The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-02
THE ROSE TREE NINE.


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"A cUIu manu- was hhoIAlh5 at my
hearI when when. aaid my aVe' last night
my Antoine
"The heart of "A woman feels many
strange things; l cannot answer my
wife
Let us 80 also southward, Antoine,
before the great wlnu'&Ad the Wild frost
come.
81 have love OF thee, Angelique, but /
cannot go.
is not love greater than all'
TO Keep pledge is greater"
&" Yet If evil conner
There is the mine,
None travels hither; who should
find lt:'
he SAID to me, my wife, Antoine,
| Will you stay and watch the mine until
come with the birds northward againy
and said I will stay and Angelique will
stay l will watch the mine
This is for his riches, but for our
peril, Antoine"
"Who can say whittier a woman's
fancy goes' 1t IS full of guessing. 1t is
clouds and darkness today and sunshine
so ,much-tomorrow. l cannot an
sWer,
y haVe tear' u my husband loved
me,m e.,
mere Is lle IiI'lo' no lA'errup'eu
u'uiIy, my
w hel, my hear' acnGs 50
Ahgehque' Iner9 IS the ihlhe'
An my AhVolhe'
anu 80 tHeSe V%o sValu On tHs l9lal'u
VI VI oulHV Jouli' III I4'lho ." lcIIoi' '4liou5H ~
tno purple ,iy. Ia@5 VI uu1uulh INTO tne
WHlVo =, DIliil'uCy Oh WINTER suailius I.le
Rose !reo NINE Which FalllnS' the
Eng ii7ililan' anu ms companions Aau
prosPectou ana ueolareu 20 DC Iheu
OPlT'
But SAINT Jean was lar Irom the ways
Oh settiement' ana tnere was little food
anu only one nut ana many thlhSs must
DC done lor the Rose Tree hllne IN the
places Where men sell thelr souls toi
money! ana ANTOINE ana AnSehque
trehch peasants from tne pallsh OF Saln'
irene IN '5ueuec' were lsIV 20 guard th(
place oil treasure until, TO the sound OF
the laughing spring there should come
many men ana iAucn machinery, ane
the SINKING OF shalIs III the eaf'h an'
the making ol llcAes'
But When antoine ana Angehque Wer'
lett alone In the waste, and God begai
to draw the pale coyerlet OF frost slowly
across land and water and to surroun'
SAINT Jean wllh stubborn moat OF Ice
the heart OF the woman telt some coming
danger, ana at last broke forth IN word
OF timid warning When she once ha'
spoken she sald no more but stald an'
bullded tie heaps OF earth about IN
nome, and hIleu every creylce asains
a the lnhoapitable Splrlt or Winds, an'
drew her world closer and closer within
E those two rooms where they should Inv
= through many moons.
/ The winter was harsh, but the heart
{ OF the two were strong They loved
and love IS the parent OF endurance, tn
begetter or courage ANA every day
because 1t seemed ms duty, Antoine IN
= specteu the lose Tree lnlnei ana ever
day, also, because it seemed her duty
Augelioue said many ayes. And ON
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pray ""' uI"CH WIN ne ioI iH
10 come early, tlau the child should no
suffer; the child which the good Go
was TO give to her and Antoine.
In the first hours Of each evening An
toino smoked and Angelique sang th
J old songs which their ancestors learne
in Normandy. One night Antoine's fac
was lighted with fine fire a5 ho talke
Of happy days in the parish of Saiu
Irene, and with that romantic fervor @
his race which tho stern winters Of Car
ada could not kill, he sang "a Ia Clair
> Fontaine," the well beloved song chill
Of the voyagers' hearts.
And the wife smiled far away into th
dancing aames-far away, because tn
s ERE retreateI, reTcated TO the ltd
church where they two were wed; an