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Insitlo the church th omccrs were nt tlin-
iier. 110 necepted an InvIntIon anti Bat 130 Wfl
( fll Urn altar Rtep with h18 btt at bread an13
inoroI of dry beef ,
The wavering flare from the camflro fli-
tered tiroiIi ) the .tnlneel glass ; th' oinbcr
depths of the c1itirti were tinged with Io1ct
( LflI crimson-dusky clustered colurnnn gilt-
terci PrI1o ; the crucifix was batheil In
shatlow1 save where a Ringle trembling beam
of light , rod as 1)10013 , lay like an open
wound across the ilerced i13e of our dying
Lord.
lb looked up into the vaulted root , stone-
ribbed , black with the liadows of centurleg.
lie heard the roar of the campfires , the
crackle of dan logs , tlio srapo nnd Mamp
find Rtlr ot slecpy horses , tim heel ) breathing
of sleeping men. lb rose noiselessly and
crept OUt. into the street. Tue tog hung
thick on the beavy flying buttresRes , On
Ilecho and gargoyle , and on the fluted robe8
of saInt8 and martyrs , peering down from
their nichea Into the fire glow , whorl' . I
swathed in their cloaic , lay the martyrs
to be , not saints , but men , sicic , freezing.
itarving things , called the 12th of the line.
They lay there like lunips on the church
Etcp , in doorways-they nestled In the gutter -
ter , they huddled ngaint Iloorposts. the5e
clo13 of breathing clay-sadden and ragged
and filthy , sinful , lustful , and human , sleepIng -
Ing their brief sleep tlii the white ( lawn
roused and summoned thorn home forever.
Faint cries from the sentries , fainter ro-
aponses1 the crackle and snap of logs afire ,
'and the tail shadows wavering , these wcra
all that ho saw and heard. 'Fho carved
stone gargoyles tiripped wnter from every
fantastic snout , the reflected llamas played
over pillar and column , saint and martyr ,
cross and crown.
All day he had drIven thoughts of Illide
from him , but now , at midnight , when the
lamp of life burns lowest and the eyes cIoo ,
and death seems very near-he thought of
her , and lying down In thin street beside the
flre , lie quetloned his soul. At night , too ,
the soul , stirring In the botiy-perhaiia at the
nearness of aod-awakens conscience.
110 hail iievor before thought. seriously of
death. Its arrIval to himself he had never
pictured In concrete form. In the abstract
ho had often risked it , never fearing It , because -
cause mentally too Inert , too lazy , to apply
such a contingency to hIs own familiar body.
Now. for the first time in his life. he closed
his eyes and saw himself , just as ho lay ,
but stihi , wet , muddy , and horribly silent ,
lb opened his eyes and looked soberly at
the fire. After a little ho closed his eyes
agaIn. and again ho saw himself lying as
he lay , svct , 200ldy , nrntionless , as only
the dead can lie , lie had known fear ,
but never before the dull forebodings that
now crept into his heart. To open his
eyes and see the fire was to live ; to
shut his eyes was to rellect the image of
death upon his closed lids. At first ho disdained -
dained to shake It oft-thIs mental shadow
that passed across hits seiises. What it
it were true ? lie had lived. It was the
old selfishness stilling thu sense of respon-
sibtilty-his responsibility to the world , to
himself , to hlilde. To Hhido ?
110 sat up in his blanket and stared hitto
the fire. Slowly the comprehension of his
responsibility came to hiiiu , his duty , alid nil
that was duo to her from him , all that ho
owed her. all that she should claim. ono
( lay , claim in life dr In the life to come.
IJiol Ito couldn't ( lie-yet , There was
something to (10 first ! Who spoke of death ?
There was too much to do , there were matters -
ters of honor to arrange first , there was
a debt to pay that neither tlcathi lior hell
nor hope of paradise could caiiceh. Was
death about to Prevent him ( rota aylng
that debt ?
He was walking , now , moving aimlessly
to arid fro under the porchi of the church.
A sentry , huiddied against a column , re-
gardecl hiliii nlatheticahiy as ho passed out
Into the street. And always his thoughts
ran on ;
° It I have this debt to pay , what ala I
doing here ? What right have I to risk
death until It Is i'ald ? And if I die-if I
die- "
Iii thoughts carrIed him no further.
