The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-06-27

cafe that opened early for the accoramoda- !
ton Of the neighborhood. Here She enter
ed, and seated herself at a table near the
door. The fresh morning air blew in upon
her face as she sat there, and she felt as if
that alone kept her from fainting. Never
in all her life before had she entered such a
place alone. or sat alone among such COM
pany. Her girlllood and brief married life
had been as closely guarded as II she had
been q duchess. To sit alone among rough
blouses and Versaillais soldiers in their
stained uniforms was n new experience.
She ordered some coffee, and the waiter
brought her a roll and butter. She had
eaten nothing except one piece OF bread
since she had left home. The coffee and
the food revived her, and she was able to
look about her, and listen to the eager
voices of the blouses and. soldiers, as they
sat eating and talking, smoking, drinking
all at once as 1t seemed to her, with their
| elbows on the table, seen indistinctly In q
cloud of tobacco.
.He, le pore, two little glasses of cognac,
one of absintle,' called a blouse.
"Garcon, une CONNIE" drawled another
blouse, with sublime atfectation, initiating
the expired, or temporarily cbliteratel,
race of foplings, the petitS creucs OF the
Empire, known afterwards rs gomneu1,
elegant consumers of absinthe considerably
| diluted with gum arabic And then caine
a name which riveted Kathleen's attention
to the next table. The name was Serizicr.
They were discussing the delegate of the 18Th
ACCOMPLISHMENT, the commander of the 101st
battalion.
"They say that he has dccamped, this
good Serizier, the hero of or battlcs,'' said
one of the men.
ut was time" answered q soldier; "our
cavalry were at the end of the street when
cette bcte took to his heels. They have been
hunting for him ever since, but the rat has
run into some hole where he is not easily
found. We shall have him, though. Nom
dun cllicn, such butchers must not be al
lowed to escape. Those COED Dominican
Fathers! No, the cdndiue shall no; getoff!'
'Jie is a man of yesterday, this Serizier.
a creation of the 1S;h March, is he not?"
asked the other.
"He is C~ommunard, crdpuie among the
Communarls. He is a currier by trade, hut
he sotinto trouble under the Empira, and
was a refugee in Belgium up to the 4th OF
September. He hates all priests with a
diabolical ~ferocity, and has prided himself
upon desecrating the churches by his brutal
orgies. He is more tiger than man; but we
shall cut his claws and draw his teeth when
we find him."
"Nyhen we find him, yesf' answered tie
) other, lo,ling over the table, and, eating lis
| SOM With an air of luxurious rcposc,
His hands and face were aiikG blackene(
by gunpowder; his hair was ciottod will
dust and blood. There had been no !eisur,
vet for the yictors to make their toilet.
"You think he has taken the key of tht
, feldsf'
| 81 should say he was across the frontie
: by this time, or on board one Of the Amcri
p can steamcr at Hav!c. He would not lie
$ the grass grow under his feet"
I Not 50 easy to get out of Paris, m,
I friend. Look at Raoul Rigault. He trie.
y to hide himself yesterday afternoon, bu
u they unearthed him, and set him With h
" back to the wall his favorite attitude 70
r other people. And this Serizicr is mark
ed man. He commanded twelve Battalion
d at Cnaliilon and at Issy. All the arm
know him. He will never be abe to pas
our outposts unIecognised.'
d 81 hope not answered Tie other. 1.-The
. say that some of the communist dogs-tii
u leaders of the s~hecp-have provided then
selves will, balloons, and that, as soon a
i they have burned Paris, they mean to Sc
sail for England or Belgium
There was no more said about Serlzici
and Kathleen left, af Ell paying for her r.
freshment, and walked iomeward slowly
e fecbiy, i'll the bright cool morning. The su
! was rising over the heights beyond Tari.
y 1t vas Shining on the faces of the dead, o
e the dreadful crimson dye which stained th
streets, Oil rags and iaitars, and fragment
of arms strcwed thicker than autumn leave
y on roadway and pavement.