New-York tribune., 1903-03-05

breath Of cool air after the intoIerabe heat'of the
as he either ignGred their gTeetinss or simply
nodded his head with gloomy ndifferenc, no 9i.e 1
felt encouraged stop and talk with NM be-
tween himself and all the rest Of Ang"ldorf there
had long been Il barrier of reserve: Tor Whdt h5td
ne to do with the foolish chattering toWnsn!p Us
petty interests. its miserably short memory: ms
to him think, to brood, tn remem0er
Thirty Years ago, ga and It seemed @ u oG' getting old
and the fear froze his heart lest the shadows
should gather round him ere his great dream was
Yes it thirty since ths bomb 6omnar9msP' I'd Pfs
had been spared the barbarous spectacle. He , was
for his beloved France with the army OF tae Z ZLoIr
He received the awful tidings. which had turled
cnn w9oi during the dark hours of bivouac how
little AIphonse. then his only child had been killed
missile had struck and shattered the wall Of the
new house which he had built with the hard earned
As he thought Of it all again-when was he not
fhlnelHs bi9 eTes 81 gre dim It Would drive him mad
time this silent brooding He must ny ,T,Ga,1I LON nlS
from his chair he put his pip asld" ana nPsred
as he walked: he was getting more feeble every
year: - 100 ..t-, oe land
which he had bought for building purposes M many
mahy fo ,Ss nisfort11es Which had overtaken
old Terdeau had paralyzed most OF ms eLtrsIs' eL,rs1'
Concentrating them upon one great ideal: that OF
At the extreme end Of this fallow land stood the
house which he had built intending II ror AiPoqS %
when he to De man-Ine mouse " IIt'i III
Germans had made target for their cruel shells,
The old man paused. contemplating the structure
IN sen6e- 6e I,vsd haTng ali the extensions Of
villa. But signs Of diapidaton WSrs ever Wiz @
damp and mildewed and the mortar IN @ places S ~as
been. unfena ntsd. and the ragged aperture at the
top of the outer wall where the shell had plerceu-
Antoine Verdeau had his way: As he Eazed at
the unsghtE S HTea6h I99k qf bfG man @ f62
a particular enemy. but the large hatred Whlcn @ one %
whose spirit is unbroken nv defeat might f"@' lot
The gap should never De filed up, He had sW3rn
then it should remain t" remind AlSarF 81 LIE n1r
shame FFsnef ansfbis Of fn!sfsn, hsT fgT sign an"
some fools in AngeIdorf had many times advised
h a - tbey aid not 1nderstand-tho<e cravens It
would bring in rent-somethng for Eict9ri6sS N ,
misery advice-the German slaves: .,.u,,
the growing dusk The light from lamp inside
gIimmered through the diamond shaped paneS OF
;nnG ns eotssf tbe taS 1aid f@r 5h evening meal
A young woman. Of TWENTY-FIVE years pr tnere eI
PTm9 and we'll formed with fair hair and srayish
blue , syes and bs an nassed for German maiden
appearances can deceive; tn"t@ Sb[ Sb vs 41tofns
The o1 saEk into t5H & ch2IF bf E t5s gfrl Al r
peated rapidly the more important items Ir"tl I nj
budget ts Of soTn I's s2sse s2 sbe raeted 5 on 7"
So that ts what they say ne rp;t[ -
Indeed YOU hear much perhaps Z"I cam can I'I H.
II tne ne~ E{at,n oasTer9" she echoed in .:
SUNRISE .sNhv he came nearly two months ago.
e IittIe ~ interest me- in Aneeldorf now But "ho
is the man? An AlsatiaH' h2pei 7i 7-,c,o-ins knew
that She was OF dangerous ground f.c,-.--bis
se.rcbinp bGpA glance compelled the truth-I-I know
its not So The new station master * herr
fierce expression Ieaped from the cobbleTs lips
"A CSerman!'' he cried. with supreme contempt
But not a Prjssian, father Victorine eAciairrN'
Herr Bauer Is out Of Bavaria.
The old patriot looked al her with Contemptu@"us @
pity na m lo3 tlon E hs1 What breed it was? Prussan
township take this latest insult to France WIN i
hanks {S TSnfe foT everv lash Of German taskmaSts
Herr Bauer seems 70 De popular IN AhseiooIl'
f1eT EFf fater rrurged his shoulders You have
seen ha hn hem M at th Berners once twice she
replied YES, l have met him there
And ios Of eours YOU k him with the Tl ;orns he
returned sareastGalitYb cas- Ca tb s ftshion %Gqla 0' y
The girl Redeemed He seems an agrsgaoie1 nT nan,
she said but even if he wer+ %5nr @ sfe added
naipey ,,che should have had the job testify
P'eFFe re n5'i1 Nh mar He is an Asatian born and
bred but there no one in me t PS1 aG1r6 20 too
much for that It has come to bell believe e tna[ Come 1
Revapche is an idle e5srdd 5s cried W With wild intensity
IIfting his eyes and talking TO the cellihg rather
20 VirtOr she Sndll CCHe--
-as9o1se 30 yeu but how long the time seems
ONLY to those TRo hsTe hank iS to the good Cod
have both still Tictorine Iho9en t am son i nor
mn rine But that hour will come child and WIN
il the manmthe new y, Aiace. oh if my boy
only lived, this glorious mission n''s"'
ms S;,,,s A,nbonse, whose death had first kindIed
and afterward kept alive the idea OF La keyancne Kew @
in the old patros rosf eTent so long delayed which
you'd stanch the wounds Of Frsnee and & recoTer 6N
tbat this bright boy inheriting his fathsrs zeai;
would have scapred ba Ine would have gone in the
1oXer Of his manhood no peevlsn raiier a. gestS. my
ncns force he would have rendered articuate the
vague aspirations Of s '6e Pond parents concewouid
yen have headed the attack against the hereditary
icT Tba death of her brother. whom EictoTine hid
,srar Known was the sole means by which Sht
could OBTAIN oSo5mainafed her fathers mind In an other
respects Ia Reyanche vas fteT ths var she T
conscIously accepted German ascendency as part
OF Oh TN nSS,sforicaIiy too be passonatey a-
prehended not let the a5'eT nat i 5 yns fn
bep birth she shrank from the idea OF war be-
tween uba 5e considered her fathers preference for
cobbng shoes in Penury instead OF repang I 1n enc
Of infatuation. To sum up the matter ;Rere g1s
promise Of the fulflmcnt Of her fathtrs hnIeS,
Immersed as ne SO oiLsh 1s' neyertbeiess ~ keen
snnnrh to perceive that hrs daughter was ho
Enthusiast She had imbibed instead the letoinILE iI
oI tha fownshfp and as q consequence ne Seidotn
spoke of his IDEAS to her. But that last DO" 10
T[snrh prtde-the appointment OF a German SIA~
tsa1ra star IN q town so the frontleF a.
ImpsidoTf-affected MIN - scutely that Ne vas
Obliged to talk 49,. =. =.tA
Z saw Pierre Michel pas: to-day; ne <S.o
Ae sSwS11 %a hs q more capable than Kerr
aazSrT. vistortns asEsd somS~hAf nsedlssHT'