Illido's pale face rose before him. lIe read
terrible accusations in her eyes. And he
repeated aloud , iigain and again , "I must
go back. " For Ito inderstood now that
his life was no longer hIs own to risk-
that it belonged to lltide. Nor wouid he
ever again have the right to Imperil his life
until tile ) ' had riseim together ft eta their
knees , before time altar , as mnnm and wife.
lie looked out into the mist , ruddy with
tilt ) l'amiilro glow.VOuIl morning ever
caineVily almould ho wait for the morn-
lag ? At [ lie thought he caught up his
I)0Uch amid blanket , roiled , strapped amid ad -
jUsted them , and stole out into the dark-
fleas ,
Almost at once Imo heard somebody following -
lowing him , but at first he searcciy noticed
it , Down the main street ho lasscd , over
( ho shlzpexy cobblestones , eyes fixed on a
distant fire that marked lIme last bivouac
in tim vihiaao before the street ends at the
rubicil Iii'IIgo across the Moiietto. It was
as aPPrenchell this campfire that lie reailzed
somebody had beemi fohiowing him , Xis
vaused a moment In the circle of the lire-
light and turned around , Nothing stirred
in the darkuem's beyond. lie waIted , then
started on again , crossing the LttI highway
to the line of hustles that marked the ater's
edge , No sentinel chniienged hmimmi ; ho va13cd
time forth below the wrecked stone bridge ,
climbed the banic opposite and started
acro3s a wet flieiidow , beyond which lay tIme
muddy road to Paris , UnIt way through
the meadow he halted again to listen , 'rho
unseen veraon was wailIng time ford-be
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could hear him In the water : now lie was
climbing the batik ; time bushes craikhe13 ;
a footateji fell on the gravel.
iinrcwotl walteI , peering through the
gloom. lie eouid see miotitlng ; the sIlence
was abrohtute. Whoever was following him
had stopped out there somewhere In tim
( larkness.
A little unnerved , ilarewood turned again
and hastened through the meadow to the
highway.'hen be reached tue road hue
cotuiti ecarcely see it , but he felt time mtuth
nail gravel beneath Juis feet , and started
omu. Imi a moment hue heard the footsteps of
lila follower , not behind , now , but in front
1)OtWeefl huinm amid I'aris , lie stopped
abruptly and drew his revolver. A minute
laaSCl In utter silence. Then there caine
a sott.iootfahi close in front , a whining
voice :
'I Mon sicur I"
"Who are you ? " saul liarowood sharply.
"TIme Mouse , mnonsieur. "
In his astonishment time revolver almost
fell from hinrowooci's hand. ' 'tVhat the devil
are you doing hero ? " lie ( IeInanclcl , 'aitd
% vhuX' the devil are 3'ohl sneaking about like
this 7 i nsver , )0tI fool I I nearly shot you
just nowl"
The Mouse crept up to ilarowood as a
sulky , vicious cur comes to his punish-
maclit ,
"Answer , " repeated Iiarcvmod , "why nro
you following rime ? "
" 1 wasn't sure it was you , " unuttered the
Mouse.
"What ? Why 13113 you come to La
flourgct ? "
'I don't know , " said the Mouse sullenly.
Ilarewood's amazement turned to impa-
tlencc ,
"You'd bettor answer mae , " hue said ; "you
certainly didn't conic lucre for love of my
company. "
nut that was exactly limo reason why the
Mouse hind come. The Instinct of a savage
cut. for its master , the strange attraction
that decency and courage have for the bru-
tnhiy vicious , the necessity that dwarfed In-
; tehligence feels for the companionship anti
guidance and protection of healthy mentality
-all these started the Mouse out of Paris
as an abandoned mongrel starts to find its
mIssing master.
Ilarewood understood this at last , anti it
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touched him-not that time Mouse explained
it. He could not have explained it , even It
: lie had himself comprehended time reason of
. his seeking liarcaood. All he knew was
this-that lie missed ilarowood , that he was
used to him , that he felt ( uncomfortable
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without him. So ho comae. Even a gutter
cat , forcibly transported into distant parts ,
turns up agnhli In ItS 0111 llftUflLS. hare-
vocai's company had become the haunt of
time Mouse. So lie came back to it.
Time wretched creature was nearly starved ,
liarewood drew him into the thicket beside
tile road and gave him his last morsel of
bread and meat
"Imbccileh" Ito whispered while the
, Mouse gnawed the crust , sqpatthig on his
muddy haunches ; "there may lie Prussian
pickets anywhere along the fields. Didn't
. you know It ? "
"Yes , " said the Mouse tranquilly , "there's
a picket of Uhians just ahead , "
I This was startling news for Ilarewood.
