ran
claco can have the samo box shipped by
rrelght to Ms town All of the big book
houses In America that handle second-
hand books have agents tn London and
Kdtnbunch Tlieeo agents attend all of
the suction sales and pick up rare t ook
that go cheap They also fill orders for
American customers It may tw news to
some that there nro In Imdon shops that
tarry nothing else than books about
America
Tn book trade like all others has suf-
fer severely during tho past year In
Ilila country and In London Tho business
of tho London miction house has dwin-
dled very materially One house tho big-
gest one of all was compel id to close up
during the whol of the past summer
It ts now some time sine Oulda has
turned her hand to a long story Hh
Is now resting on her laurels well won
and worn most of us will say Short
essays is about all thn emanates from her
pon nowadays an J In this lino ut wurt
she I preeminently worthy Almost every
month something from her facile pen Is
found in tho pagss of tha English monthly
magazines There Is no Hngllsh writer
who says thing so badly and strongly
as thin writer Social foibles are her
hobb and nothing much Is left of ih
subk art it ln ir Ms ihruugh with ll Her
latest effusion uppfired In the January
number of the Nineteenth Century
JJirdH and Their Iorsei mors Tho wan
tan blttughlcr of all animal Ufa by iran
torched ih great novelist She says well
tAi
Hvwy InventUm in tha programme
i1 Ed LT SKVi th creatures ot wood water and nlr
lh twaver Is almofit uxtlnct the mole Is
lne sanlly huntud the ham Is harried to
death In every country the steam
plough the steim reaper the steam n
gloe drlvo boforo them inllllnna of rnce
happy anl woodbortt creaturest and the
bird suffer more than any other living
thing The great electric lights of the
lighthouses on the coasts and Islands slay
hundreds and thousands of tho birds of
th sen and of migratory soliff birds as
they Jutli In headlong night against the
revolting whire un I fall dead from tho
shock on tho rocks b > low When the tired
Hocks of th nlr land on some seashore
worn out with fatigue half Ocad with
thirst obllgod to ink a dra rrposo be-
fore continuing their night tho human
brute tec lvs them with stick and net
and gun There Is no hospitality for th
winged novelet if hu stoop to drink If
hn pausfts to rest If ho pljime his runted
fcatunro on a tusootk ut giasa his enemy
Is down on him the twollmbM human
brute who is inoru cru l than any bird
or beast of prey
ItH AtlO I1I1MIMHS
Said bya Ihjalilnn lo llu it HIidma Often
Met llh
Did you ever near of tobacoo blind
ncsar aald a doctor It Is something wo
mutt with quite trequonily > ct not so
much as onu would suppose when tho
great rdiuumptluii nf tobacco Is oontld
end Yot ther ore many who nr en the
threshold of toburco blindness ho hove
or nuy not have an oxp rlnc with the
dlseast for In tobnoro polsoilng 1 ko
that prtHluced by oxhee drugs hc system
can resist th tnfluenott of the invudar
up to a certain point hn th smallest
further doso of tho poison will produce
tho samo symptoms as tho taking of a
Urger dose would Thus In th case of
many people tho mem smoking of a l lp
or two more a day would prod tun In them
all tho advanced sjmptom of tobacco
poisoning Hi It Is that dootots ihiko It
inipciativa In such cusvs that tho t uniting
habit must Nt dropped entirely To tunok
moderately wilt not do You can nit afford
to tak the rhauc of giving the system
that little bit mora of nicotine which
would causa he cas to bs saruua
Tobacco blindness can fortunately ba
cured With tht smoking habit abol-
ished plenty of outdoor exercise a good
nero tonic which woutd assist In the
purification of tho blood as woll hb toil
Ing up th > j ganeral system and absuntlon
from alcoholic beverages there Is no
reason why tobaeco blindness cannot be
cuted Alcohol drunk In any of Its forms
Is liable to produc tobacco blindness In a
fairly beaVy smoker
Hut tho strangest ptrt of It nil Is that
a person floes not haw to amok tobacco
to become amir ted with tobacco blind-
ness In fact on of tho most obstinate
cases 1 civer bad was that of a waiter tn
a city cafe He was a nonsmoker and
total ftbauincryct ho earn to me with
tobsnno bllndn ts fully developed caused
b being compelled to work all day In
th atmosphere of tobnroo smoke breath-
ing th poisoned air pollute by thirty or
fo ty smokers It Is a wonder why moro
of tho diseas does not develop when this
Is considered Llut fortunately natur ll
more kind to us than w aro to oursolves
so sh sHta us strength to throw off
many evils to which we ar carelessly ex-
posed
Horan llsrtng In Cmiunrlli Time
On April IflfS tho Protector Cromwell
Imued a proclamation prohibiting her
races in HngUnd and WaWs for eight
months Jn 1710 it was Judged by VurlU
inent thot horfc rocltg bad become tiu >
common and prcvjlcnt a practle through-
out tho country fur the welfare of tha
