The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-11-06
SISTER
ROSE
....By W1kK COLLINS
nd 1874 is the year of his reign.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS so%oSo&oAoI

~ sits alone in a room In one Of the
,@rlal buildings of Paris, 1t is anoth-
u mly evening, as fine as that even
,ng when be and Trudalne sat talking
,a"atner on the bench overlooking the
seIne. The window Of the room is
s.lae omen, and faint breeze is stir
,sno But Lomaque breathes uneasily,
an still oppressed by the sultry MID
Sov beat. There are signs of perpleXi-
60 and trouble in his face as he looks
Sown absently now and then into the
etreet The times he lives In are
enough to sadden any mans face. In
NM fearful Reign Of Terror no one in
M the city Of Paris can rise in the
,oornjng and be certain. OF escaping the
my. the denunciator, the arrest or the
,1,Iuotlne until night. Out Of a mass
n papers which lie before him on his
od writing table Lomaque has just
Rad one which carried his thoughts
back to the past,
In less time even than he had antici-
mated the sad emergency FOR which
noses brother had prepared overlook
Trudalne ami called for all the pn.
fence, courage and self sacrifice which
10 mad to give for his sisters sake. BY
slow gradations her husbands charac-
for manifested itself less and less dis.
nlsedly. Occasional Sights, ending in
4 Mbtual neglect; careless estrange-
nent turning 10 cool enmity; small in
suits which rjpened TO great Injuries
these were the pitiless signs which
n showed her that she had lost all while
4 aill young woman. These Affections
would have left her helpless but for
n ne ever present comfort and support
Of her self denying brother From the
4 mf rrudame mad met these trials Hike
"A man IN defiance alike Of persecution
N from tue mother and of insult from
4 DE son.
H The task was lightoned only when
n public troubles mingled with private
/, peis. Absorbing political necessities
A came as a relief to domestic misery. 1t
+. grew to be the one purpose Of Dan
\ rle's life cunningly TO shape his
course 50 that he might move safely
\ onward with the advancing reyolu-
iOnary tide he cared not whittier so
long as be kept his possessions safe
ana bis life out Of danger. His mother,
hGexibly true to her old world con
rICtions through all peril, might en-
treat and upbraid, might talk Of honor
end courage and sincerity, he needed
Der not or decided only to laugh, As he
had taken the false way with his wife.
N 70 be was now bent on taking IL with
ihe world. The years passed on, de-
N strOying changes swept over the old
governing system of France, and still
Danyille shifted successfully with the
tines. The first days of the Terror APP
"A preached. In public and In private, in
n high places and in low, each man sus'
pected his brother.
Crafty as Danville was, he fell under
suspicion at last at headquarters al
y Pahs, principally ON his mothers ac'
a count. In moment Of thoughtless
rage he wreaked the irritation caused
ey It on LomaQue. Suspected himself
be In turn suspected the land steward
hh mother fomented the suspicion
Aomaque was dismissed.
IN the old times the victim would
nave been ruined, In the new times
ne was simply rendered eligible for 9
political vocation. LomaQue was poor
euck wltted, secret, not scrupulous
we was a good patriot, he had patriot
friends, plenty or ambition, subtle
eatike courage, nothing TO dread, ant
ne went TO raris. There were plenty
u chances there for men Of his caliber
iis chance came, and he made The
most Of il, attracted favOrably tic
nOnce of the terrible Fouquier-TIntlllf
snu won his way to u place In the of
nce OF the secret police.
meanwhile Danville's anger cooled
uo"n, and be sent to recall the dis
va'ued servant, II was too late. LO
Taqne was In position to defy him
panNllle received anonymous letter.
warming him TO lose no time In proving
w patriotism 10y some lndisputablt
'leIlllce and In silenclng his mother
s"ose imprudent sincerity was likely
'ost her her life. Danville knew
Jury was but one way Of saving heI
suu thereby saving himself She hat
WySSs refused To cmlgrate. hut lac nov
rN'u mat she should seize the iirs
ppurlNnlty he could procure for her q
ss"uug France until calmer times ar
n'% Probably size would have risI,c,
~ own life ten times over rather THAI
ooeyed him, but she would no
nFr sons. too, and she yielded 10
W HkP, Partly hy secret Influence