; "Wiucue ? " ho demanded under his breath.
i "ALout a kilometer over that way , " re-
plied the Mouse , jerking his thumb toward
the southeast. lie was going to add some-
thuiuig more when time ' sudden tinkle of a
horse's shod toot striking stones bmoko out
lii time mulght. They cm uched how In the
thicket listening. Time road 'was lighter
now ; it gray shadow passed. a horseman
trailing a lance. Others rode up mounted
on \ % iry little horses , all carrying tail iancca
that. zatthcd in their saddle boots.
As liarewood strained hubs eyes the moon
broke out overhead-a battered , deformed
moon , across whose pale disk the flying scud
whirled hiho shredded snuolte ,
A guttural voice began in German :
"Where are the scouts-oh ? "
Then in time moonlight Ilarowooti saw
Spoycr and Stnuftor , clad in the uniform of
the carbimmeers , salute the Uhian officer and
imanti him a thin packet of papers. The
Mouse beside him trembled like a terrier at
a rat hole ; Ilarewood clutched his arm anti
stared at the group In the road.
There was a brief parley , a word of cau-
than , then the Uhmianum wheeled their horses
anti galloped back toward l'aris , anti the two
traitorous carbineers struck off across the
mncados' toward Le rhourget , then mmmdc a
tlemni.tour , anti followed time bank of time
river. Very cautiousiy Iiarewood crept out
to the road wiucmu the gallop of tile Uluiana
luau ( ilCi away.
The Mauso stood besiulo imimui , an open
clasp-knife in lila fist , nostrils quivering in
limo freshening wind ,
liflm'eWOOl giamuced at the knife amid said ,
" \\'imat are you going to tie ? Cut your way
to Paris ? Coumie back to Li , Bourget , you
fool ! "
Halt way back across the wet meadow the
Mouse naked : "Anti If we overtake Spayer ? "
"Are you time lumbilo executioner ? " said
liarowooti sharply. ' 'I'ut up that knife , I
toil you. "
The Mouse closed his Imnifo antI plodded
; on in silence.
; After a m'iulIo liarowood asked huini about
I l3ourkc and liiido anti Yohette , iltit. lie knew
I little more luau liarowooti did , for lie haul
I left time -house on time ramparts time nmorning
after linrowood's departure , and sluice thou
had been following him up ,
Morning was breaking as they forded the
Mohietter and answered the sentry's chal-
lcmmgo ( rein time ruined highway. It was
Stimiday. the 20th of October-a desolate Stimu-
day in a dosohato land , They hurried
through the main aIred , where sleepy reliefs
were muarchimig to replace hue pIckets along
time river , and at. last they reachmoti the
church , where a group of olficers stood on
time steps In attitudes of dejectioii ,
"Colonel MartIn1' cried Ilarewood , "send
a fUn of men to arrest two captains of time
cmmrbinecra , Slmyer mind Staufft'r. I charge
thienm with treason , Hero Is mmmy witness , "
lie drugged time Mouse up the steps and
hod him forward. In hiaif a dozen scntemmcea
lie told them what he had soon , The Mouse
miouldoti iii. corroboration , stealing cunuuitmg
glances about him amid shututlhlag hIs muddy
shoes , partly to inspire self-confluence ,
partly because ime oppreciated limo importance
of his present position.
"But , " said na artillery officer , "time car-
bineora have already gone , I beard them
breaking camp before daylight. "
'Gonel" repeated liarewood ,
"They followed the river bank toward
flhmmnc-Mesnii , "
Before Ilarowood could speak again cannon -
non shot from time end of time street brought
limo soldiers out of the church on a run , At
the umamno mnommient a siuehi uti uck a house op.
posite and burst ,
Colonel MartIn , now ranking officer in the
village , turned quietly to liarewooci and
saiti : "if I hive o et out of tbi. I'll have
the cariineers before a drumbead court-mar-
tial , Are you going back to Paris ? "
lilt I can , " said liarewcod.
"it you get there , lmavo these carbineer
otilcers arrested by the first patrol. "
liarowood started again toward the rIver ,
calling Impatiently to the Mouse to follow.
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The bombardment. tin , Ptukalamm guns
hind suddenly become vboent ; elielia feli
everywhere , exploding on slate niofa , in
court yards , in the mithhla of' them treot ,
Time Mouse , halt dead with terror , shrieked
M lie mu , ducking his head at every crash ,
one hand twisted In liarowood's oc.at , one
shieldIng his face ,
"This won't do , " cried linrewooch , dragging
the Mouse into a hallway "we've got to 'waIt
untIl time bornbardnient stois. here , break
in this door , Qimicki"
Together they forced the door and entered ,
The house was tint ) : and empty. liarowood
clImbed limo stairs , groped about , unfastened
the scuttle , and raised himself to time root ,
North , east amid west , time smoke of the
l'russIan guns curled imp from the plain.
in the north vast amasses of troops were
moving toward I.e flourget , camumuonatled by
thio fortress of the nst at long range.
