Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-12-21
THE RED FLAG.
CONTINUED.

chance. That bulldog muZZle Of his
would not be easily forgotten, and
the government was hard on his track
on account of the slaughter of the
Dominicans which really was a little
too much even we of the information
ais thought he had gone too far. l
should think it would be easier for him
to hide in Paris than to leave Paris
just then"
Perhaps; but there has been plenty
Of time since for him to get clear
off. [ dare say he is living by his
craft as u currier in one of the big
provincial towns. He would have to
live by his trade; for know he carried
no money with him when he made
off that morning.
"A currier. Here was something
gained, at least" Kathleen thought
Until this moment she had not known
the original avocation of the warrior
Serizier, commandment Of the famous
1O1St the hero of ISsy and Chattillon.
A currier! Here was falling off in
deed for the Ajax of the gutter.
One Of the provincial towns Alas
this was indeed a vague clue Rouen
Havre, Lyons, Tours, Rennes-the
names of a dozen great cities came
into Kathleen'S mind as she went
slowly homeWard, downcast and dis
heartened. He lived; that was some
thing for her to know. He lived to ex-
plate his crime, to suffer as she suffer
ed, to render blood for blood. Her
life, her brain, her heart should be de
voted to the task of finding him; her
hand should point him out to the law
he had outraged.
All that night-the soft summer
night, full Of the murmuring of leaves
even here in deSOlated Paris. where
the ruined houses stood up blank and
black, with shattered windows,
through which the moonlight shone
and the June winds blew; a handful
of dust, Il fragment of crumbling NOR
tar, falling every now and then as
the zephyrS touched the broken walls
all that night Kathleen lay broad
awake, staring at the easement oDpo-
site her bed; and when day daWned
the sweet summer dawn that came
so soon-she sprang up, and began
to wash and dress. Her plan was
formed
One of those two men had said there
was safer hiding for such as Serizier
in Paris than outside Paris; the other
had said that he had no money upon
him at the time of his supposed flight
Without money how could he have
taken long journey, unless he had
walked, like the two sisters? But the
colonel Of the 101St-the man who had
WallOWed in feasting and drunken
ness, who had held his impious orgies
in the violated churches of Paris
was doubtless to luxurious a person
to tramp for weary leagues along the
white dusty roads, under the pitiIeSs
sun. No; he would stay in Paris. He
would think himself safe in his work
mans blouse, among WOrkmen, most
of them members of the InternatiOna
society, that fatal association which
had SoWn the seeds of anarchy al
over Europe. Amongst these men the
assassin would be safe; they wouIC
not betray Il brother even were he
known us the murderer of the helpless
She was in the streets before any
of the shops were opened, before the
workaday Paris, no sluggard, what
ever her ViceS-WaS beginning to stir
This was sheer reStlesSness, for she
could do nothing without the help OF
her felloW-men. At eleven o'clock she
was in a small office in the MaraiS-
an office to which she had gone with
Rose years ago, soon after their first
coming to Paris, to inquire for work
1t was Il registry for servants. fOl
clerks in Il small way, and for shop
men. Here she asked how many cur
riers' workshops there were in Paris
She thought there would be several
ten perhaps, or even twenty.
The agent gave her Il trade directory
opened it for her at Il page headed
Curriers'" There were two hundred
and thirty-two curriers' in Paris-twC
hundred and thirty-two workshops, a
any one of which the man Seriziel
might be plying his trade
Hardly strange, taking this fact into
consideration, that the law had hither
to failed to touch this offender; more
especially rs the government, though
ready to administer stern justice upon
such of the Communist assassins who
came in its way. did not give itself
very much trouble in hunting down
those who had made clean off
And then, again, the harmless Domi
means were solitary men. There was
no wife or child, no friend or sweet
heart. to avenge them.
1T will be longer than l thought
Kathleen said TO herself. as she stood
at q desk in the shadow at the back
of the little office. copying that long
list OF names and addresses
Two hundred and thirty-two work
shops! There We're names of streets
which she had never heard of-diS-
tricts, suburbs, of whose very exist
ence she was ignorant. The work OF
copying those addresses alone occu-
pied her for nearly two hours; she
was so careful to write every address
correctly, to be sure of every name.
When her task was done she gave
the agent two francs for the use OF
the book, ink, and paper, and asked
him where she could buy good map
of Paris He directed her to shop
in the next street, where she got what
she wanted; and this done, she went
home.
Rose was singing over her baby
singing in the sunlit window, bright
with flowers. Philip had fitted the