The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-21
your Germany? Thither I never will

your sake shall remain here. But sup
pose it had to be-"
"If were your wife I would follow
YOU to the end of the world; but alas!
I believe that would die if you were to
take me away from Paris" -
""Are you SO incxorably devoted to
Paris-to your fatherland genenlly?"
"Above all other things earthly; no,
first comes my mother, my brother-ah!
no, you come first, I verify believe, you
II am so confused; l really 10 not
know"
"Angel mine" and kissed the tears
from her bealiteous eyes:
Our love was soon discovered. She
acknowledged all to her mother, but she
could by no means be brought to aban-
don the "silly child's play" as the latter
termed it. In the END she locked her
selfup within her; own apartment and
rarely arose from ller:bed. IL may have
been occasioned by u dash of self-wip,
but when her mother subsequently, eS-
tended an invitation to nc she recovered
from her indisposition forthwith.
II have hit upon the right physician, F"
said her mother, faintly smiling, us the
naughty, sobbing girl hung around her
neck.
We came into happy accord. 1rer
%GshsG deaaded % tSg Mseks Sr s
to tho house. She could not find ought
honorable, independent and permanent.
Even her brother appeared rcconcied
to the inevitable. His sole objection
was that Of my nationality, yet who
could permanently oppose the sweet cn.
treaties Of the fasclnatinY-child?
At that moment there suddenly arose
thunderstorm. 1t took its rise in the
direction Of Ems, and crushingIy struck
into two loving hearts, and uoubtIess,
into those Of thousands of Others: J!
F1c war broke out: - ~ } f.
Who shall picture the painfulunl anx:-
Gus expression Of Pau!ines colntenu,lrc
as the news Was brought to her: At the
outset few words were exchanged upon
the subject, but after the Germans had
crossed the French border, after victory
upon victory had crowned Teutonic skill
and bravery, Pauline grew moro retitcnt
by degrees, and her eyes perpctually
bore traces Of weeping. One day there
lay Il letter upon my table:
ROBERT MINE! You are no longer to see
me. | have thus promised my mother and
owe it to myself as we'll. Farewell; accept
my last salutation, my last kiss, and with it
the assurance that l shall never belong to
any one else! Should France win, al! may
yet be we'll. May God s,iv,, victory tn
France! THY PAULINE.
L had expected as much. and now that
the reality had supervcned | felt utterlvs
prostrated thereby. Unspeakable tor.
lnents rendered thatand the following
night horrible. OIy uuStrung nerves
conjured forth dis0uieting phantasm$
with mercaess violence; my dis
traught thoughts wandered sense
lessly hther and tkither, whilst
a disturbed brain brooded over plans at
the bare thought of which [ row rccuij.
10 thee, my fathcrland, on thy n!atern.
al breast let me pellitentially .contc:;S:;
that l had intended TO write to her, de-
cluring my readiness to take up arms
against thee, for her sake. God he
praised! such a resolution could not
stand. How would she have <!cspiseu
me! On the following morning ! pen
ned the following lines:
PAULINE; MINE! Ee it as you will. Let
us no longer see each other for the present .
Whether: France or Germany win, it viii all
yet turn o,lt well. You must know my
may exist no misunderstanding hct~rt', 1a.
NJ prayers ascend for my f therlas,d. God
give victory to Germany! THY Io"EEr.
After the letter had been dispatched,
felt somewhat calnlcr, but my heart
bled and quivered in the depths Of dis
trcss. changed my residence and
watched the course Of events. REPORTS
came III proiusion only to be contra
dictcd. All tho world knows how the
French people were deceived and
cheated yet the accounts of the mighty
events around Sedan could neither be
garblea nor denied-the blow was too
overpowering. AS direct consequence
there cnsued the proclamation of the
republic, and a new spirit; /, freshly
born courage, omentarily: cnthused the
French people. In the r1cantilllc the
expulsion otall Germans from Paris ha'!
been decreed. prepared my own de-
parture, yet determined to SEQ Pauline
once more. It was all impruIent rcso-
luton, but could not possibly alter il.
One Of her female friends took pity on
NE. Through her Intervention [ man
aged to see Pauline upon the Pont Nel1f.
The later, with no previous intinlation
Of the meeting, seemed frightened and
surprised. This robbed me Of my
own speech. I could not open my
'*How could you do thiso' she asked,
as she cast shy glances around.
<In order to take leave; l cannot re-
main in P;lris,".ss q, -:...:,
you have done wrong;. we have
said farewell to each. other" jKChe torres;
of her voice had lost. theilaWontel
warmth. Z. .'&a H s.st' s -
Farewell. then. Farewell and ford
me not. Ihave no desire to bring =
into embarrassment. I pity your trel
"Trephation! For whose. SIX zeaa15ei !
tome and my brother; doubtless they
have followed me-. Let lisS step behind;
the statuew We had reached the statue;
Of Henry IV. Perhaps they haYesnot
Too Mte, 81 Verify. T pbssesrved iioH is,st5
Pauline's brother pointed to- Ills ard:
clcnched his fists. Both men we're TIE
uniform of the Garde Rationale. The
girl grew pale az death.
eve are lost" she said.
Her brother now stood before US.
"Eh, bien, mademoiselle, are these
your promises? You, and this Prussia Il
here as we'll. have shamelully belied, u.s.,
He shall bitterly rue it.. Antoine, con-
duct my sister away"
At the first step toward compliance
with this command, Pauline recedcd u
step and exclaimed:
"Not until I am informed what you
propose to do to this gentleman"
This is our affair and that Of the
French Republic"
"Etienne," she rejoined, in hurried
accents, "you surely will not commit an
unworthy act. No, will 80 with you,
but you must allow this gentleman to 20
his way undisturbed. He desires. to
leave Paris. Antoine, I besecch you,
come away"
tires bien, mademoisclle; will fulfill
your wishes if you will here and now
solemnly swear never to give your hand
to an accursed Prussian; otherwise,
mon Dieu! this gentleman shall travel to
the Internal regions rather than to Ger
many"
My first thought was to ju up at his
throat for his insolence. It would have
been folly, for large circle Of bystand-
ers had formed closely around u.s. Pau
line glanced helplessly around.
'Antoine," she cried, II have done
all that you wished of me; why are yo,,
not content?"
"Parbleu! You should have kept your
promise and not accorded q rendezvous;
however, once for all, have you made III
your mind or not?"