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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-13

New YORK, Feb. THE matter OF the
appointment of receivers for the Norm
ern Pacific railroad, which was on tho
calendar OF the United States circuit
court today, was adjourned for n
week.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-13
VENEZUELA is MORE
FRIENDLY
wiling TO Discuss Aatters of Arr.
With Great Britain.

london Feb. lit was semi-offic-
ANY announced this evening that there
Is good reason to believe that Venezuela
is prepared to enter into friendly dis
cussion with Great Britain on the sub
ject OF the Uruan arrests and in incl
dents connected with them.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-13
e. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

md a careful micro
copical examina-
ion of the urine, is
a valuable aid in
determining the
nature of many
chronic diseases,
particularly those
. of the nervous
system, blood, liv-
er, kidneys, and
bladder. These
aids make it pos
sible to treat such
diseases ctfCCpse-
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-13

Washington, Feb. president Cleve-
land left the city after midnight on a
lighthouse tender for trip down the
river.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-23
OF THE CHiNEE AND TIE JAP

The japanese are extravagantly fond
of children, and treat them so kindly
that Japan has been called the chill
dren's paradise.
The bridal veil of japanese youn2
lady is subsequently used as her shroud
Just after the marriage it is carefully
put away and reserved until her death
makes its use necessary.
China has the new woman, too The
daughter of magistrate in Shantuu
acts as treasurer in her fathers dis
trict, keeps the books, pays the bills
and stirs up delinquent debtors. Her
father has made $4,000 taels in six
months, and the district is trying It'll
best to have him removed.
Marshal Yamagata, the famous hero
of the late Chino-Japanese war, ex-
poets to pass through the United States
on his way to Russia. He will land o.
San Francisco, where he will be the
guest of his daughter, who is the wife
of the japanese vice consul at the
Golden Gate. Marshal Yamagata is at
tended by no less than six distinguished
officers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-23
COMING INTERNATIONAL FAIRS

Russia is going to carry the war into
England. The minister of finance is
organizing an exhibition of Russian
products in London after the close OF
the Mini Novgorod exhibition.
Twenty-four governments, including
the United States, Japan, China, Persia,
and nearly all the European countries
have given official notice that they will
exhibit in Paris in 1900.
Pavia is going to celebrate the 5ooth
anniversary Of the foundation of its IA
nous Certosa- The monastery was be-
gun in 1896 by one of the Visconti, but
was not finished till 1912. 1t is now
a museum.
A French engineer has conceived the
idea Of reproducing the house in which
Napoleon lived at St. Helena as an at
traction during the Paris exposition
of 1900. The house will be an exact
copy of the original. with panoramic
canvases representing the natural sur
roundings.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-23
EXTRAORDINARY AND QUEER.

Vermont has ten living ex-governors,
all republicans
The soil of Cuba is so fertile that in
some sections four crops year are
raised.
There are three ex-mayors OF the
town in the newly elected city councu
of Bath, Me.
Fashion plates containing designs
for clothing for pet dogs are regularly
issued by some of the Partisan tailors
A toilet club for dogs has been es.
tabIished in Bond street, London
where dogs may be shaved, washed and
beautifed.
a white buzzaFd was shot in Texas
recently and round its neck was found
tied little bell, marked rails county.
No., 1S60.'
Two unusually large eagles were
caught in one trap. which had been sci
for coyotes, near Grants Pass, Ore
last week.
a stable in New York city has the
following sign displayed: For sale,
good secondhand mule. acquainted
with the ice wagon business
The wives and mothers of seafaring
men in Yorkshire, England, always
keep in the home black cat, believing
that it insures the safety of the absent
sailors.
Robert Rose, of Grayson, O., has Il
year-old daughter who is gaining
weight at the rate of half a pound a
day. She now weighs 2791h pounds
She never eats meat, and her favorite
food is oysters sprinkled with sugar.
Als1nter in Cromwell, Conn. sApught
he had struck q miser's hoard. In the
woods he discovered, in an excavation
rusty iron pot The pot contained {
letter which bore these words: eve
are satisfied that Capt. Kidd's treasure
is not buried here
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-23
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE greater New York bill was
passed by the senate on the 18th over
the vetoes of the mayors of New York
and Brooklyn. The vote was 81 yeas
to Il nays. The assembly has still to
act upon the vetoes-
The senate committee on military
affairs has agreed to report favorably
Senator Hawley's bill for the reorgan-
ization of the army. The bill increases
the force to 10000 enlisted men, to be.
composed of ten regiments of cavalry.
seven of artillery and 25 of infantry.
A. 81. IsHAa, of the Worlds Proctor
Memorial association. will ask aid from
congress in the erection of the largest
astronomical observatory in the world
on the summit of Mount San Miguel,
meas San Diego, Cal. 1t is to be an in
ternational one.
The colored population of Washing
ton cele brated the saith anniversary OF
the emancipation on the 10th by q
street parade and speech-making.
President Cleveland review ed the pro
cession from the white house.
A RECENT telegram from Washing
ton stated that w. 81. Pugh, one of the
auditors in the treasury department
and close friend of Secretary Car
Isle, was booming the secretary foI
the presidential nomination by send
ing out letters to all the sound moner
leaders in the different states urging
them to action and soliciting their sup
port for Mr.. Carlisle.
WITH imposing rites Right Rev.
Thomas O'Gorman was consecrated as
bishop OF Sioux Falls, S. D.. at Wash
ington on the 10Th. Cardinal Satoll;
officiated as consecrator, and 15c
bishops and priests occupied the chan
eel and chapel and joined in the re-
SnOuSeS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-23
A SHINING EXAMPLE of what

