The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-16

do you bring any news from Paris?
None" he replied; "but excellen
news, instead, from Rouen. / hav,
heard. accidentally. through the I'm
ployer whom I have been serving sine,
we parted, that your old house by tn
river side is to let again"
Rose started from her chair. ooh
Louis. II we could only live there once
more! My fower-garden?" she con.
tinued, turning to %Lomaque.
"Cultivated throughout" he answer
ed, by the late PROPRIETOR"
And the laboratory" added he,
brother.
Left standing" said Lomaque
Here is a letter with all the p~articu-
lars. You may depend upon them. for
the writer is the person charged with
the letting of the house"
Trudaine looked over the letter
eagerly.
The price Is not beyond our means
he said. After our three years econ
omy here we can afford to give some
thing for a great pleasure"
oh! what a day of happiness it will
be when we go home again!" cried
Rose. Pray. write to our friend at
once" she added, addressing Lomaque.
and say we take the house, before any
one else Is beforehand with u.s."
He nodded; and folding up tho letter
mechanically in the old official form,
made a note on it in the old official
/ nannar TrIIJoipn nlcar.nl the oot;o~
and felt its association with past times
of trouble and terror. His face grew
grave again, as he said to Lomaque,
And is this good news really all the
news of Importance you have to tell
us?"
L-omaque hesitated and fidgeted in
his chair. What other news | have
will we'll bear keeping" he replied.
There are many questions I should
like to ask first, about your sister and
yourself. Do you mind allowing me
to refer for a moment to the time when
we last metz"
He addressed this inquiry to Rose,
who answered in the negative: but her
voice seemed to alter, even in saying
the one word NO" She turned her
head away when she spoke: and Lo-
maque noticed that her hands trem-
bled as she took up some work lying on
a table near, and hurriedly occupied
herself with it.
I'VE speak as little about that time
as possible" said Trudaine looking sig
n%ificantly towards his sister; "but we
have some questions to ask you in our
turn; so the allusion, for this once. is
inevitable. Your sudden disappearance
at the very crisis Of that terrible time
of danger has not yet been fully ex-
planned to us. The one short tote which
you left behind you helped us to guess
at what had happened rather than to
understand it."
II can easily explain it now" an
swered Lomaque. "The sudden over
throw of the Reign of Terror which
was salvation to you. was destruction to
me. The new republican reign was 4
reign OF mercy, except for the tail OF
R~obespierre, as the phrase ran then.
Every man who had been so wicked
or SO unfortunate as to be involved,
even in the meanest capacity, with the
machinery Of the government Of Ter
ror, was threatened, and justly, with
the fate Of R%obespierre. I among 9th
ers fell under this menace Of death. ]
deserved to die, and should have re-
signed myself to the guillotine, but fol
you. From the course taken by public
events, l knew you would be saved
and although our safety was the worl
of circumstances, still I had a hand in
rendering it possible at the outset; anG
a yearning came owe me to behold YOU
both free again with my OWE eyes
a selfish yearning to see, in you, s
living, breathing, real result Of the one
good impulse of my heart which l coule
look back on with satisfaction. The de
sire gave me a new interest in life.
resolved to escape death, if it were pos
sible. For ten days l lay hidden IL
Paris. After that-thanks to certain
scraps Of useful knowledge which m,
experience in the office of secret polio.
clear Of Paris and in making my wa.
safely to Switzerland. The rest of m,
story is so short, and SO soon told, tina
n relation l knew of in the world t.
apply to, was a cousin of mine (whom
had never seen before), established a
a silk-mercer at Berne. l threw my
self on this mans mercy. He discov
cred that l was likely, with my bust
ness habits, to be Of some use to him
and he took me into his house. I worke
for what he pleased to give me; trav
eled about for him in Switzerland; de
served his confidence, and won it. Til
within the last few months I RENAME
With him, and only left my employ
ment to enter, by my masters own de
sire, the house Of his brother, estah
lished also as a silk-mercer, at Chalens
SURNAME. In the counting house c
this merchant l am correspondent
clerk; and am only able to come an
see o now, by offering to undertake
a special business mission for my EN-
ployer at Paris. 1t is drudgery, at m
time of life, after all I have gon
throughput my hard work is innc
cent work. I am not Obliged to cring
for every crown-piece nut in m