The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-12
CHAPTER XVI.
B~ETROTuED.

In Paris the days succeeded each other with
few incidents and moderate excitement. Sus-
was completely hemmed in by an nnseen e e.s
my, unseen save for the smoke OF burning VII
lagos on the horizon. yet that enemy had as yet
done nothing. -Notre Dame and the Tuileries
were still standing, cabs. cars, omnibusos ran
as usual. and the boulevards and cafes were
True. there had been n few alarms in the in
terror OF the city: A petroleum storchouso
a chemical factory blew up in tho Ruc dc Van.
glrard and killed some people. Everybody
origin, but probably nobody know the truth
unless Speyer and Stauffer knew It. There was
practically no ncws from the provinces. Now
the Prussian pickets and creep into the city.
but. except for that. Paris was absolutely iso-
news was concerned. But the Parisians could
send neTs by pigeons and balloons. They sent
something else. too-;a balloon loaded with 200
pounds OF NJ. Gambctta, destined to fill tho
Midi with his fanfare and gasconading, destined
to flop in the P,russisn dragnot and Blind him:
the disgrace and destruction Of a brave incapa-
BILE more sinnea against than SHINING, the in
tion-Bazaine. II there ever existed such a
thing as a patriotic demaRogue. partly genius,
unique example, yet the court martial Of Ba-
zaine has left tho stain that furnishes the name
The courage and splendid fortitude that
frightened the gloom of the year of punishment,
Ine IeTTIUIe CnabJlSeIlenU OF a guilty. nation,
was displayed BY the army and the people: The
leaders. the politicians. the men In high places.
The Government, must look elsewhere for euloRy.
Theirs agitated by senile commissions. Gam.
BETA bawling nonsense, Rochefort brilliant and
useless as a will-o, the wisp-and quite as easy
to his task; Trochu, sombre fervidly good. liv-
ing amid hallucInations. monument of mar
tyred indecision-will some historian or writer
Of fction-thoy are synonyms-be pleased to
gid the letters OF these great namesi And while
the romancer or Observation-Disclosures you will
Ia ahnnt II LET him FaUilH tho n mi nj N n
as he sits feeding himself at Tortoni's in tho
starving city, splitting platitqdes with De Con
belly fatter. his fat white fingers are spread out
on either knee. the nails extensively untrimmea,
good terms with humanity. Incidentally he
talks much. and familiarly, about our Saviour
and eats. eats, eats.
created for himself q name. 1t only took a few
weeks to create 1t, lie followed Rochofort's
ular, in France. He was a talented lawyer.
Again and again in the Corps LeGislntif he
statesman snHSs4 %i't Of a certain Se al nE kind Sa'' In In t SrH 6oEiin Tnf q
Of the revolution he. was useful; he was tho
hyphen that connected the pnTti avanco,a and tho
bourReoisie. He was opposed to Trochu. Ho
sailed away in his balloon to Tours. where he
te,t that his sphere of action ended only with
proved useless. He set up n dictatorship that
ended by sterilizing and making ridiculous his
did this young tribune of the peoplc romem.
Der that tho greatest glory God can accord to
man is the glory incompnrohle of saving his
lions, the simplicity Of his lie. the elevation Of
should be deemed worthy of such an honor!"
Let France answer her own.
The third sortio ended in the nre.swonts streets
Of Bagneux. and. for the third time since the
siege began. the army Of Paris retired to the
thousand deaths. highly commended by "Olli-
vier Militaire." Borrke, h%urrying back to the
way of Bordeaux. Then. when he had spent
the remainder Of the day in similar and equally
the house on the ramparts, where no found
Hardwood, pockets stu fled with unsent de-
s%patches. pacing the hallway and smoking furi-
ITS Just as I told YOU" he Said when he
saw Bourkc: we're cooped up for good. II
yon, had listened to me and gone on to Yer
20 shut up."said Bqurke. pleasantly. you
are no worse off than j am"
Hardwood. = little ashamed of his selfish petu-
lance, sat down on the stairs and looked over his
ave cant run the lines" he said; "we can't
send these by pigeons, even II we had tho
pigeons; we might send them in the ncxt bal
i've. tried said Bourkr; tits no CO." He
flung his own dispatches into a corner and lit n
"As war news purveyors." he Observed, ''you
and ! arc useless, my son. until a.sortie is made
and the German lines pierced. Then we must
and II our troops get through we must go, too,
"Chance it,"
Hardwood was silent.
you're naturally considering Hide and 70,
lette, began Bourkc.
Naturally" replied the other with a tingc OF
$50 am I. Now. Jim. we are either war cor,
respondents or we arc not. We can do moth,
ing here. that's certain. II We try to take risks
and try TO got through the lines. we stand every
chance OF early and observation-disclosures. But
It's what we're paid for. II we follow the next
sortie VIC may get through with whole skins
That's more to my taste and fairer TO the Jour
ole the siege and watch. for a hole in the Ger
man lines, but ] think NO ought to resign from
our Journals In that case and Risk selling our stuff
outside II We can't get II through beforehand
That's tho only, honorable course l see-eithel
get out OF the city or stay. resign. and turn free
lance. What do you thinki'
81, won't leave-for the present" said Hare
wood, reddening.
Good" replied Bourko. promptly. Neither
will / while these young girls are here alone. q
course. i know you'd soy that. Our papers will