A SHINING EXAMPLE of what
may be accomplished by never vary
ing devotion to single purpose is
seen i'll the history of the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago.
For o5 years they have simply been
building grain and grass-cutting ma
chinery, and while there are probably
forty manufacturers in this line, it is
safe to say that the Mccormick
Company builds one-third of all
the binders, reaperS and mowers used
throughout the entire world.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-23
Purity
Blood

Vow, as when warmer weather comes and
the tonic effect of cold bracing air is
gone. your weak, thin, impure blood
viii not furnish necessary strength.
That tired feeling, loss OF appetite, viii
open the way for serious disease, ruined
health, Or breaking out of humors and
impurities. To make pure, rich, red
blood Hoods Sarsaparilla stands IN
eQualled. Thousands testify to its
merits Millions take it as their
Spring Medicine. Get Hoods, because
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-23
Spring
BediCine

Your blood in Spring is almost cert= 80
be fusi of impurities-the accumuSe.on
Of the winter months Bad ventilation
Of sleeping rooms, impure air in dwell
ings, factories and shops, over-eating,
heavy, improper foods, failure OF the
kidneys and liver properly to do extra
work thus thrust upon them, are the
prime causes OF this condition. 1t is OF
the utmost Importance that you
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-23
GENERAL NEWS.

WHISKY selling to Indians is causing
great deal of trou BILE in various parts
of Oklahoma since the courts have held
that Indian allOttees are citizens OF
the United States. At Black burn, citi.
zens held indignation meetings against
saloons selling Indians whisky. Bust
ness men of the town and other citi.
zens have signed petitions to the sa.
loonists begging them to desist- IN.
dams go to Blackburn in droves
after night, get drunk and make the
town hideous.
POWELL & HoLLINGswoRTH's tobacco
factory at Princeton, Ky, burned Cd
the Goth. The house was the largest
in that section and contained 900, O0(
pounds of tobacco, the greater part OF
which was in strips ready for market.
Loss on tobacco. $40, 900; insurance.
$50. 300; on building, SO. 600; insurance,
$1,000 A dozen small residences in
proximity were burned.
NINE Gloucester fisherman were lost
off Long Island recently by the fishing
schooner J. w. Campbell, of Gloucester.
Mass, sinking in squalL They were
brought into New Bedford, Mass, by
the Gladiator from the schooner
Norman, which picked them up after
they had spent an entire night and day
in an open boat without food.
IT has finally been decided to hold
the national encampment of the uni
form rank Knights of Pythias, in
Cleveland, O., August "a to 81.
Mrs. BELL was recently sentenced tc
imprisonment for life at Ottawa, Ont.
for inhuman cruelty to her grandchil-
dren, boy and girl, aged II and IL
respectively.
Miss ELLA SoMERvILLE, of Richmond,
Tex. was shot and killed by her cousin,
Albert Somerville. whom she was lead
ing to her fathers residence from a
drunken carousal down town The
man was a visitor from New York
PROMINENT knights of Labor in Phila
delphia state that a war between Gen
eral Master Workman Sovereign and
General Secretary-TreaSurer Hayes,
which has been waged under cover for
some time, will probably result in the
withdrawal of both fficials from
office It was also said that Mr.. Sow.
ereign had not been paid his salary of
$4,000 year by the secretary.
PROF. 81. P. PRATT and Prof. Hugh
Wightman, of Chicago, announced to
the world on the 10th that diphtheria
and typhoid germs were absolutely
killed by the Roentgen ray. The state.
men was made without reserve
Two persons were killed, two prob
ably fatally injured, and two others
seriously hurt by two bolts of light
ming, which successfully struck the
dwelling OF Andrew Olson at Wallace,
Mich, on the 18th.
BURGLARS blew open the safe at the
East Palestine, o., post office early CD
the,morning of the 18th and took all
the money and stamps it contained
A sHERIFF's posse in dispensing an
unauthorized negro military company
at Tallahassee, Fla, killed one negro
and wounded another.
PRAIRIE fires were reported raging
west of Perry, Ok, on the 18th and
large quantities of hay and several
houses were burned A man named
Jones was arrested for. disobeying
prairie fire laws and there was some
talk of lynching him.
THE plant of the Michigan Beef and
Provision Co. at Detroit was destroyed
by fire on the 18th. causing a loss OF
sci, 600.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-23

