The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-15
SdyED By Il KISS.
a Raro Instance of Pluck and Presence oi
Mind.

| SlOfS utucftOOh " cSCoitN " IiaiiVSpInC
young American woman named Her.
moino Leare, with her mother, little
sister and col0red nurse, out Of Paris
during the revolution OF 1913. The
train was stopped by Il burning bridge
ten miles from the city, and putting
the mothcf, nurse and child into Il
Trcnch cart, tho young man and the
Young woman, with whom he was in
love and afterwards married, walked
back to Paris. They arrived ut the
barriers, when they were met by q
turbulent, drunken crowd, who as an
excuse for piundcring them insisted
on examining them. The mother had
q bag of diamonds which tho daughter
took and secretly handed to the Young
Englishman.
"Vos pesscports," they demanded.
"Ilcrc are our American PASSPORTS"
said Ilcrlnoinc eve arc Americans"
"Ics, Americans, Republicans !"
cried Mrs. Lcarc; eve fratcrniZe with
all Republicans in Franco"
"Aristos," said Il man between his
teeth, glancing at her dress and at that
of IIcrnoimc.
"What does lie sav?' cried Mrs.
Lcarc, who did not catch the word.
"llush, mothcr!" said lIcrmoinc.
"But what did he Sav?' she Shrek
ed. Tell me at once; do not keep it
from me-"
Hcrnoinc replied UNWILLING to use
the word "nristocrai') by an Amcri-
can idiom: ''lic said we belong to the
Upper Ten"
But VIC don't. Oh. lIcrmic, your
father belongs to good fumilv in
Maryland, but my grandfather made
shoes. l was quite poor when he
married me. | was only sixteen"
"W hat You say?' said railroad
hand who knew u little English. "You
say YOU are not some arist0s!"
mo, sir" said L; "lhcse ladies
claim to be Americans and Republic
cans"
"Vivc Ia Rcpubliquc!" cried the
man.
"Vivc Ia Rcpubliquc?' quickly
echoed itcrmoinc.
"C'eSt bicn! c'cst bicn." cried an-
other, raising his lantern to her bancl,-
cd and beautiful face.
"Iou will let us all pass, monsicnr?"
size said pcrSuasvrly: "you will even
be our escort little way. We will
pay handsomely for your protcction."
Before hc conld answer her two or
three fellows, more drunk than the
rest, burst out with Il propositions:
"Shc says they arc not ariStos but Re-
puC!lcalS. Let her prove it. She
cannut, if she bc II true Republican,
refuse to kiss her fellow patriots"
| started and was about to knock
the rascal down with the bag Of da-
monds.
But IIcrmoinc laid restraining
hand upon my arm. "Gcntlcmcn,"
she said in clear tones and perfect
French, lit is quite true that we are
Americans and kcput licans. We
wish YOU well, and if it bc for tic
good of France to be free under Il Re-
publican form OF government, no one
can wish her prosperity more than
ourselves. But in our free country,
mcsSicurs, woman is held free to
give her Kiss to whom she will, and
according to our custom she gives it
only to hcr brtroihcl or to her hus-
band.' Here STOPPING she picked up
II little boy who had worked himself
into the forefront of the crowd, and
lhnfnro- -ll;noMi ->Ehnt--i },;,,s nl.a,, t,.aa
beside her. She looked moment
steadily ut the men around her, hold
in" the boys hand in both her own.
then turning toward him and pressing
her lips upon his face, she said: Mes
sIeurs. Kiss your representative; |
cannot embrace Il multitude;n and
placed a piece Of money in the gamin's
hand.
For moment there was some doubt
what view the crowd might take of
this, but her beauty, her tcarlcssncss.
ana, above al, the awe inspired bv her
WomanlincSs, prevailed. They shouted
"Nivc Ia Rcpublique
With all my heart" replied Her
moinc. "Now shout for the gentle
men: Nirc In RcpubliQuc dies Etats
CniS!'
They were completely won. A
French crowd is never dangerous or
unmnna"cablc till it has tasted blood,
and besides it has-or at least in those
days it used to vc-Scntimcnts, to
which it was possible. with little
tact. to appeal successfully
The opposition to our progress came
to an end. Mrs. Learc and old Mann
my were helped back into the cart,
and man offered them wine. They
brought some also to IIcrmcinc. !
pressed her TO drink ii, which she did
to their good health. and giving back
the glass placed in it napoleon. "Do
me the favor, McSSicurs," she said,
''to drink your next toast to our
American Republic" Cheers rose for
her: There was no longer any talk
OF OBTAINING us; the old horse was
urged forward. IIcrmoinc took nv
arm. We marched on, escorted bv
the rabblc. At the end of the village
street they all gave us an unsteady
cheer and turned back to their wine
tables. HcrmOinc proceeded i'm silence
little farther. Then felt her slip
ping from my arm, and was Just in
time to catch her.
NEW 1oKk PALACES. The compile
ton Of the Vanderbilt mansion will
probably he delayed couple of yenrs
by the difficulty of getting orders for
foreign tiling filled. Some very good
tilin@ is made in this country, but Mr..
Vanderbilt won't have it, and thc
workmcn here must wait on the con-
veniencc of manufacturers in Europc.
Marble chimney pieces are no lonucr
considered stylish enough for first
class houses. Elaboratrlv carved wood