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LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JAN. 13. 1893.
NO. 36.
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PAUL.
BY MAUEICE THOMPSON.
From facts furnished tbe writer
by one of Paul's danghterf, Mrs. de
S , of Ramparc street, New Or
leans.
Early in tbe present century, be
fore iJew Orleans bad fallen into
Americau ways, and while yet the
j Creole population was largely in the
ascendency, onn; man, Paul Le
Page by nam", w.is walking m tbe
dusk of evnmjr down one of tbe
narrow pictuivSquti streets. lie was
pooily clai and hn movements ac
centuated tbe loot of depression
and wcHiicess that rented on bis
!flU5ome fce.
A cJoae lrvpr would have f-een
at once tbnt, P.itil was a stranger iii
tbe city. That aimless air, which
can not be cst off by on? who has
no wimher in paiticular to go,
marked him out and set birn apait
from tbe other p-destriatin. He
carried in bis band a Mnull bag or
valise containing all bis personal
possession.
In tbe lace is tbe index to char
acter. Paul Le Page was au honest,
intelligent aud weil educated oung
man, whose chief laek was at the
point of woibily wisdom. II had
not been successful. Indeed, he
had beeu iuit. unsucces.-slul. Not
a sou a'? in h-s little withered
putse, ard the Atlantic Ocean, to
say no; hiug ot .he Gulf, Ih.V between
bnu a;id all i. is li lends ndtela-
tinll.
It does not mutter with us bow
it chained thxt Paul was there in
New Origans pmniles.-i anl horre"
lese. Youth is full of stiaugc turns,
ami it ol ten times happens that a
young man goes forth gayly enough
iu search of adventure, and soon
finds out that life is not all a sea ol
romauce. Paul bad suffered much ;
first In Canada, fieu in New York,
afterward in Sr. Louis, and now
here he was at the very end of his
tether, drifting about like a tattered
ghost in tbe streets of the great
Creole city.
He tried to Gnd employment, bat
there was not much that he could
Jo at best, and his appearauce was
against him. For six days and
nights be had wandered up aud
down, subsisting he scarcely knew
how, snatching a little sleep here
aud there in dark corners, evading
tbe police by one sbitt or another,
aud rapidly loosing his final reserve
of nerve and hope.
It was Tuesday evening, tbe
sixth of April, and the sky was so
clear, the stars aud moon so bright,
tbe breeze from the gulf so brisk
and sweetand tvery ihiug so bathed
in balm and so gay with flowers,
hat tbe pleasure-lovicg population
had pouied foitb a htlle after sun
set to promenade and chatter. Paul
sajuteied au ong them, bag iu baud,
his bead and bis heart empty, like--vise
his t-toinaen. He took no no
tice of thuse wLo passed him by, al
beit many a pair ot wnchingy daik
eyes were turned upon him by girls
as ne: ty and saucy as outb could
have wished to see. He heaid the
tbi urnmiug of guitars, voices siug
iog meiry songs, the c':nk of glasses
in :he cafcsy the clang of rapiers iu
tbe fencing salles. Tbe great doors
o? the theatres were open, and, a
little later, the elegant mob would
p jur iu. A memory of Paris aud
netter days swept over him like a
dream.
For a w hile be steed by the en
trance to a brilliancy lighted and
gorgtous'.y furnished gambling-deni
where a number of men were stak
ing largo sums of mouey. Ho saw
the columns of gold coin on tbe la
bics, tee diamonds flaming on fin
gers and .'hi it-bosoms, the flitting
cards, the roiling wheels, tbe lumb
l.ng bads; the fragrance of Havana
cigars fiiied tbe a;r. He began to
tremble and grow sick ; but he
braced himself and passed on. He
even hurried, feeling that be must
fiud solitude aud a place to rest
hiin-elf iu unobserved.
When he turned into what he
thought was a dark and very nar
row alley, Paul Le Page advanced a
few paces and flung himself upon
tbe ground, resting bis bead on his
valise. It did not eeem strange to
him when he b.oked upward and;
saw no sky or stars, nor did the ex
treme darkness aLd closeness of the
place effect him unpleasantly ; rath
er tbe contrary, for it was to hide
himself from huroau eyes that he
mot desired. I cannot say that he
wished to die ; he was joung, and
the love of life was yet strong in
bira ; but he was at the ultimate
line of despair, looking over iuto
the abyss.
Scarcely had he stretched himself
thus at full length in this dim place,
when four parsons entered at a rap
id pace, and one of them, stumbling
over tbe prostrate body, cried out :
"Man Dieu ! what have we here ?
