The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-06-10
ASTORYOF BLOOD.
CHAPTER I'LL CONTINUED.
BY N. Z. BRADDoN.


deal 30 Bose, after her experience Of village
L0dgings on the way; but her new friend
auld her she might walk miles and get moth.
ilng 50 cheap in all Paris; so she took heart,
Nnd hired the apartment for month GER
Gain, paying the fifth OF her golden pieces,
Of which she had spent Just four upon the
Coad - an instalment Of the rent. And
6Aan, still directed by her stout friend, she
WauE 20 creEnerte round the corner, and
hsuEh& some milk and rolls and o little
aheese for supper; and the sister sat down
Hnshsir new home, so bare Of many things
Nlssntial for comfort and laughed and cried
over dieir first meal In Paris. Kathleen was
Ntnost hysterical with fatigue and excite
nleut. Ali the way they had come, even In
GAs midst Of her glrllsh gladness she had
0Gen haunted by fears Of pursuit. The
Reverend Mother would send the gardener
after her, and have her taken back and shut
mn I'm the sun-baked room where the rats
.1fued-
"5nt now we are safe" she said, with her
head on her sisters shoulder, and Roses
arm round her, I'VE are safe In Paris; and
e Reverend Mother sends after us, We'll go
III We are his subjects now" This was
In 0s, when the Empire was in It's glory,
and there was sense Of power and splen-
dor In the third Napoleon's dominion over
thiS beautiful modern Babylon, such as
RUst have been felt in Rome under the po-
liGic sway of Augustus. These girls felt as
&c they we're In fortress, now they were
within the charmed circle Of imperial mag
uideence.
Years Of struggle and poverty and indus
Try and self-denal came after that happy
evening when the girls sat in the twilight,
dreaming Of bright future Il but though the
Draining was severe, 1t was perhaps, the best
Uad nObest school in which humanity can
DO educated. The sisters were never I'M
ARppy, for they were together, and they
were free. Rose was sister, mother, guar
dian, all the world Of love and shelter for
Kathleen, who bloomed into exquisite love-
EMess In that humble Partisan lodging, a
G&ir flower blOss0mlng unseen with, hap
uily, few to note her beauty.
RGsefound only too soon that education
was drug In the Partisan markets. After
iheE0lc efforts to get employment as morn
AMg g1verness In bridesmaids family, she
FeGi back upon the only industry which Of
Gared itself, and, by the help Of her first
Exlslan friend, Madame Schubert the stout
uEAtrOn who had found her lodging, she
g1temploymentasa an artificial iower-maker,
IN which art she progressed rapidly, and, In
q couple OF years, attained perfection
WhEch Insured her liberal wages-wages
WAtch enabled her to maintain the little
Radglng, and feed and clothe herself and
her sister. The fare was of the simplest,
aud there was good deal Of plnchlng need
cd 10 make both ends meet in that luxurious
expensive city Of Paris especially In winter,
when fuel made such an inroad upon the
akender purse; but somehow the girls never
knew actual prlvatlOn, never went to bed
hungry, or were haunted in their slumber
~ The nightmare of debt. The little rooms
on che third story were the pink Of neat
mesa Kathleen was hOusekeeper, and her
busy hands swept and busted and polished,
1nd kept all things bright The modest
GREy or brown merlno gowns were never
shabby or dilapdated. Collars and cuffs
were always spotless, and the little feet
neatly shod. There were always few half
pGnce for the bag at Notre Dame, and there
NFEa always loaf to divide with Door
ueighbor, or cup Of soup for sick child.
On the other hand, the pleasures Of the
atateTS were Of the rarest, and, perhaps, that
q why they were so sweet. A steamboat
excursion once or twice In q long summer
% some suburban village that was almost
Gha c0untry;a visit to cheap boulevard
ahcatre once or twice In the long winter.
,A3Ge o, how heavenly was the scent of lime
blossoms, how exquisite the verdure of sum-
'SMeR mpOdOws, to those who tasted the lux.
uEy so seldoml And howvlvld and real was
'eAat sham world Of the stage to those who
90 seldom saw the curtain rise upon that
paint and tinsel paradisel
Rose and Kathleen lived as humbly az
GEisettes live, and dressed as grisettes dress:
but they preserved the secluded habits of
English ladies-lInew no one and spoke to
,uO enc, outside the narrow enclosure Of that
little stone-paved yard in the Rue Git Ia
CGur, with Its three houses divided into
eWenty domiclles! Among these dwellings
Che sisters had made few respectable aC.
quaintances, including Madame Schubert
the stout matrOn who grew more and more
obese rs the years went by who was de,
acTibed somewhat vaguely as o petit RENTER
and whose only business In life was to know
the business Of her neighbors, and to attend
upon an ancient coffee-colored pug almost
IS obese as herself.
As she was their first, so was Madame
fchubert their best and most intimate friend
and, Indeed, the one only person whom the
DemOlselles O'Hara visited and received In
cha vast city Of Paris. She was always
'Gaelr companion and protectress in those
Aappy excursions to the country, those fairy
like nights at the theatre. 1t was she who
supplied the secluded damsels with news Of
" the outside world, She knew, or pretended
- know, everything that was going on In
Raris; and she certainly did know every
thing that went on in the Rue Git 10 C@ur.
1t was Madame, or In familiar parlance
A1aman, Schubert who gave Rose and Kath-
Noen the first information abouta new ledger
who had taken up his abode In the two lit
Ee garrets over their own apartment-a
yuung man with q handsome face, and
geIatdI-ah, but how gentill tout-dfdtt talon
rouge He would bear comparison with
any gdt,dtn on the boulevard, although his
coat looked as II 1t had been well Worn, and
al his worldly goods consisted of one bat
-lered portmanteau and an old egg-box full
of books.
He writes for the papers-for the Drd-
peGu Rouge" said Maman Schubert. II
have seen the printers devil going up stairs
with proofs. But he is not rich, this youth,
for he breakfasts at Suzon Michel's cremerie,
and he often buys slice of Lyons sausage
and loaf as he goes home in the afternoon,
when other young men are going to their
tavorite restaurant"