Lady Parry, widow of the eminent
arctic explorer, died recently at her
English country home, 40 years after
the death of her husband, and within
week of completing her SSth wear.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1896-09-18

HEmployez toujours le "RIVIERI2
CHOLERA MIXTURE" guerison sure
du cholera. Prix, Is cents.
Pour les personnes nerueuses GU mala-
dives, IL ny a pas de meillenr remede que
le TONGUE de B@uf, Fer ct Vim de T. F
Riviere, %pharmacien 1l01 Adams Street
Prix75 cents la pinte.
LIE printemps arrive ct avec lui le cho-
l4ra ct les maladies d'intestins. Gu6rison
assuree par "Rivieres Chemic Melange.'
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1896-09-18
-Est.elle morte, mon Diep.

-G6I.Gll0 mOII61 @uAOA A1ASU.
MATS une exclamation s'exh 10
8 ses levres. Ellie asentit battre
) coeur de cette femme 6tendlce
ellie.
Ellie Sc dit que la malheureuse
Fest qu'6vanouie. 81, dams son
motion ellie pronounce ces mots,
Pune voix aaccad6e:
Madame, madame, parlez moi. !
Et d6sesper6e, ellie s'6crie:
Ellie ne m'entend pasl que fai-
.?
lie sentiment du danger qu'elle
SQUIRT ellie meme ne pc peut, cepen-
dant la d6cider 3 abandonAer cette
inoonnue. Soudain, tout son sang
80 lge daDs ses veines. La serrure
. cri6. La porte de la rue 8 est ou-
verte avec IN grincement de gond:
Ellie ne peut plus en- douter c'est la
qui entire en- compsgnie
de jacques. La m6gere q pouss6
un cri de rage. Ellie ma prononc6
seul mot:
e. Ensemble
Et Jacques s'est 6cri6 . son tour
III fant les s5pafer.... ct VI
te....
Alors la Frochard s'est 'ap 70
Chez dele, ct la saisissant par lie
bras, ellie Ia forc6e de Sc lever. La
miserable est dams IN tel 6tat de
fureur quill Sc manifesto par de
Sounds grondemente...
-Qa'est-ce que tn fais la? erie.
t-elle q l'aveugle. Comment es-tu
sortie de ton gre.1er?
Louise tremblante ne peut que
balbutier.
MOI, madame, je,...."
MATS jacques ne yeut pas per.
DIRE de temps.
-D6pechonsl dit-il, via l'autre
qui se ranime.
En- effst, Henrlette semble pres de
sortlr de son reimbursement. De.
il, ellie a remu6 les bras, ct essaye
de porter les mains q son front.
Mennonite lAhaut, commando IL
Frochard q Louise, ct tout de sui,
te.
LA pauyre aveugle r6siste 4 Get
ordre lmp6rieux ct cruel....
cette femme.... muir.
mura t-elle dune voix suppliante..
cette femme qui est la.... malade1
C'est la voix du r6mouleur gu:
r6pond. ;,
-Une femme! s'est 6cri6 PIsrr.
en- entrant.
LA Frochard a hate de sc depar
rasser de Louise. Ellie la rouss'
vers l'escalier en- g~rommelant:
G. pas ton affaire! O'est Il
n0tre! Allons, marched Mails mar
che doncl reprend-ell en- brutal
SAINT raveugle, pour Ia faire mon
ter an grenier doLt ellie ouvre Il
porte.
A CO momunt Henriette ouvr'
les yeux ct 7olt Louise, ct pouss'
I'M cri d6ohirant, auquel q r6pon
du une exclamation partie du hau
de l'escalier. Henriette 80 debat
tant contre jacques qul lui a ap
puy6 la main sur la bouche, pou
6toufer ses Girls, est parvenue 3 8
degager des bras du miserable. AT
foll6e ellie s'6lance an devant d
don annie, en- s'6criant:
Louise, Louise.
L'aveugle a r6unl tonte ses for
ces pour repousser Ia Ffoohard.
81, chancelant, ellie redescen,
pescalier, rencontre Henriette gu
malar6 jacques, vol an secour
de Louise ct so pr6cipite da 8 Sc
bras en- pleurant, distant an miller
de s6s larmes:
All mon Henriette... mo-
Henriette. c'est tot! tot.
Et les deux sM gees, dams le
bgas Pune de l'autre, s'6treignen
ct s'embrassent ivle1d s JOE.
IAhl ma soc 1r, ma smurl'
tells sont les senls mots que l'aveu
gle, paralysee par l'emotion, puts
SO prononcer-
Pierre les q entendus yes mot
ct il ne peut dissimuler 90 joe.
--Sa smar, r6pete I iltoat baa
MATS Heurietle a trouv6 SO pre-
sence d'esprit. Ellie regarde i
Frochsrd ct jacques, ayeo de-
yeux exprimant tout le degotl
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1896-09-18

