Arizona republican., 1891-12-08

1t seemed as if she felt repentancs r,or forehead fell upon the pillow, and at in. tervals, with broken words, she mpr. mured to herself, while outside the cahin moaned the savage sea.
 My poor man! Oh, heavens. what Will he sayY He has already SO mnch trouble. What have done now2 Five children on our hands already! Their father tolls and tolls, and vet as if ha hao not care enough already, must giVe him this care more. Is that he9 No' nothing. have done wronp-be would do quite right to beat me Js that he! No! So much the betterl Tbe door moves as if some one were coming m put no To think that 1 should feel afraid to see him enterp
 Then she remained absorbed i, thought and shivering with the cold un- conscious of all outward sounds, of the oiack cormorants, which passed shriek- ing' and of the rage of wind and sea.
 All at once the door flew open, a streak or the white light of morning entered and the fisherman, dragging his drip. ping net, appeared upon the threshold, and cried, with gay laugh, "Here comes the navyp
 1ou! cried Jenny; and she clasped ner husband like lover, and pressed her mouth against his rough jacket.
 Here am, wife," he said, showing in the freight the good natured and contented face which Jenny loved so we'll
 Il have been unlucky," he continued.
 What kind of weather have vou had?" '0 'o'
 Dreadful"
 And the fishingY"
 Bad But never mind. have you in my arms again, and am satisfied. I have caught nothing at all. have only torn my net The deuce was in the wind tonight. At one moment of the tempest l thought the boat was founder ing, and the cable broke. But what have you been dolng all this timer?
 Jenny felt shiver in the darkness.
 "l:' she said in trouble. "Oh, noth- ing; just as usual. have been sewing. have been listening to the thunder of the sea, and l was frightened"
 "Ies; tho winter is hard time But never mind it now"
 Then, trembling as if she were going to commit a crime:
 Husband" she said, "our neighbor is dead. She must have died last night. soon after you went out She has left two little children, one called Wilhelm and the other Madeline The boy can hardly toddle, and the girl can only lisp. The poor, good woman was in dreadful want"
 The man looked grave. Throwing into corner his fur cap, sodden by the tempest; "The deucev' he said, scratch ing his head "We already have five children; this makes seven. And al- ready in bad weather we have to go without our supper. What shall we do now? Bah, it is not my fault; it's Gods doing. These are things too 'deep for me. Why has He taken away their mother from these mites? These mat ters are too difficult to understand. One has to be a scholar to see through them. Such tiny scraps of childrenl Wife, go and fetch them. If they are awake, they must be frightened to be alone with their dead mother. We will bring them up with ours. They will be brother and sister to our five. When God sees that we have to feed this little girl and boy besides our own He will let us take more fish. As for me, will drink water. will work twice as hard. Enough! Be off and get them! But what is the mat ter? Does it vex youl You are gener- ally quicker than this"
 His wife drew back the curtain.
 "Lookw she said.-Translated from the French of Victor Hugo for Strand Magazine.