The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-14

mouse might have been concealed, when
isuldenly ne ga~e~a cry of aj- y-1aTcfyd
/ such as light have come from Harpa-
\ g0n when he found his trt asaire, orl
| Rousseau ON Discovering new plant.
/ But il was neither hower nor treasure
that Pierre had discovered; twas some
thing OF more Value in his eyes. IL was
a boot! the boot of soldier who had
been killed during gaze. Aud this
boot had been tossed aside, no one knows
how. while its mate was lying at the
4 bottom of the sea,70r perhaps IN the
stomach of a shark, thinking. like the rat
OF La Fontaine, that the things OF earth
;concerugd it not.
But Plerre Hello decided otherwise.
| With the assistanceof his'kiiife, in lieu
! OF an Sa%l. he cut and shaped. in the
course OF an hour, that which we should
be glad to call a pair OF shoes, but can
dor lorbfds. III 6b ia
Wlrat he did make was not exactly
shoe or slipper, buskin or moccasln; 1T
was something entirely new in the arr
of shoemaking, something original ana
without u name nevertheless, thing
PERFECTLY secure and tully reliable as u
protection lor the feet. When they were
finished, brave Pierre fastened with the
| Offering to his little mistress, ana, amid
. much laughter and great coaxing, per-
l
her on the floor, he stood with arms
akimbo, aud admiringly exclaimed,
) ''VoilaW
An hour later she was dancing away
with weight on each foot, TO the vigor-
, GUS applause OF her admirers, having
gained a double victory, for there was
| in this dance combination of art ana
strength; il was Iaglioni and Madame
i Saog; in one body. a.t i.4 =!
Az last, after long voyage, the GOOD
, ship arrived at its destination, and the
, time came for them to diselnbafk. 7A
/ The l.Hge-taking Of the little Creole
b. and the old sailor was really touching.
t II will never forget you, and viii
, keepye shoes as soaUenjr, as relic"
: said Marie Rose, Trying TO console
7 Pierre, who passed the back of his rough
hand across his eyes, which looked sus-
pieiously MOIST.
: "On, mop responded he, sadly shaking
| his head; ''you are going to Paris, where
= you will soon forget your old friend and
0 your little Shoes"
!. ~ Will never forget" she repeated,
| as she was led away by her aunt, bur
S continued looking back as long as Pierre
twas in sight. But Pierre Hello never
a knew whether sue kept her word or not,
J. as he was killed in an action not many
g months later. ,......... ..t5. ......
buG Wudb Ol Mdfle hObel
s In the midst OF our story comes the
/, great French Revolution; a fioou OF war
q and carnage, which we will not dwell
9 upon, but, closing our eyes, pass on to
/ the time OF the Empire, and proceed at
!, once to the home OF The noble but unlor-
tunate Josephlne, a widow III tue eyes
t oil the law, caused by q legal separation
a from Napoleon, but Still an Empress,
b and still adored by the Frencn people,
n who had not approved OF the divorce.
u Sitting in her department OF the pal
II ace, her arm resting carelessly on her
t piano, she was listening with smlleto
0 a group of young ladles-oi-honCr who
were soliciting permission to give some
8 oharades in costume at the chateau
l. with pleasure, my children" said the
T. kind Josephine; 81 will even see to il
that the costumes are furnished
d Thanks to the generosity OF the EN-,
n peror, my own wardrobe is all-sufiicient;
It see what a merchant has just sent meP'
|. and carelessly she spurned with her
|, loot a magnlficently embroIder ed robe
o which lay upon the floor.
s The garment was so beautiful that the
o youngestof the ladies, enthusiastically
g clapplng her hands, cried out: ...-
e s'Heavensl but your Majesty must bt
y very bappyw
!, "Happyl' murmured Josephine, will
e sign; ''yes, very happy."
= Sue seemed lost in thought for mo
meut; then, throwing off the memorle.
d which oppressed her, she arose, saying
q "Follow me, ladies, and select you
ID costumes" Followed by the thoughtlesi
e throng, she entered the room where he
m wardrobe was kept. The eyes OF tn,
Is young ladies opened as wide as di,
le tnose of the wood-chopper's son whel
d ne entered the cave OF Ali Baba, at tn
n, wonders of lace and fnery exposed t.
10 their gaze; everything that art coul,
q furnish and money procure was there.
ID "Iake your choice, my children" sal
,e the generous Empress; "amuse your
piksakyes In selecting II on all the beaulilu
w ssses which dazzle you 80. You al
II, Tree to take anything you find, with on
d, exception, and that Is too sacred for an
81 Que TO touch. But" she continued, see
T. ing the curiosity depicted in tneir faces
Y Il may show you this wonderful treas
I'd ure." u.,a .u
e. You may imagine how the minds c
8, those young glrIs were affected. Whs
40 new wonder were they to pehold i? Coul
~ it be possible that anything NOR
of precious than what they had alread
OF beheld could exist? Smiling at th
ne wonder sne had herself created in thei
BY minds, she slowly drew from the corne
y, Of her jeweI-case. not present OF N
ut poleon, not the gilt OF a geni, but III
Sc handiwork of Pierre Hello-the littl
III shoes of Marie Rose-for you ha,
guessed ere now that The Empress Jos
r phine and the little barelooted dance
II are one and the same person.
he When the sword Of Bonaparte bega
to hew Europe, Josephine Marie Ros
ed Tascher de la Pagerie was chosen as
he happy Queen.
Oil But tlere came tempests and storm
be enemies came uponand crushed Franc
'u and amid all this the prophecy Of u
~ old negress was fulfilled.
The bird had dropped its rose, and Il
" Creole of the Three Islands, twi,
I'd crowned Queen, perlshed amid the tel
IN pest.-[H Home Journal.
y A,bold rascal ON an Illinois railros
y, train pretended to be the conductor, c,
y lected all the cash fares in two cars, ar
" jumped off with the money.