The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-24
XVIII.

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That night the zone Of bombardment having
been shifted tar to, the southwest. Boprke. went
to the Al American satSano lGeEa ,SoTc,d + was s,1 i o'clock
He had seen. the Minister but, that Official
could DO INC Rot abnIF to to- protect %Ssrd YO des "a and Hide l
ems , a Itself would R0' be eVe Safe eet eitho SnaS the the
sponsi6ie for the bombardment, and promised
to protest against the destruction OF foreign
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ter e Ees aaRRadp fsavS 'Y tSs ten aS1Hdf 0 Hide feI a EaR.
GUESSING the situation. Hide lay on the bed.
t tasSsnihtA B BSrFDn miid Rds SH9 Red SaSfI Hiding In su{ Hood
S o0%EoS.s sOb hin Gob fE9m sa hunger so and YGlett te
BolTRe. and Kissing her sister tendsrly.
Listen. Hide" she said. Cecil is going to
the h N n41t I fort fo9k 50 T5 y Sf mn %u i;ttT nos s,s be so sad oa;
not selfish and heartless. after all. Cecil must
safe q Tn EG y began sS3a B Be y3a f but H hftds s are n IN
on the bed and Forbade him to CO., Il" II Is
s: 9F2%Eh p $aSs IS GnS Se 11ae With II IN Y SRIaEer'TY e sae ea sai DO
| nothing for him. He Ia In the Classmates and
under medical attendance. What could you
II shall go when I see you and Toilette,
s%e ssSsara 5spef Hs1 P9uT asfed Hide, bitterly
you Ut think II. Bismarck VIII order II; cannon No
in the street say that converts and hospitals
have been struck repeatedly. Hayo the Prus;
slams not sent their shells into the crowded
It was the FIRST. time that Yolette had ever
t beard 1od ai5dde az spsse eF s Tla : ISit @GnSssiine BS St tSs
change in the gentle. reserved girl he had
NO continued Hide rapidly. mol mol moi
man nor woman! You cannot go. Cecil; Yolettcs
She rose. putting her arms around Yolette.
SAYING. Dearest. he must not go to the Nan;
f ts wed 5Ssti for Il him Il T e eHpd 5Ss HI hin ii fS leave you; 1T
"Cont2und IT. said Bolrke helplessly. II
"HSor was his" said Hide gravely; and she
the window panes With mosslikSe tracery. sii-
Hide. opening the window. looked Off over the
dark city and saw the midnight heavens blaz-
the 10y air seemed grateful. After q little she
closed the wtBdoX, fearing the cold might harm
f SSll SshSr isad Bns t to fh wa" sc g { shSr sh l@d sSs t IN thS
II and climbed up and out onto tho roof. Her
hot cheeks and aching eyes grew no cooler in
shawl and barod hor White throat. .
The heavens We're Respondent; the tremen-
busted with myriads Of stars. among which.
deep set. the splendid planets sparkled, and the
and angles and gem-set circles that spanned
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT heavens from horizon
to horizon.
splre, on spiro the city lowered. domed. bat
beautiful, sinful city, whose llocelike spires and
streets where mon lay dying by the score from
lack OF bread. There was starlight on the
palaces, on the strange towers Of 81, Sulpice.
The jewelled spire of the st. Chapelle. the
silyery dome Of the. lnvalides. the Grotesque
gothic tower OF st. Jacques doomed distinctly
from the endless mass OF house and palace,
monument and church. In the cast an enor-
nous bulk detached Itself against the sky-the
towers Of Notre Dame dominated the shadow
shapes OF roof and chimney. And through the
world OF shade and shadowy silhouette wound
the star-tinted, Rhostly rivera phantom tide
spanned by a score OF fairy bridges. impalpable,
vague. ghostly as their own reflections In the
frozen. ice-boupd stream,
And now. far beyond the walls. Hide could
see the forts. The tiny flashes ran from cast "a
west. then south, then back again, a running
chair, OF sparks. The c%qnnon's solid thunder
rolled and surged maiestically. wave after wave
harmonious. interminable. On the heights OF
Meudon. Clamart. and Chatillon the flicker oil
the PrusSlan guns ran parallel TO the flashes
from the forts of the south and west; theiI
shells were falling on the Point du Jour.
l Hide could see the brigh reflections Of 1reI