The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-12-01
THE 1.-TWO ORPHANS,
2cHAPTERV1I:a.
La FRoCHARD's GARRET,

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Poor Louise procured ;yacalplees IAN and q,
his mlFother a really good weekly i in /;
come by h her singing, Yet, ii the fam i
ly lived in couple Of Of ,wretSehed gar gar
fets, if be excepted ID. miserable jfs b loft f.
opening ont of Que Of these rooms on $,
There was scarcely an atom pm Of IF, fur f T.
nitprge in the PLACE, Gene comfort f9t, moth
ing bright Or Or .hom npia IS Was MI
terly wreteheedd and der eplpprraabble. Oh
Something moved ilnt q corner. as.
+ cart awake, ecreatureys' asked q
sharp, croaSing voice. ron lib iaa4
"Yes, madame; but very weak!'
|, weak Inf THOU art not, strong
enough: to walk and lisings, thgolla!!
shoullst not be strong enough TO eat
or drink ,-tu fgiaiuaga y.aya.
"Nor have !, nadine, for several
days now.ngT
The reader will lave. no difficulty
Finsdistingdislting these two infisid1
uals to beS Eli Ffocliard and poor,
Blind Louise. :
She had been ,crpshed at last; even
the, hope of fnling1 Hensiette teeuld
not resist,lltei 4ill usage to whiclnslfe
was subjected, ahdB:r Froolfa'd had
herself by'her' cruelty, Stopped sthe
earnings Of her poor blihd victim
Suddenly she began TO shIy'esiI',' = as 4
step reached The , door ,,o.,, . /
~ Il was ', oacquueeSf s. s.:i 40 .giiispp
Tbs poor, creature lkI aAwb that l Tiers
was her greatest !dltaanggear,ituszp.,J e'p
She pretended to be,as..eeps7o, So
sMother,', said 4he,i looking with
terpibie meaning at the. poorigirl ay7
Iingon the. stsaw; is'motheT,v we must
Decentralization aonY siaa.i Oiee let
herobes my Wife tdnd-saa 'hg for the
rest.a.s A man has tight right to ffafe lis
Fwiffe,,, and fdle i win 80. '',' s..
f'M ;l:aEas whispered III ha 81; Fro r.;
.ehard. - ,..,,i, :: ss.7s,,,,,, 10 ss,,i,r.
4. s.Deadr' heeaid;; SOL, as 9gead as
dead; audItlaSe my hwn.:wataaeHo!
who's therea' .ehsrfse72 ,n9 sl9's
ssRierreH'g,w whispered the woman.
+ The feffewaid not seem treasured.
I '11eep ain eye ON him, mother! He
does not say friend to' you and ne,
and I'm doubtful ifahe Would, not Il
help the girl to ',, slip B.. through IY oq "
nhgSelfS;ria saj ssa;i " .d1ei psT 81 ~
| The knife grinder, here came meek
ly into thes room, and offered sthe
worthyfcoupleia ciYiltgooth morning
that neither returned. ;s,i ~ u
He sat down and began munchine
a crust, but, hungry as he appeared
when he began, he soon threw dowr
the food, as he saw his mother drag
up poor Louise, set her ip a chair
.
and give her some, dirty looking de
coction in basin, and which was in
tended to bring back her voice.
He. managed to pass her, ,' under lei
the pretense Of finding a file, and ,ht
whispered, Escape tonight from
here. The lock Of your loft is, un
screwed, and a key, that will oper
the outer door, is under your ms mat
tress in this ROOM"
Her face showed no sign of hear
ing, and she replied by no word. III
could not tell whether she had or hat
not heard.
".AIother, they arc whispering!'
muttcred the jealous giant. :.
The merest intimation from he
huge pet was always enough for L
Frochard.
In a moment she ran at the blin'
girl, and, despite her entrcaties, SD
dragged her off the steps to the LEI
forced the tottering girl into tn
hole, and turned the key in the rick
tcty lock,