Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-28

day. u, in point 81 fact, to write hit
paper 81 the spot
He was gone about IN hour and ;
half and 1It,.,,uga the anecrl0tes az,
/ calesubOrs went on. the fun was fas
aud furious al the time, that hour AZ
o hJlf seemed .ong to his bride.
I when h. clme back the gloom Of III.
itsunfenance scared tbc jewellers.
Why CASTOR, thou lOokest a. dolOr
Ous - the statue u the Commandante
what ais thee Trouble feast"
III wis al hoax cried Alortemar
ainzing down Isis hat sayagely, "a
rick u that black-hearted devil Bis
uank There has been no French vic
tD,y defat 81 anything And oui
shouts. orr songs. Our flags all maduc-.
and folly"
on. INIT come. now, that IS q It'll,
too strong On the part of ce coquiE Bjs
narrk."
"Ics. il Is too strong. H. Is stron-
and $50 are weak weaker than water
( 4 nttion that has 70 prudence, no eau
ZION. no cOO,ncss Of brain, can never
be great nation We are children
always ready 10 take q WHO -thc-wisI
for q comet"
We are Cclls, my friend that IS al
Aud we have the strength AMI the
weakness Of the Celtic nature" quietly
answered the gfaybelrled painter 81
am afraid these slow square-headcd
Saxons will get the better Of us, It /,
the old race Of the hare md the tortoise
over again"
CHAPTER v
The Coming Of the Square Heads.
so, there had been no victory Thai
0ltburst Of patriotic feryor hat wasted
Itself upon an idle dream Paris awokC
tx Il very savage humor on Sunday
morning; and then came laughter and
cynical jests Everybody accused his
ndghbor Of having eagerly swallowed
the lie. Everybody declared that he
for his own part, had never believed
the news 80 grerdily accepted by the
mob
But IN those two new homes in the
Rue CIT le Occur there was bliss
whether the arms Of France were vic
toriOus or otherwise far away in those
unknown lands, which the Parisiun-
were picking out with pins upon gaily
colorcd maps, sticking up tiny flag,
here and there on the map to show
whore The French troops were, the very
spot where great battles might be eX
posted momcn1y, great Victories
new Aucrstadt second Jena.
What do little birds, I'm their nests
ON St. Valentines Day care what bat
Ties the big eagles, the hawks, and tn,
yulureS are lighting far away among
Scottish mountains, or Alpine SUBMITS
The birds have their nests, and each
10 each Is the world In little.
Let the world Slide, we shall never
be younger" said Castor, who knew
Shakespeare, in the translation OF
Charles Hugo.
lie and his young wife were utterly
happy If there were dark clouds i'm
pending they could not see them. Is
noe love blind blind 10 all things ex
ccpt the beloved? The faiutest shadow
On GastOn'S brow troubled Kathleen
but not those signs Of tempest which
were gathering round France.
g,,n H..
Kathleen and CASTOR had smartened
the old furniture 10y some modest ad
dllions bought before their marriage
writing table, cabinet, a bookcas,
filled with GaSton's books the accu
mutation Of the last ten years, a feN
Old mczzo tin's picked up from time t.
time at the prirtshops on the quay
Kathleen and Rose had toiled fol
months 10 make both homes complete
and pretty Curtains and chair-coyer,
were all the work of those two pairs Of
Industrious hands.
nuruud who was richer than Morte
mar, had taken the lower floor for hi,
own MENACE. In the Rue Git le Coeul
that second floor ranked as rather
important suite of rooms.
The apartment consisted of salon
fifteen feet by twelve, with two case
mcut windows commanding the shabby
little courtyard, a bedroom somewha
smaller, a little room which woult
serve as "a workshop for Durand, whC
did good dcal Of artistic cabiuet-worl
ON his own account after cuisines:
hours; aud tiny Kitchen. Durandi
Skillful hands had made all the hes
furniture In the dead watches Of tn,
night, when other men were sleeping
or disSipating; so the home Of Rose anl
Philip was furnished IN a style worthy
of man who stood high in the syn
dictate OF ADMINISTRATIONS
But while life was SO fun of hap
pmcss for the newly-married, the SIX!
was darkening outside. An army o
undcmiablc yalor but in number terri
bly, inferior TO the foe, and led 10y gen
rras Of sUndulous iucapacity, wa'
brought face to face with the Who'll,
OF Germany, in arms as one man, burn
iur to aycugc the agony and shame o.