Up, you drunken vagahoud, and oum
of this V He gave Paul a sound
kick a stir in that pa-stse. WheE
you kick a desperate man, you must
be prepared to take the conse
quences. In this case tbe kicker
was far from ready to meet the re
sult of his acr. Up sprang Paul
like au aroused tiger, and ot flew
his fists right and left, this way aud
that, with refunding blows. Over
weut one man, fwo men, three men,
and the fourth received a punch inj
the chest that sent him against the;
wall !
u Are yon gentlemen or dogs ?,!
Paul inquired, when his antagonists
were scrambling to their fe r. He
had forgotten his rags, his hunger,
bis despair.
"And pray, who are yon ?" de
manded oue ol tbe men. 'Are ymi a
gentleman ?''
"I answer that quetiou in the
light,7' said Paul, with peculiar em
pliasis. It was understood tUat he
meaut to sav that wbtn he could be
cure by actual view that ho stood
in presuce of his equal be would be
glad to respond.
"Your name!" "Your name V
cried ail four of the men iu a breath.
"Paul Le Page at your service,'
"Your address ?"
"The Hotel Vmet, Rue Lapin,
Parif,'7 One of the men uttered a
little ejaculation, as if of surprise,
or it might have been mere derision.
"Run him through, Pierre,"
grow led auotber voice, "or stand
aside and I will find him. He's
not to escape.77
There was a dull gleam of steel
iu the darkness.
Paul was as brave as a lion ; but
nil unarmed be could not stand be
lore thee men, who, on their way
to a fenciug-room, were equipped
with rapiers, iio, grasping his bag
be slipped forth into the street and
lost himself in a swarm of people
who were hurrying by to the scene
of a fire that had broken out m a
little shop.
Tbe voice of one of the men was
still ringing in Paul's ear as he
pushed on through the excited
crowd. When and where had he
ever heard it before? There was a
singular, a sub'le fascination hov
ering in his brain ajong with the
echoes of that voice, a fascination
that bke an obscuring atmosphere,
prevented the , eifect operation of
memory.
Tbe fire proved to be unimpor
;ant, and was extinguihed iu a few
minutes. Paul wandered on aim-
lessley enough, trying to untangle
his brain and recall the timo and
place when aud where some circucn
srance of interest bad connected bis
life with ths person who had kick -
ed bira in yonder in tbe dusky arch
way. It was no ose hunger, wear,
iness, exh iust'on, despoudeuce bad
so shaker, his mind that memory
was faltering and uncertain. The
truth is, he uever before bad heard
tbe voice ot Pierre Jordy. If there!
was anything familiar iu it it was
but an echo of Paris, so dear toev-
c ..v i i.
e j? re u cu m a u r u rdi i, u i su uiutu
the Pane ot to-day. out al ogetber
tbe Paris of sixty-five years ago..
Paul was to meet Pierre again
so;;n. and was to reeoguiz? his voice,
At present be stumbled on from
place to plate, feeling rather than
seeing the glare and glitter of tbe
cofes and the salles as he passed them
by
At length he found himself iu;Lucie to come in to see me so that
front of a mansion, very statelv and ; t cat) tna,lk iM.r for ilM t bjs kind -
grand, that stooJ amid some dusky
old tress inside a heavy, low wall of
brick, through which a gateway,
open for a moment, gave a pleasant
view. He stood still and gazed, for
bis eyes bad fallen upon an appari
tion of beauty and bis ears had
neard a soft, sweet call.
".Mamma, my fan, I left it in the
hall7
It was a young woman entering a
carriage, lie saw her faee, a smil
ing, gentle, exquisitely sweet one:
it flashed upou him and thrilled
him to bis finger-t;ps. She was
dressed for the opera, and was draw
ing about her lithe, strong youug
form a snowy-white and snowy
light wrap.
A few moments later the carriage
rolled out across the banquette into
the street. As it passed, Paul,
standing aside, lifted bis bat?eed
bar. Tbe joung lady was looking
at him ; she leaued forward a little
to see w ho be was. than iecoii d
from him.
Paul saw it all, and the realiza
tion of his degraded slate was liiiug
in upou bis heart if by that ha!f
teiiified, halfpifying glance of sui
prise. The blow was too gte.it foi
him in his weakened conditiou.
The encounter in tbe dark passage
bad exhausted his physical fo.ee.
and now bis htart failed ; h' stood
there swaying and trembliug as tbe
carriage drew away, and presently
be fell, and lay outs! retched aud
stili in the shadow of the wall.
He was not quite insensible, but
all was vague and dreamlike, Time
passed, which to him might as well
have been ears as hours. Tbe
sweet night dew settled on him, and
the sleeple-s mocking-bird iu the
branches overhanging tbe all piped
him a low, tender flate-cco: e.
The carriage- returned when the
opera was over. There was a eo:.
fused sound of voices. Some one;
touched hicu and then he was lifted
and borne along.
