Saint Mary's beacon., 1874-01-08


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worked early ana l,,c n cam 10 80,
pi,tapce thai formed he, daily hra,t an
her nights were spsbe IN IN . sarrs,
where the uciscnc smells fyom il,. ,,.nr,
below and me enrses and cr;s. .or,ss;,,..
made bar shuSdsr. hut .l,s "A. M hs.
ro;ne The osL.- ,;r,. sd ~ -,
even pretty but her halls ~ lSss si,S
hair were br;rhs .nd soft ana h, ..rs
though her faee. M. pale. were sweet And
-psrss and. in spite sf her lie. as it wss.
sAe vas ianoceus as when lcps ago her
mother had died in the same garres where
che now lived. She was not even Chris
dan--iew IN PARIS are.a fss6slieyssAd
then churches are not for poor people. yon
know-and when her Sundays came they
were such days ofres' after her har'i, hard
week that she was glad 20 oe away from
the crowd and rattle anu noise. ana sat by
herself alone. ... -.t
One day there came u the factory some
gentlemen, AL friends o! the proprietor,
VINO walked through ana looked at the
''a'o'nes' now .he e'F's wSrSeu tuem'
no" n'me'e tneir hhgess were' ani now
tue c'etnes were eu',-asi ma'ser OF Tact
enough e., 20 'he g,fis' on, curious 10 'hem'
iney AT iaushcd ana lexed ana saa some
thiag 10 tue g'rfs. anu one stopped be-
iote per eaair ana saii. what beautiful
haI touching just SO gently some cue
OF the long goiaen strands. Hhe b'ashcd
'et! ,su' enu Trey waiNed on.
,er name -i. .--~+
Nafie' SAID The proprietor. Yes,
pretty her. bat nothing else. she. is only
4 poor sewing not even one Of the
heads OF the department; oniy very poor
girl: M~ucsieut."
As the stranger walked out there c1ught
in his coat a long thread OF hair. which he
laughed at. smilsd, then loosel slowly.
placed ii in the rich !ocket he wore on his
chain. and then passed ou.. He did not
return again. but one day passing the
Boulevards she heard her name called,
Marie :" A gcniarme in uniform step
ped M and handed her a card: '.Mon-
,icur Henri de Lanues, Marquis dc Pla-
luemiuc."
She was surprised. Gentlemen DO no.
bother themselves atou, poor sewins-ei.ls
,ften: and then a Marquis. Who was he
What could it mean!
"He is here. Mam'sel!c, and wishes to
speak to you. Will you 20 ~
She followed, she did no. know whv,
,ud when the soldier stopped at n rich sa-
Don. and the door crened. she steppe,. in
md saw the gentleman who spoke at the
factory some weeks ago.
Then she burst into o,ears-"Mon.;cur.
lot't. for Cod. sake. Monsieur. avn
,niy a poor girl, and what can marquis
want with me? For Gods sake. dom,
please;" and she buried her face in her
,and,. a.E ...
The l,np fair hair fell in II. two broids
down over her shoulders. and a she sank
almost on the floor il covered her almost
ike cloud. ..'. .rr. .....
Monsieur arose; he was an old man.
,,st fiftr. his hair was gr,v and his face
vas hard. c,ear.cut aud cold, aud his eyes
we're ike steel. just so clear aud sharp aud
.old; be walked to the window of:he rich
saloon, and then. returnin: half way.
eancd with one hand on chair and the
other tcnderly. ever so tenderly for hard
I'D man. rested just for one moment on
her fair hair, ard il trernb'cd. H..
BY many strange ways and much blood
had Monsieur come TO be standing in that
place. and then for one moment there
seemed to float before him vision OF fair
Lorraine, youth long ago. face sitting
in cottage. and two long braids of hair.
, promise that when he returned, with
wealth and fame, she would be his. Years
Of toll and pain, of success and triumph.
and return to end her married to ehurl.
and common country peasant. and they
both gone to Paris.
Since then Monsieur was known TO ! e
|, hard man-a very hard man: and WI en-
With his legions in Africa twas said he
was fierce one; but he was high in court