Idlers who w ro sui posed chiefly to at
tend rac meetings An act to restrain
exreaalt horso rantg wan therefore
passed and tt was thoujht that a rtyp
aiuld nt b put to a number of county
meetings at wblch very paltry stakis
w io oferod for competition trt tndjrteient
animals by rwllng the stake run for It
was therefore enacted thst nft r June 31
In that year no plat ahoull bo run f r
lo the kingdom for lets slu than
th penalty for th trsnsgrtsslon of the
law being UPO It was also provided that
no person nhould run a hors of which h
wo not tha bono fid owner and fur
tcer that no owner shouU enur more
than one horso for any plate tho penalty
Wing forfeituro or tho animals illegally
ntercd Jn IUJ the Metropolitan Kac
Courso act was paised to chock races
hld In fields by publicans an1 others
Paraflf Ul Ksrewtlll ho cries In pain
Hii arms enfold her tight
His ktrsc fill Ilk autumn rain
Upon her forehead whltot
Hit knows hell sea r r mi sgsia
Until tomorrow nlghtl
J < A Rs WAstiWJtUe
3S i
az IK THE WLES OF A COQUETTE
BY E C E
I JJJ LLLUJ
ULU
My dear Jtoia how tould you be so
Imprudent as to waits with young Sabre
tash last nghtColonet Mlddloton looked
excessively annoyed said Mrs Crafts
to her beautiful daughter as they sat
together over their lute breakfast
t acknowledge the imprudence of the
ncf mamma but really I could not
help It I am heartily wearied of this
perpetual restraint was the reply
I thought > ou wero too well prac
tised In flirtation Hosa to find any char-
acter too difficult for > ou to play
Oh It Is oasy enough to suit the taste
of everybody but terribly fatiguing to
be obliged to play propriety and prudery
so long Howover seven thousand a year
Is worth some trouble
So then you count the lover as noth-
ing I beg jour pardon mammal the colo-
nel Is bandsome and gentlemanly un peu
passe It la true but still a very good
looking nppendsge to a fin house and
rich equipage
Well make the most of your time
Ilosai 1 told you I couil only afford throe
winters In town anl this Is tho last you
know Dont bo alarmed mammi I wttl
never return to our dull country village
again 1 will marry anybody before I
will bury myself for Hfo In a stupid
country place and I thtnk Colonel Mid
dletun Is rapidly approaching Iroposf
tUin Ioint
II may steer another course If you
aro not more cautious than > ou wero
last evening I saw him In close conver-
sation with your cousin Grace whll jou
wero dancing
And so you want to make me Jealous
of pdur Cousn Kliicl Hal nil hal lit
woutd be too rldlcutous a little pale
riaetl thing too timid to speak above
her breath and with manners as un
formil as a schoolgirlsl No no mam-
ma tho colin la wei < omo to talk to
bur an much as h Hles I am not
afraid
Hut you know his List for poery and
painting suppon he shoull discover her
tatfrnts f r both
Neier fear mamma she Is too bash-
ful to develop th few attractions she
possesses He dotes on muMo and beauty
and gritceftil manners Is rather particu-
lar In his ideas of elegance in dress and
hsa many ot thoao finikin fonjlcs which
Couiln Irace could never satisfy In-
deed I moan to make use of her to for-
ward my own lews
Well well Itoaa I dare eay you can
manage your own affairs but at the
4mo time I would ndvlso you to fvolJ
Cap Win Babretash
I supposo you think he has nevor fcr
glyen me for iny share In tho affair of
hit slstor but 1 can assure you he has
quite forgotten It He Is one of those
butterflies of fashion who have no sting
You aro mistaken Ilosa he has as
much skill as yoursrlf In acting a part
and I tell jou that ho has not and never
will forghe you
Why then does he haunt me so rrr
petuft 11 y In society Why docs he < eck to
bo my partner In the dance and my com-
panion on all occasions
I cannot nniiww that question HtHAi
but I have watched him cry tlnt Iy and
I betlvo ho means you no good
I am not afraid of him mamma j he
In a chinning lend and his gay wit Is a
groat relief to me after tlstonlng to the
grave and somewhat heavy wisdom of the
gallant colonel
Possessed of great bcAuty a fine flrurc
a graceful address anl a host of supirft
clal accomplishments lima Crafts had
atwnja tnannged tn be the belle of eery
circle In whieh sh i mingled How thla
nilat was obtained may bs u J ly di-
vined for where thi re is no rcM dignity
of chieaeter no sincerity of heart no
firmness of prinepW nil tnstes miy tie
studlol and adopud Hut Uosas love of
admiration nal carried her beyond the
Hmltj of prulcnce Hhe pleased so gen
erally that she nevei b < < cuma attractive
Individually and ihe bad attaned her
twentyfifth > ear without receiving an
ollglblo offer of marriage The sirnltcned
circumstances In which her widowed
mother had been left rendered a vealthy
alii one necessary to the support of ihe
style of living which Itosn ii id inflated
upon aloptng and Mrs Crafts betan
to lose patlonen when flho nun 1 her
money dlmlnl thing htr debts Incrcas ng
