Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-14
THE RED FLAG.
CONTINUED.

IItlE ON tI1al NlllfAt 20 ENH'- ~
with a handsome face. and gentil-dh'
but how gentil! tout-a-fait talon rouge.
He would bear comparison with any
gaudiu on the boulevard, although his
coat looked as If it had been well worn.
and all his worldly goods consisted OF
one battered pOrlmantelu and an Old
ecg-b0x fun Of books.
He writes for the papers-for the
Drapeau Rouge" said Maman Schubert.
Il have seen the printcr's devil going
up stairs with proofs. But he Is not
rich. this youth, for he breakfasts
at Suz0n MiChcl's cremrr!e, and he
buys a slice Of Lyons sausage and a loaf
as he goes home Ia the afternoon,
when other young men are going 10
their f]avorite restaurant.
Dear marian, how It il that you
know everything about everybody 2 cN.
claimed Rose.
She had met the new lodger on the
ytllrs that morning, and could not deny
MS good looks. lie was tail and slim
He had dark eyes-eagle eycs-aud a
slack moustache, and features as clear
ly cut as a profile on a Roman cameo.
81 have eyes and ears, and a heart TO
sympathizc with my neighbors in their
'oys aud sorrows,' said Madame
Schubert. zone might as well be the
statue Of King Henry OF the Pont
Neuf as 90 through the world caring
for nobody but oneself
This was a clever way Of making a
feminine vice seem n virtue, but Maman
Schubert was really Il good soul, and
always ready to help a poor neighbor.
She was very fond Of the O'Hara girls,
and already she had begun to build her
little castles in the air for their bene-
fit. ROSa was TO marry Philip, that
honest young mechanic from the far
south, beyond C~arclssonLe, who was
doing SO well as a journeyman cabinet
maker. and. who was something Of an
artist In his way, and thus a little above
the average mechanic. And now here
there had dropped from the sky, as It
were, the very lover Of lovers for Kath-
lcen-young, handsome, refined, as
charming rs a lover in a play.
Maman Schubert told herself it was
high time Kathleen should have n lover.
whose duty 1t would be to protect and
cherish her, and to marry her so soon
as ever they were rich enough to mar
~ She was much too pretty to remain
~unguarded by a strong mans love.
For such fresh and innocent lovclincss
Paris was fun OF snares; she could not
so the length Of a street alone without
SlcounterinE perils. The wolf was
always on the watch for this lamb.
Rose O'Itara's avocations compelled her
to be absent all day long, and she was
obliged to new her young sister in the
little sitting room, f%orbidding her 10 go
a step beyond her daily marketing
within "a narrow radius Of the Rue Git
le Occur.
The wolf, as represented by the
gandln or Ictit creyc, was not often ON
the prowl in this humble locality. The
paycmcnts were too rough for his
dainty boots, the region altogether too
shabby for his magniticencc. But from
the ]Sorhornc, from the Luxembourg,
and from the Hotel Dteu issued wolves
OF another and roushcr spccics-suu
dents of all kinds; and Rose lived in
ever present fear lest one of these
should assail her cherished lamb.
Nlaman Schubert was often too lazy
10 go marketing; md then Kathleen
must needs 20 alone on her little ar
runds TO the gr~o,u-groccr, or the pork
Butcher, or the Cremeriu.