Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-08-02
francs, and a position IN the Depart


"you are right in saying that some
people are luckv, for Eugene Csmus
was the most idle and ignorant fellow
that ever left the College of Juilly.
"Well, he nearly starved IN Paris
for two or three years, but luck SO
| wiiled it that another student of the
Orntory, Joseph Fonche, OF whom you
have spoken"
"Oh, Joseph Fonche must be quite
| O different sort of man, L am very
g al to hear that he still lives. He was
| knowing one, aud always at the
! head. He and ! were chums at college;
r. helped me with NY ~tudies, and in
Re ara L fought for him was a solid
little fellow, bit h. vas not strong.
THAT has not prevented his getting
on in the world. He is minister of
mething, l forget what. but that does
| not matter; 1t seems that when one Is
, lhinis:er. one Can do anything, and
since he delights in making the for
tun. of his old classmates -"
"If were sure of that" interrupted
| the cure, excitedly.
~ think he has Just proved it by
! giving Camus such a position. But
| tleu Camus was in Paris; he was able
to see him."
"Why should not / 60 to Paris?''
! cried Michel, starting to his feet. al
! will go there, Madeleine; l Will see
Fonche and speak to him. If be rec
osniZed Csmus, who was at Juilly for
ONLY two years, / am sure he will re-
I member me-"
lyon want to leave me, Michel?"
| sal the sister sadly, e1l the cure,
| sitting down beside net, answered:
al must leave you, dear, whether /
go to Paris or not. You can not earn
bread enough for both of us, aud moth
ing that you can say will alter my de-
! cision. Paris is the best place for me,
because 1 shall fud friend there"
! "But it is so far otf," said Madeleine,
| beginning to cry.
"Blhl Sixty to eighty leagues
what is that to good walkerl The
! ouly thing that grieves me is that L
! shall have to ask YOU for two or three
crowns, with which to buy food on the
way Something tells me that l shall
be lucky directly after L reach Paris,
and that my first letter will give you
good news"
| The cure seemed to be so full of hopn
that Madeleine was comforted, and
she even smiled at the thought Of her
brothers prospects, although he him
self was far from being sure of the
success of his journey, but reflected
that at le 81 he could go on errands or
chop wood, where there woull be no
Madeleine to prevent him.
The preparations for the journey did
not take long, aud two days later the
! good wouan handed Michel his bundle
of clothing to carry on the end of
I -. III -. L.,
she said contained eight ul lred sous;
tearfully the brother AMI sister kissed
each other for the bundredth time, and
thea parted.
! Michel Perrin, urged by his anxiety
to reach Paris, and his fear of exhaust
lug his funds on the way, walked ten
leagues on the first day. But he was
much richer than he thought; on the
second day his purse was empty, in
spite Of having lived on bread and
cheese, so he opened the roll of coins
and his surprise was only equaled by
his emotion when he found the three
| gold pieces besides the forty
francs. He was sure that Madeleine
could not have raised such large sum
without going into debt, and he re-
solved TO return it to her at the first
opportunity.
| lie took up his abode in the most
modest hotel in the city, and lost no
time in making inquiries concerning
his former college mate. His host in
formed HIM that Joseph Fonche was
Minister of Police, that I'll the state
officials gave public audiences once a
eek, bat that it would be necessary
to send request in writing for pri-
vats reception.
The cure therefore made haste to in
dite tho following;
! "Michel Perrin entreats his former
coliege-mate, Joseph Fonche, to re-
ceive him as soon as possible. He is
lodging at the Hotel du SOLiei, Mouf-
fetard street.
"Vdle ct me anna"
Michel showed this missive to citizen
Legras. his host. and asked his opin-
ion of it.
The letter is good enough, said Le-
cras, with a wise air, "for it has the mer-
it being short. However, is were you,
1 should put, at the beginning, citizen
Minister, and at the end Nth deepest
| respect. You see, these republican
officials are Just as magnificent as of
old times; they live in palaces, and
have more servants than L have hairs
on my head. They call each other
"cjtizen" inst as you and l do, it is
trre, but if any one should CALL them
"your lordship" they wonld make no
objection, be sure of that"
The cure took his hosts advice, but
he did not erase the Latin words, for
he thought they would recall to JOS
eph's mind the days when they had
sat IN the same bench constituting
Cicero.
Nearly a week passed, and there was
no reply, and when the writer asked
of the Inn-keeper whether it often
happened that slch an application re-
ceived no notice at all, Legras cited
fifty cases in one breath. The poor
priest, therefore, gave up hoping, and
wondered what his next step should
lie.
One evening, however, the porter
handed him letter, and his heart beat
more wildly than it had ever done be-
fore, as he broke the seal and went
tow irds the candle. The words seemed
to him to be written in gold:
"Ihe Minister of Police will receive
citizen Michel Perrin, on Thursday
the oath, at one o'clock.
No I, ne who has not walked through
the crowded streets of Paris, as our
hero had, seeking vainly for q single
creature willing to extend to him a
helping hand, can understand his Joy
at having found q protector, and such
a powerful one!
Michel could not sleep that night
without first writing to Madeleine,
telling her that on Thursday he was to
see Minister Fonche, and God only
knows how much joyous hope these
few words conveyed to the brother and
sister.
When the appointed day came the
cure seated himself in Fonche's ante
room before twelve o'clock, and began
repeating to himself the sentences with
which he intended to open the CONVEX
sation with the great man. The evil
| ia.a.as .ai slaalth and Isar.as yxhiah ha