and her daughter verging tow ud an un-
certain age without any prispct of
brlngng their schemes to a Mucesaful
Issue It wit Just nt this Juncture tha
Colonel Mi bile ton camo within tho sphere
of her attractions and was milked as a
Victim destined to fulfil her mtrlnonlal
speculations Tho colonel was a man
whom almost any woman might hao ad
inlrid even If he had not p uuesaed tho
talisman of wealth In his jouth he had
been eminently hatidnome ant tune had
dealt leniently with him tor the weight of
forty jLurs bad fallen so Mghtly upon
Mm thai It would have purxld the wisest
phralognomlat to count their numb r on
his biow IIs cheek wore tho rich bloom
of health his wollrormed nnuth till dls
plajed the glittering peurla nhlch had
tioen a distlnKulshlng feature In his boy
hood the thick wavy masses of dark hair
fell on temples but faintly tracked by the
foot of th craw and his all I gure
stli retained lis symmetry notwithstand
ing a slight tendency to enbonpolnt II
coull aoircely bo Ignorant of bU personal
advantages but he was by no mans a
vain man In his youth he had been
mortified by the belief that hla handsome
face was more alued than his gifted
mind and tho consciousneM that what-
ever might be his physical merltr hs In-
tellectual gifts wero of far more value
tended to make h m but little seusble
to the Impulses of vanity lint though
possessing so many spells to awaken leto
and endowed with a heart singularly alive
to affection he had been dtstned to dis-
appointment His fastidious aaste had
never been fully satisfied and he bad
reached his thirtieth > eur before ho found
a woman who could excite a desp Imtrru
In his heart Whlt In Europe h met
with an HngUsh gentleman who was ttnv
ellng with bis Invalid daughter nnd th
beauty the dellcaey of feeling ovd the
gentle roeerve of < aura IVndlatons char-
acter soon won his warmest regard Her
melancholy the ooniequence ns It seemed
of fragile health was so touching her
stylo of beamy so ethereal her man-
ner i wers so full of timid gentleness that
ha became deeply attached to her Know-
ing the prejudices of her father be dd
not ventur first to avow his Ioe to the
shrinking girl but taking advantage of
her absence ho msde known bis wishes
to Mr Pendleton and begged his acquies-
cence tn hi suit
Ho received a moat flattering reply front
the gratified father and onlv wanted to
be aLsured by Laura herself of his fe-
licity when sh was suddenly taken serl
cu ly HI Ho was ot course denied nil
nee to her but her fsther treated him
us ber acctpied lover nnJ even went so
far aa to doclde that the man luge should
takv pUc Immrdlatety Lpon her rawwery
When Colonel Mldlltton was admitted to
the presence or Laura she was still con
flnnd to her apartment and never from
the time of his proposal to the hour when
tltey stood bitcre the altur to be wedded
did hs ueo his nftlancel bi Id except In
tbs ttompany of her fathr nr mother
He dd not know then that there wtui a
design tn tbt vexatious rn lnt Laurss
timidity and mUm holy bad evidently tn
creiwd but the sudden threatening cf
death at < he moment of bettothment
might easily account tor this and In th
meantime she recolvel fcer lover with btr
ffMl Q lt kindness patslvcly suffering
all Ilia fondness and offering no ornoel
tlan when her father urged a spe ly
urlon They were married at the house
of thj Hrlt sh consul and while her par-
ents returned to their natlv land the
colcnel and his bride continued their so-
journ In suuny luiy It was not until
months afterward that h learned the
whole truth She had loved another she
had plighted htr tattabut the authorlt
of her parents had compiled her to break
her troth and tt nfTer or Colonel MW
dletou bad been mad at the moment
when th certain cf entire separation
from the object of her affection had made
her utterly regardless of tow ruttira fate
She neither ue it4 nor wJ < lri nm
her fnthsr munucd thi whole matter
and eho bad culpably serlnced the pea o
of both by weakly yielding to despair
Berne month after her marriage the
news ot her lovers d < atn throw lifr Into
a paroxysm of grief and sclfnproach
ond taught the husband that ho had won
the hand only while thu heart was still
anothers Her feelings were too pure
and her mini too deeply Imbued with
truth to be satisfied with the deception
which her silence had practiced upon her
husband and a her Inert nnd timid tetn
pr had been the cauae of her error she
determine to devoto htr life to Its ex-
piation Hut sh mistook penance for ex-
piation Instesd of resolutely stifling h r
regrets for the past and applying her If
to the fulfilment of hsr dutleslnstead of
remembering that duty to her husband
required the oblivion of fcrmcr affections
sh vainly fancied that by giving her-
self up ta sorrow rhe could m ko a proper
ntontment tor htr fault and she there
fere aought not to check the ravages
which grief was making in her health
