The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-03-17

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1[had I; been obfistened Josephise Marin
Refine des cieax:,, .fter her ''marraine.
shs ~ a''tiny little girl, With >t~
round Dyes, and aElittle tight black ca
ytied Under be chin, aud !. little blac1
snuff pinafore and trowiiyers to match
Refine was found Of the child, an;
charming With her. vi She was one Q
those people who arc like angels whe
they protect and take care Of others, sn
4 *ho; are h.td,a ungr.tesal,, suspicious
oajust,7 to those to whom they are oblie
) cd TO look up. o'' 'S> %7''":.' " !:
i, o. this particular Sunday, while th
luncheon trays we're steamins into to
dining.room in Eaton Square, will
Dick driving up to the door in han
som, and Mr. Butler still rustling TIL
06.eroer ID iisstudy ; while -Btamisl
and Catharine were slowly walking
home from church, and little; Catharine
who had preceded them, was tst,ndinli
| al by herself in the aschool.room, va
e.nt}y plating and unpl.iting the tas
.el- of the blind, and pulling the ragged
ends, aud thinking Of the future loom
! ing darkly-it was VI, her last day ia th,
dismal little b.st;le; and, 'now. that til
end. vas coms,, she looked back With
ehia's passion Of persistence and long
ingstos tie rthreadso and stsavs With
which She had bsguiied her time
Hhfhle h all this va Z going pa in Ode
( ANAL g: corner 2 Iot the Forld, 10 another
RENE, was pulling oat Der strong arms,
and lifting little7 aIosetrs.s on the don.
keys back. 'E"H1|'',S' o. - >,
! Josette's 8 mother oare.worn woman
in shabby! (! elothes7-wes ea standing in the
sun, shading her fdinmedo eyes: the
| tligktsdazxlsd apoors Madame; 'Marteau
tHer;]ifs Wis spene ii ssors Of twiligh,
tgl CON! d I'D jn1aarsiinne, IS TIC bedridden husband
Whose voice even now might be heard
muttering and calling from an Inner
room!'i Fhe poor woman looked. on with
. glimpse IF pleasure in her sad face,
grateful to, RENE 10, carrying off the
.ittls, maiden. into . sholesome, bright
atmosphere, where :thsro were flowers
growing, and little chickens running
about and little boy to play with
sometimes, to place where Josette ex-
panded with delight in all the glory of
childhood, instead. of being .dwarfed
INTO a, precocious little woman by Pere
Marteaa's railings and seedlings.
"Well, Josette, what does one say ?"
said Madame Marteau.
"Bo, sour, marraine," !" lisped Josette,
hanging her head, and pretending to
be shy.
"Joeette is coming home with me" i"
said Beipe,. ;"to see Belette and Mine,
and ts ask ;Petitpere to g,ve her some
jbrioche," ;" to II Of, which = propositions
J Josette nodded her head, !. Ard then
she said something which sounded like
Jallonsvoirletitoto.
! "They baegia soon enough said
Madame Marteau, Struggling her weary
,!shoalderst;' She is a,lxaysl talki1 & about
.le petit Toto. ''M: Fontailnnic Il must take
care: =. !" >';' '.'. $500.
+. Here, like a distant roll Of musketry,
came volley Of r-r-r's from the inner
room.' Refine fiowned and turned
away. Madame Marteau hastily nod
ed good-by and passed in, disappearing
into the gloom, while Refine and little
Josette rode On together through the
sunlit fields: .'''.' L: u : -a''' ..:,'
r Josette had her wish, and Toto was
allowed to Come and spend the day
With her > Totoo's.' granamother favored
Mademoiselle Chretien, ard never de-.
MED her requests. The two children
sdinsd ~ith Refine aud her father 10
tho great 'd1rk af.rm-kitchen. They
had soup v,'ith bread ID It, and cider,
and steweda Beef and cabbage, and IS
much g.lette as they could eat. Refine
took care Of Them Ind old Chretienn !;
she; poured 1oant the eiidtstt, t,t, and vent
away herself to fetch 4 !, particular dish
Fof eggs.vhioh: her grandfather liked.
Dominique: dissd with them 100! The
: 1great dog came marching id througli
III; ;';p op:n 'door: - the cocks and, hen,
came and pseped at them, Outside it
was all, all sunny and. still; inside there !
vas; GAZETTE and two pretty 1ittle: plates
and tuhtles forsths clfildrea use, and
.us eiae's i' treasure; satss;ea aud
rosaries,a ,aaud oteliquarles-for them to
play with 7 after dinner, and RENE her
self tustliog about NTH her gold car
rings bobbing aEshe' bent: over the "a
ble.@ But she was silent. although she
attepdedsto to them u, >. and she: looked At
the door once and: sighed, !. !,sa .y,::.
Old, Chretisn joked her,. and asked
Dominique what was: the. matter,
Reine3answered abort and quick: For
one thing,vthe thong ght of1that poor
woman's1 xretchedoesss oppressed her.
81 name: no names because of the chill.
dren,v'' she said, shut it seems to me
| 81 must ,ha ,lika a hell unon earth, to be