Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-21

lunch, which is The only meal he takes
with the family. The child whose bon
quet Is worn by the intler Is the proud
est child in Berry that day
| could not refruln from u movement
OF the most painful surprise when after
lew moments spent IN the drawing
room | was invited by Madame de I.cs.
srps into the room where her husband
sat, ] have known NJ. de i.g,sscps for
many years and though the last time that
saw him lie was n.renily under The in
iluence vt the SORROW OF dcfcat-it was
just after he had been called before NJ
Print, the magistrate for examination
my recollectiOns Of him had always been
us of man full Of the most surprising
vitality and high spirits. keen, bright
energetic, dcfying tile wear of time.
man Of eternal youth In spite Of his
white hairs, | remembered him last erect.
with clear voice aud flashing eyes. and
now | saw him huddlcd together In u
chair, a wrap about his knees. nodlnc
his head as under sleep, pale. inert aud
with oil the life gone out of his eyes
Behind him stood large screen tupcs.
tried witt. red stun Against which the
wuXcn Wilderness Of his face and hands
stood out in strong relief How old he
looked, whom age had secuted Ia spare so
long For the most part che noble head
dropped forward ON his chest. but now
and then he raised it listlcssly and lot
his eyes wander round the home. or
across the pancs on to the fields beyond.
There was rarely recognition In his glance,
mostly n look Of terrible sadness, Of won,
der It may be- at the terrible hazards ~
| life. Yet when now and then one Of the
children, who were cruwding about his
chair, pressed his hand or kissed his
check or said some words Of endearmcnt
TO him the smile which was one of his
| characteristics came over his face and
fDT hTtpt lao anafflal lttnatlT
| again Himself again, that is To say 10
| the goodness and greutheartcdnpss which,
more than all he has ever done for
| France, merited for him the name of the
| great frcnchiuan. For greatness Of
| heart has always been the keynote of the
character of Ferdinand de Lcsscps, 1t
/ was the secrei OF the indcscrihnbe seduc-
| tion Which he exercised over everyone
! who came near him from emperor to
| llhorer, II was TO this quality OF his
that NJ, Renan, albeit sceptic him
| self rendered such signal homage In the
| speech in which he welcomed NJ he
| l.csscps 10 the French academy ON the
| day of bis admittance,
You were good to all who came"
said NJ, Renan, you made thcm feel
that their past would be oflaced and that
| q ncy life lay before them In eX-
| change you only asked them to share
/ your enthusiasm In the work which you
| had devoted 10 the enqercsts of France.
| You hold that most people can amend, If
only one will. their past. One duy a
/ whole gang OF conyicts arrived ~ Ppna-
ma and took work at the canal The
| Austrian consul demanded that they
should be handed over to him, but yon
] delayed giving satisfaction to his re-.
/ quest aud az the end 81 some weeks tie
/ Austrian consulate was fully occupied In
I renting home to Austria 10 their fami-
| lies. or II may be-, TO their victims, The
moneys which those outcaRts whom YOU
Z had transformed into honest workmen
/ were earning with the work Of their
/ hands. You have declared your faith In
/ humanity. Nou have convinced yourself
| and tried 10 convince others that men nre
| lOynl and good II only they have the
| wherewithal 20 live. IL Is your opinion
| that II is only hunger that makes men
| bnd. Never said you In one of your
lectures, have | had cause for complaint
against any Of the workmen, although |
have employed outcasts, pariahs and con
| vlcts. Work has redeemed even the most
| dishonest. | have never been robbed,
not even of a handkerchief. II is u fact
which | have proved that men can be
brought to do anything by showing them
kindness and by persuadng item that
they nre working IN a cnuse of universal
Interest Thus you have made green
again what seemed withered for ever
and nye You have given In century
of unbelief. startling proof Ot the Of
hrary Of fifth"
a thousand Instances Of this kindness
az heart might be cited TO show that NJ
10 Iesseps the idol If lis country, tie
,,roatesl amongst his contemporaries,
go, rc,nnineI n cbiyalr ons gentleman Nd
tbe best sense of the word A trihing
experience OF my own may suffice, 4
f,,v dsys affer my visit 10 him at the
o,Iice al tbe Snez canal / WAS dining M
bnnse ON The Cours-la-Reine. 1t was my
fret visit "a that hOusp, a fact which
somewhat contributed 10 my embarras---
mon, In what was one Of my first e1pc-
rsnces in Partisan s0ricty. Amongst the
',,iests was mo editor Of ono of the
nrinripal French papers end being anx-
ions Ia make his acquaintance | asked
~ ,o.t III ;ni rn,lrr,. mo 10 my inTrere,
me editor IN question hnd no rourtcsies
% ,yniste uIon an insignificant foreigner.
- srtfnnyIsJ,.ed my how with u rever-
, cne ef cxarg ,rrtei aud moeking pro.