There was no chance to reach Paris ; lie
saw that at limo first glnmmco , lie saw , too ,
tlio Fm'onchi pickets being chased hack Into
i.e flourget by Uhlans , nnd he heard the
drumunuing of a hmitralhicuse in time west efll
of the village where colummmns of smoke arose
from a burnimig imotise. Par away in the
gray morning light time fortrdsa of time cast
towered , circled with floating mIst , thuough
svhmiclm the sheeted hashes of the cannon
played 111cc ilgimtnlmmg behind a thunder
cloud ,
And now began , mmmicier the guha of St.
feds and AubcrvIilierS-flimot untler time
caine on. Itigmit. tnrougmm tne main strce
they burst , hurling back the Mobiles. I
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sweeping the barricade and turning again
to batter down doors and windows where , I
through the blinds , the soldleis of the 122th
of the iirmo were firing frenziedly. From I
time slate roof where he crouched Ilarewood
saw the Mobiles give way and ruin , In a
minute tue interior of the viliaui.m swarmed
with lanlc-stricken soldiers. The Prussian
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"lIE SAT DOWN ON TilE ALTAR STEI'S
'WiTh IllS fliT OF BREAD. "
for the flcrmMt t-temen ; buliet after bullet
tbwackod againtuimo chimney behind which
be clung. its hIted his chance , then
crawled niong thug sites and dropped into
the scuttie wheMtbo , , Mouse stood speech.
less with terror. '
It was limo that ho left. A shell , burst-
hag In the cehlt had ignIted the etorv
faggots , and the first floor of the house bait
already begun t 'burn fiercely.
"Come , " ho "we must make a dash
for the churchl1 : nd ho seized the Mouse ,
dragged him down the smoking stairs to the
street door , and ut over the cobblestones ,
where a group 'c omeors and a couple of
dozen voitigeura of time guard were running
toward time church , pursued by Uhians.
Up the step. and Into the dark church
they tumbled peilmeli , liarowooci and the
Mouse among them. They closed the great
doors , bolted and barricaded theni with
benches , pews and heavy stone slabs from
Limo floor , Already time voltigeurs were firing
through time stained glass acrosS the street ;
time officers climbed beside thieni and emptied
timeir rovoiver into tim masses of Prussiamma
thmat atmrged around time chmurch in a delirium
of fury ,
Ilarowood , looking over the shoulder of an
omccr , saw time s'mmihs of time houses across
time street , attv the ( lermuan soldiers pour
into the breach , saw thorn at the windows
bayonctiimg the remnants of the 128th , anti
flhuiglmmg time ivoummiled from the wimiulows.
From imommac to house the pioneers olicuieti
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walls of Paris-that hirst 'of a rles otter.
rlbio iioWS dostimued to reduce jrauce to a
nmorai and lhysicmmi condition too painful ,
too iiitibie to describe. For the storming
of Le liourgot mmmdc tim commune a certainty -
tainty , and , although the second amid third I
ntternpts at anarchy were to prove abortive ,
the ( mirth insurrection was Inevitable , and
tii political triumph ofM Thiors- assured
its . .
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As tom' the miacrablo village of Lehour -
get , it was already doomed. Time black
masses of time Prussian guard gathered like
a tempest in time north , and swept across
the r'lain in three columns. l"rom Dugny ,
frommm l'ont-Iblon , fromn lhianc-MesnhI , they
Imured downubon Le Iioumrget. Crimig as they
almot them as they ran. The shells tore
tluroimgh them anti wimirled tlmouum about as
wimmuls hurl gayly tinted autumn leaves , A
battery , a niass of wrecked tiumubers , dying
horses and smasimed guns choked the trans.
verse alley , HhInd it a compaumy of the
32811 * fought like wildcats until time Prus.
sian "Queen Elizabeth Regiment" took
himcmn on the flank , and bayomieted thorn to
the last mmmc. And now , frommi the west ,
two splendid reglnwmits swept into La hour-
get-the "ilmnperor Francis" and tue "limmu.
imror Alexandre" regiments of the Prussian
guard royal-driving before thonm an agon.
lied mob of Mobiles , Franctirours nod hues-
macn , The massacre was frightful , Thin
Ifuseian bayonets swept the streets as
scythes swing through the ripe , grass. South
and east time village was on fire. In time mi'est
the tire bad ended , gad the Vilimmus capered
from garden to garden , spearing the fright-
coed fugItIves stud aboutiag , "Jiourral
Ilourrai MIt une let Gotti" In time porth.
however , the l2Sth line egInmeu still held
out , The men had barricaded ( hi nmaglvee
1mm the stone houses lining both sides of
thu main street , anti ere tirIng from the
windows Into the thIck of the Germamis ,
The street swain with smoke , throcgh which
the Prussians dashed agaIn and agaIn , only
to stagger back under the blase of rifle
flame.
ilarewood , on the roof , was a mark uow
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time wails. It ias necessary to exterminate
the garrison of each separate cottage , for
none of them surremidered.
