, 1889-08-22

cellar where the hired man sprouts po;,
tatocs in the spring when 1t rains and
he has u holiday. ] thought OF my past
life and tried to remember some OF the
4s32 verses of scripture along wit other
ofenses In my school days. ! thought
of Barbara and the bond OF sympathy
there was between lis. / recalled tne
time when, In that touching story OF the
rich, warm South, called THE Quick or
the Dead Barbara rolled over on the
hoor of the old church and sobbed tie
plastering loose from the vnulted ceilng;
At this moment | thought l heard
voices approaching. 1t was n French
voice, however, but n foreign language,
OF which understood nothing. A voice
never sounded so good. 1t seems that
the guide, who had counted noses and
figured up what lhc whole thing would
amount to in fees, had come out two
short and had returned to secure his
purboire, which is the only word know
In the French language. Soon ntterhim
l was able to make out his lantern, like
a consumptlve lightning bug in the hard
gloom of the general root cellar, and
taking the hand which he held out for
the fec, ] wrung it twice gladly, and per-
mitted him to lead nc out. At one
time thought of robbers concealed be-
hind the back pillars supporting the
massive vaults, and | Thought of the
terror of being caught in France without
money. | had just concealed my purse,
jewels and guide-book in my hair as the
guide returned.
n. B.--rhis last line is lie, but the
rest Is not,
Hnrk bark! the dogs do bark,
B1ggaIs have come TO town,
Some In rags and some In tags,
And some without any gown.
Sunday was one of the holidays on
which the beggars and iakirs and Grip
pies and lcpcrs and deformod mendt-
cants are permitted to invade the city
like pestilcnce and take away the APP
petites of those who are provided with
the regular number of limbs and who
have to work instead of bcinggiftcd with
u sore. Whether IL be Il good custom TO
thus break In on the joy of a celebration
by taking advantage of the general gem
erosity of q fote dag | will not under
Ike to say, because | am not here to
crticise the government The French
government and can go hand in hand
down liie's pathway real well, but | did
not cat any dinner sunday to speak of,
and my lunch was taken out
FOLLOWING THE GUIDE.
Ono pleasant little gentleman played
the clarinet by inserting it in delight
tul little bullet-hole in his windpipc.
MS gave MN the use OF MS mouth Tor
enernl conversation OH current topics of
he day, while vt the same time chew
ng tobacco and accompanying himself
on the clarinet. am quite fond of the
clarinet generally and enjoy seeing a
good man swallow one of the large early
dwarf instruments, but Il few times
made me quite we'll satisfied in this in
stance. gave the man few sous and
then went away to see u very unique
sore toe that had heard of on the cor
ner of the Rue de Fourth of September.
A young mother with IA baby, born
Just in time for the holiday, sang Il
French song, which may hsvc been moral
or not, could not say, but che tune
would peel the bark Oft an iron fence,
She sang at the corner of the Rue de la
Paix, and if had been the corner of the
Rue dc la Paix | would have tipped a
house over on her. She had little tin
teapot cover for offerings, and as she
held the child upso it could get good
view of the sun, | thought that this was
one of the oddcst celebrations of ma
tional holiday that had ever been at.
Bill. NYE.