Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-03-05

Iity TO the little tablet painters, ans
lhe soon produced 4 letter from 3
tradesman in Paris, to whom he had
written about Carl and Irma, and the
Offer had come TO them, through him,
of one thousand francs year, con.
Jointly. for tablet painting, and would
advance n sufficient sum for their
passage to that city. IL was for
tune incomparably great to the poor
starvelings, that could barely exc out
a living on brown bread and daily
.norsel of cheese.
Irmas dreams ofthat other lite were
about TO be realized; she repeated
over and over again TO herself, zone
thousand francs Her portion five
hundred francsl Dame Ma-gery shall
have A good cloak for the winter, and
we shall have white bread every day
and Il glass Of wine on the Sabbath
days"
She was fast forgetting her kind
benefactor in her JOY Of dreaming,
until his voice aroused her, 'lrma,
little golden hair, when you are once
in the mighty city, with its life so diff
terent from this, will you ever think
Of me, will YOU ever say an Are -htr'd
when YOU kneel down in the grand
cathedral, Notre Dame? VIII you
ever think of the old days when /
came to the little window every day TO
see your pictures, as they came from
under your wee. wee hands ?
And when YOU gather your FteHr de
/ L,s, breath prayer for me, little
one, and the fragrance Of their bells
will carry it to the stars, and the home
b youd, that | shall sometime see,
when these shadows will be taken
from my eyes forever. God bless and
keep you, my children"
There were tears in the old mans
voice as his solemn benediction rested
upon them. Madame Nessincau was
very clad that this good fortune had
come to them, and the poor children
babe them, the only friends they had
ever known, goodnight, with hearts
too full for words.
Dame Margcry's solitary taper gave
forth its sickly light, as Carl and lrma
came within the door. The homely
click Of the wooden sandals, that al
wavs had welcome sound, echoed
through the narrow passage as she
opened the door to their eager, ncr-
yous knock.
Dame Margery, We have great
news Tor You, for u all we are to 90
To Paris, and have riches and beautiful
things, and sometimes ride in the
Champs Ehsccs"
The violet eyes were wide open,
and the face all flushed with JOY too
deep for even these enthusiastic words
toten. Dame Margely laid her hand
on the childs heated temple, and the
old woman's face showed the fear that
had found a place in her heart that
the child OF her love and adoption was
dcmcEted. that she talked 50 incOhe-
rentlyof things they hGdncycr known.
EXCEPT in dreams, or in the books Of fai-
.ry legends and enchanted lives. Carl
smiled at Irma's vehemence, while he
detailed the evenings conversation
with their aged friend. The hours
were waning into the small ones Of
morning ere sleep visited the eyclids
of Dame Margcry or Carl Miller,
when long the angel Of Irma's life had
guarded the deep slumGcr Of the
dreaming child.
Herr Uansci was surprised and eh-
ragged with the swallows when they
uniolded to him the rich offer Of the
Paris t-adesman. He offered them q
great advance if they would remain
with him, butthcy could not be tempt
ed from the path that had been chosen
for them by their kind friend, the
poor blind organist.
In Paris with its ceaseless chime Of
bells, its minarcts and mighty hum
Of busy life. The tiny room that
Carl and Irma called their cabinet
was checrfulIy lighted by a little sky
light Of lightly stained glass and the
Bohemian children were very happy
in theirncw home. Dame Margery's
( face was Il constant reflection of lrna's
contentmeut and the busy sound of
the wooden sandals echoed chcCiIy
the whole day long, while the heart
Of Paris throbbed on regardless Of the
veal or woe Of the three wanderers
fiom the banks Of the blue Rhine.
The Duke de Voice had offered q
large reward 10 any one who would
paint Oh a pair Of caiI.ot-rosat glass
vases to be presented to his bride
elect. the emblem OF his coat Of
arms. surrounded by the national
flower, Fier de Lyv. Carl saw the
printed bill, and conceived the plan
Of essaying tie work. Now lrma
could paint the flowers more beau
tifullv than IL was able TO do, and the
ca;llot glass was easy material on
which to work the delicate de-igns.
/ For one whole week he thought Of
nothing else, until he had decided 10
invest a large sum Of his earnings in
a pair Of cai!lot-rosat vases. Now
one hundred francs was n great deal
for a poor tablet painter TO possess
but with his quarterly amount, that
he had 50 carefully treasured, with
which to buy lrma little turquoise
ring, the vases Tere purchased, and
Irma worked very carefully On the
dclicately tinted ware and at last the