The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-10
| any money!

IVY p"'S IVY ShS SiAoN
exultingly. "'rhy father lives in
thee. He had ever a free hand.
Here, take all I have, and glad am /
to see thee with it."
He took a coin, glanced at itcon-
temptuously, and flung it into q loose
pocket.
IA poor day I've had" cried the
doting mother, in genuine grief, "yet
some days are bad and others good.
But see, here comes Pierre, poor
wretch! My hope is that he has
found work."
The Pierre mentioned was thin,
frail, small man, with bent head,
wistful-looking aspect, and who was
painfully lame. He was driving a
knife grinders truck before him, and
it, and he, and his clothes, all looked
forlorn and poverty stricken.
"Pierre, lad" shouted jacques,
hast any moneyY'
"Two bits of silver" said the Grip
pie, lneekly; there has not been much
work to do to-day, but / have done
all I could"
Work. repeated the other, as
though mentioning the most abject
thing in the world; "wny, where is
thy silver? It will look better in
a gentleman's pocket than in thy
hand"
"Here tits, jacques, replied the
poor boy, approaching the ruflian.
"Stop there,' said the old woman
what! would one like you dare g
near such as Jacques2 Give me thy
money, and will carry it to him.
The meek knife grinder did as hi
was hidden; and Jacques, taking til,
money from La Frochard, said, loose
! ly: "Come, mother; thou shalt drinl
with me.'
"What boy" cried La Frochard
'He work? No, no, no. Sucl, a
he are not born for working days
They turned and left the cripple
whose money they had grasped
without further look or word. AM
T. yet he was the son of one and til
brother Of the other.
| He had not eaten, and he was mon
eyless; but he fell to trudging agail
willingly enough, and calling out 70
La job. To be sure, he was yer,
mean-looking, weak, sickly, and NAL
formed; while Jacques lived strong
hearty, and, in his way, handsome
but had the world chosen betwce1
the brothers for usefulness, the vic
tory would have been with tn
cripple.
Very different did he look, limpin
along in the roadway, from the MAJ
quis de Presles, for instance-one G
those noblemen Of the France of tha
day who quite believed the countr
had been made for him and his, an
that the people were necessary in
convenience, who were useful in thei
way, but who. when they talked {
rights and justice, must be put dowl
AS many Of them were overcome fc
, life, if they were not saved by deatl
in prisons far below daylight, so the
we're to be crushed until the Ian
was to rise up and deliver them.
There were three nobles,. the Ma
quis himself, the Count de MALL
q and the Marquis d'Estrees, then an
, there walking through Paris wit
, the express purpose of seeing wh'
| pretty and careless girl might be il
| vited to the Marquis next .fete, {
f what pretty and honest girl migl
be abducted; for the noblemen (
}, that day were determined that tt
!, people should not want any excus
for hating them.
t It was while these three worthit
e were staggering through Paris, eae
: with a sword at his side, and whie
f he would draw and use without cor
: Function against any stretching wi
t offended him, although the peop
were unarmed-for only noblemt
i and soldiers carried stcel-it was,
!, it said, as these worthless swaggert
e along and beat themselves path,
8 the wayfarers did not run out Of tt
t way with sufficient promptitude, tn
r a couple of peasant girls (judgil
a from their dress entered Paris al
: moved toward its centre.
Neither was more than eightee
g and the younger seemed to be led !
: the other. They carried their lit
d wealth in two homely packets, al
e as they moved cautiously on TIT
e spoke in whispers.