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Juletta to lead her grandfather back to his
scat on the piazza, while she herself remained,
as If to attend to her household duties. AT the
| end OF half oil hour Julictta saw her with her
| bonnet on her head and her gloves her
hand walk quickly through the garden and
pass out of the gate, which she closed behind
her, with the least possible noise. The old
mans fine sense Of hearing however, had in
stantly detected, and five may SO speak, had
followed all the movements of his granddaugl,-
ter, and when the safe closed behind her he
said with deep sigh, and as if speaking to
himself. ''She has gone out again
Then probably to divert the solcitude
which was tormenting him, he directing Juliet
to 50 and tell the servant girl to take little
Mary out for a walk, and added, "Brng with
you, when you come back the newspaper that
You will find on the table in the saloon, and
como and read to me the article upon the pub
lie rejoicing of last week. That will amuse
both you and me'
Julietta obeyed short time afterwards
Marianne and Mary went out for their walk
and Juetta returned, and seating herself upon
n stool near her grandfathcrs feet, began to
read the articleI which he had mentioned
1t was very long one, and rs she had to stop
now and then to spell some of the longer and
more difficult words, she had not quite finished
it, when several knocks on the garden gate
was heard.
"Ihcrc is no one to open it, grandpa" said
the little girl, intcrrupting her reading.
| The garden gate was not far enough from the
piazza to prevent the old man from hearing
the following dialogue, which took place be-
tween his niece and lady-stranger
docs not yonng lady, a teacher of the pi.
ano, live here T. asked the latter.
"No madam" Julictta replied.
at must be here, certainly, my dear! Ihad
the exact direction to this house given me- She
may be boarde, whom you do not know, my
! little one."
'In the whole house there is no one but nv
grandpa, who is blind" answered Julictta, in
the impatient tone Of little girl who liked
not her word to be doubted, "and Andela,
my Oldest sister, and Marianne, the cook, and
her husband the gardener, and my little sis.
ter Mary, and the dog, andI and no one
else. But sometimes young lady comes here
who teaches the piano, and perhaps she is the
| one You want to sec."
IL wish to seei Miss Adela st. Andres, who
teaches the piano in the family Of
II never tell fbs, ma'ma!'' said Julictta,
impaticntly nterruptng her; 'my sister Adela
| Is not teacher of the piano. Don't you
think that ought to knowl"
"Docs the Baron St. Andres live here p
asked young man, stopping also at the half
open gate.
eyes air.
'Then certainly the young lady for whom
you arc inquiring, lives here, madam" he
said to the lady who was questioning, Juliet
tn "and doubtless the Baron St. Andres
| whom seek, is her grandfather" And to the
intense surprise, and even anger of Julietta,
| who still insisted that her sister was not a
teacher of music, the young man made his
way to the piazza, approached the blind grand
father, and after having assured himself that
he was speaking to the Baron St. Andres, said
-"Baron have tee pleasure of announcing
| to you that your pension is restored"
''Sir, siri You must certainly have taken me
for some one elsc," the Baron answered, Iii:
| surprise almost great as that of Julietta
"for my pension has never been taken from
me. How then can you say, it is restored |
The young man resumed and it was evident
that he was also greatly astonished:
"Are you not the Baron st. Andres, who
served in the reign of Lofts XIV, aud Louis
XVI, in the Vendean wars who has lost fl We
sons in the wars of the Empire r.
"Yes, Sir, the Baron answered
Your grand-daughter-the young lady
Adela st. Andres-does she not give lessons
on the piano in the house of the Minister o.
WARM fact, to my sistera'
explain yourself sir explain yoursclf!"
the old man exclaimed. "My pension lost /!
Adela Three times a day Oh ! entreat
you, explain!"
ut is very simple matter" the young man
said "but how can you be ignorant of all this
1t is fact that have two sisters, and about g
year ago, when they were seeking teacher o.
music, your granddaughter, the young lady
Adela, offered her services; she was recommend
! ed by the Countess de Bricourt, whose daugh.
ters she was also teaching. After some months
had passed, knowing thatI was in the war.office
and that am the minister's nephew, she told
me that your pension had been discontinued
for two years, and that no cause had been as
s'S"eo 'oi ~, huu, SIG auueu, "Nclther q blind
old man, nor young girl like me- can take the
necessary steps totlearn the reason" Make your
mind easy upon that point" said to her; 81
will takecharge of the matter" have fulfil
led my promise, and now hope the pleasure
OF communicating to you the pleasing g intelligence
that orders have been given, not only for the
restoration of your pension, but also for the
payment of all arrears
"oh. Adela! noble and worthy grill" ex.
claimed the old man, raising his sightless ewes
to Heaven "Ob, my daughter! so unjustly ac-
cused-you have conce aled all this from me all
even the labor which your filal love induced
you to undertake. Oh, where is she why does
she notcome Go, 60 and seek her."
'ulletta went out, as if for that purpose, and
the Baron, gradually overcoming his emotion,
related to the young man and to the stranger
lady all that had passed that morn,ng-his
fears and his anxieties for his granddaughter.
The praises and blessings which the old man