"Some miserable tramp d log of
hunger," said the voice of Piene
Jordy.
"But, see his hands, bow small
and beeutiful ; and his fee, bow
fine !'7 murmured another voice that,
even in bis deadly stupor he thrilled
to remember thevoiceof the beau
tiful girl.
They had laid him on a bed ; he
felt the swee', soft, fragraut cash
ions receive him aud thee he knew
no more-
A physician wns sent lor, who
ordered the young patient stripped
and bathed in brandy and water
This done, he wns clothed in fine
linen aud slowly brought up from
the b'iuk of death to cousciousuess
the btink of death to consciousness
and rapid convalescence.
The only thing of value found on
his peisou, when the servants
changed hi- rags .'or decent clothes,
was a small silver case which closed
with a secret spring. No oue tried
to opeu it, and it lay on a little ta
ble near bis bedside.
What luxury was this soft couch
to the poo', weary body of Paul Le
Page, and what an appetite was tba!
with which the starved man ate tbe
heaps oT wholesome delccacies that
were brought to him ! At first he
saw no one save the physician and
tbe servants; but one moruiug a
stately old gentleman came into the
room, and advancing to his bedside,
said :
"Weil, you are looking bright and
cheerful. Do they give . ou plenty
j to eat ?'7
"Ob, yes, monsieur ; I have been (
j nobly treated. Let me thank you j
with my whole heart." j
"Ob, thank not me, my good man;j
it is Lucie . who has saved you.
(Thank her, if ou like.'7
Somehow, t tbe sound of ihe
girl's name, Paul s throat fi led up
and he could not speak. All
1 f.-..v. i.:., t.. ...... -til... wT ,,r
j lumugu uu unuvc-imc okijjt
! convalescence ne uau neara mai
joame, aud, as if through a rose
j mist, he had seeu the beautiful f a e
of Lucy smiling up ja htm.
j Tbe next day, when tbe old gen -
j tlemou came ajain, Paul had had
i time to thsuV a good deal. So he
j said :
i "Won't vou tell Mademoiselle
jjjess?'7
Tbe raan ehrlVmd f imse-f a little
j ana took soliS vigorously. He was
j8tasdiDg-he never sat down in this
room and he quirked up bis el
bows, meantime grimacing comically-
"I suppose she might come if she
j wished," he presently remarked
but thanksgiving needn't trouble
you. its her way ; shed do as
much for a dos."
Theu, as though he had snddeuly
become aware of tbe impropriety ot
so long a conversation with a street -
beggar, he put away his gold tnuff-
box and left the room.
On the following evening, Paul
i overheard a strauge interview te i
tween Pierre Jordy and Alademoi- j
seile Lucie. It was tbe fiual settle
ment of a little nffair of their own
; Paul tried n- i to 1 s?ei, but could
not help it. There -was an open
passage and a thin, sound-bearing
partition ot wood,
"No, Pierre , I do rot love you .
I cannot marry you,'7 said Lucie.
Paul clasped his hands fr j y ;
and yet what right bad he ?
"For heaven's sake, do not. say
that, Lucie! '' cried Pierre. "Wait
think over it don7t
"No; that would be wrong, for
th;jn you wouM hope, aud at tbe
last tbe diappointment would be all
the greater."
There' was a while of silence, and
then Pierre broke forth:
"And who now has come between
us? Who has "
"You are wrong, 7 said Lucie, "no
oue has come between us. It is
witb us just as it has always been.
I do not love you ou know Shat I
never hsve loved ou. Let this I e
'the end. It wo cannot be friends
without this subject coming up
again, then here let our friendship
end forever.''
Pierre uttered a few rapid phras
es ; the words were coufused in
Paul's eats, but they sounded bitter
and ferocious.
Go !' said Lucie, "let me never
see you again !''
That was all ; aud w hat a strange
impression it made upon Paul. It
was a blending of ad manner of set
sations. Triumph, exultation and
j thanksgiviuj; clashed with pity, in
dignation and a so't of faraway
sympathy with the disappointed
land evidently desperate Pierre.
The next day iu the moruiug there
was a rustle ot feminiue robes, and
Paul turned to see enter Lucie and
her mother. The two ladies came
to his bedside and the elder spoke
to him graciously, though with dis
tant dignity, as to an inferior ; but
tbe girl blushed in spite of herself
wheu she looked into his pale, hand
some face and encounter his admirs
f tng gaze. Sureh ihis was no tra-np.
A geutleu'an of tbe best degree la
before her. With a u'ri's swift in
sight, she smw through to tbe ul I i
mate fact.
Paul had been hoping for this
visit ami had framed a b-auiifu'
little speech, but not a word of it
could be command, now lhat the
moment had come. Not til the la
dies bad retired did be find his
tongue .-offic!eni ly to speak with
any degree .f self-command, then
he vented vials of contempt upon
himself for having been such a cow
ard .
