, 1876-06-03
TIE QUEENS LITTLE SHOES.

vi LIE VIII III bhNHhT}1 Id1ot ut tAe IcHht III
tho Epiphany, there occurred on s'oarA the
French frIgatc Heron, IA sic 1ay nj the pier pre-
yions to llcr departure from France, scc,.u
p,q,,nnt enough tn merit recital.
All the officers whose ecrviccs were not in ac-
tual seinantl WERE pFo.ncnmltng tho quartcr-
deck. asnoklng, chatting, aud otherwise Willing
away the simc, Hl,cn suddenly young Mi,lstIp-
man mounted the gang.nlank frotu tho pier,
QlecI arproac,cs," iet strange e say, Marie
a scn n se nai esS sSe YsssaIs hse n Fl IN ="
rorner OF tho chateau, unilcr The shelter nf
etiquette, playing high comedy en- fa1ntllc, taxi
Ing tlc cslt from Count tlArtofs, nntl having fur
!,-law. Sic G!lct tle principal rolls in lilo
and mi sang g with lsel.ng- - ~
.I'ai pcrdu mon scrvitcur
J'al pcrdu tout mon bonhent-,
words which ahc Ind occasion Aftuwartl to rc-
rrat. often cImngh.-p,or, unfortunate Quccnl
Who, then, w'ta the nHilrpcrf Who, twelvo
hundred leagues from Versailles, lad taken up
tho srcptrc which, tho Legitimate Queen hud Tor
Let lis hasten to ass,lrc the reader that there
waH no imposition, nu crtnlt, 1lur high trcnfnn
therc; The royalty that lolsurctl tho ftcron with
its ursscnrc wns only thc fugitive "royalty OF
etsy ire Grco1o IT s'tin"e, Il M 4.nt;se e" Of Il }hs
Captain, who,un'lcr the clnrso Of m agc1 aunt,
was journtying Ia tho metropolis lii II yaguo
scarel. for fortune anil Inheritance.
Queen wah only playing Queen, for she carried
llcr high nnd novel llo1iGrh with grace whtch
Cathnrsne II. or afariu Theresa might lnrc
envlctl.
"On your kncca, beautiful page" said st,c,
addressing thu youth who lla,l announced her:
"slo yun iiut SET TINT / havc dropped my glove
Arproach, my Ministers, and do not stliilr, for
the question to be discussed is grave one.
Lawn InrIfH
abovu ill things that my si,bjccts love nc IN
return; We must, them dectlr rs to whether
slnll wear blue or II white rosestc to Ra!n their
ioInage: How ia this I 1t seems TINT my
s,nokc of tobacco into the nostrils OF his aoycr-
cign III lieu Of INCENSE" And thus, with II
tluusnnd innocent sAll!es, with thousand little
c0uuctrius did she cause the old sailors to laugh
died out, an!l they forgot tn light them.
hut otso who scenlrtl to onloy tlle sport more
than the rest. was Pierre Hello, u native Of
Breton, nr old sea-log with moro scars than
celrctl Il medal Of l.onor,-n tardy ack1lowlcdg
nlunt Of his long scrYtcc,-n1!d who, for that
se1so1,, 1l,l hcen admitted Us u guest to tic
Cuptain's tnhc for thu day.
Mario Ruse, ~ tho Iittlc Indy WINS called,
listened bsenthlcsely to tho wonderful stories
rentrd by the old mun-of-wars-,Ila1l, anil lad
colnplimentel and carcssc1 him Until tho
heart Of tho Old sailor palptatcd with as
ANE4 CitiuLWl Ht lll1 pIAlSEb Ill ILLS
received his medal. lie alone wnltci upon
her, anl Indeed, upon HIN 1cyolyed Tie entire
sarc OF tho child, owing TO the fact Of her aunt's
her comfortable chair, whcre ailc spent mos. Of
her tinle realizing tho llfo Of her fayorito saint,
Augustine, ouly looking up, froni time to ttnlc,
TO Try, I" This way, Minettc! this way. Marie
Rosol" MS st'c saw her cat or hcr niece ciaslng
But A[arse Roso, with that dnring and perfect
freedom possessed by most young girls uf her
ngc, une moment would climb ZIP thu cordagc,
Pierre watched frorn bcluw, ready to catch icr
III Ills arms should she be blown down to t1lu
deck, or 10 JUMP ovcrt'onrl should size fnll into
tho sea; Then, tEtng Of that, would anubo the
danvc, until attentive .ricrro seemed sutIleuly
to 1arc found intelligence enough to comprc-
hnnl the verses and appreciate the Erace Of tho
little ~. Thc day following tl'as, Of her mock
tied, md her old fricnd Pierre was ut II oss to
know wllut trouble affected Ills fnyoritc. She,
observing his q,lcstiunIng looks, took HIN intu
| 1tcr confidence, and told him her sadness was
in the forest near her home, and to whom
siarie Rose lad hecn in tho habit Of secrc.~
Iy bringing foud. The words OF the
einbcrcd them. They were rs fo!ows: "Gootl
1!ttlo nltssy, me INV f., tic night great bird
mount up-ul-ycry high In tho atr, with II rosa
uni,annyMvo,l viii he O,leSn-.ti,"n ~ con,ts ny
rrcnt te1nticet. an,i you ncrisb.s - Ami yrstrr.
f}n~1n sni5 si,e e t was c1rcc, an,i n1; ~,
s11ectinr tbs temwst With IL 10 I1 carrv m'a m.
a*sy Nsrs, fs,r moaemo,,e,s" ,,n,,, r',.... ,s
u,f inviting hannsns to thaa Iiero,,, van Inv, hnv,,
oniv - sniz' hill ~ nv hcit.--filtn th}. sn"t.
nnJ with III 1,cn Of ats] nni nv untron sont
vn viii In tn,ycd nslnro ,,s rnntiy Is y s,,t',1y
| i ti,rrc.,rnstrrt II - o~' "s " ''o'F -
W.rlo Wns" swn.vb,& rcoeour,1 hv t,o ,v,r7.
nj honest TirrTe' rrxnrtirI lin ~ I Marine "n -
snn.r tlc wnr,,s ~ ,yrh en,btn,,", tRr nruni'i,v
~ liz nid nrrrn.s Tnt hnrs ,vns mr. r,n f,.h,1y,
tncInnrhnlv fhm,,,hts ims1r,, tba ~ ,nin1 XIV
lt,sttv MI, I'm fn1in,rnr Inv .in on. % oninr r
NJ ravlv mr. cycr. ,,ttcriv ,,nm;nttfu, ~ thn I'D,
7ress mi Il irr wnIrl nronht"v'. Dnva md wax,
mssrG withn,,t wt.nr1,,r "vny tho hrI sn,rt. ri
thr rhtlj' h,,t alasi not wfthn, ,yc"rin"t hcr :"
| iftt1r stnrs '' "' " 'S' "~'
Tic Inst skfp Of farant1olo carr3ed nyar III.
f,a1,rnt n tf,rcad Will, hc,d thrm tnrth"r. .ro
nn,i. thS wardrol, ~ lin la.,ics bctnir very
scant (thcy having dc,ayeti uurtt},.sin9T
,.ntii ti,nr' arrival fp i;nTts1 ni,r ~i",iSS
i,n.. ,vo. sn,n fnr.oI =" sn.,,i Tnr Tt n'ti "I'