The Red Cloud chief., 1881-12-29

donkeys who could sing. The children
we're in glce. The two ladies sat in
the back of the box and talked together.
lis IL many years since you left
France. Madame Galson? asked Ma
dame NOR.
"Many-manyr" said Mrs. Galson.
II left Il when | was a girl of sixteen.
l have never seen il since"
Nor I since ! left IT," nd Madame
NOR. II came with my husband. He
died very o l have no relative
left"
And do not know whether /
have or not" sighed Madame Galson;
but / was very, very wicked when
wa a girl Married against my par
cnts' will. and ! left home secretly.
My husband brought me to America.
and / wrote to nv mother. but she
never answered me. They would not
forgive me. Aiterwgd. when trouble
came. was too proud TO write.
Madame Noir looked nj her guest,
and her heart began TO beat violently.
Had you no sister TO intercede for
you?" she asked.
81 had q dear sister," said Madame
Galson. "She was Young. but know
she would have ~endeavored to soften
my parents. II is strange that she
never wrote to me. But in France
girls have not the freedom they have
here, and my father was very stern.
All, YES. Gabrielle loved me-"
"Gabrielle.' cried Madame. WAS
your sisters name Gabrieileg"
"Ah! YES" said Madame Galson. 81
saw by your note that it was also
yours, Madamc-pardon me, but l be-
lieve that at the same age you must
The expression Of the mouth-it affect
ed me greatly"
And -four own nameexAiadame?'
asked Madame NOR.
Elise. replied Madame Galson.
"Our father was Monsieur August Dis
saux. He had a chateau near Paris.
His father had male n large fortune rs
a manufacturer OF silks. He khnself
lived on his property. My husband was
not OF his country. his religion, or his
sentiments. Therefore he hated him;
yet ] had thought he would forgive US.
when we were really married. and that
nav mother would ut least write"
"Oh, Madame, what is it that troubles
you? Are You ill2" And Madame Gal
son. ~interrupting her speech. bent
toward Madame Noir, who was weep
ing.
"Ill?" replied Madame Noir. "Oh,
no; l am agitated overcome. Elise.
have ] changed so much that You do not
know mc2 have known you ten min
utes-at least ten minutes. l am Cab.
rielle, from whose side you crept more
than twenty-five wears ago. l have
also married, as you know by my change
of name. 1 have never heard a word
from you since you left us. Mamma
never received yOur letter. We never
knew that you were married. w suf-
fercd suspense and anguish. Oh, Elise,
Elise, to think that, after all, we meet
again."
The younger sisters hand stole into
that of the elder. IL was no place for
demonstration of any sort: but, i'm her
heart, Madame Noir was giving thanks
to Heaven.
And So" said Lizzy, with her
cheeks all pink with pleasure. rs she sat
sewing in her mothers little home on
IcI ucAt ioliul1 dltciiOOu- duu So
mother, it has turned out that Mrs.
Galson is Madame's sister that she
hasn't sccn since they were girls to-
gether. And Mrs. Galson and the fonr
children are coming to live with
Madame for good, and eve have to
work hard and be poor again. And
Madame says she's glad the Governor
proclaimed Thanksgiving. and she
ought to be, for she's got more than
comfort by it-folks to love her dearly,
as only your kin can. And. to be sure. |
it all did come of her keeping Thanks
giving, though | must say she kept it in
a kind of French way; and l shouldn't
wonder if next time they'd go to
church. they're all so thankful. Isn't
it curious, MAJ"
"Yes, Lizzy, it is curiousr' said
Lizzy's mother. in jerks between the
turns of the wringer, for no new could
stop the washing; but, YOU know by
your hymn-b book that God works in a
mysterious way, His wonders to per-
FORM And for my part, the older l
grow the less surprised | am at any,
thing; and | calculate this was a reward
10 Madame for doing her duty accord
ing TO her light making the widows
heart to sing for joy ana comforting the
orphans. Mary Kyle Dallas.