The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-01-10
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support his mother and sister in a mod
est way. It was desirable, Monsieur de
Rlez thought, that he should give UP
MS youthful ambition of being a soldier.
ana TURF his attention to the more lu-
cratlVe profession Of engineer.
certainly o must be right, sir.
right In all your DECISIONS" said Tio-
name humbly; "but I think you forget
another on whom Madame de Sorgnes
n Martha may lean"
He looked at her, shaking his head
sadly, n answered, my child, this
p to which you refer does
not exist. After the consuls death
the shocking state Of his affairs could
not be concealed. The creditors neces-
sar1ly informed themselves and made it
all public. Prince Hassan came and
questioned me. I could not tell him a
f~alsehood, and I declared the whole
truth. He then,informed me, without
any clrcumlocution whatever, that his
fortune did not permit him to take a
portlonless bride; that Monsieur de
sorgnes had promised to settle on Mar
TIA property which yielded 10000 livres
income He begged me to express, his
regrets to Madame de Sorgnes, and to
his %fiancee, and left the next day for
Constantinople."
That same evening, on the veranda
which had sheltered the widow all day.
the three mourners deliberated. TIC
name related in detail her conversation
with Monsieur de Riez, and tried to in
splre the afflicted mother and
with a portion of her own courage. The
DIRECTION OF the prince surprised and
shocked e even more than the sud
den revelation of their poverty, and all
the evils which it would bring in it's
train. Madamoiselle Pascale, mean
Whlle, was dining comfortably, much
more concerned about her own future
than that of her ~sorrowing friends.
Madame de Sorgnes seemed quite in
capable of forming any plan for the
future. Nevertheless, she positively re-
fused to think of removing to Constan-
tinople-the communication with Smyr-
ma was too frequent. She infinitely pre-
ferred exile, complete exile, in a foreign
land, where she could live dead and
buried to all the brilliant past. If she
took refuge in France, she would be
near Guillaume, the idolized son, now
her only hope and consolation. Martha
encouraged this determination, and
urged immediate departure for France.
She, too, wished to hide their changed
fortunes from eyes which in their happy
days had envied them; and longed to
iejoin her brother, whom she loved bet
ter than any one in the world. The
word ruin was so. new strange to
these petted children Of opulence that
they could not comprehend it's full
meaning. They understood, indeed, that
they would be forced to adopt a much
palmer style of living than that to
which they had been accustomed, but
they spoke of taking with them into
exile the two femmes de chambre, Annals
and Eli, and also Mademoiselle Pas
Gale, whose services seemed indispens-
able. It vas a. long time before Tio-
name could convince them that such
expenses We're quite beyond their
means, and the devoted girl promised
to take the place of maid to both mother
and daughter, that in this at least they
might feel none of the Inconvenience
of their changed fortunes.
BE it so,' the widow answered, ssbut
I really can not dismiss Pascale."
AS if in answer to this loving scruple,
that lady entered the room. Her face
was coldly resolute; that Of a person
WIN ttAo WHY w ~ ~ l1lll1ldIlOI, anu
is resolved to execute it. She seated
herself beside Madame de sorgnes, and
said, Dear madam, I feel that I must
no longer be a burden upon you. I
have reflected, and I feel tha I ought
to go away, much as it will pain me-
Madame de Sorgnes locke at her in a
sou. Of s~tupefaction. In spite Of the
correct phrase, affectionate in form, the
tone was SO icy, the whole bearing so
evidently studied, that there could no
longer be any for pity, from his
Woman she had loaded with benefits.
Ingratitude pierced the veil Of duplic-
ity, now that interest no longer re-
quired it's concealment.
what! you wish to leave me, Pas
cale??' the poor lady stammered.
"Madennoiselle,'' with her accustomed
aplonb, repeated, in different words,
what she had already said. 1t was
from devotion to her mistress inter
ests that she tore herself away. She
was determined to sacrifice herself in
the accomplishment of her duty. Be
sides, she left her beloved mistress in
ligent, devoted Tiomane would serve
her protectress so lovingly and so faith
fully. She pronounced the name of the
young girl whom she had SO relentlessly
prosecuted without any bitterness, de-
lighted, it would seem, to render her
this tardya justice, n at the same
time throw the onerous burden on her
young shoulders, thinking only Of her
own prompt departure. At the sound
of her name, Tiomane replied by a look