ceIle qui lui faisait sublr IN inter
rogatolre aussi serr6. Pour sen ~
FER, ellie feignit d'etre frolssee pro-
par les paroles qu'elle
d'entendre.
-Oomprends pasl dit ellie dun
ton sec.
BIT prenant an air pince:
-Pourquol que je iemanderais
Paumone? J'ai depx deux fills gu
travaillent! On quest remouleur..
Et Indignant du doigt Ia meule
de Pierre:
-Tenez, alouta.t-elle dune voix
triomphante, VIA SO manivelle,
dams s'coinl
Plus que 5amais Henriette 6talt
embaIrass6e.
-Alors.... commenea-t-elle en-
h6sitant.
Ellie pensait gull etait inutile de
demeurer plur longtemps dams 90
.audis qui lui sonlevait le coeur. LA
Frochard voulut profter de cette.
hesitation pour oonvalncre tout 3
fat la jeune file qu'elle await fat
fausse route en- venant chez ellie.
Mon autre fls.... quest Ia
tout pres, en- face.
Et lnt6rieurement ellie penaalt:
-Si L "Cherubin' pouvait reve-
mir.
Au moment Cd Henriette etait
plus embarrass6e que iamais, ellie
go rappela la carte que lie m6decin
de la SalpetriAre lui await remise,
Et revenant d Ia charge:
-Pourtant; je me souviens que
le docteur -.
La phrase commenc6e s'aoheva
dams an cri. La jeune file venait
de jeter I'm coup d'ail sur l'accou-
trement de la mendiante. Ellie sc
eriait:
-Oe chale. Je le reoonnaisl
O'est le sien! LIE sien, vous dis-iel
En- meme temps ellie enlevait
robjet d6sign6 de dessus les 6pau-
les de la vieille qui toute ahnrie de
CO qui ARRIVAL, b6gayait avec cole
re.
-Du tout. -. du tout.... C'est
d mol!....- c'est....
Eft ce fchu, interromplt Hen
~}riette, ce fchu.... 4 yotre cou....
!. -Heinl quot!
-Ce fchu.... brod6 par moi.
pour elle.... All! malhenreusel
oria la jeune file en- s'emparant du
fchu de moussellne... Vous men
tieZl Voas mentleZl
"Pinc6e'l pensa la Froohard.
Mails ellie n'6tait pas femme
perdre aussi facilement la tete. Du
reste, ellie sc sentaif forte, sachant
son fills jacques dams lie voisinage.
Ellie n'hes1ta pas q SO d6masquer .
demi:
Eth ben. Eh ben, oui! ID, o'est
moi! d6olara-t.elle.
Puts avec une compassion fem
tie:
-Je vous voyais 81 tremblante,
que je n'osais pas vous conter Ia
v6rite.
Ma1s Henriette voulait tout ga
voir, maintenant qu'elle croyait
avoir retroug6 Louise. Ellie r6pon-
dit done avec vivaclt6:
-Parlez, alors, parlez!
La Frochard improvisa IN men
songe:
CITE petite que yous cherchez,
d%it-elle en- s'eforcant d'adoucir ga
voix, je pavais rencontr6e, je Ia
yals ramass6e, IN soir, qu'elle 6tait
perdue dams les ru6s de Paris.
-Continuez, de grace.
w que je ne pouvais plus "a
nourrir. poursuivi5 l'lgnoble fam.
me, ellie chantait CONNIE une petit
te fauvette. pour gagner son pain.
-Apr4s, apres, insista Henriet-
tte haletante.
La Frochard SO COMPOSE une
physionomle attendrie.
-Apres? reprit-elle. All, dame,
Ia pauvre enfant, ellie n'6tait guere
fate 4 la vie qu'elle menait, mails
lie chagrin pepuisait encore plus
que Ia fatigue, on sorte qu'sprAs
trois mois de d6sespoir ct de lar.
mes: ,tJ'ai 6ni de chanter," qu'elle
a dit. Et CO n'6tait que trop vrai;
depuis aeux jours, Ia fauvette ne
chante plus.
II H4@E#& Ha a425S go 0&sESA=r
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1896-09-18

