, 1873-12-21

| 4ClO Sllo WIS I'LL u1hi Jill Ll0 Eulu uFCU
and thrived. All tho nolghl,ors round about
pltlcd mud nlato muci, Of tLo helpless baby; tho
tlBlors IN especial taking so warm an tntorcat in
hor welfare TINT at 0 yearB old Milo Lulu wna
spirit iii tint lonely cottago on tho hill- top
Two yoars Hrd n half bud passed. when acci.
dent ngAin brought mo TO Jersey for my summon
holiday Md aa nlattor Of collrso ono Of my
frlond at In CLAIRE. I was on horseback, md
tho tlay was hot and thundcro,ln, breaking ovory
now and then into those sudden tlown-poura
those terrific a!ccts Of rain for which tho isand
brcl!a I,wap naturally dosirous OF gotting 10 La
Chatro before being caught in ono OF these
Wntor.Bpol1ta yot aA I ncared tho wetI-l,nowu
honao by tho roadsiao, tho remembrance Of I.,lt
n made mo draw rein md alaolten pAco, .1ookng
hcr nayo aloud 1t, 1opes Of Eeoing pnir Of
startled Joyous oyoa fash ont In answer
Vain idcn! Thoro waB no yoico In reply, llo
rush Of 'lttlo feet, no round. bright faco iiftcd
tho yellow, thundogous fg!lt, dust upon the
upon tho rlntidy tufts Of blooa-red CARNATIONS
Atragg'ing over tho dry, light soil outside tho
Of smoke from tho chimney. The place looked
dark, lisnaal. nnd tleportod, Ms though curse
Ind fallen on it.. and, wondering nnt dIanp-
pointed. I rolo down in tho village nud put
SS G[,rSy. ny horse at tho tnn before going to 1"~
There ! inquired for my baby guide Of fornor
years. There, in the Htnblo-yav[, lcaruol from
tho old man who acted rs my groom whnt had
happened to THO happy cottagv, aud where its
little queen had gono.
Lulu was doad!
nMonsicur remembers hor aunt" tho man
satd, IN pretty. dirk girl, with cfoolss li',o
peaches. and yolvot eyos. 'Douco Slauotto, tho
they did not lind her :1ouco' to them. I.o bon
Dieu knows how many lovers she had in tbs vii
lage here; but mover n. ono got inside tho cot
tago room whore afanctto wished and sewod, md
kept care OF Lulu while grand'mere was away at
work; mover one Of tlioin ali till Philip Cor
don, private from tho garrison there, found his
way up tho hillpa.h, md into llanotoa yillful
lcart. ALI, Diotl from TINT day nil went wrong.
Gordon wus III idle. diBsoluto sort OF follow, nnu
tho grand'n,oro would hayo none of him. Sllo
found out that le spcnt every sou in folly us
Hoon nR 1t came; that his olicors looked on him
as black sheep; mud that. for might his COM
rides knew, l'c might havo a wife IN oyory gar
rlson town already. In granamero turnou him
ont Of tho house tho irst time B{lo cAuEht him
there. and forbade A1auotto to sec Or speak to
him again.
"ofanetto disobeyca. ~
pa.9I,s "ons een s not jHdge theAe things seur Oh
haps Gordon persuaded tho girl TINT he was d
victim to cruel calumuy md In jnstice-cn passe.
Every timo he could got leave In tho day, whon
old Nero Le Drln was AWAY, lo used to como 10
tho tho teottngo and hul3, Inpy and Important
losora talked. We in tho rillago know It Mi !;
aud when wo saw 'p'iit Lulu Hcra,nbling down
tho hill-path with one littl8 haul' graspiug the
neck OF her pinafore, more than one ct ttB guesH-
cd tllat 1tnnetto llad tucked scrap Of paper iu
thero with q message for her soldier-loyor. Lulu
liked to be bl1sy, you know, m'seur; her Ittlo
foet never tired OF running oriands for tho folk
sho loved.
"Ono day tho end Of all thta arrived.
abruptly, mud Gordon with difficulty coutriycl to
lot alanotte know that he would be with her by
certain timo to say tGooG-by,' aud make nr-
rangcnontH for their futuro.. Behold ns II by
malice, that worry day AIero LIE Dran had rlcuml-
tisln, and would not go to wotk, or suffer Ma
netto to leave her, Perhaps sho suspected.
Dien Ent. at any ratio there she wnB, a,d there
was Alauotto, wild, restless. miserable and
drcading every moment tllHt Gordon wond ep-
pcnr 1t lust an idcn struck her, She called
Lulu, and batle her run down tho patti, meet llor
lover md koep him away. Lulu wont Mt once.
The gra,ll'moro saw tho child scanlpor of. aud
cried:
Come bacA, pitt chat, it goes to ruin hard!
Como thon, wicked onol'
"1Iclas! you know Lulu. 3Ao was wlllful, In
petite, mud sllo loved :1unotlo more thar tho
harl old grandmother. She roll OIL, not hecdiug.
It was q black. stormy dAy like this, but worse.
Great drops OF rain began to fall; md aloro Lo
Brun, afraid for tho child, badc Manetto 20 and
her daughter oboyeI! sho lew of like 4 hnre,
hor faco all QUO noso Of {oy Then suppose II
lowed and there, q littlo way from tho path, NIL
OF tho lill, stood Gordon with aIanotto in lis
arms. md Lulu sitting OIL point OF rock beside
thom, serene aud smiling amid all the ruin and
storm.
sit NIL happened in one second.
Tho girl saw hor grandmotllor's threatening
fnce over her lovers shoulder and started back,
Gordon threw out luis arm to keep her, and
someow, by accident, knoeked 'ptia Lulu oil
ca'nc great blazo Of lightning, rush Of rain
which frightened them nll. They heard Lulu
cry, and tried~all tlrce-to saye her as slle foil,
fell; foil, rolling from rock to rock over tho
forms aud brambseu. M'sienr, you aro p4lo;
.waH stiff Gordon had to think OF 1tanetto lest
she tuo, should slip and tlash herself down.
When they reached the bottom, Lulu lay thoro
upon tho stones quito still nna white, her little
nody all broket!, hor hands torn aud blccdins.
cut OH tho lttlo hoad. all anon. tho yellow curls
you could haTo put your hAud in it.
"rhey buried her threo days Inter. All tho
noigllbors round camo to SEQ her 1aid In holy
Monsieur can comprehend; but tho regiment
Ind gone bofore them, Gordon with it, and 10
granlmero could not leave Afauette, who lay i'll
Of u foyer III her bad.
"rauvro file! she did not die; but It was full
five weeks before sho could oven sit at tho cot
tage-door again; and then her beauty was all
gono hor skin yellow, her oyos DUH, like IN
Old, old woman. do not thiuh hcr brain wns
ever quito right aftor that; eho would
look so wanly at yor, and say, s1n1u,
LuIu,' over mud over again in u dull, hopeless
way thon cry ont in great agony. or creep away
to ,Hoep. I think sllo knew hcr folly aud wrong
doing hal killed tho innocent lamb WHO loved
ller, ,ud could not 1.-Two it down. Poor alanetto
ono day In grand'mere shut up her cottagc and
carried her away. She said tho neighbors ta!lscd
about them j and our poor arc very proud, yoyez.
youx, m'sie,ir, Tlley went away to Franco all Ill
u dav and since then tho houHe is empty.
Tlloro is no little faco to laugh ont ut you no
child to take tho place Of 'p'tit lulu"
THEODORE GIFT.
our CHILDREN.