The house tht adjoined the church was
swarmimmg wIth Prussiami infamitry. They
fired imuto the church windows , shouting ,
"ilourraf Hodra' ' uIrcussen ! No quarter ! "
Time omcer mmdxt tq Harewood was killed
outright. TwoLhers fell back to the -stone -
floor below. At ittfe 'next volley five' voilt-
gcurs were lilted : dr wounded , A blast of
iiarne emmtered the church as a grenade cx-
pioded outside a window ,
Time Mouse , in an ngony of fright , was
runmuing round and round tile church , like a
caged creature , hooking for some chinkor
cranny of escape. A soldier was shot dead
beside him , and Lime Mnuso stumbled over
the dead man -with a shrielc. That sLum-
bie , imowever , almost pitched him through
time hack of time east comifesslonal , which in
reality was a concaled door loathing directly'
to the rear of the church , The Mouse
thrust his immtmzzbe out , saw a gamden , a ills-
mantied arbor , and no Prussians. ills first
immstimmct drove hini to Inmmne.tiiate flight. lie
: crawled throagh time door on hands and
knees , and wriggled Into time arbor. Thea
caine his 800011(1 instimict-to tell liareivood.-
Why it was that the Mouse crept back into
time church at time rIsk of his miserable life
nobody perhaps con tell. it Is true that
frightened animals , when unmnoiosted , often
return to a companion in tromibie.
liarowood was standing by a hmlgh stained
glass window debug a thing that meant
death If captured ; he was firimig a rifle at
the Germans.
110w ho , a non-conmbatant , a cool-headed
youth , vlto seldom needlessly risked his
akin , could do such a thimmg mmmight only be
epiaimmed by himself , In case of capture
lie would not be liarummed if lie minded - his
own business , hut tue knew very well that
mm. swift flni merciless Justice was served
out for these civilians who fired on Ger-
mcmi troops. Yet there he stood , firing with
tile rest-a mumero handful left mmow out of
time thirty. Two or three omeers still kept
their feet , halt a dozen eoldiermm were yet
firing Into the Secoumil divisiomu of time l'rtms.
sian guard royal nmuumtherimig mmearly Th.000
lumen. Outside time umimattered wiumilows dIrty
fimmgers clutched the stommo coping. Already
imolmnetetl heads bobbed up hera and theme ,
immilminied Teutoimie faces leered into the
chmmrch , Timere caine time scrape of scaling
huutitlers ngaimuiut time wail ; verse still , Limo
mumble of artillery 1mm tIme street close at
hand.
0mm of the half dozen survivors glammced
aroutmiti time cimurch , It was a butchmer's
shambles. Then fm'omn lie street cmumo a
shout : "Our cannon are hero ! Suirremmilcurl"
"Surrender ? " repeated Ilarewooti vacaimtly.
Then , as hue sav a woummiled creature stagger
UI ) from thin floor holdIng out a white band-
kerchief , ho realized what he hind done ,
Stunned , hue stepped back to time altar as the
firimug dIed away , ' lie saw time great doom's
opeum ; he saw the street outside , wet amid
muddy , choked with throngs of helmeted
umoidlers all stam'imug up mit the door ; he saw
a cannon lImbered up and dragged away ,
the mmmounted onnnonicm'e looklumg back at
time portal where three dozen Fremuch soldiers
luau held check 15,000 Uernmamis.
4 soldier , streantlmug with blood , rose from
time floor' of the ohumrch and stuimubied blindly
out to the steps ; two more carried a wounded
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officer between themim on a chair.
'i'imemm , as thin Grmamu troops parted , amid
thmo woumuded mmiandwas borne ou anti down
time steps , ilni'ntvooil felt a tug at his elbow
amid hicarut a 'imlne :
"Mpnsicur-Liiere's a hole. "
The next instant ho Stepped behind the
confessIonal , crmtwied through the dwarf
door , and ammtfor his life ,
VlJtl"I'lilL ( XI ,
'Fiuii milsit of Ootoier ,
All day Sunday libido sat at her window
looking out over the gray landscape beyond
the fortIfications , Few of the forts were fir-
lumg ; ut long imitervals the majestic rover-
beriutloos fmomn Mont Vaierbon shook the
heavy muIr , The southern forts were mute.