Kor seven long years did tho colonel
watch over tho falling strength and min-
ister to the dilly comforts of her whOBo
heart wos burled In tho grave of nnothcr
feho esteemed him she was grateful to
him she loved him with slsterty affec-
tion but the rcmemhtred the thrill which
a dearer voice had Mice sf ntto her heart
and booaure her hutband could awaken
none of those ferv < nt feeling of southful
passion sho rejacted the peace which
might yet have grown up In the calm at
rrOBpluro of domestic life and cherished
her Lnhatplnees like a bosom friend Bhe
dltd at length In her husbands nrmu
laiicntlng when too late the weakness
and morbid sentlblifty which had led her
to waste btr life in plnlnj after unsub-
stantial bliss when true contentment
might have been the dally companion of
her existence
It was after this sad termination < < f his
first attachment that Colonel MUIIeton
met with the beautiful Itosa Crafts
Youngerln feelings than In sears ho had
never drink frim tho pure fount or racip
roaa nifection he bad been > ovcd where
hO could offer no return he had loved
wturc no answering fondness became his
reward and though past the ago of ro-
mance ha yet thirsted for the Bwctt
waters of mutual tenderness Hut with
ail Ills genius Ids tact and cxp rljnce ho
wa a mere tyro in bis knowledge of
woman No man haa evtr understood the
peculiarities of womans nature No run
has ever deeply understood tho peculiar-
ities ot a womans nature until tho inti-
mate communion ot wedded life has fciven
him an Insight Into Iti masteries no mm
has ever bmi qualified to portray the
manycolored varletioi of female char-
acter unless an Intelligent and amiable
wlfo has been the mirror that reflected
or nt least the telescono which brought
noar to his view the intnuto traits whUh
ntono tin give truthfulness to the ilcture
The baauty of the stately Kosa had fas
cinated Co i oil el Mlddleton ami having as
certained to Ms satisfaction that ro one
occupied a prior place in her affections
ho nevtr thought of tho portability that
she was uiaftpablo of lovlnc It never cc
currtd to htm that tho temple might b
unoccupied only because the pirtals ere
too narrow to admit an object of worship
Aided by her mother whoso flklll In
reading character was very great Itona
adapted herself with Inimitable iklll to
the fancies ot th rich Colonel Mlddleton
The little personal vanity which had
turked urnuppcatcd In his bosom was
fanned Into a gentle II a trie by her a droll
flatteries an could not fall to throw an
additional light upon the lovel > wo-
man who seemed to forget the homage
due to her own charms In her a dm ration
of her friend Though timid alma it to
nervousness when on horseback sho win
ready every morning for a ride with blm
though for too Indolent to love walking
she luver declined a ramble with the en
thufdaattc lover of nature though delight-
ing In gorgeous colors nnl an outre style
of lire fho affects almost QmxorUke
simplicity as scon as sh learned his taste
In nils respect passionately fond of
waHxlncr she became a perfect prude
after ahe loatned his opinion of It and
evon her habits of coquetry which hod
been almost n second nnture to her were
exchanged for gentle reserve and modest
selfpoetess Ion when his eje was upon
her Hut the master stroke of policy was
that which Induced lilm to believe her
cudtwed with Intellectual gifts
Cousin Grace of whom Hoaa had
spoken so contemptuously was tho or-
phan daughter of Mrs Crafts only rls
ter and for several years she had been
th Inmate of her aunts family A small
Income which she derived from her patri
monv rendered her Independent and she
rexMm with her aunt slmnly because she
eould claim no other eligible home Hut
her early education had made her very
unlike her prosent companions Truth
ond piety were the leading traits of her
character Industry contentment nnd
kindliness were the dally prnctleo of her
life Without making any ostentatious
display of her religion she mads It the
rule cf her conduct nnd therefor it was
that though she occasionally mingled ri
the pay scene In which Itosa delighted
she never allowed herself to become In
volved In any of the scheme or her
beautiful cousin Her kindness cf heart
led htr to feel slnceicly attached to Hosa
In spite of her faults nnd her humility
prevented her from dreaming of rival
ship although If seen anywhere else
than at the side of so brilliant a beauty
Grace might have charmed by the placid
and childlike sweetness of her counte
nance Her retiring manners and timid
reserve In society prevented many from
learning he full value ot her mental gifts
but to the few who knew her intimately
she appeared a creature of rare endow-
ments Grace had not been blind to the
arts which were practised to attract
Colonel Mlddlston but looking upon him
as rulty qualified both by ago and ex-
perience to taki care of himself she felt
