The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-21

yelled the masses afresh, as their num-
girl In behind hip!'' I 1 J
! The CRITICAL moment hade arrived. I
prepared to5rcoeive the first one who
blow. Several ruftians had approached
Pauline as well, but her brother stepped
before her.
/ .''This is my sister, and . patriot" xe~"
*Let her prove it," was the; RESPONSE
LET her cry out, "Vive Ia France! \
bas les Prussiens"
With clarion voice the girl repeated
the indicated words, and tie rage of the
excited multitude again turned against
my own person. "lnto the Seine Wiz:
the. spyp' 'Gro the lump -post!' blended
tfercely with their cries. ..~.-
"Hclr me, citizens' now screamed
Pauline. ''This man has been my be-
trothed, with full consent of my parents,
and l have loved him. | am Il daughter
of France and have sacrificed my love him
Of TO nly colntrys have given back to-
him His plrhted trotl. and hereby do
/ the same afresll publicly. But you are
+ rFrenchmen and not barbarians. You
will assured]y allow this man to return
to his own country in or'rr that he may
Frances women. In consideration
herefor promise to add the support Of
my weak arms to the defense Of the
walls of ouroWn dear Paris, and my eN-;
ample slmn iire the hearts Of Thousand
ofothers." 81. EE% IT, A8 III ss#S.
/ 4HWell spoken! Bravo!5 Vivc ID eitoy !
him to the railway station" W ! III the
multitude.
Call a facrc!" exclaimed an elegant
ly-attired gentleman, politely, to me.
merely thanked him with Il hurried
glance, while my eye rested u1Cllangc-
ably upon Pauline's lovely form. 1t was
impossible to evoke a glance from her III
return. In that moment almost wished
th1t'their threats had been converted rs: rs:
-ttoeuS. .\ll earnest desire; took posses
sion of nlct0 have :GPaullDe loudly boast
nf her love before the assembled mob,
Including my rival and then to share
tho inevitable Jointly with me. She
seemed like a comedienne in my eyes.
Without SO much rs casting II fllrtivc
glance behind her she left the scene.
AIy heart filled with bitterness. The
misses gradually dispersed. Calling {,
tacrc named the address of my lodg-
ilys, where stood my baggage, ready
u.
away without the Interchange Of
another syllable.
Eight years rolled on. Circumstances
frequently took me to England, but I
had always studiously avoided Paris.
The great Exposition opened and l
seized upon it as a prctext. For its in
spcction would | alone 90 thither, but
the remembrance of Pauline pressetlbc-
tween all Of my speculatiOnS and ex-
cuses:. How, if she were still to be wait
!: ing for me? . i T.H - :.
TO Paris, then! And now again was
there to find the glorious ity more
beautiful, livelier, brighter than ever,
but to discover alike the. hatred against
sthc Germans undiminshed. Ihastcncd,
despite my hateful "reminiscences, to in
quire for Etiennc Leteyre, only to hear
that he had gone away upon u business
return for five days. During this inter-
val occupied the slowly creeping
hours with visits to the Exposition
At last the week had passed and the
next morning was impatiently awaited
by me. Toward o'clock I reached the
place Indicated. ] WAS conducted to Il
sinister, bearded man, who scanned mo
with inuuisltorial elances.
':Do you recognize me" l auefied.
"Certain!y I know you, although |
heartily wish that ! had never known
YOU; what would YOU have ofme?"
1t is my !nmost wish to CLEAN some
Intelligence concerning the welfare Of
yn!r sister Pauline"
"+Al,, you desire to qisit herr"
eli possible, yes"
"t'ame"
We set out. Arrived at the Porte Eapp
h he>koned to coachman, whispered
a word to hin: and invited me to g. a.
in the ti!cre:' Seating himself besl,,c
m:', thence for fully twenty minutes
without the Interchange of a. word. We
halted in front Of a massive gate. |
read the words: "Cimctiere Montmar-
tire" ! y cold chill passed through my
frame; VIC were entering resting place
# The denl After asprotractcd passage
through graycStoilcs, crosses and BUSH
SIS, we came to a halt. Here the re ap-
pclrcd 4 neatlykept grave, surmount-
nd by d handsome marble column of
dazzling whlteness, whose gilded in
scrlpton ran as follows: ..-
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