Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-04

YES" ard she kissed them both ten.
DERBY.
"Are you married?"
"MOnsieur"'
Il mean no reproach."
Il am q widow"
"How did you lose your hasbanl?"
He was one of the Commune, was
tried, condemned, and fell by the mus
kets Of the soldiery."
ALAS. for these civil wars!'
"Ah but he was right" said she, with
all the obstinacy of conviction and 10y
atty to his memory.
1 then listened to her story. Her
husband had been an engraver, with
good wages. and had been able to sup
port his little family comfortably I'M
til the war, which was followed by the
intestine trouble. He was arrested
with the Communists, and suffered the
punishment of death. Since then she
had lived and supported her children
by selling off everything that would
bring money. Had got some work
to do with her needle occasionally,
but at last all seemed to fail her. and
by means of Disgusting her sex she
had successfully consummated several
small robberies of money, and once or
twice had na3de attempts similar to
that which had failed in my instance.
She reasoned with me very coOlly,
and said:
eff it We're not for these dear chill
dren l should cease to suffer very
soon, for" said she, 1.-The Seine is al
ways there with open arms"
l found that her sense of morality,
or conscientiousncss, could not be
aroused, except in the matter of per-
sonal r'ii'ity-there she was immacu-
late. She said, tenderly:
"NIy husband is in heaven, but he is
my husband still, and l shall live and
die faithful to him."
Notwithstanding her noble sense of
honor in this respect she felt no COM
FUNCTIONS as to stealing.
'"Ci.e world owes me and my children
bread. l take nothing from the poor,
only from such as can well afford to
lose it,"
Honesty. as a matter of principle,
she could not recognize.
Have you no fricndS?''
"Nonc here"
"Havc you any elscwhere?"
Il have a sister at ROuen, the wife
of farmer. If l could get there she
children in return for the work l could
do for her.
You shall go there" said I.
''N1onsieur!'
81 say you shall so to your sister,"
ut will cost fifty francs"
lust about
You would pay this for me, who
would have robbed you half an hour
Sin"e?"
Il will. But 1 exact from you one
promise"
She looked at me suspiciously for a
moment
W. bat is it?'
'"HrGt gu will learn to be as honest
and tlile II relation to the rights and
property of others as you are with re-
gard to yonr own honor"
Il believe l understand yOu,' she
| said tHOughtfully, land l will promise
to try and do as you have said"
'"That is all 1 can ask
She came toward me, now leading
the children, and said:
"M0nsieur let them kiss you. I be-
lieve, after all, that there is disinter-
ested benevolence in the world. I have
| been more than once offered assistance,
but it has been coupled with condi-
tons so hateful that l have felt in
suited. Kiss him, Marie-kiss him.
Gustave; he is good-good like your
papa"
had been surprised at the excellent
manner in which she expressed herself,
while, as she stood there now, her
cheeks suffused with slight color. and
her eyes lighted up by animation and a
feeling of trust and gratitude, thought
| that che UoS nYtronp1v lp1ntifl11
II am going to Havre tomorrow, by
the way Of Rouen," said I; "can you be
| ready so soon with your children?"
Il can be ready in one hour"
"Pack up whatever is necessary for
you to carry. Here is money to get you
a good-sized trunk. BE ready to-mOr-
row at noon, and will come for YOU
She attempted to thank me, but her
| lips quivered, and she turned away to
hide the tears that cOurSed down her
| cheeks. AS I passed toward the door
she followed, and taking my hand be-
| tween her own pressed it earnestly as
she said:
"There is reward somewhere for such
Kindness"
AS 1 looked upon her now it seemed
| impossible that this was the pickpocket
of the Pont DIES Invalides, the dirty lad
in blouse, whom l had detained by
force.
Stopping over for few hours at
Rouen enabled me to witness the meet
ing of the young mother and her sister
| ut the very comfortable Norman farm
house, as she had described. Pressing
a purse Of fifty francs upon her, left
| the sisters together. both happy at the
reunion which should make them share
the same home together, even as they
had done in childhood.
Keep your resolve and the secret Of
the past said to her, in low voice.
with heavens help, WILL" she said.
Carrier Pi~eons on Large Vessels.
IL at Clear LakeeeuB-d flw Gaocehtr
Capt George A. Brown of Sandusky,
at meeting of vessel men held in
Toledo last week, suggested the idea
| of adopting a carrier pigeon system
of communicate between lake vessels,
and his views upon the matter at once
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