Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-04-21
Won by w aitlng.
EDNA LYALL
CHAPTER TX.


on est timide alors qu'on desespere
I'm front serein brave ladyersite.
Nine. Perrier.
The Journey was a sad one. NOW
that the parting had really come
Esperance longed to stay, and Gas
uard though his resolve was quite
immovable. felt as if he were leaving
his heart in Paris Then, too, all
! their fellow passengers were sad and
responding, and the murder of Gle
meut Thomas formed the staple OF
conversation. which did not tend 10
raise Gaspards spirits.
Every one seemed relieved whea
! they arrived at Calais; the hustle at
the station, the hurried search FOR
luggage, and going on board the
steamer. all served TO divert their
| thoughts. It was not till they had
fairly started. that Esperance realized
+ that they had left France, and then a
I strange. dreary feeling OF homeless
/ ness crept over her. and she gazed at
! the receding shore through mist or
tears But in a minute or two Gas
pard, glancing down, saw her trouble,
put his arm round her protectingly.
and whispered, Courage. dear! we
are doing what our father wished. |
/ DO not doubt for a moment that 1t is
best. You will try to bear it?"
And Esperance, looking up with
eyes full OF love and trust, said. Il
/ viii bear anything everything, with
you unconsciously repeating the
words with which she had answered
/ her father when they were leaving
( the chateau,
The landing at Dover was mex
pressibly dreary II was dark, and
cold, and windy. All the French
! passengers were in a fever OF good
tempered anxiety about their luggage,
aud the few English passengers
made matters worse by their cool
collectedness, and seemed persistent
~ to stand in every ones way
Esperance was hurried along, she
knew not whither-nor cared, SO
long as she had hold Of Gaspard s
ARMAND eventually found herself
safely In railway carriage, being
scanned from head to foot by sundry
/ pairs Ct English eyes. She, herself,
took a rapid survey of her fellow
| travellers, wondered why they were so
= quiet, hoped that in the course Of
1 pard's honorable scar. and, after an
animated discussion with her brother,
as to the comparative merits of
French and English railway accom-
mediation. settled herself comfortably
/ and went to sleep, her head resting
on Gaspard's shoulder.
She woke just before they reached
| Victoria Station. feeling dreadfully
I tired and hungry The English trav-
/ elers had by this time thawed a little,
| and two or three OF the gentlemen
were talking together Esperance de-
| cided that English was certainly the
/ harshest and most wearisome OF Ian
guages.
! Then came the arrival at the sta
/ ton the crowded platform, the push
/ ing and struggling toward the lug
/ gage van, finally civil porter n
&
! hotel in the ueighborhood. despairing
attempts at English speaking, and a
nights rest.
Esperance woke the next morning
much refreshed, and ready to enjoy
the sense OF novelty and adventure.
/ Fortunately, the day was fine, and
. their first Impressions OF London We're
favorable. The morning was an en-
ioyable one They wandered about in
/ Hyde Park, walked along the Thames
/ Embankment, and visited Westmin-
I ster Abbey Ii was not till the after
noon that Gaspard turned his
thoughts to the necessary search for
cheap lodgings, and began to make in
/ Quiries RS 20 the most inexpensive
quarter of London.
He was recommended 20 try Pen
touyule or lslineton. and leaving
Esperance to rest at the hotel he
went out 20 try his fortune. Il was
/ certainly lodging-hunting under diff
culties. for his English was sadly
deficient. and though between each
! failure ne studied a book OF dialogues
In which one page was devoted 70
the hire OF apartments" he was
Isure 90 be utterly puzzled by some
il-prououncod word or unknown idi-
'om "SiNpeuce heStra for kitchen
FIRE" rapidly spoken was quite uuin-
Itelligihle TO him, and even the difer.
lcoinage was hewjlderiug
The afternoon was closing in, and
Istiu he had met with no suitable
rooms he began % think that Esper-
auce would De alarmed at his long
absence. and was just about TO give
up the search when his eve caught
an advertisement OF Furnished
Apartments" in the window Of a la.
kerr shop He entered without much
hope OF success The shop was small
but clean stout good-tempered
woman stood behind the counter
and perched in front Of her between
4 o =.