some little amuiemcnt at th manoeuvre
of her aunt and cousin until a knowledge
of his past history together with th dis
covery of hlc hlshtoned feelings excited
a deeper Interest tn hla welfare Hence
forth she watched th plans of her cousin
wtth something like regret but regret un-
mingled with any aclflah feeling for
Grace with all her rcrtlencss had a
proper Genre of tha dlgulty of her sex
and did not think that marriage was ab-
solutely eascntlal to a wo nans reipocta
blltty The affair was still In uupensc
when Grace received a summons to at
tend a sick friend hi her native villagt
anj departed tar an absence of soma
weeks while nosa remained to complete
th conquest ot the almablo colonel
One morning on entering the parlor at
his aocuatomed hour for their ride Colonel
Mlddleton found neither Mrs nor Ml s
Crafts visible and throwing himself on a
sofa he awaited their appearance
As b took his seat ho observed a book
peeping from under on of th cushions
tt had been most judiciously placed for
bad It been lying on a table he neves
wuuU have thought of opening a vol
urn whoa form and binding bar such
toUttsttj mJJ < tiah < tltbso
T v KVfflrlFFrlP
THE GAZETTE 3P0UT WOIIT1I TEXAS SUNDAY PWmPAItrjA 1805
a marvelous resemblance to an flbum
But the slight mystery i
Itthe faet of Its being half hi
cieltrd his curiosity and he buaed him-
self in inspecting Its varied paces JIe
found H to contain some very beautiful
pencil drawings a few exqulsltety colored
miniature likenesses and tlous b °
noems There was no name In tho vol
KJioSlM to which he could Identify
the ownerbut h soon found that the
drawings were all by one person and h
began to suspect that so delicate a pen-
cil had been held only by a poets hand
He remembered some expressions J ch
hal fatten from th lips of the lovely
he took
day
Itosa only on the previous
from his pocketbook a little note beau-
tifully written on rosetinted paper
which he had received from her a hort
time before he compared It with the
Italian characters
poems the round clear
ters were the sama In both With a
thrill of delight the colonel at once ad
muted the belief that the beautiful ob-
ject of his regard was as gifted as she
was lovely Forgetting the prolonged
delay of her appearancea delay de-
signed to afford him ample opportunity
of satisfying his curlosltyhls eves wan-
dered eagerly over the volume He was
still mor charmed however when on
one of the last pages In the book ha
met with a pencil sketch of himself
There wan no mistaking the llkeess It
was a most spirited head and tho fea-
tures were his own Tor a moment the
colonel was elated to almost boyish glee
and could scarcely refrain from pressing
to his lips this precious proof of Rosas
feelings
At that critical moment Mrs Crafts
and her daughter entered the room A
slight blush a modest dropping of ber
fringed eyelids betrayed tho surprise of
the artless llosa as she obsorved tho
colonels occupation
Pray who Is tho author of these beau-
tiful sketches he aaked aa soon as be
had paid his respects to the ladies
A look of maternal pride on the one
side and of girlish difildence on the
other was exchanged between mother
and daughter but no reply was made
Are the poems ny the Mina hand as
the drawings Bald he BtlU retaining his
hold of the volume which Hosa gently
strove to tatfe from him
A Urn d jes was uttered by the beau-
tiful girl while her mother pretending
to hear a summons from an Invisible ser
vant Judiciously left the room Colonel
Mlddleton drew Rota to a sett beside
him and as he clasped her hand In his
exclaimed
Hear dear rosa do you mean to mo-
nopolize all the choicest gifts of heaven
Look here pointing as ho spoke to his
own portrait tn the volume and tell me
If I nuy dare to hope that our own
heart was the mirror that reflected these
foatures
Kosa uttered a faint cry anl overpow-
ered b > shame hid her face on the arm
of the sofa while her white ieck was
suffused with a deep red hue that mght
easily have been mistaken for a blunh
The colonel was overpowered his feeble
was a desire to be the first and only ob
ject of affection to a womans heart and
he could not doubt that he had now at-
tained his hopes A passionate expression
of his feelings and a proffer of 1114 heart
and hand were the only evidence of grat
itude which he coull beitow on the ftntie
girl What a fine piece of acting was
Itosas gradual return to selfpissesalont
The blushing timidity with whlh she
listened to his passionate tenderness her
delicate dread lest his discovery of htr
secretly cherished attachment should be
the motive ot his present offer nnd final-
ly tho modest jet fervent abanJmment
of feeling with which he nlloved her
head to rest on his shoulder while his
arm encircled her slender form and his
lips Imprinted a lovers kiss on her fair
brow would have made tho fortune of a
theatrical debutante It was all not tied
Ihe album decUcd the affair and Hosa
