, 1875-01-02
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.

"Jac1uea. my good fellow. this Inst mlte haH
hcen perfectly fntolerhb'c. II yon lo t,nt 70 ,rh
your m,,c-loasset1 loHtclry ruon, not only my
lorso but I. mysclf. will bn utterly exhausted"
and tho Hpnnker grew Hllao wlllnr md rco1ed
forward In tho saddle m lie spoke.
1t waa noarly tLo cioao Of Rultry RepiomEcr
day, and tho sin was sinking like nail of firet
bollind tho distant moltntalns in Uppor Lor-
raino. Tho riders hnl been in the Hatltale Tor
many hoprH, but one Of them, middlc-aged'
Bturdy-tooking pcnsast, necn,od hardly Tho woFfe
for tho fatlgne. Ills companion wns talI ao!-
der1y-looking mnn; llo woro military afopH'
aud carrnd amall case, much resembling da"
Matchbox. slunC in front Of 1ia HadtlIo. llo
looIsod, at a first glanco, like au Engllshtnan,
With his bluude beard and deep blue eyos,
but tic silky beard had boen broilzed
underneath warmer skies than thoso Of
Great britain. and l,iR dHsllisi;,, holsorly
sent Il, tle saddto hal bccn learned
in many wild charge over tllo battlo-tiolds OF
America.
JACQUES shock Its head. ''Wllat would msteu
hayo 2" llo aAloa, With hoplcas bllrng. 'lho
1,orsee arc good boasts, none bottcr; but what
horne can travel from dawn to sunset without
failipg7 It is ouIy wonderful that they do not
fall Ly tie roa.lBtle, and then-wlat would
Mai.ro pic,ro Hay7 As for thu village OF st.
Etiouue. 1t IL soven good mics by tho road,-
five, AZ the CROW flies; what would m'siou havoP
II Ia tlostiuv," All this III all e1ucrnble ratois
will many gostlou1asionB and untranslatablo
lhrugs.
"Deatiny or not, my 9ood jacques" returned
the other, IN 1lucnt French, II must sit down
ly tho ronlside eooil, mud lot yon 80 on aiono;
my wound is growing moro painful, and tlefo III
sensat,on accompanying 1t which l don't Ike.
Think again, my friend: ynt cay tiiat you kno"
tho country horeabouts; II thorc not home Int.
however Simple, this slo OF St. Etienno, whero
eau rest for awhile? Fur seven milos more OF
this tortura in my shoulder is mora than can
endure aud keep my sens"s."
Even jacques stold soul WEB not proof against
tho testimony Of tho gray Eailor OF his conpnn-
ions faee. lie saw plainly TINT faintness was
overcoming him Jacques hanas "ent up Ill NJ
invocation to llis patron Bntns.
HThoro was oto plnco not mora than two
miles on where perhaps could tako m rlou, but
there arc lcues P!aeo aeo ~nsr1 .fsr1 hg QUE m
Cd witch, although she ~ reated to 1ne-tIo
Madonna defend III t. and Jacques crossed him
eeIf dcvout,y. "Dut if msiou Mill promise OIL
his sacred word ~ gentleman @ meyer ', to r9Seal
.YeB, yos," interrupted the uther ilnnaticntIy,
"anythng that you will, but. for hchvens sakc,
lead the wn3. Is there no brandy in your ilaak?"
.jnEuUES DutlGu IL Quts llAI4iY u N41c.kA4H1
left, nii'tiau but take it, pray
A faint tinge Of color came back to his com.
panion's face after swallowing tho brandy, and
Il, ! fc. moments ho deolnred himself ready to
prsnecd. a..
chateau he must turn out Of the highway and 60
direct into thn forest"
"iIavo not told You to load the wny ?" said
Jacqucs2 think TINT the farther you and I
locp from chatenux iu this part of Lorraine the
better for tue safety Of our neckB.' ...
''tAh, but m'siou mistakes" Haid Jacques,
thess d'Orrales. 1t ia l. singular family, but tho
last Baron fol! at Sedan for Franco, m'siou.
Would m'seu like to hear Of the Last living dor
yale3 Z" His companion nodded ratler carelessly,
al,I jacques 1owernd his yoico and drew hia
horse nearer tho other iii Ills selfoected impor-
tancn no rGcontrar.
fellow but very proud like a1l his race. lIo
father iltod when he MAS a baby. But Madame,
tue old Daronne, all she whs terrible. livery
ore stood in awe Of her, tho old servants hated
her while they trembod l,eforo Acr. Si,o had
offend such an ono. After tho Baron had been
man grown for some yoars, Madame. luis
mother, bGcamo nu1ious that lie should marry,
that the old name might die out. 10, heating
OF some grlHde dame III Paris. tue Child Of HI
old friend vino was Of q mArriageablo ago, eho
set forth on journey to arrange tho affair,
leaving tho Baron to Lis own pursuits at tho
chateau.
after bis 1nother's departure tho Baron bohhvcd
like another man. Tho evil eyo WIS removed.
and lse became as others, st5ppoac: Tho
studies and books to which he Ind been
ho went hunting and riding about tho country
from morning until night. Thon Madame fell i'll
III raris but fle votlld nos lot her son 70 to her
and month after month passed but still she did
chateau were amazed to receive instructions
from their master to inslie reauy tho etato apart
meuts. for ho was about to bring isoMo bride.
ut was not tue bride for shom his mother
whom he had met aud tallon ~ love With At tho
little village Of Bt. Etiaune. Ior fnthor and Bllo
had been travelling together, aud tho old man
died suddenly in his bed tho night !hoy stopped
on there making living from tencl.ing tho
Mdtre'a daughters blt oil, IN aiou. she WIS bcau-
sifnl "a a dfeamt Tho country people say her
hair was like glory about her head aud her
der the Baron worBhipcd her; they sny he
would havo died for her.
II cannot tell how long aftor. but 1t wns
some months. before htadane returned 10 Lor-
raine. Perhaps nows traysb slowly 10 Paris. or
the Baron kept hs secret vol at least when
Madame returned e!le did not know that
daughser-in.lav awaited hcr. When her car-
rage drqye up tho ser.anfs we.s ell IL tue hall.
kt6 DhEQA HGHt uINu tlH abGl4A 10 IlCEb t}I8
mother, lie kiBsel her, and lod llor up to
where tho young naronne stood. b'ushing aud
trembling. 1t seemed M II tile mother OWNED
what was to follow, for sto cast IN envious
}nsultiug naughty voice, Whom hast thou hore,
philippe,-a now houHenlaidi She ID too pretty
for tho placel'
'.Ihoy ray that tho naroh answered her back
With spirit hnughty ~ llor own. You arc
quite right In thinking hor too ieau%lfu. for
any but the regnlug plaoo, mother, this !s
my toifaF
"Oh, then, m'nicu, tho storm broke. Tic
old Daronne raised her hand aud cursed them
both she cursed tho babe unborn in
thoss awful words: inlay 1t be as beautiful
AVID more willeus than you aro; may 1t show ss
little affection for it's own flesh RnA blood my
on the dUfvalcs until a stranger como fronl a
distant land aud bear 1t awav.'
"1hs young Baronn* fell lika dead person
upon tho floor, and Madame anapt away to her