The Worthington advance., 1882-09-21

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But now she knows why Jennie aud
tho cows came home 10 late.
PAULINE'S LOVE.
A Story Of Paris. from tho German
Of Albert Blelander.
During tho Exposition I arrived in
Paris from New Haven, via Dieppe,
and took lodgings in the Rue de Rome,
In 4 respectable hotel garni, wherein !
had stopped sometime before the war;
Ito proprtetors were no longer the same
but In an adjoining cafe discovered IA
miliar old faces. The woman behind
the cashiers desk recognized and sa.
luted me heartily.
Eve have endured terrible times
since our lust meeting" she said. II
have often thought that we would see
you sooner; but after all, what char ns
can Paris have 70: you without Pau.
line?"
''Without Pauline?" interrupted he,
hurriedly; els she no longer here?'
II have not seen her since then, II
was her halting rejoinder.
"And her brother?"
"He is married and temporarily en-.
gagged as an engineer in the marine de.
partment of the exposition. Their
mother, if err not, still resides in the
Avenue de Clichy."
Thanking her, took my leave and
having summoned servant to collect
my baggage and made some need
full alterations in my attire, immediate
ly repaired to the Avenue de Clichy In
tiacre. On arriving there I found
nothing altered and alighted. The EN-.
tire neighborhood was only too familia,
to me. and soon stepped across the
threshold of that house which some
years before had enclosed the object o
all my longings and aspirations. Will
rapidly beating heart l mounted tho
well-known staircase. On the third
floor l pulled that bell for whose tone !.
lovely being had often waited for hours
and never vainly. 1t now penetrated
my heart like the stab of dagger.
little girl of seven years opened the
door. / desired to see Madame Lefevre
"Whom shall l announcer" quericd
the pleasant child.
"An old friend" darel not mention
myself by name. Presently I stood be
fore the old lady. She had visibly alter
ed, for her wonted lovely glance Of good
nature had given way to cuttin. ex.
preston Of severity and coldness.
"Who are you and what may be your
pleasure?" she asked.
"Do you no longer recognize me?'
had advanced u few PAGES and extended
hand q.livering with excitement. She
stepped backward nevertheless.
"What impudeneev she muttered, as
though talking to herself. "Monsieur,' .
she continued, with tone of icy cold
ness, II do not recognize you; but if
ever have known you shall curse the
day that has brought you to my house
unto the last moment Of my life. 10
Claire, show the German out!''
At these words she had vanished.
could scarcely trust my senses. Thil
woman had formerly called me he r son
"Are yOu Prussian? Grandma hate.
the Prussians," said the child, on open.
ing the door.
l turned my steps sadly elsewhere
1t such he the mother, what reception
Will the daughter accord and where shall
! lind the latter? shall have to hunt
up her brother. Have not come to OK.
tend forgiveness for past wrongs as well
as to do appreciative homage to tina
patriotism at whose shrine plighted
troth once fell sacrificed?
I b.nrH b.
fete day at st: Cloud. On that occasion
she was amusing herself in the compan,
OF her brother and his betrothed and Q
another young man, an intimate frient
OF the former. I lay with several &C
qua,ntances upon the green sward. jus
up there where the glorious panoram
o. the large and magnificent city un
eyes of the beholder. Nv friends <lre;
my attention to the girl. She recline,
care'essly upon the ground. Her head
WIN Its wonderfully expressive face
half concealed by dark brown streaks o
sllkcn texture. thus disheveled by tn,
action OF games and the dance, restet
upon the arm of q carcssing femal,
Trend; It was a lovely sight and m,
heart beat violently within me. Hal
any one OF my glances been caught ur
by her own? She blushel under it like
an open lotus flower and assumed a mod
est attitude. When Immediately there
after the dance had been resumed. sh.
seemed fatigued and declined the invi
led her more than once. Nevertheles.
her giances stole bashfully towards me
they seemed to say ''comew and I went
She did not decline my invitation. We
dsnced together, and discovered In nv
conversation with her, to nv sudden as.
constituent, that l was not entirely .
stranger to her. In reality she was a
nelghDor Of mine; nothing but a yartl
separated our windows from each other.
and l had never before observed h r..
Thus, when her brother approached.
she found herself able to Introduce me:
See, Etienue, this is the gentleman
VINO plays the piano so finely"
Her words and the artless manner of
pronouncing them dissipated the lower
ing folds of his brow and Quickly made
us acquainted with each othor. But the
other young man-who might he be-?
Later l learned to recognize him AZ a
good friend of the family. "a well "a = y
secret. but as vet unaccepted lover Of
Pauline. We soon parted at that time
did not wish to appear forward. but
who shall datail all tie minor intrieues
ana wcr stntegems that followed here
upon? Who the sweet sense of expecta-
ton 'wherewith ! peered across to an
other certain window mIbehind the
curtains Of my own? And who the
heart-beats, when her lovely head came
to view, or when two littlewaxen fingers
pressed against that rosy little mouth;
the disappointment when waited vain.
", or when she, after throwing me q
i'and-kiss, blushingly hurried away?
Ana soon-oh, it was very soon-we
had found and understood each other.
It was then no longer capricious bit Of
ch!Id's play; there followed earnes..
holy vows for life. Where are those
VOWS? Were they but the offspring ~
an eyanescent feminine humof? Iono
was I constrained thus to believe. Often
she teased me with the young man
aforementioned, as well US with other
admirers, and if I grew angry or sad
she would gaze penitentially and lovingly
into my eyes until my very heart over