Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-18
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By rRANeois eoppEe

alone. thia little boy always 80 "sii
Tor. a. though BY loving mamma. was
hardly six years old. And osiidSs' nelinsr
the son. nor ths father. had crepe on tneir
arms or hats.
Early every morning Tony Robee, VINO
/ worked as eompositor In printing mouse
in the Quarter Latin. set up WITH nus itis
/ Adrien. the sleep still In his eyes MS neAu
! resting on hln fathers shoulder ana iei'
! him at q neiehboring school. AFTER ms
I day work was done be went 10 is'eo hiin'
| and taking his little man by the hand, VS.
/ ting the butchers and bakers. carried his
purchases home In the chiid's basket a.
/ any h3usekeeper would have done anu sAa'
himself up until the next day.
The gcod-heartqd goIslps pllled the poor
rlan--he could not be 40 years old yet and
| his pale face we're 80 sad look. his black
board waa 10 protuaely sireaked With gray
they said to themselves. behind his back
That man ought to marry again. He IS
a good man, never drinks, Surely he could
easily and a good young glrl who would
take care Of him aud bis little son. Haya
you remarked how we'll cared for bis little
one is7 Not tear nor speek on BIN
You may be sure be Is an orderly man
II seems he earns az high as ton francs
day"
They tried to make bis acquaintance. Or
dinarlly II ia not difficult to strike up
friendship In those overcrowded houses,
where every one lives with their doors
open. But Tony had a reserved air about
him. polite way OF bowling TO persons
when be met them on the staircase. which
intimidated them.
Every Sunday the father and son, as
neat as new pennies, set out for walk TO-
geihcr. They had been seen in the muse
um1. in the Jafdln des Plantes. They had
also been seen before dinner In litlo cafe
ln the Quarter. where Tony INDUCED Ia
the only dissipation Of the week. glass
OF AbaInthe. which be iarred over and slipped
slowly. while Adrien. sitting alongside Of
him. on tho leather covered bench. looked
at the picture papers.
mo, Mesdames." said the Concierge, who
was given to sentmentality. to the gossips
THAT wldower viii never marry again. The
ether sunday wo ran across another 10 the
Montparnasse Cemetery. Il Is there his wife
Is dUubtlesa buried. Il makes one sad to see
him with his child. He mus, have loved
the dead wife dearly, 1t Is a rare thing, but
there are some Ike that, He Is lnconioa,c'
Alas. yes; Tony Robec had loved bis wife
tenderiy. and would not soon consJlc himself
for her loss, But ho was not wldower,
His life had been simple and unhappy
He was o conscientious workman, but not
al expert at his tra1o II had taken him a
long time before he had been able to set
typo" rapidly and make good wages; and
for this reason hs had no, thought Of mar
ryIng until after he had passed his thlrtleth
birthday. He should have chosen a sensible
Girl, having like himself learned the lesson
Of economy. But love is never conventional.
Tony lost his head to the pretty frivollto
of an artificial nower-maker Of nineteen
years. a good glrl but SO frivolous think
NO OF nothing hu. her clothea, ana knowing
now to dress on few francs Ike a lttle
princess lie had some money saved which
ho spent In setting up housekeeping: buy.
ng wardrobe with long mirror front
'or which he paid S. francs in the Faubourg
Saint-Antoine, so that bis wife could sea
ler pretty figure from head TO foot He
married his Clementne. and the hrst fow
months were a forotAste Of Heaven How
hey loved each otherl They had two room,
! IN the hfll hoOr In the Boulevard Point
Royal. With a mite OF a balcony from which
they could obtain q birds eye view of Paris
On the left bank Tony. bis UyercoaG hiding
bis blouse. and looking almost like a gen,
Ilemau, waited at the corner Of tho Point 40,
Salnts-Peres for his llttla wife, who was on
her way home from the Rue salnt-Honore
whore she worked. Arm In arm they hpr.
red gaily along TO the far-away home ant
gaiiy prepared their evening meal But IN,
sundays were lneNpllcaby delicious IL wa,
50 pleasant a homo that they would not "a
! out Oh, what charming summer broaltfas II
. they parloot Of by The open window. III
panorama OF the great city spread out he
fnFn fhnfn ana tina btuA Lv aba,.. tsAft.
he slipped his coffee and smoked his uIr
arctic. Oementine watorad her fowers or
tho balcony. Overcome by her prsttlpes.
no would rise and kiss her While neck an,
would cry out in her sole voice. "Flnu
, doue--que ia es betev' Then came A child
, thelr lltle Felix, aud every fortnight the,
won't 20 visit him at Margency where h,
was out AZ nurse. He died OF conyulsion
a. tho end OF year. They had soon besi
eonsoled BY the BIRTH OF Adren. wbom IN
mother desired to nurse heraoli she LEI
tho shop Rnd took work home but mad
only half her usual wages; she dressed tasti
~ and played the lady In the Luxembourt
gardens as she pushed her baby In hi
wicker carriage In front Of her. Tony ha,
10 mako greater effort, he took extra WORT
on q night newspaper, The Housekeeping
was stralghtened, they ran into debt The,
ths child grew and went to the Infant,
school and tie mother without oeeupstlo,
naturally csquc;ie. fell ln;o the habit n
dangerous nlr,Atous. Imagine thls pon
man. Old before his time. bowed down Ma
care and work. and this foolish young MIN,
Of 20 as pretty As Greu=e. One oyeninr
coming home With the boy, whom he 10
taken from chool as he passed by he sS,
found letter on the maHue-plece from
which. upon opening Ii. bad fallen CIemen
limos wedding ring. In thls Letter ~
naughty child had said goodbye 10 MIN m,
her child. and had asked him 10 forgive no.
(, OH romantic jury men, who always ar
cult the outraged husband. who. toeInl
,hres bleed color, murders the erfing Mn
aad her lover, under the excuzs Of passion
atp crime, you are going TO mud my poo
Tony very ridiculous aud pcrhaps even
. little vile. But he waa more heaft-broke
. than angry lie mourn6d deeply. and whe
Adfien aald 10 him, "Wharo IA mamma
WIN she return Iocnf" he would embrac
tho llitls ono passionately and feply; II d
net know"
} Clemon,lne had gone away In the firat par
or May, Oh! how pcrverse tho odor Of lilac
, sometimes Ia. Tony IN thu July term ha
sold near,y all his 10 niture. In 5rier 1
llqldato bis dchts. and had gone TO live \
, TIM Rue peambFo, trying to econamlse
] This was wasre he waa living so cu.etly. :
honestly with bis llttle boy and where tho
took him to be wiaower.
: Toward tho last Of September the work
man had received letter from hla Wifs
four pages n lnceheront Departing plead
lnEi, She was abandoned. betrayed 10 turn
the traltressl She was repcn,ant. and sh
cried cut begging for mercy. This mad
our poor I0sy very unhappy, But reaa
sure yourselves. feroclous Jury men. Wit
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