The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-17
CHAPTER XIV.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.

CHAPTER XIV.
THE BEaTNNING OF THE END.
The knocking was repeated; Hide sat mp In
the darkness. staring through her tangled hair
at t &h dlR e i GqF|i sSs S IS sRS Sewing to steady her
'G There came the. shpfle Of feet, a sound o.
W. want your house for 9 hospital; The
da atlSs sPfF or Ror rF Si9tS Sss s SiSai fRa ts EsGPs walt le e enG
f In sh wG neat o Foom. and BSM 1S Game T Gow fSstairs
half dressed. and HEhteG a IRE for there was
NO R 2sasf Hl means RP6 Ss irtsn soIaIsTs Of the hospital
corps were piling straw in the hallway. Out
side the street was Shoked With oayalry: heI.
soiied folds floating iaEiiy with every 10y air
priests, the cavalry moved on. endless lines Of
f Sy stse SR Su fns saa cI SrHhmiRst and Pen the chi SSim dGaoe q
spurs and sabres. and a thousand horseshoes'
t crDsEEeS Sl uni the o Street p from Sne the the fo aRoP Ronss:
received its load Of wounded, every house
straw on the floor: all the rooms on the ground
side BY NG Side eah half frozen Ha@ sD pale as corpse ]. there
were a few Germans among them, quite blond
fellows a ssa 81 Pge at g Scret boy, with Matc %lif H RIlae
as She moyed about with cups Of h9t brandy;
waiting his = nevereams' fer he died
It was late in the afternoon when tho sur
gsons came: Hide and YS92leette gays up their heir
Bourke Insisted that they should 60 to Hare.
woods, room on the floor above; They slept
fSa ess tS SeSs c n1Sdt, f oeftRRi ey 6 sSiG given SsneT most @ar n tS Ss
bed coverings to the wounded.
halted for its load "a then rnimEb6fiesdi on to the next
their weight Of wounded; sounds rose from the
Mercy we're making, broth and splitting green
wood, Hide, her head on ,Yolette's breast.
lette heard It too, and opened her blue eyes. 1t
: Pa 81 p5 Ssa sleep. Htde'" she asked. You
Yes, 1 slept, Did you hear that wounded
heard HHriG @ die oh a aos : Il t 4SSls eaia and t aarE. ]
vs shs r Siselhs snivfHF dr ss;h to SFsak ths Ice a ia a tSe
The, awful ,9d9r Of ehiorSiorm makes my
head ache" said Yolette; The whole house
E rYn9oS q carbolic acid too. Shall 1 open the
Hid Hi1de o eEe lar iP R6Ia her gray e yn woGl f fSs I1n held Su h.,
then. pinning on the nurses apron, she went
elbow. she wore the white band and red cross
voices. and told her that the empty. places on
T q Of wounded was at the Porte Rouge. The
whole quarter had been turned into a vast
hospital. and nurses and surgeons we're coming
from the Luxembourg and Sorbonne.
port the wounded to the ~Luxembourg. and
crush crush q Sf sm SSni%S,ea the enn SiSsHS professions o
s s6IStShs tSt the %d taTSSaSSS % 81 au csesed priests lest o aHt
n0tGtstt TO- their straW-wadded wagons. It wal
the torches the flakes fell thickIly, covering thu
blankets OF the wounded and the. cloaks o
nurses. The whole quarter echoed with thu
noise Of departure; from every street the wall
the sharp. nervous orders Of the surgeons ross
and mingled in one monotonous plant. A
stPetohe Tf Sad 1 pSss SSHs on va to eH 5oIn the hns tos IN
procession In the snow. Hide sat down on thu
f9ia and and buried ua1s ,1 her p 9es aSea in 2 YSSIstte'is 9 seIEs
ness. for she had eaten nothing since the nigh
before; ssyinE every scrap for the wounded. ii
50 1 %ae dST BO %qiSsi found q his cellar empty: i,
card. and that night they ate the GoSernmen
rations for the first time,
th YG ssse T sFisd ss &c mako aka t lBIsatt sS Ss ia IL f nSt Sssl feS
i could be anything but beef broth. Hide an
BSTree ,S ate the 81 F RSrtioPbs se and te sw tireS e c an
"."This can't last long" said Bourke. "Th
s saSsfSs was 4 hea lfiSsfs Il ee E WHAT in IKE tx ' %Gri
!, III q e pf TO faa h lad R Sses si xss to ss Che wi esS e
Who cares 2" said Yolette lightly If tn
SGaY G eat eoTss surely z Er gs cs sttS enf IT mani sha% %h q
would n. lakewood sayf"S.
Ri lin L probably net @$o dining Fl GG on b horse e AL sSl
S}SSaS 3 Lying h1FP. liEs a sI prince aSi0S and ID won ySnGdiS p no
' could eo%e back Ssiu he e Would co%s'" eAA' i
: "Of course he would" said Bourke. He
come the minute the gates are opened. any
way; # won't be long now. one way or tn
~, - = TTua. -.-.I
"of course"of Course we must win. don
mean to say that the city will surrender" sal
"The, doyerhnor of Paris has promised not I
8 though that settled the matter forever
: evening" 1 have thought that perhaps. u
: SOUTH: To-day fcouId see smoke ali along Il
{ asto Sasf9 satu Il n the G&Sver mn ensT the SeS German N a.
had suddenly unmasked a siege battery an
: : were 5 RSSnSS ding f tR|n RipFasff e q s fssSy 1 e po ! d,
:, week; IN fat. R Avs already engaged thru
YQlette looked at him In amazement.
9 ma well to be Be- |, PREPARED, D. eontlpPgge e wi VI
y the southern forts. and. in the event Of Il
I PEussi9ns esstH a9h siege batteries fS, tn B
= she'll; sailing over the forts to our OWN ran
And If NJ. Hardwood returns ?" said Hilt
He'd rather find our house in ruins than |
h tenants blown to pieces-wouldn't he 2" smilC
n Bourke. Anyway. this house is not the pla'
Hide said nothing; YolettO leaned across Il
table and began a low. murmured conyeraatiC
10 with BouTke that only ended when Red Rid
Hood woke up, from the sofa and began
q Whimper with the cold.
The next morning Bourke went to the hou
+. In the Rue Serpente, taking a man TO carry h
10 personal luggage. By afternoon Yolette's al
II Hides slender wardrohes were deposited
Fl the furnished rooms at 10 Rue Serpente, and
~ the tiny kitchen Red Riding Hood was INSTALL
lt on q cot.
Q, 1t was the 4th of January; on the 9th tn
q were to lake possession and the house on !
AZ the siege OF Paris.
or A day long Yolette and Hide were busy wi
Or the furniture and bedding. They busted al
70 aired the familiar rooms. packed table lin