The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-03-17

| meantime the reuOu OLaD Die moment
drew nearer. 1t was time to think of
the cradle, and other preparations for
the little one coming.
That winter was hard one in every
sense; the snow lay longer than usual
: in the streets, and business was bad.
/ The theaters suffered with the rest.
and that in which Julien was second
violin reformed its orchestra. Julien
being one of the latest corners was one
of the first sent away
From that time he had but one
thought, that of misery coming to
strangle them. He foresaw the mo-
ment when it would appear, terrible,
and il he dreaded it, it was very sim
cerely because of Rose. He concealed
the truth from her as long as he could,
but ut last he reached the end of their
little savings, and found nowhere a
chance to earn a livelihood. From
time TO time he was taken on as supple
mentary violin at some ball, but he
earned little, and brought back from
these balls a ferocious melancholy, in
which he seemed To hate all human
kind. His rebellious nature could not
bend TO what it considered an abdica-
ton of its dignity.
Every day he cursed the fortunate of
this world.
For some time singular idea had
been in his mind. He sought a means
of procuring money without appearing
TO solicit il for himself
One day he said to Rose: 81 am go
ing tn write to a number of great ladies, |
as they are called, to propose TO
them shares in a journal TO be founded.
of course, il will be journal of the |
fashions-we must find a way to inter |
est the frivolous-and have had quite |
enough of politics. Twill do the must |
cal criticism and be manager at the |
same time. 1t seems to me that, patron |
lied by five or six COuntesses and peo- |
pie of that sort, my paper ito them I
shall say their paper must prosper.
So you are saved again. little Rose. and |
we shall be in good circumstances by |
the time that baby arrives"
But he didn't quite understand the |
great ladies'"
He prepared a number of letters ex- |
planning his design, and sent one TO the |
Countess of D.. lie waited some |
days in vain: no answer.
A second letter was sent out to the |
Marquise de B.: no answer; a third |
to the Duchess de Il; no answer.
While turning over the leaves of a
list of titled people his eyes fell on the
name of the Princess de kermornas.
why not?" he unused. In the first |
place, she does not know of my exist |
ence. Seems to me the Prince said that
she was generous. We shall see. 1t
is worth trying"
No sooner had he written her name |
on the envelope than he tore up the
paper. The name of Kermornas hurt /
him. even to read il, for il recalled to
him one of the most dolorous passages
in his life.
He reflected: Does the Princess
know the peril which encountered in
saving her husband? II she knows of
it, why has she not tried to find me? /
She must know that / am not among
the favorites of fortune. Why write to
her IL she does not know? Yet why
not. making a slis IA. allusion TO services
rendered. No, that is the thought of
coward. Inever thought, in saving the
Prince, that l should be tempted to
speculate on the action in the future.
saved him because il seemed rs il his
life were better worth preserving than
my own"
One day he took courage, seized an
envelope, wrote the address in feverish
haste, penned q hasty letter. and mailed
it stealthily, as il he were doing q bad
action.
The next day he received the follow
ing letter:
Monsieur: A fashion journal has no
interest for me, but fancied that you
might. perhaps. desire a small advance
of funds. Kindly inform me if am
not mistaken. Princess de Kermornas--
He read the letter over and over. try
ing to figure out the character, features
and form of the writer.
docs she wish to humiliate or help
me9 don't want charity! am not
beggarI' he would say TO himself.
And he wrote the second letter, al
most insolent in form:
Madame: You mistake, whether in
or not cannot say, my re-
cent letters meaning. 1 know very
well tbs YOU have no interest in me, and
how little it matters TO you what l may
or may not do. But would not have
you think that came 10 you for aims
/ offered you a means of diversion. that
was all IL would have cost you less,
for instance. than the aeronautic ex-
petitions which I am told you patronize.
Excuse me and believe me, yours 10
command Julien Nasty"
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