Crafts was certainly destined to become
Mrs Colonel Mlddleton
But onco sure ot her lover Itosa had
no dofllro to become a wife sioner that
prudence required Sho could not give u
old habits without an effort and she de
termlned to enjoy her liberty as long at
roBSlble by deferring the period of hei
marriage Colonel Mlddleton bulled him-
self In refitting his beautiful villa on the
banks of the Hudson art4 during his
temporary absences Itosa obtained many
n momont of freedom from restraint
Fortune seemed to favor tho wishes of
tha heartless woman of the world for
ere tho time fixed for their marriage
had arrived Colonel Mlddleton was or-
dered to take command ot his regiment
In I lorlda He was too good a soldier
to hesitate whatever might have been
tils disappointment nnd the day which
should have witnessed his union with
his beautiful bride dawned upon him
amid tho everglades of that wild and
perilous district Nothing was easier
than to write tender and beautiful letters
to her distant lover nothing moro pleas-
ant than to return to society as an af-
fianced bride certain of a future estab
lishment and privileged to seek present
enjoyment
How can you be so attentive to that
consummate flirt asked a friend as
Captain fiibretaih returned from lead
ing Mlsa Crafts to her carriage after a
gay party
I have gool reason for my conduct
Harry was tho reply she has not a
moro devoted attendant In society than
myself
I know It and therefore It Is that I
nm surprised at your Inconsistency
Inconsistency Harry You dont know
me or lou would not think me Incon-
sistent Can nothing but admiration and
love render one watchful I tell you that
never had that woman a lover half so
devoted ond bo observant as myself but
It Is with the keen eye of hatred that 1
watch her every movement It Is tho
spirit of vengeanco which actuates my
every attention
It Is a queer way of showing haired
Do you moan to continue such devotion
after her marriage with Colonel Mld
dleton
That marriage will never take place
Harry Think > ou tho noblemlnled
colonel would wed her If ho knew all
that I could tell him I will not oppose
Idle words to a lovers passion but I
will bring him proof such as he cannot
doubt of her unworthlness and thus will
I fulfil my revenge
Among the cdmtivrs whom Hosa drew
around her during the colonels absence
nae ho
rue excited her peculiar Interest
The Haron do Stutenhoff was a Huaslan
with dear blue eyes a profualon of light
hair and olso
presumed to be In posse
Ion of a mouth although his bushy
colored mustachtos and untrlmmcd beard
rendered the fact samewhAt difficult of
proof to thofce who had never seen the
gentleman expand his Jaws at a supper
table Ho was no Impoiterno Spanish
barber no Trench cook no Italian
mountebank disguised en marquis The
Heron da Stutenhoff was actually a baron
privileged to wear the cros a and rlbbtns
of several oidera at his buttonhole aud
bearing on his cheek a broad and not
very seemly scar cf a sabre cut recelv d
in honorable cambat He had been cap
tlvated with th charms of the beautiful
coquette end she was by no means di
rUascd with th opportunity ot flirting
with so distinguished a man II became
i voni1t ftttrd m society his
habits and Utteg asuimllated to her own
far bitter than did thore of the sons
live and girted Colonel Mldtfleton Ka
when h talked in bad rrench of hi
Jfe lh dI ° lfcaa W h their sliver bttts
help wtih ng that she hnd net been quit
so precipitate In her acceptance of u
I v Proposal Nothing would hav
i Vln70Bd < 0 tardea capital
la bello Amerlcalne of some distant T
where Americana were looked uroa land
savages She fancied ah coulj bihoH
J Mn Uw a ln th Wetur
wiue attlrj of a foreign clime nnd win
ring the admiration of king and prlnJl
Vl t fTJl bjirlo court of rtusS u r
vanity la
her Into th same labyrton
her sh had often bewildered JS
and without confiding her feelings taw
more prudent mother she determined 1
°
muU circumstance to anlt her
views ot ambition Th Darin do stated
bolt wu a vala man and of S 2
u3lii li t a man thai ho double
Sub the Kr O hi hnnd or wo t for
wm moro Olllnsulshcd woman to throw
herself at hU tct Uut Roto
matusfd to th Hm an Idea that he
wealthy and thon after Wins
wri cry
ab olut I > roi al
in him a near to an
aTfultod her vle ho determined o
tut her ctu tlmo to maka a decision
But he a doomed to aavo her plana
developed rather prematurely
Captain Sabre
Bomeono could It be
Informed Colonel Mlddleton of all
tanh
that had paned lnco hl departure and
the consequence wa that the gallant sol-
dier obtained leave of absence and unex-
pectedly returned havlnic met on the
road a most devoted ond tender letter
from hi ladye love On tho evening of
hi arrlial in New York there was a
splendid fancy ball and without inform-
ing anyone but Captain Sabretash of hla
return tho colonel determined to Judgo
for himself of Ilosas conduct Accom-
