, 1875-09-12
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
rhri11tng Railway-1ncidcnt in
Germany.
rontaucon, It's Horses and It's Rats
A snmmer-Night in the
French Capital.
naorraphioal Congress In tho Paris
'A' Catacombs...Queen Vic at
Home.

..uwAY-ISCDKxr IN GERNAN1.
c,xr-.notdenes Boston Adpertiser.
third-class carriage. She was pleas-
,..st youpg woman, going, think, for the
.:.,. sYter her marriage, to visit her parents
I'M IA home. to show them their two fine
1s..;laren. At least, this was the little his
I'll l'.- hn,lt up for her in my own brain from
w.. wy. ~ txo that heard between her aud her
49, sr bo.bsnd 1t the station, as lie put her into
ss,7i,re with An affectionste farewell l
s,~.-a vxtch with great Interest the farewells
~. ~ .raatines OF nv fellow-travelers, and have
.1'.;,n of thinking out for myself the whole
'.1- - their previous lives from the little hints
.s.t1 49, cct il. this way. It is to me- as IT we're
u'.. @atsd IN open the second volume OF Al in
F1.a.;,g I'm; romance, and allowed to read only one
60 zane In this, and asked to euess as nearly
At noasible from this one scene the previous
-. q, tho story and the characters OF the
rne 1uupgezt child Was m infant OF about 8
..tmoutbs old-rery quiet and good; the other
~ nretty, restless little girl Of s, who could
-. ~ sill eiugle moment, and kept the care-
r., mother busy by her questions and wants and
.haJsn prattle. Sho Was not at all bashfu1'
s-1,oon ta,ked to US also in such natural, CO.
on,ttish. condescending way that ne we're quite
= 1nvs With the charming little lassie, aud
h,spad her mother not to check Eer innocent
.dyapces to us-
When ne had been travelling together Tor two
~ tbrne hours, and began to feel quite like old
.,on,intsuces, whils the train was going at full
.o,s.d ths mother half rose from her seat to
r.,a ,bs little girl who had left hsr place, again
r. ths opposite seat. How it happened I have
r,,.r understood; it waa one Of those accidents
which ssem impossible, and. in 1aet' only hap
nm opcs in hundred thousand tlmes; but
INIT a she stood hA1 erect, holding her sleeping
h.he upou one arm and her little frolicaome
n,iden somewhat svkwa1dly On the other, the
mi, pirl upade ono OF her sudden, quick move
men.s md in an instant she was gone from our
Whist moment! The poor mother stood
6x,d md rigid in exactly the same attitude her
srm still bent IS though around her child. gaz-
iue Nth vide eopen fixed eyes ht the place
rhfnoe she Vanished. She seemed literally sud
caniy turned to stone; with the rest OF US ING
csse vaa almost the same. How long this lasted
lido not know doubtless it seemed to us much
;ooerr than it reilly was. Then the young
mothu seemed to come to herself, and made
sndden movement AZ ii she would spring through
tbs window after her vanished darling, now lar
sv.y. 1caught her quickly fast aud hcld her
xhiis ths kind Young Indy who Sat opposite to
M took the papy from her arms, and We all be-
rxn to talk together, no one listening to the
othar about what Was to done for her. some
how xe managed in our excitement to DO all thar
va possible the guard came, the trim vas
stopped, and the mother, without speaking to
one Of Us or e7en looking ar u.s. left The tram
supc1tinR herself on one arm OF the sympathlz-
ing gnard, while he held the atll sleeping oaoy
f26t in the other.
OF course the train must 60 with increased
speed to make up for the moment OF delay, 80
tbece Eas no chance for Us to sec mora OF the
poar beseayed mother. t' Telegraph to us at
ths nett station" said one OF the railroad func-
touaries to the guard. ayes, yes, bo sure to
do j. Immediately" cried dozen voices; for IN
SONS myBta1ous way the news Of the accident
hid run through the train ~ it by electricity.
and long row OF srmpsthizing faces watched
from the carriage the disappearing forms Of the
p1other and the guard
II will take her half an hour to reach the
spot, and 1t IL Just thiEty-hrB minutes nov to
the next station" said the stout gentleman IN
the corner, taking out his watch and holding 1t
open in his hand. his eyes d1ed upon it. He
had struck me IL one Of the most selfish and dis
agreeable old gentlemen possible; scarcely an
ssarinG polite question from neighbor; and
then in the shortest aud grudest manor posi-
bic he had seemed oomp!eteiy absorbed By his
newspaper and his sau1-box, not having noticed
the little fairy in any way except to glance at
her now and then with = savage expression rs
her clear, childish laugh had disturbed hia read-
ing. Now bis vholL soul seemed to be fixed on
tue witch before him. and he " "chided the t2rdy
flight of time" again as,d Egaln in Tords more
1o1ciple than Ornamental.
There Was youLg would be dandy in one cor
nj; light straw-coIored gloves, slender cane,
n infant mustache, and an eTe-Rlass stuck IN
ons ~, seemed to be, in his opinion. tokens Of
yast superiority over the other travellers and
he spoke very little, except occaaona1y to make
tane aupercilious remark or ask some question
about third-clAsa travelling. apparently to pro-
dQne On Us the Impression that he was young
noh.eman or Prime. perhaps, in disguise. seeing
for himself how ordinary morta.s Jared. Whist
aehange had come over him now; the eye-glass
hung dangling hither and thither with the KID
Gloves Of which he had been 80 dainty, be had
g1aaped the dusty facing Of the door. snd Has
ft1;ring his gaze, frat backward. until the poor
mother WAS no longer to be seen, and then Tor
stsd to the next station, where news Was tc
tneet "a.
Nov It Las. ne are there; the train halts, snd
ooe Of the guards runs quickly into the little Of
hce over which Telegraph is painted; Every,
oody xho can possibly get bis or her head on
Of The window on that side thrusts it out
1hers is = moment Of intense suspense; here
eonAa the guard again with dispatch IN h1E
hsnd; be stands ahort midway between the
ends Of tbs t1ain, aud begins to read it ont in
ha clear, loud, official tones: .sCh!d par
tscty sound aiighted on pile OF straw IN
held, not 2 feet from stone WALL"
Then what scene Every man ct the train
windows has his hat OF in a moment, and IL
waving It and cheering as if he would split hlf
throat every Wom6n is buried in her pocket
handkerchief. crring and laughing together.
Ihs stout Old egotist and the win young dandy
hsss thrown their arms around each other, and
M nmh7cing With tLxt heArtiuess that belongs
to tho SOUS OF the vate1land, although they
nsEer met before this morning. The 6tlh old
mud In the corner has shaken my hands IN boil
aes7 70 many times that feel they are quatt
tWe.
Ill the Inhabitants Of the little village come
1annnR around the train: What is it 7 Where
l. boz L. it tbs Kaiser himself, or ia it the hKon
pnz2" they ask in bewlldered excitement d
he sight Of ours.
bat Ill the haise1s and kronprinzes in EuFopt
pm together could not have aroused the Hood o.
feeling that surged through that train. It wa
e5sopathy with sentimentfar older than loyalty
-e!dae than the Rings to whom loyalty is due
"aach vas stirring every heart; It Was sympathy
VIII mothers love!