The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-11-22
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lLlopYRloAT 1882 BY .RANoKYaALIY C.

about her bony fingers, suggested that
Madam" would be the only suitable
appellation which the little girl could
(. give her b~enefactress.
ooh! you always nave such vlnegary
ideas, Mademoiselle,' cried G~uillaume.
Why not like us, since you
take her as q daughter, mamma?"
Madame de Sorgnes ended the dis
cussion.
"Xou may call inc aunt, Tiomane,
and / will call you by your barbarous
name. 1t suits you and itamuses me-
Tiolnane retained only a very inn
perfect and confused remembrance of
her short stay in Paris. What a din.
what an agitated, varied, extraordi-
nary lie! How imposing, nay, annihi-
lating, everything appeared! The
luxury of the suite Of apartments
where she hardly dared walk or sit,
the army of domestics which filled the
hotel, the rich toilettes, the beautiful
carriage in which she drove with the
family, the magnificent shops, the be
wildering display of rich and elegant
stuffs from every quarter of the globe,
the visits to the s%umptuous homes of
some Of the members of the Greek
colony in Paris, all dazzled the little
; donkey driver. One evening the
family went to the theater, and she
felt that she was transported to an
enchanted r~ealm-unlike anything she
had cver imagined. However, no
happiness in this. world lasts long
without some. shadows. Tiomane con
gtinued to feel, in all her relations
with "Mademoiselle," a cloud of dis
like, which terrified her more and
more, as the enemy was evidently a,
power in the family. It Y she who
managed the, establishment. paid all
the bills, and directed the servants.
Her INDECENT mistress, delighted at
being rid of these disagreeable cares,
gave her the fullest confidence;
Martha, spoiled child that she was,
won over by her batteries. adored her;
the servants feared and obeyed her.
Guillaume alone refused to yield to
this aascendancy, his noble, generous;
nature recoiling instinctively from her
hypocritical wiles. A week passed
aWay.. One afternoon the little girls
accompanied Madame de Sorgnes, who
took her son back to his boarding
school l'ecole Monge. The parting be-
tween the brother and sister was an
agony. AS for Tiomane, she felt very
sad when she found herself in the car
rage, where the place of her devoted
friend and champion was vacant. Two
days after, they left Paris for Mar
settles. Tiomane,. SO strangely and
suddenly transported from her bleak
country, with it's gray sea anc its de-
serted strand, Went into ecstasies at
the sight Of the blue Mediterranean,
the magnificent roadstead, and the
port-as forest of masts-one Of the
busiest in the world. They only crossed
the famous Canebiere to go to the
quay, whence they were to embark for
Smyrna. The great ship, whose in.
terror was like a palace, bcyrildered
the little peasant girl. The weather
was perfect, and consequently gaiety
Itreigned on board-a noisy, contagious
gaiety, peculiar to the natives of the
cast, who greatly outnumbered the
other passengers. Madamede Sorgnes
occupied the place of honor at table, at
the captains right hand. Always
dressed like a queen she lived. in an
apotheosis, surrounded by homage, her
dazzling little daughter sharing in her.
glory, while the poor little donkey
driver, in spite of her Partisan finery,
only served rs a foil to all this splendor.
Madame de Sorgnes kept her maid.
Annals, with her in her cabin, while
"Madeinoiselle' shared the adjoining
one with the two little girls. In cross
ing The Aariatie the sea "a very
rough, but Mademoiselle Pas
Gale prudently avoided seasick-
ness by remaining in bed,
and from that moment the idea Of
making a servant of Tiomane came to
her. s'The servant of donkeys,' as
she was in the habit of calling her,
might, she thought, be her servant.
Poor Tiomane felt i'll enough herself,
butshe found that it was necessary to
conquer her feelings, and, young as
she was, she learned a very important
lesson-what will power can do, even
in c~onquering sea sickness. The voy-
age q from Marseilles to smyrna was
charming, as the vessel stopped at
many of4the places Of interest. Chill
dren rarely have any appreciation OF
the beauties of nature, and what
struck u young heroine most was the
strangeness Of these new countries,
the odd costumes and the unknown
language. On the eighth day, all the