The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-19

az his heart! The prefet quickly re-
appeared, u smile upon his lips, and HIS
c%quntenance beauging with satisfae-
tion. Found!
With a furious cry Of Joy, NJ. Godfrey
threw himself toward the pretet and
grasped his hand.
M. 10 nepute, the chances are car
talnly In our favor A little blonde, III
he not? rather pale. dressed In blue
velvet and q hat with white plumes?"
Yes, precisely; II Is my sonl II Ia
my Rnoull"
ne is at the house Of q poor devil
who lives In that locality who has Just
been TO the office 10 make his declarn-
tion TO the commlssartat. have writ
ten down his address: Pierron, rue de
Cailloux a La Valloia-P erret, with q
good horse you al see your child
again In less than an hour. or course
you will not find your boy in arlsto-
cratic surroundings, in Ia haute,' as
our agent says, The man who 10 TAX
Ing care OF him Is only u vendor OF
garden truck. But what matters, 80
you get the boy?"
All yes, what mattersl NJ. Godfrey
thanked the prefet efIusively, then de-
seconded the stairs four at a time,
jumped into his coupe, and ! assure
YOU, had the vendor Of garden truck
been IN sight he would have embrnced
him then, and there. Yeal NJ, God.
frey, directeur du Compton General
de Credit, depute, ofiicler de 10 legion
d'honeur, etc, etc, would have fallen
upon the plehlan's neck. hut could II
be possible that there are other things
In this rich mans breast besides the
frenzy for gold and vAnltles? Until
this moment he had not realized the
eat love he felt for his hoy WHIP
up cocheTi The man In the coupe be-
hind you this cold Christmas eve has
other thoughts than heaplng up mill
ions upon millions for his son. OF edu-
eating him like n dauphln OF France
and launching him upon the world,
No danger in tho future or his being
left In the hands OF servants, and TO
the care OF mercenaries, No! there Is
an old aunt IN the Andely who has re-
manned half peasant, and for whom NJ.
Godfrey has blushed In bis silly pride;
he will send for her. OF course the SER
wants win be scandallZed by her Nor
man accent and white bonnet, but what
matters that now, II only h goOu
Woman will watch over HIS child,
Whip ups oocher, whip upl Your
employer, always 20 hurried, whom you
have driven 70 30 many rendezvous
OF self interest. so many reunions with
people whose lives were ruled by Gu
pldlty and greed. tonight IL still more
anxious TO reach his destination, and
has another carr than gaining money.
For the first time In his life he Will
embrace his child for pure love. Whip
up, then, Cocherl Plus vitel plug Vitel
The night Is cleGr and cold, and the
horse has been going at a furious pace.
They have traversed Paris. the inter-
minable boulevard Malesherbes, Cross.
cd the rampant. passed the monumental
houses and elegant hotels, and all at
once, here we are, In the sinister soll-
tude. the sombre little street OF the
outskirts.
They stop, and by the reflected light
from the lamps OF the coupe, NJ. God
frey sees a low sordid plaster howell
a hole. There IL no doubt about the
nubmer; II IL here Pierron lives. The
door Is opened az once, and a tall good
natured looking fellow, with thorough
ly French c~ountenance and heavy
sandy mustache appears. He has but
one arm-the left sleeve OF his woolen
Jacket Is folded back under the arm
pit. He glRnces at the elegant coupe
anu ~ Nlh AAAAnouAN WV
coat, and says gayly:
"You are the papa, monsieur DO not
be uneasy. No harm has come TO the
gosse.
Az he stepped aside to allow hia
visitor to enter. he added, placing his
finger upon his lips: Hush, they are
sleeping"
A hole indeed! As he surveyed the
room BY the light OF the horribly smell.
ing oil lamp, n. Godfrey distinguished
n chest of drawers, from which n
was missing, q few broken legged
chairs, n round table where the REM
nnnts OF the last meal remaincd-R
nearly empty lltre, three glasses and
some cold veal In q saucer. Upon the
bare pinstered wall was n chrome OF
the Exposition OF 1859 with the Elfel
tower In blue.
Tho man took the lamp, and walk.
ing upon tiptoe across the room, lighted
up a corner, where, upon n clean
enough bed, two little boys were sleep
Ing soundly. The younger one was
Raoul. The elder boy had drawn his
head against his shoulder, and thrown
a protecting arm around him.
'rThe two monkeys were dying for
sleep" said Pierron, trying to modu-
late his rough voice. "and az u not
tell when somc one would come to
claim the little aristo. ] put them In
my bunk. and the moment their eyes
were closed / ran TO the commisslare
10 make my declaration. Usually
Zidore sleeps in his little bed in the
gnrret. but I said TO myself: "They Will
be better here, / can watch over them.
and ! shall only be up that much earlier
for the Halle"
But 81. Godfrey scarcely heard. His
heart was struck with strange emo
lions as he regarded the sleeping chill
dren. They were lying upon q wretched
Iron bed, spread with n OF the gray
covers used In the army and hospitals;
but In spite Of that they made a charm
and delicate Raoul, who atill wore his
ing, touching groupl And how feeble
blue velvet costume, looked ns he lay
conhdingly in the arms OF his sturdy
companion In his blouscl
As his father gazed upon them, and
realized what the loss Of his son would
mean 10 him. he almost cnvied the
brown skin and rugged health OF the
%faubourien.
ais he your SOM" he asked tho
mo, monsieur" Picrrun replied. IT
am n gnrcon and II Is not likely that I
Bhnll ever marry, On account OF my uc-
cIdent. II II Just OF q piece with all
my stupidity A truck ran over my
arm. But let me toll you the boys
story. Two years ago his mother diod.
She was II girl OF the nelghborhood who
Ind been deserted by n base wretch,
who left her with her baby In her arms,
She worked on the wrenths used In
cemeteries, but Il Is impossible 10 earn
n living by that trade. However, shn
managed to provide for her little ono
until he was i've years old, and then
the nclghbors bought n wreath and
laid II on her grave. So / took charge
merit In TINT, ho soon repaid me lie
ia seven. and already n little man, and
makes himself useful. on Sundays aud
Thursdays. and indeed upon ether days.