Pierre s'est avanc6 vrrs 90 mere,
On d6clarant qu'elle NJ pouvait
ces jeunes files malgr6
leur volont6.
II lie faut riposta la megere,
elles iraient nous denoncer.
D. son cote, jacques qui volt 50
probe pres de lui 6chapper, s'aares-
SO q Henriette pour lul dire, en- de-
sIgnant l'aveugle:
-Je ne veux pas que vous Fem
.meniez d'lci.
Mails je c%rierai.... 'appellerai
an secours.
Hors ,du lui, jacques s'est re-
dress6, ct les bras CROSSES, il rlpos-
ia avec des regare terrifants:
-Essaysz! Nous sommes dune
famille qui tue. je yous en-
avertis.
Et montrant Louis, il ajoute
en- 6levant la vOlx:
-Personne ne me la prendra vi.
vante. Ellie est q moi, ct je la gar
de.
lie r6monleur await assist6 q Get
te scene le cour bourrei6 demo
ton, II savait m%aintenant gull a.
lat perdre Z jamais ga chAre aveu-
gls ; mails il savait aussl qu'elle ne
serait plus au pouvoir de la Fro.
chard qu'on ne roubligerait plus
q member, qu'op ne la b~rutalise-
raft plus; qu'elle ne tomberait pas,
souill6e, dams les bras du "Ca6ru-
bln."
LIE brave garcop, tres courageux
Aaait renfonc6 ses larmes. II les
gardait poar les NUTS q ,enir, lors-
que lie souvenir de l'aveugle le han
terait. Mails, en- voyant jacques
s'opposer au depart de Louise,
Pierre n'avait pu Sc oonteuir plus
longtemps ct sans ref6chir aux
consequences de son Intervention.
farieux, il s'6lanea entire jacques
ct Louise, ct %saisissant celle 81, IL
trouya une force quill ne soupeon-
matt pas, pour l'arracher des bras
du miserable.
All! c'est trop d'infamie! crla.t-il
au laohe qui s'attaquait, lui robus-
te a une infortun6e qui ne pouvait
lui opposer que par des priares ct
des larmes.
Louise d6barrass6e de p6treinte
de Jacques, les deux seurs go: te-
ns1ent maintenant embrassees
tremblant9s, redoutant les plus
eff oyables chooses. jacques, eton-
ne, apres une seconde de stupefac-
ton, vint.se placer en- face de son
fr4re ct lu1 dit ironiqaement:
TIA oses clever la voixl
Pierre lie regarda sans palir.
--Oai, je l'osel r6pond1t-il.
--Contre moi?
lie r6mouleuI 6ta1t transfgure.
J Lui, d'ordinaire 81 humble devant
le colosse, il SO trouvslt, mainte-
nant, du sang dams les %veines, du
, fsu dams le cerveau.
). -Oui, s'6crla-t-ll, contre tot de-
want qui j'ai trembl6 trop long
temps. Tu NJ me fails plus peurl
: All! c'est que to voyant grand ct
r fort, je to croyals courageux ct je
tremblais devant tot; mails to az en-
: la basse sse, de menacer des femmee
) Allons dono. tn es lache, ct mon
courage vaut 4 present plus que ia
force.
Louise cut une exclamation pour
t6mo1gner dc Ia reconnaissance
qu'elle 6pronyait, en- oe moment,
pour lie seul etre qui pent pr,se en-
compassion.
-Bien, Pierrel s'ecria t-elle.
"a continuer.l
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1896-09-18

