The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16


was not better to be cheated, even, and to
believe in some one up yOnder, who can set
the riddle of this world right when He
chOoses--some hand turning thegreat wheel
of destiny yonder behind the clouds. No,
Monsieur Durand, am not all evil"
1t was not till the end of the year that
CASTOR was well enOugh to be removed To
the Rue Git lie Ceur, and, in the mean time,
he and his wife occupied theToOms In the
empty house near the Place d'ltale with
that good-natured busybOdy, Madame Schu-
bert generally known as CT bonnie SCIlt.
beIt-to take OF care OF them. Suzon Michel
went straight from the house where those
two whom she had held apart were lost in
tho bliss of an unhoped-fOr union, and gave
herself up to the police. The account against
her name was heavy, and payment in full
was exacted. She was despatched with q
gang of COmmunards on board rotten old
ship bound for Cayenne, and In the unut
terabe miseries OF that dreadful voyage she
was like an angel Of mercy 10 her fellow.
sinners. And at the convict settlement
the petroleuse, the amazon, became the
nurse and miniStering angel of the fever
stricken wretches in the prison hospital, .
source Of comfort and OF hope to many
dying captive, till the deadly climate did Its
work, and the pestilence struck her down
rs 1t had stricken others--a woman young
In years, but old in strange and sad expert
ence; sinner, but not without hope OF par
don.
The dark days Of November and Decem-
Der were blssful days for Kathleen. Health
and strength returned to her as II by magic;
and in week after her restoration to hap
piness she was able to help In waiting upon
her husband. Another week and she would
hardly allow Madame Schubert to do any
thing for him. In the third week she was
walking to and from the printing Office OF
Gastons old journal, which had been re-
suscltated under new name, as The
Friend Of Freedom, and the proprietor OF
which was enraptured to receive copy
from the brilliant pen Of his old contributor,
given up as lost to literature for ever.
Yes, those were happy days. That poor
shattered leg of Gaston's had shrunk and
shortened, and he would go limping along
the road OF life 10 the end Of his days; but
his mind was clear and vigorous rs ever,
and his heart was content. DurBs the en-
forced quiet of those December days he
made avigoTOus beginning that scheme
of novel which ho had mentioned TO Kath-
leen on their weddlngday. But he did not
keep his work secret from his wife, as he
had threatened. lie garnered up no sur
prises, being In too much need Of her sym
pathy to sustain his belief In himself.
He read the days portion aloud to Kath-
leen at night, the last thing, when that good
old Schubert, who insisted upon coming
every day with her market-basket smelling
of les HdllCs CenirdlCs, to cook and attend
upon them-whcn Maman Schubert had
taken her modest little nip Of eau do vie,
put her arm through tho handle Of her
empty basket, and wished them goodnight
for the sixth or seventh time. Then Kath.
leen pcrched herself upon tho arm Of her
husbands chair and nestled her head upon
his shoulder while he read his manuscript
II was a lOye-stOry, full of passion and FIRE,
and Kathleen felt that IL must make mad,
furious success. Nor was she far out In
her reckoning, when man, whose pen has
| grown bold and brilliant In tho work OF
/ literary IOurneyman, whose memory has
gnrnered the experience Off youth and man
hood spent In the very whirlpool of metro
poitan lifp, and who has read and dreamed
( and thought superabundantly In his leisure
/ hours ana his wanderings to and frO-when
such man glrds up his lOlns and says,
Enough Of the hard facts Of lfe-nOw l
will give myself full play In the garden Of
fancy" the chances are that he will write
grand novel.
Scrzier was condemned 10 death on the
18th Of February 1872 by the sixth council
OF war lie appealed against this sentence,
setting forth tho service which no had done
10 General Chanzy, on the 10Th OF March
~, In defending him against the revolution
AIRY mob. 1t was rumored In the neighbOr-
hood Of the Place d'Italle that SerIzier
would not DO executed; whereupon an un.
precedented agitation arose among the peo.
ple. The inhabitants Of the nelghbOrhoOd,
remembering the agonyOf terror under which
| thew had lived on account OF this man, Sign
ed petition demanding that no commute
| ton Of the extreme sentence should be ac-
corded TO the late chief OF the 18Th Legion,
ard entreating that, as an example and .
lust expatiOn, he should be executed In
front Of the prison over which he had ruled,
aud on the very spot where he had presided
over the massacre OF the DOmlnlcans.
This strange request cOuldnOt be granted;
but SerIzlprs crimes we're Of too black dye
TO admit Of mercy. He and his lieutenant
Bobeche were shot on the plain of Satory.
CASTOR MOrtcmars novel was published
In the following autumn, and obtained q
more brilliant success than any book that
had appeared since Madame BOyary. There
was a fire and freshness In the style which
made the appearance Of the story a SEN
satiOn, an event; and CASTOR saw himself
released for ever from the tread-mill routine
OF o third-rate newspaper, a man with place
and name In the ranks Of literature, free 10
write what he liked, and secure Of publisher
and public. And as the years wore on
years OF peace and pr0sperlty-th two
| households Of the Durands and the M0rte-
mars were undarkened by so much as a
passing cloud Industry, honor, and do
nestle love ruled In each nlendgG and there
was no break in the union between the Sis
tiers; albeit, Durand and Rose remained
constant " their town quarters In the Rue
Git 10 CDur, while CASTOR and his wife
transferred their household goods 10 a
dainty little villa at Passy, where the hus-
band could write In his garden among the
birds and flowers, while his young wife
guided the footsteps Of her yearling baby up
and down the little grassplot.
The caryed-Oak sidebOard was bought by
Sir Richard Wallace, and Dnrand's fame as
craftsman and artist was safely establish
ed from that hour; and so, where there had
been cloud there was sunshine, where there