The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-17

was we'll enough, she told BQurke how bpeyer
S SiatIsPRs how 4 PiSou sTsy f Rsd f mst spegs sn and sl'f rs Ssi
where SlreSdy a dozen frightened gray nuns
he What SSef fate pToSrens designed for the gray
pups Bonrke could not , SoniectuSe; What fate
asinS SeSR ae ef tola. her ,G nothins y the hem murder Of
Speyer except that he was dead; he never spoke
S STtF m fate q T iS, sI SH 5 Or Ell e Phi RRifl99SS F aS Sif R RsS
Riding Hood had seen the killing OF those emil
BourEe read In the newspapers that the Gov;
BucE6urst. and that for the momcnt, the
S " fBeffIRsSvli Sil eaH Ths lp9 nSeftate is''iG Club Si'l RoSs
t sEsrlh head sSnt nnS 6;od S9d Of y Fiou sa,s TG SsttS RfiISa5s
Of 61nSigts,I ts and 56ors the 20 Ss%SF1 open. weakly 81s
Sei SE%ltsT only l a QUESTION %0StS ~ Of time when hem fioSurSen ns
and his carblneers should once moro reappear
On the scene and raise the, red nag Of revolt,
creature named SapiR and the veteran Blanqui.
was already, deep in a myaterious secret society
sraS and called Itself the Central COMMITTEES.
Naturally, II was z revolutionary Sroup, an oh.
Watching the asonized city until their moment
should arrive to fatten on It's ruins. .,.,-
foresight MsHH; II had adj provided tins Of Preserved meat
and vegetables I, as a. 2 Tees sTSo n y im NEG q famine famine.
t Hi1ade and But f So@ the @Ss c esSsnS saS e tine S 81 prS-
SSi GI : had E RsSOm %h he G GnIE tq 2Ss If A th Yn listIc
provided BY BoSrke. The naraSdInE car
SG@iSesTs had OPly, 6e gym. g i lot TT t6s SsIlSE y yJf,a
S %ain tsfP prpS SsslkiaiEl; t asESSoSs ths up PrG 70 sS9 day lay
% cnrS that SSn entit heep tse l Ia ief hoSs sem to rationS
Of horsefesh and black bread for three adults
YoIette baked little biscuits in the kitchen.
edRiding Hood made soup. And now, that
l Hide S wss dTI ell enough ~ stbs to d GSms down roSm STAIN SSaEs.
burned in the crate, and 2 sandis sent 1ts cheer
not. come from the battle clouds gathering
the splendid. desolate city, naked and iamished.
That hhsGy to Snd hetFfHfiiiede e's face heeT with Ut the eg sGbtie pai StSs
that made her silence heart-breaking and her
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theory is this: Jim. finding that, lie Bourget
was threatened, struck out for himself, and
Denis, That's what 1 would have done myself.
al Their o9ar he i would "nd BRING n1e his 1srT ms SS s1d stick mini Di9Isi
a nI1Gsi to ay doGG In h9 t6e sF ses4s tiia au Ha%e. h ct sasS
moments, too. Yolette would read aloud from
t HbsE Sap sn$ h fines s IL EI ZS19cEk H EGiEs; RsG%pS Ssnt tRs
blood tingIing to Bourke,s cheeks; And then
the deep strong love IN. her blue eyes wnen sne
raised them to meet the eyes Of the man who
still = Hide. resting motionless 1among her
heard heard tS SeG rS SaiielS 81 fo Ss Z Ssodds Tess sG the iiRSt
{ESSttsalI' the, the 6 RCS' aseii ;, whisper sE f S sSsr eS A fgs!s
eyes that Yolette's kiss always fell. As
for tm.I Bog %bsf he 6 htGSpsd S SEsin nat hSG 1s1I He
knew that Hardwood had remained in Le Bour-
get at least during the fret assault, f9r the sol;
d. Sis 5a bad not eF SS u to him ghdM e 70 aiids ls ST e. 9Pd
lette. because it had been delivered three days
after the fall OF Le Bourget, At night be could
have S fallen a victim to his rashness. Often hot
anger succeeded uneasy foreboding5;anger that
by all the ties Of honor, and manhood he was
bound to Hide until he had fulfilled his duty to
Often his face would harden as he thought Of
all that Hardwood had promised. oil that he had
t6e d %lbathfSa a' had al inc incurred MTSdpf {h as s sRou Tii0S Ss' PAID ID
one day or the .I next a., On ca earth tboS or n the a FIts to
lieye. that there had been nothing IN them.
netting eTHSeRt, the he innocent. a 6aR5le Il Of f. 2 s sick
fnsHi p appalled, HIM; he thanked God that
Yolette had been spared that: he remembered
e ena AZ Hli @em neassn S %as ai GaaEaT Tis 81 adfT HaFe sPo9di
dead: What, was, life worth to such a mar Or 70
f e51 hi fGlsnq He G Semon az u s sSfH 9F so Ssd t @sen
gosssssio9 q him. Selfish aSa he S;n had dd Lived ed his his
last whim Of his selis6ness. self-satisfactIon at
the expense. OF honor, a reckless risk Of self.
hhGis fSee wh IF the %a @G 20 li FS,e mere dgt q i hs G antfl he Ss
,6eusht BeaTkeE; + IT. i vim SaId Re b 3, SSn for her e. g PsF:
He could say this. almost aloud, as he lay in his
awake from from dreams iS GnEn or his his coo nai Sieeh he Would
sit up praying. for he, often prayed. that Hare,
vine The month OF November passed in an almost
constant downpour, sometimes rain. sometimes
sFRST; % %Ssre ot sSeet dr df 9ne s feese or dd aSFS Srd w
their posts and every dawn broke on sucf
EbesaGSd the encelnte.. that the newspaper
scarcely dared record the details.
walls Of Paris, but 1t was not until the end o
the month that the great series Of battles, begar
perhaps. because the Germans bad failed Z
hqEl P {Rs StidG sT9oBs a sSe yi ta ! H1 Was g ss stef IL
one, and the, laurels fell on heads too weak Wit
sickness and stS wat to bear the weight o
had fallen and the Army, oi the Loire was dc
stroyed-news sent by letter. under Q nag 9
truce from Moltke-a grim letter. devilish In IL
courtesy: r 1ozo
1T might be useful 7. inform your Excel
Iency Ger. Trochul that the Army q the L thr
XII. nevertheless, your Excellency judges !
a aftSdsasI I TO %il ]f9 not tSif to SGfa furnish R Ryy3 owe wit Il a y say
} conduct to 20 there and return. -,
Permit me. General. to express the higl
be. our very humble and very obedient servant
"The Chietof the General Stan.
Count Won MoLTKE."
The news stunned the people: at first nobod
: credited II. The Governor began ostentatiou
preparations for another sortie. ,alasl aRains
l the very village he had abandoned when 1t wa
l In his own hands-Le BourRet.
/. But It was not until the end Of December the
I he was ready to begin. and then the cold be
I came so frightful that 900 men frog. on a singl
night in the trenches, and during the last te
DAYS OF the month 10000 soldiers were carrie
8 to the hospitals. The attack on lie Bourge
\ was abandoned.
I cradle people Of Paris were terrible beyond de
9 9 scriPtlon. The mortality among ehil dEe
! 5BessSS6b91S ID q q sI hsdee w eeG. S TRers w SaG NO MIX Z
Q them, they could not swallow the black ,brea'
g the flesh OF horses and mules, 80 they died. som