se, s'6chappa de sas levres Ellie sc
trouyait en- presence dune Jeune
file.
XII
Celle qul arrivait ainsi Chez Ia
mendlante 6tait Henriette qui,
ayant suivi les indications donD6es
par la file d6penaill6e qu'elle await
r6ncontr6e dams Ia rue, 6tait arri-
wee tout droit devant la masure q
la porte peinte en- rouge.
Que demandez-vous? lui dit Ia
m6gAre en- fxant sur ellie ses deux
yeux de chouelle,
Du dehors, Henriette r6pondit:
Madame Frochard.
Qu'est-ce que vous lul vOllez?
II faut absolument que je lui
parle.
Rapldement, la mnndlante await
iet6 I'M coup d'oeil dams la rue, B
droite ct 3 gauche.
All, vous etes seule? Fit ellie en-
simuIant la surprise.
-Oui, seule.
Quoique rassur6e, la Frochard
dome IN second coup d'mil dams
la rue. Et s'tffacant pour livrer
passage q la jeune file:
Pour lors, entrez,t lui dit-elle.
Henriette p6netra aveo h6sita.
ton dams ce bouge. Involontaire-
ment, ellie tressaillit en- voyant que
la vieille femme passait derriere
ellie demeurait quelques secondes
sur lie ssuiI, avant de refermer Ia
porte. Mails surmontant rimpres-
sion de degoat qu'elle eprouvait
en- sc sentant dams Get infect tau
die, ellie regarda de tous les cot6s.
CONNIE al ellie cut pens6 decouvril
pendroit Cd Sc trouvAit l'aveugle.
-Est.ce done lui, murmura tel.
lie, gu ellie habite?
La Frochard s'etait rapproch6e
q Ias de loup, ct continue q d6vi.
ssger la jeune file. Henrlette sen.
tit, sous CO regard m6chant, reve.
MIR tout reffroi qui l'avait s%aisie, .
son entlee dams la masure. Ellie &c
NIT q trembler, gardant le silence
Voyons, parltz, COMMENCE ls
mendiante. Qu'est.ce que voue
avez q lui dire 4 name Froohardi
LIE cmur battait bien fort 3 IL
jeune file, paralysant chez ellie In
sage de la parole.
-Vous 6tiez 81 press6el reprit
la meg4re. Yous II gardiez Ear Out
CONNIE 81 vous cherchiez guelph Or
Ces mots rappelerent Henrivtte
q elle-meme.
En- effet, balbutla-t-elle, i
cherche quelqu I'm.
GU ga?
LA personne qui demeurail
ici.... avec vous.
La regard m6fant de la Fro.
chsrd fouilla lusqu'au plus pro.
fond des yeux de la JENNIE file. 3,
ellie s'informa:
-Qaelle personne?
June jeune fllel
La veuve du suppllci6 6bauoha
un geste de stupefaction aussit6l
reprim6.
"Est-ce que ce serait Is soeur'
pensa-t ellie.
ct tout haut, svec ga voix Grail.
lee:
: Une jeune file que vous dltesi
Commas pasr
Comment, s'6cr.a Henriette
6tonn6e, vous ne la connaissez pas /
Non!
EFT pourtant on ma bien d6si.
gn6 cette malson isol6e.... an
bout dun champ. pres de la ri.
Were.
~ en- q bien d'autres tout le
long de la riviere.
Henriette tromp6e par ces paro.
les, commencait . supposer qu'elle
await etc NAL renseign6e.
-Je me serais doEo tromp6ei
dit-elle avec hesitation.
-Faut cro1re. Cherchez plus
loia mam'zelle.
La Frochard pensait en- sortir d
cette facen: ct mentalement ellie &c
proposait de deguerpir dee le lep.
domain avec IaYeugle. Oependan,
Hsnriette insista:
Mai vous vous rappelez bier
madame Frochard2