St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-01-28
/ PAULETTE JUNEAU.


ar;i s.soI PAULETTE JUNEAU. Irrg,:a~
.spE ,ossr II il 4ns n; In.son t1v a1vonur,os. 81
"Fly, fly, my father |! quick ~ exclaiiq:
ed Paulette, in tone rendered tremniuldNl
by fear as well as joy 9.'come with me aht I
you are safe, but lose not q moment, MI
have horrible: suspicions.''n ss.a:2a 9'%'se !.
- The prisoner wasea pale, Old man, with
bold, expansive brow, locks white as the
driven snow, ana q muscular frame, that
bent not beneath the weight Of the many
years Of care which i evidently sustained.
The general expression Il his countenance
was that Of uncomplaining submission but
there was something in his bearing, even
as he stood prisoner, naughty and scorn-
ful; aed it was evident that his submission
might better be traced to o:stubborne pride,
thsn the nheskness Of n forhearing nature.
Whether that p.ide nurtured ambition, or
honor-whether, tia fire in his eye burned
for good or evil, could not be decided at a
glance, but it, displayed a. soul; capable Of
daring deeds, and .as uncomfortable as the
lightning or the whirlwind.i.. r,s4 ;.s,4
4 s Juneau was not a f!S shan of rank, though
fitted by nature TO- be sclassed with the
proudest mobiles of France In her sunniest
days.. For aaong time previous to the rev.
'olutionary5s troubles he had occupied q
small shop in the Rue lie Tocque,, where
his pretty daughter was wont to serve with
her own hand the customers that were at
tracted 'thither as much by her charms as
the very delicate flavor Of her gateaux and
glace de creme. Mademoiselle Paulette was
4 bright. little being, combining tbs easy
grace, which ;is the birthright Of her fair
teountrywemen, With beauty of the most
complexsorder,s inasmuoh as it srequired to
be studied long sbeforceit could Be we'll ap.
preoileltled. ll,l. :? Hsr figure was light and her
step 50 elastic, thai when fitting about the
Flittle shop, iishe appeared emoretlike some
glad butterfly, baskingg in: the beams Of the
summer sunlight. than the doomed inhabi.
:tant Of a. sinful world, The expression of
her countenance ;was'then one Of mere vi
lsyaeity,, a,joy devoid ofsthought, and 50
closely interviewer with; her very nature,
that it promised to gush forth and separate
tttherheart from every .trouble,ts Sometimes,
Wien theT shop was unusually thronged
with custom omers. the old man came tot, {; the
assistance of his daughter, and then Pau
istte was as silent and timid as young
fawn, consulting His eyes at every motion,
trembling and shrinking when they grew
Stern, and smiling and blushing' with pleas
ure when their glance approved: II va.
evident that Faalette feared her. father
! quite as much ass she. loved him, r But the
fair child Of Juneau was not always glad,
nor always simid. All the compliments
that French gallantry could devise, had
been lofferedsat her shrine, but they SEEM
Cd to fan 50 lightly on her ea, THAT no one
Gould determine whether they were un-
heard, unheeded, Or .unthankfully, .appro-
priated,, as the incense, due ito her. . But
alfof Juneau's customers were not mere
llie triaets, *ho said pretty things 81 " way 5
Of practice as much as for the qualification
Of "la 6el1e," for there was then many q
rufian- like man abroad in France, before
whose bold gaze, faaidens Of. far loftier
bearing than the simple Paulette shrunk
abashed. a stranger Of this stamp : came ne
one day for ! glass iof Juneau's .glde. a
creme, but pushed it from him uuntxstsd IL
tstateaa. The fairss ssirlsvho broughs7 it. Al
Ehrst Panlstte avoided his eye, and affected
not to hsar his words; bat Us they both bst
s zane ! 'l1 more 9! apnoying, she paused suddenly
Il Il before nj him; her erect figure seemed to
sven in.a ioftisdfa e dtiiHtdsnsi6ns, ner poutipa
f7sd 'hps WERE eompr re1sssd; sooas ID i sviin,o;e.
ftAJ hitherto laienl hrmness and dacisioin 81
nh5f ch.raetei, her broxs were. drawn idpp
half IN pride. half in contempt. and her di.
latsd !. eye fell upon the sts,hser With the
ps'qliarr = power which characterized the
glance 6f hsr sire: Amto5fas mt5a eodnpists trans:
forhnd fo'hnn tiea dtiion could not 81 {thstia5ad rht
1syoung Msn quailed forfalnn instint bsneatb
II, but. being arou5ed,b by the mosking ssnsel
Of his hepEAnion;; As. repeated his insult
Papblet1e laid hsf hand and upon .hs little bel
! that would have called her father 10 he,
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