panied by the captain he entered the ball-
room early anl uy dint of a bribe ob
tained the prHllego of occupying a nook
In the orchestra from whence he could
seo ulthout being een Almost the Ant
person th t met his cjes waa his delicate
and modest Itoss whirling throuih the
Biddy waltz In the arms of the tall Hus
sion Ills auburn beard mingled with her
dark tresses as her head almost rested
on his breast and his eyes were bent
with a most Insulting expression upon
the graceful form which reclined In his
embrace Itosa little dreamed of the
florco glance which watched her every
movement as she practised her fasci
nating arta upon the delighted baron Bhe
little knew that the quick ear of another
hod caught the offensive and libertine
words to which she had listened In
silence and excused aa only tht freedom
of foreign monners as It true gentlemen
of every land did not always respect the
modesty ot women She little puspected
that ho whom sho believed to be exposed
to the bullet of the lurking Indian was
suffering a wound scarcely lesa severe In
the crowded nnd glittering ballroom
It was at this moment when the proud
and sensitive Colonel Mlddlctou was fully
convinced ot her levity of conduct thnt
Captain Sabretash determined to make
lnoivn to him her utter hcarllesEness
I havo that to tell to which you must
hsiel now Colonel MidJicton raid he
wren the betrayed lover would fain have
v lerrcl his communication now while
oar eye la dirtlng fire upon the false
woman who bus mado jou the tool of her
mercenary schemes Listen to mo now
ere the voice of tha siren charm you Into
forgetfulnesa of what you behold Five
years ago I had a sister my only one a
gentle loving creaturo with little beauty
but with a heart filled with every good
feclng She waa wooed by one whom I
esteemed and approved she lovod him
and they were betrothed to each other
Rut Adeline went Into the country on
account of my mothers 111 health and
during her absence her loyer fell Into the
way of Itoaa Crafts They met at a fash
lonablo wateringplace and though
struck with her beauty he rcmalnod
proof against all her ordinary fascina-
tions until her pride became piqued and
she determined to make him sensible of
her attractions Sorao fool among her
danglers offered a wager that she would
not succeed She accepted the wager and
though she knew or nla engagement to
another she deliberately sot herself to
tho task of robbing his attlanced brldo of
his arfectlons When did an unprincipled
woman ever will anything which she did
not accomplish It she scrupled not the
means Sho aucceedod Adeline waa
neglected and for a time forgotten Sho
pined ln solitude for the accustomed ten
derness which had become the nutriment
of life to her young heart but she re
ceived It not At length came a letter
her lover overcome with shame and re-
morse but led away b > his fatal passion
wrote her a wild Incoherent letter full of
penitence and sorrow but still designed
lieh a n UniS en m fluMed fath
W Eement with Adeline
Slit7fttit 1 J > Rosa Clatts
llclt lQV and won her wager I
absent at the time and wheif I re
u rc1 Adellne was djlnx ot
ffld wI V al l eJ c1 hf r I < onsum aw her
ism wltnln ihe tomb
and then I soucht
for vengeance on her perjured love lie
eu to light me 1 d sifaeed him n
Sent1 VIZ ° l by Personal chiTlse
<
ullntnJ then he
was ob lged to meet
SJtXW Ti1 lstol at twelvi
P S7ilVllm throush tho body
Snbrctaan paused overcome by
sfteeTwn > H vi elapsed
since
then
he
resumed and I have
haunted the step of that woman In hope
Tit eM ° lr huml cd to Ihe dust
Talk ot harmless
flirtation My hurled
taffid nV myUnbuK
atalned hand
can bear
w tueBs to tho In
SfrtaUoVr W < W armle
P MMal
IIf ulMl J > e0e
bult LS W1 11 u d nothing
tat ll trS ij Whcn K ha UsM ° <
Bahr4ah7 > tja ° U n C ata
cod n
cS L r mciu j <
th exlstenc r ° K mnt w < oubt
la all 1 t t th BU ° ln heaven Eh
h e S n JL b you must
to know that Vf Ji r v lallIko lite
hearted wom tlr Clc1 w a true
Rosa CrattT haM
meat Rosa eeasid 1 nn4 D no
k
being he had tmJe J1 > 0Ita1fJ
oharlsh his if fi ° e1 h > ased to
view chr Kfn ° r h an mter
earnealnes f an aad ii 1 by y-
on hera by onotrance and
termlnatea f 1 beartleasnesa
beautltei It oaa in fT l1 lh
hr
lover Inlnafh hWwnlnderl
runture bt Uh ire < er tho
hoft had tbVaaueSSV Von BtUten
HtacUon ot leading to th
attar the belle pt u
u
ere tho honeymoon was
to hla great chagrin iV > 1
clpated riches of SlgfJ
fnund nomowlhr In aTiLV
own largs estate InTo5J
rel wa the lmmaui ft
covery while th mW SaH
him to the llf of vh m ai
trie traveling froj rSl
brilliant Rosa wa cSnortL <
her tnothera 1
dun counts J <
the character of a deKjS51
Colonel Mlddleton 5l5 lUfSil
den after he had lunJaV
il
tho true author and owl
volume which Ilea huX V
atter he had awaken 41
to
a aenso ot duhi f
after ho had learned tha Si 3I
ful spirit and a loving W SMI
Orace Leyden aharf
to hi2v >