At times she fancied that she could imear
cauiuuonndlng in Lice north , far away toward
La Ilourget , but when she held her breath
to habit , thin beating of her own heart was
inure audible ,
Shin slept badly that night , dreaming thuat
lIaremood was dead , and she awoke 1mm an
ecstncy ( if terror , calling Imis namume , 'Yolette
cumme to her and comforted her. curling up
close to her in the chilly lied , But she
souid : not sleep. nd when at ieath Yohette
lay beside her , alumbering with a smile on
Lar lips , Illide slipped from the bed and
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climbed the dark staIr's to tiarewood's empty
room , it was something to be In his reemIt
-It helped her to look out Into the dark-
nca , F'or he was somewhere there In the
datknes.
Shivering , she eat down by the window ,
On the fortifications below the unwIeldy
bulk of the Prophet loomed tip , tilted skyward - I
ward , a shapeless monster In Its waterproof
covering. Itockets were rising slowly from
Mont Vutiorlen in the east the sky lowered ,
tinged with a somber , lurid light , perhaps
the reflection of some hamlet , fired by the
l'russlafls , burnIng alone at mldnigiut ,
A wet wind blew tIme curtains hack from
thtt open wlmmdow ; her little naked feet were
numb with cold , The never-ending desire I
to see lila room , hIs clothes , hula bed again , I
came overhmcr. She dared not light a. candle
-it was forbidden to those who lIved on time
ramparts-so she rose anti vnssed along
each wall , touchIng time objects that hail
been once worn by him. She know them
already by touch , his gray coat , hula riding
jacket , his hats anti caps amid whips amid
spurs. Shmo rearranged the brushes anti
toilet articles on lila bmmrau , her light touch
t caressed hIs books and l'npers amid Peims
% vimere they hay omm the little tnbio , Then she
vemmv to the boil mmcii buried Imor bend on the
pillows , crying herself to sheep-a sleep full
of vngtme shapes , a restless sleep that stoic
frommi hmer heavy hlula at dawn , heaving imor to
qmmemmchi the fever Iii hmor eyes with tears
again. _
IL was time last day of Octoluer. Ilotmrko
had gone awny to the city before breakfast
to verify an omiuious rumor comicermiIng Mets ,
iflmbltshied in a single journal of time day before -
fore , stud vigorously denied by the oiflclal
journal.
Yolettd add lied Riding flood were in the
cellar , storing mmmore cases of canmmed vogot-
nbles anti mourning the loss of Scheher-
azade , who had been sent omm Snturdny to
time zoological gmmrilemma in the Jardln dea
l'lantes. liourko had insisted on it ; food
was becomuimmg nlarnmlumgly scarce ; there was
no fresh meat to he had except horse meat ,
mud even that was to be rationed the first
week 1mm November ,
The lioness had been carted off sorely
against her will. She snarled and growled
nud paced her cage with glowing eyes , in
which tlmo last trace of gentleness and at-
fectlon had been extinguished.
hub , deep In her own trouble , scarcely
heeded thus new one. Schelmerazade had'
beeum chmunging In dlspositiomm ever since the
first cannonading. Sullen. furtive , she
haunted the depths of time garden , ignoring
ililda's advances until Yolette begami to fear
time creattmro , So now , wimen it was imeces-
sary to send the lioness away , illido said
nothing anti Yolette was not sorry. Mehe-
mmiet All , the parrot , however , screeched his
remonstrance , which amused l3ourlco because -
cause Scheimerazade was the first living
timing that the vicboums old bird had over
shnwmm any fondmmess for.
So time lioness was packed oft to be fed
by time government , and Burke Improved
that opportummity by sending Meimcmet All
anti the monkey also , which made two
umiouths the less to feed in case of famimme.
Down in time cellar Yoletto stood , piling
timmuucil fruit and vegetables against time division -
vision wall , aided by Itcul Riding Hood. At
time cimllui's request Yoletto was varying the
nionotommy of timeim' toll by tehhimig a fairy
alory. Red Riding hood listened gravely
as Yolotte continued :
"Amid the primmeess waited and waited for
hem'dear prince , who had gone to fight the
were-wolf. And hue did not return , "
"I kmmo' , " saul time child , "what you
mean. "
mean.Viiat
" \Viiat 1" asked Yoletto absently.
