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Show 1MB QUEEN'S SABOTS. Gtntml Ollbeft Motlcr, Maraali ill La Farstte, kfjt tbf 1 1 1 family chalran. Charanlac, In AnTenroe, a large , ttrong arlgnorlal bnlUltij, xt without rome lineal or character. Not far awaj-among awaj-among Ull (or? it, o( leeches n 1 clirst traU, eteeri, rock r height trow, Und'i the dim grwn light of Hi's Iraio woodlands dwelt la their rude clln ami laborpi shotil In to thonl lcr cliff cual Innm anJ rtn gatherers, tmetiel tnaVrra, M'l eoorra. cobblers, ami f athlonm of clapboard and laths-tin whole tribe of workers In wood. Alio thl llttl pwpl ale nod hewed together lo the orin air under leafy shalows, mingling the deafening I lows of ai an 1 hammer, the grin Unci of film, an 1 tht rra'JnT of nn, with the slowly cull-Inn cull-Inn smoke an I tin loir tonnl aon.-i tbat ruM to beards from man a liapne boj heart. Tj this company bclonge-Wu orphan cobbler boy, ivnalte and timid an I silent, who apart from the ml cat an 1 clipped, pared aod pointed, hollowed an 1 inlltltM the tabula that ho wade. Illi namo on Itaaoni In the city It would b-arebfn liaison Ileaeontbuttlieeaay. carrlcet proplo of th proslnc hail S rounded Its iharp, rough turner and nfU-nMlttothflroirnlllilne. Ilutslnc he lit til alono and trwke but little the neighbors thought him dull and atnpld anl dubtml Mm Daraiou lVralaon -lacking wit And then. because mule, an old rntuket hanging In hli hot he liavl tct a Utile picture of Marl Antoinette, they laaghlnglr wblfjered aouiatliiiea to tmeanothti tbat bo waa In lor with IbHr UatiUful quern. On day Uf reral do La Kayetto rami fromPartat,th4rAUof CIuvanlM. It waa In thoo daya that at Trianon the 1'nncli roort 1 Iiytd th paatoral tindrr tin leadership of M. da liorlau, captain of th dragoon; an 1 tho ilcli, grand telgntnra anl th fair, great UJIiaol th land dUfruUl thruwlrta at awalna and mlllara an.1 country achoolumitin, aa ahrtihtnl slrla an 1 inllkuiti la, Tla aald thty all wore tabula, dainty onto, to bo aura, but rtrltabl wooltn abort, with Mario Antoinette tho Unit among thrm. Hnch wat tha atury whlih tho (ood Maiqula do Ij Fayrtl brouxbt to tho ravr llatruera In bla nUhburlng furratat anil IXuaion waa thrrr, moat aagtr llafrntr of them all. ft Tho iiuran. thtn, wears wooden 1 ahoon, M. lo MarjuUT "Vra." "An 1 If I tnaJo her a pair you'd talto tbnn to her, JL U ManjulaT "Surely, If you can iiuto loch aa a hall bo mora laatl(ul tluu any awrethrart rr wort, and duo cnougli for our KintU nurrn." And Uaraion waa off. Klght and day In workad, nor ttrppe.1 till bo had inaJa In truth a baolumo lr, aucb aa tho Aurrrgno aaant fonlly fathlona for tlio maiden of bla rliolr an 1 they for thty aia th welling aabola art rrer trraanrnl by th young wlf an 1 thoagoddaui. Daraaon, with hla pair of aabota, knocked at th chateau gal anlaikodforM UManiula. "It la I," b aald, "and hero art th woMcn ahoon." "Yuu hat madethrui, tab rurei and they might well b for your awrethrart, for they aro beautiful) and yon may be i aur that 1 will gtr them to ll'oquren" And Indeed they wcr bv lutlf uli of chratnut wood, an 1 narrow and rvrnl and elrganti Cntly cut and carrel with drllrat oroamrnt. Uion th to waa wrought a heart encircled with raya, an I w rrathl aboro It thoM four leltcra, "T, . T, I. V." Aa for tho point, aincoU waa for a royal foot, lb atmpl cobbler la.l I