The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-02

took a glass OF wine and a biscuit. He
went on talking all the time, and what
he said l have never forgotten, and
never shall forget to my dying day.
| peMeVe can remember the very words
| he used.
Poor Old woman" he said, "she was
the first patient had here. She broke
her leg the very. day Of my arrival, and
! had only just had time to wash my
| hands after my journey in the coach,
| when l was fetched to her, as It was
serious case, most serious in fact.
she was just seventeen then, and a
| very pretty girl, very pretty indeed she
was. You would scarcely have thought
IL possible, would you? AS to her story
| why, l have, never told amy one about
| II, ana w1ththe exception of one other
| person who is no longer living here, no
I one has ever known 1t. Now that she
| is dead, 1t does not matter If tell YOU
JUST pe1ore. my arrival here q young
man mad come to this parish as assis-
| tant schoolmaSter. He was very hand
| some, and had quite a military look
about him-so that all the girls were
soon In love. with him. He pretended
to be perfectly indifferent-but the fact
was ne stood in great awe of his princi-
pal, Pere Grabu, who was rather given
to getting out of bed the wrong side,
| ana making things uncomfortable for
every one on the slightest pretext The
young assistant lived at the schoolmas-
ter's mouse, and 1t was there that he
saw Hortense, the pretty seamstress,
whom the villagers always called Clio
chette after her accident. He made love
In very short time she was quite
devoted to him, and as 1t was impOS-
si1,,. to exchange more than few has
Nv wor. Is with her lover on the days
when che w. working at Pere Grabu's
house she Cons onted to meet him one
evening in the Ion. over the school
room. When her days WIN was over
she watched her opportum..' anu ~
stead of leaving the house she g.
ed the staircase leading to the -. 'lt
What are you doing up here, Sigis-
bert?' asked the schoolmaster. The
young man felt that there was no es-
cape for him, and he answered in a
daZed way:
:" I just came to lie down and have
a rest, Monsieur Grabu."
1.-THE loft was very large one, and it
was absolutely dark. Sigisbert pushed
the young girl along, whispering to
her: Hide yourself; don't let him see
you; get away somehow, or 1 shall lose
my situation
1.-THE schoolmaster thought he heard
some whispering.
"'Who is up here with you? You
are not alone! he called out.
Yes, Monsieur Grabu, I ann, quite
alone, answered Sigisbert.
No, you are not. l heard you talk
ing to some one.'
ct swear am alone, Monsieur Ora
bu,' answered the young man.
"T'u find out for myself said the
old man. Whereupon he went out
again, locked the door from the out
side, and descended the staircase in
search Of a candle.
1.-THE young man, who was veritabie
coward, was perfectly furious now, and
too excited to know what he was say
ing or doing.
Hide yourself, I tell YOU he said
to the poor girl. I shall lose my situa-
ton and all through you. My whole
life will be ruined by you. Hide your
self, can't you?
Just at that moment they heard the
key being put into the lock again.
''Hortense ran to the little window
which looked out on to the street. She
opened 1t quickly, and then, in low,
resolute voice, she said:
"'When he goes away you will come
round and pick me up, won't your
without waiting for any reply she
sprang out of the window. Pere Grabu
was very much surprised to find that
Sigisbert was alone, and he soon went
downstairs again. A quarter of an hour
later the young man came and told