"The lmrince is iv ! . liarewood and the
-pripeess is Mile. Rude. "
"An , ( ho were-wolf ? " said Yohette , faIntly
amim sod ,
"The were-wolf-that is the Prussian
army. " Yoiette's face sobered ,
"Thmo Prusalans nra very cruel and very
fierce-hike the were-wolf , " sue said. "Come ,
lltle , one , we must go to the kItchen. "
At time top of the cellar stairs timey met
Bourke. lila serious face chaumged when be
'saw Yoiette , but his expression lied not
escaped imcr.
"Breakfast is ready , " she said qmmietiy. "I
hdv not yet breakfasted myself. Shall we
go in ? "
She ieuh Limo way Into the dining room and
closed the door. Ho put his arms around
her anti looked Into her clear eyes.
"It Is bad news ? " she said slowly.
"Yes , Yolette. "
"Not-not about M , Harewood ? "
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"No-I hippo not. "
"Tell mae , Cecil. "
"Metz has surrendered ; Iiazmuine and his
army are prisoners. "
TQam's filled her eyes.
"Wimat else , Cccli ? There is something
else. "
"Yes , there is. Le I3ourget was carried
by assault yesterday forenoon. "
She sat down by the table , nervously
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twlatlmmg the cioth. lie took a chair opposite ,
resting lila chum on hIs hands ,
"Jim was there , " he said after a silence.
"Tlmen-then-he----- "
"Yeui , hma will come back to Paris because
time sortie ime.s failed to pierce the German
lInes. "
"lie simouhti have colmie back last night , "
said Yolotte ,
riomirimo mmouided sIlently.
"imiul because lie has not yet rnturmieui you
are werm'ieui , " continued Yolette , 11cr hand
stole across the table anti his own tightened
over IL
"ho hums been uiu'layed-tlmnt's all , " said
liourice , immaking an effort to simale off his
depression ,
"iVe yiil say nothIng to Tilluho about It , "
"No , not to ihiide , " nmmmrrnmmred Yoletto ,
Red hiithlumg lloouh emmtered bearing the
breakfast covers , 1111db came In a mmmmmmmmumit
later onml looked anxioimsly at liourke ,
lie smiled cheerily anti lmegan to rca.l .
from time mmmornlng imaper aloud , how M ,
Tubes , who bath tmeen trotting around all
over Europe to enlist thu syampatiules of the
great powers 1mm heimaif of Framietu , haul just
returned from Vlemmima , and luau eumtnrcci i'muria
with Iilsmnarck's kinul permission. It seu'mmis
that M. Timbers hind soimnuied England , lttmsslmm ,
Austria amid Italy , amid found thuommi in accord
with himself , that an armIstice tulmouul'l cue.
petal hostilitIes for a whIle tmuutil a muatioummil
assembly could be convemmeti nmumh terimus of
peace discussed with llIsmam'ck and lila son-
Llmmentai sovereign. Iiiiulo scarcely ilstcmt'd ,
Yoletto nltui.detl lair toast , arid tm'icmi to uuum-
dorstand a diplomatic muddle that mueodtid
oliler brains llama lieu's to solve.
Outside in the street thus neweboy were
cryIng : "Extra ! Surrender of hiazairmol
Falh of Metz ! Terrible disaster at Le hour-
get ! Extrab Full lIst of thuo dead stud
wounded ! " Bourke tried to keeju lihido's at.
tontlon ; shmo emnlboul at hIm and held out an
extra that shun bad already bought and do.
voured.
"If lie was at Lu Ilourget , " elmo said , "ice
was not hmurtl Seol Here are thin names , "
She kept her eyes on Jiourko as be read the
long columns of dead , wounded , and miss.
lug , \\'iuen he fiumisimed shin saId :
" ho hack I'aris "
"Will comae to imomv ?
I' ! hope so , " saId ilourke , cheerily , "Per-
lisps $ he Mouse is with lulmn , , Ifeavensl What
a mnes 'l'rochu made of It at Io liourgeti
IL neczns that General Behlusaaro was absent
tim Paris when the Prusslans fell on Lo
l3ourgot. It's sonmebody's fault-that's clear
-and very safe to say , " he added with an
attempt at gmuyety that deceived no one ,
Red hIdIng Ilood , wimo now always held
herself atrmmhght as an arrow when people
spoce of eoldieU-for bad not tier father
4led In umilrorm-eald in a clear voice : "If
the [ 'russians are in Le Ilourget-are we not
Ia Parts ? "
"Good for youi" saId Ilourice , heartily ,
"Let Nets fail , let utrassbourg tupible down ,
let I.e llourget tlow up , we are Ja Paris , two
young women , young nuan cnd Red Rid.
ing 11084 , Vlve Ia Fraueel" '
They au smiled a little. orke went cut
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laughing , quIte confident ha had 3Itpellea
some of the gloom. It was raining again ,
lb buttoned his overcoat close to time throat
anti hurried away on his dolly visit to the
war ofllco ,
The streets he traversed were flied with
people , the Place Saint.Suiplce was black
with It mob shouting and gesticulating ,
"Iown with the minlatryl fleSigdli" it was
ImpossIble to apptoth time war omee. Thu.
