Ellsworth American., 1875-11-11

} thtt tnese English women should hay,
nad such foresight. l, also. could SO easiI,
nave written from Paris to retain plac,
d, In the coupe. AS stood still, much dis
counted, l saw them. A mother and Nv,
daughters, In new and very elaborate tray
elilDs dresses, with bags, and guides, and
cloaks, and umbrellas, and, above all
straps enough for six people. The sight
soothed me IL was comforting to fee
that, though for once l had been guilty o,
'hls oversight. still | was much too old a
traveller 10 have an unnecessary article OF
luggage.
Such huge heap of boxes and trunks
came out OF the railway van that felt sure
we could not be OIL just yet. The boy and
suiaii oeht man, who repre- ented the
P"t t'eTs 0i 'lliedeu station. did not seem in
a"y hu''!' lhey were bending over the
luggage, turning and examining curiousIy
every oh OF II, without making a move to-
"atu Tue ladder lean ing against the station
wall. walked of disconsolately To tb,
emu OF the PLATFORM, feeling cross and very
hungry. would eat ii that were pos sible
o"' tneIe Is hoIhing to eat at NIlledieu
Station suppose this diligence will be
more thah Two hours getting to Avranches.
thouSh the distance is only about twelve
mics and the table d hOtc at the Hotel de
L"hdres viii be over when get there |
| loon round there has been rain and the
| ground Is all IN little wretched- looking
puudies. he STOPPING man aud the boy have
~ '"'o oush thelr work more quickly than
expected, auu am glad, for feel that
/ am getting web-iooted
The driver has come to me and i RAISING
his cap
~ Madame is ready" he says politely !;
ana see that the baggage Is all on the
f""t oI the diligence, aud get a glimpse
oi p'ue 'elIs IA The coupe. IL was a stufiy
ii'4c coach, !ined with shiny black leather !;
/ y - ohiy bIg enough for four people, al
thouSh X was intended for six, and al first
! was 50 busy arranging my COAX aud
hahd-bas beside me that did not notice
/ my i"iIow-pas'eugers.
\ violent sneeze made me look up.
\ opposite me was Il solemn, smooth faced
Mr. fccAsnih h-lookiug man, well-IIessed,
/ oH' wearing tall black hat he carried on
/ His Knees bag, half yellow leather. half
I CRIMSON and green carpet Of the gaudiest
hue-dn unmlstakable Pari-ian ShopAecp.
+ tr "nt on holiday. His last pinch OF snutr
"ld ''," ''' iAr=e. aud his suspended lin
et' AHd thuno aud coutortrd face auuouuc-
eel nun - the producer OF that sueeze; bet
A. IooNtd AZ hlm and noticed a peculiar
dt""p "i The under lp, | became awar,
'h'N "t "iS not the author Of a small sup
pressed sound that followed close ou lnr
NnetZ"; TINS came trpru close beside me-
a"d lpohed round quickly 10 see who wA.
IAu&hi"S, I1r this - as not ''W ondrrI4ud: :"
! c1u'd MI hope y iind the grin ,tthe face
hAd time to grow serious. | ,vas df.an-
pointed, TOR the laughter had had time ID
turn away her face. only saw that she
Wa biz giri, with nice clean wh,,. can
ahd "a uly, dark brown gown and Jacket.
Sht was heGdln1 down to speak to some
"he beside her, but We were j4mmcd -
t''>" On ms >Idc that could not lrau rpr-
"aih. \ tail shevp-i4ced ystdirae sat
next th" sncrzcr. and filled the middle. of
the coach 80 completely with hi, long lr.,
anu acc"utrcmeuts that am sure ,ye mus
A4I nave icit ilNr cructs Ia a stand
"e halted presently. osicnsibly 10 leave
orr" "i goods al the du5erye bat the gem
dirns aud Pcck>niH too went I'm 10 ..,f ,.i-
der.
resolved 70 change nv place. Tor mv
Nnee' had -ot cratrprd out oi ali t..li,!
Ii'rsi. uuJi, ,n-nrs' '.'-oas-aoriI.,y..- NJ,
away IN the further corner, opposite the
women.
A. rose to make this change saw for.
tunAtely before | stumbled over il, large
foot projected ACROSS the dilisrnce
Pardon, Madame
The foot was Withdrawn. and settled
into my corner, and then looked up.
IenS | said in very surprised voice
opposite TO me was my old friend Madame
Ro0lIlari. as red >kned as before. but with
more placid LOOK on her wrlnkled face
Her eyes seemed smaller than ever, and
they were liked on me without trace of
recognition in them.
Bon JJlr," Madame" | said; YOU
have forgotten me. il is 50 long since We
mrt, but saw you in Wire TWO years
ago
stopped in confusion; the small red
eyes stI.i gllred at me with a stony stare
begin y wonder II Madame Robllard
wa> sober.
All At once She spoke.
Jeanne. she never moved her eyes
from my lace-"who j. il, tell me have
heard the voice before, but"
| had forgotten my laughing friend but
looked around at the name, expecting 10
recognize IN. uuluchy breaker of pitchers
| ih-tcad OF The tear-stained, shane-iuctd
sIrI remembered, saw a quiet, merry
looking face, h,rdered BY snowv-whIle
( cap-irIils; bat All al once the dark eyes
giIItered a. i they were going 10 cry ana
/ lhusn All al once, aud knew NV friend ot
/ the fountain.
"Ah! mon Disu. it is the Madame her
/ SELL She tried to courtesy as She sat.
= Is, yen' my mother it is the good lady
/ OF the fountain"
An but i ! strange; hope Madame
/ is well,' said Madame Robilard.
Jeanne touched both her ewes rapidly
with her finger, and all at once | under
stood what allied Madame Robillard
Is Ma lame going TO Avranches?' said
Jeanne. with such a shy. wi,tful look,
Yes; aud then | said. wonderingly.
but how came you TO be so tar from
| Viref"
Jeanne jerked her head with much Of
her ole a"kwsrdness tow 4rd her mistress.
I'VE are not going back TO Wire, Mad.
anne" she said smiling.
| turned IN some surprise to Madame
Roolllard. have lived SO much among
! the French peasantry that this removal OF
| an old woman from one town To another
seemed like the uprooiing OF 4 forest tree ;
20 you say you are not gong back to
| Wire, Madane?'
She bowed her red face. bot it was sad
to see that no change ntl come into thp,.,
little fixed eyes.
Yes, Madame, it is true; we none OF Us
know what is good for Us. When | fell
blind, said in my misery that le bon Diet
was harder than he was to Job, for at
least job could see. Well, Madame. when
| was young, my husband offe nded nv
brother Jacques and we Quarreled. and
since then have not heard OF Jacques
He lived at Dol. and l did not know if he
was alive or dead. But. Madam, Jacque,
was more loving than was. When he
knew be was in his last illness, he sent fol
the notary and caused inquiries to be made
for me, and when he heard of nv afflictior
he said he should leave all he had to leave
to is blind sister. If had not been blind
ne would only have given me few franc,
and the rest TO the poor; but when ht
heard of this he said was one of God.
afflicted, and the money and the house in
which he lived should all be mine: anC
Madame, we are on our way to Del; anC
the child, Jeanne.'
The red, mask-like face softeDs at thu
word there was plainly some newly-estab
lished relation between these two.
shook hands with the old woman ant
congratulated her
81 thank Madame" she said, land Mad
e anne must congratulate Jea nne, for eth,