Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-29

can not fly; I must stay with them.
So he stayed, my brave husband, he
stayed, and was arrested"
: Here madame was obliged to wipe
! away her tears, and her voice was
: broken with sobs as she continued
+ He and many others that had been
with him were arrested, thrown into
! prison, then marched out of Paris,
! away. I knew not whittier; I only
! knew that it was a burning summer
! day-that his sufferings would be
; terrible I found him again after a
! time; he was imprisoned at Z.
! He was still alive. l went there,
mon enfant, and with many of his
: colleagues he was tried. Some were
| condemned to death, others to trans
portation; figure to yourself, Esper-
ance, what my feelings were, as |
waited to hear that awful sentence.
| But God heard my prayers. Victor
was not shot; he was transported FOR
life I saw him again before his ship
sailed, and then though I was so
thankful for his life, yet mon enfant,
it was very hard, very bitter. He
| supported me, however; he told me
that this transportation was no real
disgrace, that he had merely done
what he considered his duty. But he
! could not hide his anguish at leaving
France I think that but for me he
would rather have died, and one of
the last things he said to me was,
'Antoinette, I am thankful that the
young De Mabillon is saved from
this; I might have dragged him with
me to his ruin, had he not been so
shocked by the death of Clement
Thomas "
Poor monsieur, he was always so
brave and good" said Esperance,
crying from sympathy. and you,
dea, madame, what happened to you
them"
For days, mon enfant, I was like
me stupefied; I could only look at
the sea, and walk UP and down the
pier from which I had seen his ship
sail At last an English lady, who
guessed, I suppose, that [ was
relative of one of the emigrants, in
troduced herself to me as I was walk
ing backward and forward distracted
" one day. She found out my trou-
bic. inquired what I meant to do and
showed me all possible kindness. [
told her that I had scarcely any mon
ey, that I meant to get a situation as
a governess if I could meet with one,
and that in time I hoped to save
enough money to join my husband in
his exile: not that I was very hope
full that day, for the hardships and
sorrows had made me i'll, and 7 half
hoped I might die. But the lady,
Mrs. Henderson, said that she knew
of situation in England which she
thought would suit me; she herself
was widow, and had been helping
in one Of the ambulances during the
war: she was now returning to Eng
land, and she kindly took me with
her The situation was with her
brother-in-law, whom you have just
now seen, to teach his little mother
less girl Marguerite. There! mon en-
FAINT, I have told you all now"
THANK you, dear madame. You
have had terrible suffering indeed.
You have not told me, though,
where Mr. Henderson lives"
'In Devonshire ma chere-a very
pretty estate of which Marguerite
will be the heiress We make now
a tour in Wales, and are staying for
few days at Bangor"
Frances. who had wandered away
with the children, came back in time
to hear this, and began to persuade
Nine. Lemercier to spend a day with
them at Llanfairfechan.
"You are very good; it would make
me such pleasure" said madame;
but think all the days are arranged;
we go tomorrow to the Ogwen, and
shall leave Bangor in two or three
days"
Frances was sorry, as she was sure
Fsperance would like to see more Of
Nine Lemercier; however, they had
another long tete-a-tete when Mr..
Henderson and his little girl re-
turned. for hathie was eager to have
NdSSlo lcI d pldy-lSlION, anu, WIN
the boys for protectors, they were al
lowed to follow their own devices;
while Mr. Henderson was delighted 10
find a kindred spirit in Frances, and
talked for at least half an hour over
his favorite hobby Of ferns. 1t was
not very often that he found a lady
who could so we'll enter into his talk
on such matters, but Frances really
knew a good deal on the subject, and
had. moreover, a fernery Of her own
at Worthington; so she was inter-
ested in the discussion.
Il have been disappointed in not
I finding more of the parsley fern,
/ Mr.. Henderson was saying. II had
/ always heard of it as being so album
dant in Wales"
my brother-in-law found any
quantity growing in Snowdon," said
Frances. Have you been there yet?'
mo. but 1 had some thoughts of
striking inland again in day or
two. 1 have promised to take my lit
tie girl to Llanberis. We might per-
haps combine. Well, Maggie, what
is it?" as the child ran up to him
breathlessly.
"Oh, papa, we are so happy, and
do you know, Kathie Worthington is
just my age-is it not funny?-and
we mean always to be friends. And,
papa, she has never been to Llanber-