Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-29
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\ A Drop Of Blood.



He was very poor. Shade Of the man. with
,he donkey's ears, how poor he vast Yet
eNuly'ning no touched. with that wonderful
'ouen o. his. turned to gold. Only It was
not OF the knd you buy bread for.
~ was OF the kind In which the sun nays
his tribute to 'ho Almighty. We all pay our
uloate; ue sun pays in sold and the night.
lhsaie IN noict. And tho potentatea OF the
oar'h pay 10 hlood-uelr brolhers'; and
'ne loes pay IN bood--lheir own.
ms name was Anastase Amldon. It was
ridiculous name. Some day. perhaps. he
WIN write 1t among the stars OF heaven. and
men the young ladies' will regret that It Isn't
pretter.
ne was twenty-five at the time. lie had
peen married three years already. the fool.
Ana he nad one little daughtor-Llna.
nc mad married Cclestlne Miehelet bo-
cause he worshIpod the very ground she
uod on. So no came 10 tho conclusion that
,ney might as we'll tread &, together lie was
'Vo pool himself TO roilce how poor she was,
anu Ceosuno was lovely, though not SO
ioFely as the mage OF ner which lay mirrorod
an ms loFo-laden soul The prosperous pro.
p1etor Of tie "NouyeRutes" In which she
worked had oncrci her a nice nttl, cstah-
ilshment and an Independence OF which his
uetlef halt need know nothing. Auadase
Nroie hts adornd ones answer on the shop
Keepers shoulders With richly yaregatcd
uIendinEs Of black and blue. and formgh,
ialer he married hci in borrowed SILK and a
maze OF sunlight. 4 iathoniless sunlight that
sea their hears aName with the ecstdglcs OF
nope fulfilled, Sne was too stupid to dis
cake
They lived in mldslr. at the top OF A dIngy
rl a. haa HfH. lfHfra q
Their street stu stands; It is broad, banAl a
gu de sac Children play and shrek In IT,
Thank God for that. Aud from the near
distance ascends tho continuous rumble Of
the main road. amid smells OF tripe and
washing and all things diaagrceable, Anas-
tasn used sometimes to wonder whether
people ate all day long,
He dld nor
BY no means.
From the little stlcco balcony You could
catch a glimpse by cranng Of q dozen trees
ri the Bots de Bouogne al la Mucttc and
on your other side the glittcrlug needles Of
the Tr0caloro toarcd glunt into the sky,
said Anastase, Mature to left Of me. Paris
20 right OF me. God overhead" He called
his seventh story rus In urbe," Even when
they were cooking cabbage downstairs
lie was slupmin nt u stationers N the
Grand'ruc His father. an old CONCIERGE
down In Montpelier. felt perfectly satisfied,
hHh MS UlutNNl Nul NNlfh NNAt'l NAlNaHt
for was not Anaat8sc Intelligent The
Cure had said 80. aad with tho Cures help
she had sCrlpel and squeezed hor darling
through the many examinations which hedge
IN France the uOst " parish achoolmostcr,
To every ones disappointment Anaslase had
come through every ordeal with almost q
minimum ut success He
worried hard az rho wrong things His pro-
fossoTs said tlat be wasted hts energies.
lie was Lost low down on the list OF many
applicants Tor ufrcqugpt vacancies. II is
fine thinr TO be- @ communal teacher, but one
must have patience TO achieve II.
So he married - nineteen That too, is
a fine thing. The iat old father swore In
silence at the dark passionate son whom
he rarely met Montpelier is an expensive
distance from Paris. and Anast1nn said he
could breathe nowhere else than on the OUT
skirts OF a mighty crowd, But thorc were
no posts OF uadermaster vacant Ia Paris Tor
lazy people who had not even married the
daughter Of an inspector; Anastase. there
fore, obtained EltuItln-tomplrlrll he
loped-at the statiuner'E 1T 10 thus, at
any rate" he said 90 Celcstlno. 81 remain
In connection with literature"
For the love OF h1ola was all his dreamy
NE. his present Joy his future hope. But
tho few volumes he owned aud read We're
not the Kind " which q soloUtl00 Govern
ment examines. lie cherished them as only
hs eau do who pays In hunger Dln't talk
VI an unique laniy frou Qunritch $; tue
man who llyos thf .usldc OF hla BOOK as |
rlycs no pleasure from the thought that no
lne else can share H.
knastaso Amidon. then. lived In, for, and |
,erv largely ON, hUolt9 anb-thare was a /
mail circulating library at ;hc statoners. II [
vas this which had attracted hiWi Monsieur I
.alols tho g001-naturel ball in possession OF |
he shln. pretended not to dlsappr0Nu. Iha |
.atng mar sold paper and pens. How
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