From that day his strength began
j to return. He felt bi3 veins bliing,
his mose'es -welling, his nerves
gathering lorce. Strange to say,
the only pain left him was in the
spot where Pierre Jordy bad kicked
him on tbs ribs ; the place was sore
and blue.
"It I him hereafter," he would
say to himself. "I will settle that lit
t-'e matter with him ;'7 and then be
j wonia recall witn great satisiacuon
what he had overheard between
I IVr.e and Lucre. He chuckled in
. a P!f-f5T rsflerl WAV and mnrmnrcil ! i
-j
i ou?i ngm w iwu luau
soul."
Lucie and her mother carce in to
j see him every day a short visit
j with but little conversation but
: each oue of their comings were
I worth a year of ordinary life to bim.
He looked at the sweet, pure face
and imig'ned wonderful things tha
! DV s(!m" r,m' furn of fortune m'gbt
1 come to j ass in the future.
He wae abnosj well, and one day
all cf a sudden it came to his mind
that very soon he must go out of
that house and begin once more his
dreary, hopeless lfe. The thoughts
went to bis brain like a bullet; he
drew himself up and shivered con
vulsively. What was to become of
him f He lay and listened to the
j dull beating of his own heart. He
knew that be loved Lucie a man
j alw ays knowsi though a womau uev-
J does) ihe moment wheu love, comes,
Moreover, there lay in eomo inner
1 and sacred chamber of Ids con-
Isciousuess an impression, sweet as
perfume from hidden flower?, ofa
movement in ihe girPsjheart toward
him. All this made his condition
almost unbearable.
Meantime Pierre Jordy was bav
ini to do with bis own disappoint
after tbe manner of a man desper
ate n a different way. A year gono
bis parents had died, leaving him a
comfoitab'e fortune, was already
dissipated. Tbe gambl ng tables
and other gilded dens of vice had
ree ved his generous contributions,
and tbe only hope left for him had
'n'fii Lucie and her money. This
hope failiur bio, h saw ruin aud
utter disgrace ar hand. Conscien
celess, almost distraught, he dream
ed of the most desperate things
It was the lasr night that Paul
could rest iu Ihe mansion. He was
strong enough to &o, and on the
'loiro-v lie must depart. He could
not feleep. The thoughts that
swarmed in bis braiu were like
dashes of fire ; ihty burned him
with most exquisite torture. Tos-
sing on bis bed or walking to and
tro in bis darkened chamber, be
beard the clock in the grand ball
strike the hours one by oue.
Suddenly a cry rang throughout
: he house a clear, appealing scream
riien another, half stifled. He knew
the voice and ran from room to room
until be came upon a masked man
wno was clutching Lucie by the
thrust as she struggled with him
Paul flung himself headlong upon
assassin, stiikiog him and beaiing
him to the floor. There tbe two
men tumbled about fighting desper
ately. Paul had no weapon, whilo
his antagonist w as armed with n
dagger. Servants came to the res
cue, aud soou enough the burglar,
who turned out to be Pierro Jordy,
was securely bound, after receiving
a number of bad wound.
Paul Le Page was bleeding from
deep g-shes in his breast
and arm ; but for a time he was un
aware of his hurts, so overjoyed
as he that he had been able to
save Lacie from serious harm.
Wbeu presently be rteled and fell
unconscious, the last impression
his ees received was of the beauti
ful girl standing tall and white in
her night-dress, gaziug at him in
unutterable grat'tude.
Lucie's family uame is not given,
and that et Paul is not bis true one;
nut the beautiful life he lived with
his hardly wou wife woold furnish
material for a prose poem rich with
ill that makes human life worth
living. It began in romance, aud it
was romance to tbe beautiful end.
Toe reader will remember that
men'ion was made of a silver case
found upon PauPs person when he
was taken into the mansion. In it
was an ivory miniature portrait of
his mother. Theipresent writer has
seen tbe writer has seen the paint
ing and bash ard from the lips of
Paul's cbildie:i bow it was this
that Jed to the dit-covery ot a dis
tant kinship between tbe families ot
tbe lovers.
Paul became a writer of some
distinction, and spent many years
in Paris, but his cbilren and his
children's chilbreo are among the
most noted end most tmlnvMl nf !h
. maintajn
.
! (Janal street, New Orleans On
grauddaughter, who is, it is said, a
trjotei wide attentioo as toe Aatfaor
0f a singularly original and quanity
-'artistic story of the Rue Roy ale
I
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! When Paby was sick, gare her Casria.
the was a Child, she cried for Castoria
j sLe becaR,e she clurg 10 ,crtorit
v itcxi k sac wil'cren. &JtK gave la&rm castory
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