Place ile l'iloteh do Ville , the square In front
of the Louvre , the gardens of the I.tmxern.
bourg , vero swarming with excited crowds ,
lndigimnt at the ministry's suggestion of an
armistice , which they coneiiered prelimInary
to ( ho surrender of Patris-urious at thin
news from Mctz , anti hysterical over the
dIsaster of I.e liourget.
At S o'clock that mornIng time c.'urblneers
hail uumtrcheuh into Paris , spreading the ro-
hlort that I.e ilourget had been betrayed to
the Prusslana , that they haul escaped after
prodigies of heroIsm , anc that the govern-
mmment vmta responshtuie for everything ,
Ilnurke , hoisting himsehi tupon time railing
of time Luxembourg , iooktt omit , over the
vast throng towhrd a 'window , where , hietlgeti
In by tIme bayonets of the arbineers , litick-
hurst nat , pale amid Impassible beside
Flomum'emi , ? ulortler haul jiust finished a
venomous oration , Anul F'iourens , booted anti
spurred , hatl risen mind was facing the mob.
Ills handsome face grew roil with excite.
macnt , lila gestures became acorn violent as
time roar of opprichation increased. "VIva
Fiouremis ! Down with the governmnent ! "
Time speech was a passinumate pkra for the
Comnmumie anti a pledge timmut Limo city would
never aurremmiler ,
" \'lmmit is this seumlie ministry that It
seek 3naee for us wimo demnanti wan wnm'i
vam'i'luat was its price when Mets was
sold , wiuemm Lo Bouurget went up 1mm Ilmirnes'l
Time tiny will conmo wimemi time governmucent
waist answer to thin Comcmmntmnc , and the day of
ntomieincmmt shall be terrible , "
The uproar was frightful. Thuo caricineers
cimargcul their rifles iii the air and shouted ,
"VIvo Ic Conimnunel"
A mob of national guuartls cheered them
vociferously , 1mm time midst of time diii Duels-
lmtmrst rose. Slowly his white , lmnpassl'o face
bent to meet time sea of upttmruuccl faces , The
drums were siiencetl , the explosIon of rifles
ceased , time harsh yells died away ,
"l'ho miumistera , " hue ald , In a how voIce ,
"are at. the Hotel tie yule. Time goverummmcent
must resign , The Conimnuime is huroclauuned.
Who vihl follow mao to the Hotel tie \'iiio7"
'hero camue a thundcrimmg simout , "For.
ward ! " 'rho thiroimgs surged , swtmmug bmuck ,
mmmii burst into cheers as tue carblnecrs ,
drums roiiimmg , bayonets siammtimmg , wheeled
OUt Into the Boulevard St. Mheimeh ,
burke followed time crowi , now almost.
entIrely composed of nationai guards , mao-
hues , franc-tircurs , amid swarmmms of rumans
Iron : Bellevilie. As they marched they hal-
loned Limo "Carniagnole , " the sinIster biast
of the btmglcrs , time startling crash of drums ,
the tm'ammiple amid aimoutimmg commibined in one
hIdeous pandemmmoniummn of deafening sound.
As they poured through the Rue do itivohl
and flooded time square of tIme hotel do Villa ,
burke saw General Trochu comum out on time
marble steps and wave back time leatlem'mc ,
who were already smnmmshimmg iii time iroum gate.
Ilmmrkhumirst ran up the steps amid faced the
governor of I'aris. There was a sharp exchange -
change of words , a menacing gesture fronm
Buckhurst , then ho shoved the governor
aside. In a moment the yelling laud :
swarmed into the Slieflhhiii buiiuhlmmg. The
ministers lied to the Salle iltu Conseil , amid
barricaded the door. Fiouremma set his car-
bineors to guarl iL I3uckhiurst let time mob
loose throughout the great marble buiimhimmg ,
and the pillage began. The splendid rooms
were looted , gilded mmmirrors smashed , furni-
turn mutilated , walls and frescos torn to
atoms.
( To Be Continued , )
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more theta except by using hot water lnJectloaa ,
Cliroumia consUmmatIon for soveui years miacoci moo in
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