life and he became hf l
Into tho home of her hi > bSf rl
nnd virtues which had K41
and tj
resources of her hearT ft
° btututTSsSl
audacity of th
der by what possbU
gleaned tholr
knowledge
el iv
tho houso for that
a kne L
Inner working ot lb foS 4
been gained the auccJT VJS
catea The truh SZg >
most elaborate plan Whn
selected a a likely one the W
building are schC S
attach
handedset about to UanfuJ = i
possible In connection with 1l
duco exposure to
A large country mansion u
some of Its choic a7TreaVu
dalors hid effected th rVWIa
lossly nnd apeodlly that nSttlaV
waa ever
dlacovered
u
rarest worka of art hid betaI
atod so clevery that expert tw T
ordinary knowledge mist fc
wotki plate and a cnaUBaK
money llkcwlae falling
beff t
deal of tho knowledg axnii iT
marauders had been Impanel l
of photographs which uk
curable In the adjacent
rtlitt
much ln request for their btiaifl
totual
deagn cabinets cf Utivl
the mansion famoua for It irtaj
orationbrightening the jhoj
tho vlllagcra The vlllan pojm1
membered selling two flozta < 7 f
tho different parts cf
tha home
surroundings to
a vvclldrtntj an
but aa thla
waa quite aU Bona
the robbery no Importance UI b
tached to It even during the tire1
veatigatlons Instituted aturlliii
of
depredation
Some flratclaaa crlbcricktnP
accompllcea Innumerable who tla
ng no direct part In the aiiiX
llself
render material aiiatat
nefarious orea by oblainln toloi
concerning Ihe hablta of in lut
the spotted houses Women uu
Intruitcd with this raisilgj un
push It satisfactorily by huum
slon ln respectable clpacltjo ie
a young girl ot about SWs a
at probing her way Into tha bit
houses on all aorta of erraaat tra
Ing Illneas aa a laet resource htrt
tuannera culture of speech uj
dteaa armslng no suflplcloa > fg
Impreaslona of keja have btnue
wohien more expeditiously thu Ij
Wlndowfittlngs have been tuga
der pretence ot fitting la vtati
while glatlers have worked it r
windowa purely to sketch the o
and examine through the put a
tlous rooms
An eltectlvo robbery waa tnc U
octaston to a w Ickerchalr ul I
mender a woman who fortlMi
worked on the premlsea ot a Iit
try hwuse mending and makicit
Inmate and at the samt tisei
down particulars for a compute
ones who remunerated her Uvi
for her services This wools r
ported to be connected with me
feAiiga which avvarnof hereoeiua
10 the large Isolated hotiMiaJt
commissioned her to execute rr
them as well an opportanitjgUlh
upon to better htr clrcjnuiis
she turned white feather est e
her Becret to the police th gaaj
not havo suffered as a nonlnuw
son was Intrusted to bear ram
this wight belnr unaware thu a
thus lndlr tly atllttlrg a bujj
other plana have been adoc4
the thlevoa were fearful of lb wr
In tho shape of baikttmendire
alonal s < amatreaa turninr pita
Information rciulred has beca rt
a wall or fenco In signs anillrw
telllglble to the unlnlllaled wr
aa printed charactcra to the pwee
a
corned I3ven money hsa t
ln hollow trcs v alia or WJf
nook to prevent lutercourta we
ti
glare and aecorrpllce
A burglars note bock faulK1
ago revealed an astoundlul t v
lnformatlon though the ranxea
v lllagcs houses and McwuM
slltucd by signs and small JK
mysterious ns Chinese fl1
to their originator and hjR
lowers Small piuna beaullf
ot a
and revealing points j
aty some even being wfW
Hon na examplea of pem
tlstlcally were they rrejan
tered profuiely throughoatniFj
K ro and WJ
a paragraph
ahorlhand
down In a 11
the authorhe being appU
educate buslneraime m a
TL
of tho highest t pe w
One lndlvlduallheyard r
plaja an Important P Jg
calculations The aocompiw
mtoutelfe
hla
sor of natural history or jw
and many a valuable anlmila
this
capacitated through
theso premature precautlm
various Items to consider w
selected for depredation WJM
of Intricate schemes art e
render detection or leliu Jt
possible f His
Nots have been secured W
where an Intruder hsa pes j
Ihnt a audden entry fJZt
dlaturbcr being securely JJ
acoplo ladders have bceajS
alte windowa to W >
from the exact quir erof V Te
nnd formidable nettings a J A
wire havo been erung
craving of 119
and front lawns where a r
most likely emerge s a
Vet these compHcilM r ca Th
based O c
descriptionare
dentine that th iffi J
effected In an Incredible
minuteaj the ejlherlaJ Wgl
paraphernalia being w
effectd These nlehtf
wclldressod and educatel r t
working of a soleet S m
with a myetery that t
scrutiny of th law Iftrl
never w
nulferlrg arrest
contcderateaso lhiW
a gang rarely mtel
Shrmlil W 0 >
Ph > slclan dsclare
go to bed huMW ci is
la the wai
Inscmnla H
r jSalf R
>
been
n w ho have
the Opinion that they v JJ
auppera MuraS
It 1 unl JXrSui
viands which bowl rirt >
crgnna but < ltJ Ja
orthlnctuellsaP
iwpl > and < > J Sr ur
This la especially
tcr nights when J
M
warmth a much t
boy liven
ful to tbepalab aSj
gruei
light wellcwkod <
cur llraato gfl
wlntur hould be w
it
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