Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-05-21
THEY sWoRE LIKE TROOPERS.
PRETTY scWOOLGiNLs WHO M
DtLGED IN OATns.
Invading soldiers Heard Them nnd
Hastily BcRt n Retreat From the
sacred FREDERICKSBURG Onths
Not AwIuiiy Awful.


ynt, VIII ba,i,,' ba,Lsa t..N,sX NM
brst,ss 8 $40 sSS.'ily /, and SsIy sSande dame . IT,
tlrs OF her taper fingers, she punctuatcs hel
stfsngest onths. At NTH r Slightest p%rovoea,
oSt With Vi ." the, he GG, cncciH or ",hc at c vii Wi u
even a damn that shocks every one who
Pa Ssr explains SfTi y! ..nd AZ 7 c Gla H 10 S b. m,"'I i,
Is an old one. And then she adds. with
. gay smile, ut saved me once. from the
gttatest peril "A woman can run
tells 81,
odd though I am. / am not a very ser
lous person. but, as u little g%irl-ah, how
long ago that was, how long ago'-l was
hrrS, hro cbS m9nSan nhst eyer sSs om au 1 y
and left her hair ribbons on the hawthorn
trees, though that did not prevent me
Ing very much interested even then y the
handsome hgssar. s9ldlac.d, emhroldsred
and bedizcncd, who adorned the front pages
OF the tomances OF that day.
Naturally, my. friends were hardly less
feathSf;brained than You would have to
search long TO Ind u dove cote more inll OF
turbulent chatter and laughter and flights
Of song than the convent OF the Sacred
II nun,
1T was in the evening that we used to
play our greatest ,pranks, We had dis
Without waking the sister supposed to
s S%i ''i iatS' , Ts s MS%'' dark STfs' ss sS !
carrying with us tablets OF chocolate. a
Ing up 10 a f%"vori,c perch hiish IN an Old
oak tree. we would make chocolate and
drink h i ,rinm m, in HE eonkd was
there was also a garrison. The walls OF
our garden were very high, and We never
walls that proven, seeing do not prevent
hearing, The officers and common soldiers
many siris. / snppose"ussi 10 stroll along
on the, other side of our wall IN the even;
ings, chnttorlng together. ana we girls used
| to listen. We could hear them so wrll'
They would describe what they had done
IL battle. or what they would do IN ease
there should b" n war, and when they rot
ssHSei,sf they used 70 Talk in ihS most it
Formidable on,hs they used! We could re-
member II few of them,
"Dnc day. as We We're walking together IN
one OF the paths. Evciine DE. Snbran cX-
claimed BY thunder. girls. this Is a devil
ish fine evening""
forth the entire convent. inspired by her
example. began to pepper th,e!r, conHetSn-
tom win So mat y wSmla ha Mna uo Ws
| did not content ourselves with the garrison
eNpletivcs overheard across the wall; We
recalled peasant profanity We had heard
| years before. and hunted through romanccs
crs and serving maids, 1t was not long be-
fore. We had acquired a special and re-
mnrkablr erndition in that line.
you may imagine. 1t was not in the
classes. before the pious ears of the sisters,
the daytime We swore only before the
abbess, who was deaf as a post, ~, as
of chocolate any more. you may b. sure
We met on the lawn under the big oak
and had a grand time. ..,,
begin. | would follow with by thunder;
blast your eyes and The others would
sir. ny r. LADY, Ten hundred thousand
aeyils;, Gran. and GMn'Snsr' ~ rnmndSs
A. pttt,n ul.nt with nnr hands nm tho
hips or twirlinG imasinnry mlistachcs,
WIN our little voices coming from rom tne
were more terrible than n regiment of
As sh" said this, the marauiss burst into
a peal OF merry laughter. and indicating
the childish uproar of the prccociotis bias
phemers. the gentle old LADY sworc delight
ut mus, have been an amusing scene
danger It saved YOU from
Devil take YOU, my dears,' she replied.
"how impaticn, you are!'' and. checking
her laughter, she continued her story:
,Att.r ths Sonysnt comes mnrriaseC,
another kind. NJ, de Llonnc was presented
to mo-a fine looking army man. ! thought
Immediately Of the Hnssnr of Romance.
H." could talk the. part well, too. And,
Sannds; why shouldn't marry him
e iHfi IN spirii Of OF proSSi' comr"g " and dun" IN.
questioned honor-in fact, how shall | say
i,?-he, pleased me very much, only one
AllAllS N'lN ~ '''tf. F"N ''N s'F 81 -
Novels already being written at that
time: had read ,somes-tar 100 many
my head. il i we're to give myself to a
man forever. | must know his intimate
thoughts, his past, above all,
zone fine evening, then, between two
cups OF tea 1 said bravely to NJ. de Lionne:
well. yes. ! love you, Bnt come; tell me
1t is not very disagreeable TO do so, is IT,
have YOU nothing, absolutely. nothing, to
ru,u as rgplrlE Wpmpur |
d" Nothing he replied, with an ingenu-
Gus earncstness. mat made me wish TO
Then h" suddenly hlushed. ! had for
got,ep one incident, he saia; ! confess
ted; a bad. a very bad action
''Blushing at first. he had now turned
pale. l almost regretted having asked him,
Hnt ! was too lats 10 !urb my curiosity.
~ obey. Twelve years ago I was In gar
rison at r. There was talk OF. war in
youth. gave us an audacious. almost a f.
rocious gaiety, one evening when We We're
wahichP | hope You win 'pairionIa sub.lien-
tenant, more tipsy than The Others, pro-
posed tina, we scale, the walls Of a convent
an Infamous ii"ai Wine IS a bad counsel.
though they We're. slapped the face OF the
man who had made the wretched PROPOSE
tion, We rushed out OF the tavern, found
I NANA I NNh'F W WIZ /
wall and ran across the garden like looters
in "A captured city.
"'Oh.' I cried.
"'You despise me. do you not? You will
never be my wife,.
81 have not said that yet, I sincerely
YOU did not carry out your horrible
'..fChance saved us. AS We reached the
convent thuor We heard deep voices in the
garden, swearing the strangest oaths.
There could be no doubt that rough fellows
Of some sort-gardeners or peasants come
10 pay their rent-were near at hand In con-
siderable numbers. Yes. they Were coun-
trymen. for under the trees We could see
that looked like skirts-they
must nave been long blouses. We began
10 be less courageous, renorse seized us
and we fled 10 the ladders, and no one ever
knew that we had entered the convent gar
len; but I have always had n bitter rec
election of that nights escapade,'
''Tha dear fellow. ! assured him that
none the worse OF him for II, and
4 month later l was the Marauise de Lii
onne."
When We had finished laughing, for, II
must be confessed, the adventure was
We demanded of the marquise:
.And did your husband nevar know the
ruth? Did he ever learn that It was you
md your schoolmate-
''Perhaps he guessed 1t. Thu night we
Mere married., just as he was about TO take
ne in his arms and kiss me, I suddenly
,prang away, crying: 'pamme. sir! Ten
devils! BY thunder.
r,. r.. .llap't run ayxn,. that tI,,as