El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17

Indignation In her mlnd- Inc little
organist stood at the window and
| bowed quite as gracefully to her as
| ever
, "Well, monsieur, and have you
| found a suitable lady among those you
| have metz
Monsieur looked at the minister 8
wife as a terrified child looks at its
tormentor.
Good madame, are doze all re ladies
IN hat zelected for me?" he stammered. :
why, you've seen seven. That Is
great many to select from. is it not p
..Zey are all old ladies, ISIS it not?
Zey air not fraish, IN call it-not full
! of feeling.
Man alivel" cried Mrs. Dahl, for
getting her politeness IN her vexat1on.
'.Did you expect to meet young girls
to marry as if You were young and
fresh Yourself? Why, man, look at
YOURSELF You are past middle age
You are not attractive to young girls
Look at YOURSELF
She pushed him in front of the long
mirror The poor little organist looked
long and hung his head. Then he
sought for his hat and as he took it he
turned and spoke
kind Zu speak truly. 1 am NIGHT
Young Re work, re study, re poverty
has made me old. but 1 forgot, for re
heart has yet re youth. 1 may meier
find re lady dat l seek. l grow old.
Madame, 1 will return to my musique.
Forgive me, madame.
Il wanted to cry, and yet 1 never
was so provoked. said Mrs. Dahl to
her husband. lis he or is he not a
fool 2"
Her husband did not reply.
In the dusk of the evening NJ. Au-
guste leaned from the attic window.
The magniicence of sunset was in his
face, the silvery moon rode high in the
east. His eyes showed that he had wept.
Now Il calmness was in them. the calm
ness of resigned hope. a pile of music
lay on chair near him. He would soon
go down to the church and by the sin
gle gas jet lighted in the vast room give
his whole soul up to his goddess, music
She would be richer by the death of a
hope, the rude dominion of a foolish
but ecstatic dream.
There was timid knock at the door.
When he opened it, there stood tall.
slight girl She was very young and
very timid. On her arm hung a bas-
ket from which she took bundle for
him.
Tanks to IN, Mile. Marguerite.
Could not re small brozzer come wiz re
article? NIGHT zu?'
The girl colored and tears came into |
her eyes.
.<Re is sick. There was no one else |
Mother hopes the mending will suit |
you and that you will have more
"Yah, oui, L mean yes. " said M. Au-
guste gravely. ~ will come to see
small brozzer tomorrow. 1t will be re
great plazzir to me. Tell him. l will |
go down re stairs wiz zu, lnademoiselle |
Zu air one brave girl-one goot girl"
They proceeded down three flights to
the street door. In the light the organ
list saw the traces of tears on the girls
cheeks. His heart melted. Another
wept in sorrow, one so young and who
would, were it not for grinding poverty.
be fair. be happy, His voice was very
gentle
$50 home, my child" he said. Eve
must all suffer mooch. 1 will not forget
to see re small brozzer tomorrow. If he
is in great dangair, come to re church
for me zis evening l play re organ to
ease my soul. Good night. mademoi
selle, L will not forget to pray for re
happiness of one so young. so SORROW
full. -
He turned up the street, but as she
hurried away the gi1l smiled at him
through very rainbow of tears. That
smile went with him, and after he
lighted the gas jet in the church gallery
be turned to the organ and once more
played out an ecstatic, improvised chant
10 love, to home. to peace, to his hun
cry hearts best wishes.-Chicago Her
aid.
A Puma Story From Paraguay.
The puma or mountain lion of the
Andes is naturally an affectionate and
harmless animal and is often domeSti-
Gated, and some of the ranchmen in
and Chile often tame them
and train them for watchdOgs. An ex-
story is told of a tyrant
who ruled in Paragu for many years
and was notorious all over South
America for his cruelty. 1t is said that
this ruler once had a woman chained to
! tree i'll the forest where she would
either starve or be devOured by wild
beasts. After she had been out about
zen days he sent a scout to see what
was left of her, and. much to his as
it was found that she had
been fed and protected by two pumas.
male and female, and had suffered in
10 way except from exposure and
right The puInas brought her raw
neat from the animals they had killed
Ind slept by her side each night like
Observation-Disclosures Record.
An Awkward Uncertainty.
Sir William MacCOrmac, the presi-
ent of the Royal College of Surgeons
f London who is best known to Amor