Litchfield enquirer., 1876-06-15

akmirease, and wondered if Felicie thought q k eoo. and whether she would be there 0 mel hlR- There seemed to be no oae In Eh@ ehMmber. Nhich was strangely dis 0uaEred and dirty. A Eomen's dress k2zgsng against the wall proved it was oaezpsed. and a sole GM grotin on the lit tA< tah1e proved that breakfast was ready, and she goalI be there soon As he took thls h, slight noise startled him, and, seated in his old easy-chair, he saw a zo0a-fAced baby. with eyes wistfuI and hlza as those 0f the Himmel's Kindchen In B@HdKys AHeg0r5cGt Germany in tue Grxnd 0pera-house InstinctiveIy his hand s01ght his breast pocket for his mkE1eA-b0ok; but a woman entered the r0o@ before he had time to miss it.
 ~IS thls your ehild?" he asked. ''She has syz like German forges-me-nots." ]"
 Theyp as good right to their color aa ths A0wess. said the woman, tartly, s-Mna better right to the name. No dan. ger tAak we wali forget the blue eyes of the PF1ssiAazL Thoagh this child is well e1oaxh. it's mother is the deDsOiseLIe who saAl1 here all the time the town was in thSir hAnds- One of the sous offers mar red her, znd his comrades laughed at 6I2 for it. He eent away with his regi- Ee1k. but promised tO come again for her.
 What had Emile done. that God should visit ksma- mskh blow like that? Was it fur tAfs he hzzi cAEne baek2 This was what RaEssei through his 'sind; then a horrible sEE.uem1ioa s<1zed him, all fhe room wlIirl- sa gSaalIly sroRnd. and he fell fainting to the Hoor His first thought on returning ta consciousness Eas tO drag himself away hefure EelScss came back. Opening his eyes. he sa~ the bold but not unkindly zane of Sophie. the GtanchissOuSe' fixed
 -sWhnre ia Feicie?ss be asked.
 s.T daAt know. rsDlied the girl. ''She ran aEay. the little coward, the very even- Iag aisaf soar regiment left. She need not hnxs beexa % afraid of the Prussians; they wera oaly men, after all suppose, BOW yoa've come, I shall have to beg my way fo Germany. for there is no other rSof dat gill shelter ne. 1 moved my thlmzS here as soon as Feiicie left the apartment vacant There! you look better n-sx. Doat talk: rest a bit. I'll get you ssussAmAg 60 eat presently; but first mmxs sHeend b my baby Then 1t was her child, and the great joy that Felice w&z not ItI mother fl led his heart so full Of gratitude that his eyes brimmed with PsfTlng tears for this poor girl whose hus band might never return to her. He rose unaseadlly. ssYOu are welcome to stay here If YOu likes@ he said. ''There will be ysAr longer before my lease is out; but there wiil be no work for me at the @aaRfAetory for a long time, and shall not cone back" He paused in the door way eff you see Felicie, tell her I have zone t0 my mothers. have gone through . gre@t deal. and am not strong. am golnx home to be nursed back to health. And shea, please God, he added to him. self. S-T viii search the whole world over but wiu find her"
 He found her sooner than he hoped, for abe came out of his mothers door to meet him '1 was in Paris all the time of the sSege," she said ''I found your mother, bat ws could not find you. Afterward we cane here, and Ee have been waiting for yoa ever since" Later, when they sat down s0 their thanksgiving dinner, Emile w@s surprised to see his curiosities in chi nA upon. the table, even to the Louis XIV. AH5lser and the cover of the Henri II. Hnstard pot 'T brought them with me, ," said FsIicie; ''and please forgive me, W1s 90 frightened that could not find the hey to the cupboard in the wall. I split It open with the axe to get out the port folH0s."
 They are on the bed in the spare room" !" Addsa Mere Roulette. wrapped in the pink curtains to keep them from the dust. '" Emile felt no happier for this informa1 ton The fact was that, sitting there and holding Policies hand, his heart wat 50 faE of Happiness that 1t could hold no mOseg He Appreciated # more fully af- ter38rd. when on carrying his designs to hia pzFfOness m England, she was so pleased and surprised by their beauty as Co accept the drawings as they were Tn 70 Iiea of the finished service, .and at the pEice at first agreed upon.
 When Mere Roulette told me this, asked. 'sDid LoTe's Service cad Tn pa PeEer t0i -ftSit- ~.ltt Inn
 '-Oh no" she replied; ''both Emile and Relicie serve each other as faithfully since their marriage as before their papers were made out at the nloirie. They live at SE Cloud. and I see them frequently"
 '.Bat I mean the dinner service, Mere BouIekte."
 'eOh. that was made at Dresden. The var helped the Germans in this as in eve- " thing.