exaneratrd It a Utile. Th uoriole touV th aabota and carefully riaimuod 1 them, admiring them, yet finding, tia for well h knew tin meaning of tin let. I tera written on th elioca of emyOimcw In Aurrrgne. Daratou ImrrlM borne, and underneath hla tiny portrait of thoijuern hehearlly trace.1 In black th four luyttlcal character char-acter (ltneral d U Karelia left for l'aria, carrying to Trianon, at bo had promlard, tho aabota of Aurrrgne. Nor , did h forget to Ull their atory, for tb court h aa rer really for a thrphrrd tale. Tho queen waa greatly pleaard. It.! country aabou from tho bandi of a real taint maker of th uouutalnit and ao qaalutand quotil "Tbt heart lurrouuded with raya, aa they inaka tbo Virgin- lira.1, 1 tiuJer. aUn 1 but 'T, T. I. V ,' luaniuli "Your raajftty alono can ptnnlt mo or comnian I mo to declare their meaning." "1 llitrn, marouU. I jienult you." "Palmeral tout h elda." "Weill ciclaiucd Marl Antoinette, matlw .in. 1,1 ' 1'atoU of Aurrrgne. Otherwlae, Jo t aim ral tout t rle-.11 lav then my whol lit long,J " an 1 SI, d La 1'ajrtto ( lau.lntl bcattlly, Nototbnuecn,and I ah aal 1 nothing. "Thacurluua fvt la that rayelinp! young cobbler alurea yon nuder th form of a amall Image, yt t rery Ilk your luajeaty," I "ilravboy I'oorfrllowl' murmured ., ?"'.? drf l"X "o1. "Th aabota, SI. I SlanjuU, are, I thlnV, a llllli largei but to much the Wtttr for th re- Iward,"anlMarlAntolnttt fpok low In linear of th rrincraa d UmUlle, who took th aabota, went out nulckly and aoou cam loik, brluglns Uiem well nllril with gold. "Slanrala. put thla gold In a caaket and Hud tt to your cobbler wlthtU S0";; - thank., and till hlm.too-,. hlm.too-,. ,niI,M'"l ""te. And flen. boaairjifnfTO' m "l'"'l fua ? ! 1 mM W" "1" l t wo aabot. m.!.ti "" ,,"WB'' ,Klj" M-tl M-tl LuM" "" I'"""-! Tnt ".rlowelMt" '""i1 ""fWiitlmofn, fury. Already OJIot dllerbolf had brongbtan Indictment agalnat (ltneral d UJayettei alrea ly th bright golden gold-en brad of th IMntm d Lninbnlle, monntnl on a pol", hal brrn carrlnl through tho lUirarde of Parla. Ihra' rod, in hit quiet mountain liomo, knew III and It took th color from bla far an 1 tent angulah to bla heart. And fin ally, whin ho heard tint th royal family bad been taken to th tern) It. h grew more tad and wrjonag and on morning be waa mining from bla hut, a rrtty l.ii wide opn, tho ol 1 nmil.it gon and th picture of th queen. Tit or yimtli Inl atartrd for tho temjlr on fnot with hie mmket at bit tide, with all Itii gulden Inula icwc.l In bledrugget real and tho picture of Marl Antolnett hung aronud bla neck In bla lore and bla lagenuoutntM b bid thonght notulcg lea than that bo could aar hit queen. II trarrW by night, keeping to lb wwvlt by day wriry, famlahrd, but erer going on. Finally be reached th city the Kill of (Xtober, ITU, worn and alrk, and mad with rag and ten lernew. In th I'lare ile lallaatllUbeaccoatrda patriot, wrar-Ing wrar-Ing a Phrygian bonnet and armed wltli acluK "To go to the Irmpler b riakfL "What do you want to do at the lem-.!er lem-.!er "Iteacne the queen." "The Anitrlanf Yesterday the wat dono for," replied tb jiatrlot, with a fcnlotu gratnro anil a ttuiild anrer. Tho yonth, le, quickly railed bla 'moikrtt but tho patriot nntlclpatnl bli i with a bio tbat laid bun atift spun th ground. "An arlitocratl Down with tho ariilo-cratr ariilo-cratr And a crowd collectr.1 and mraraagrd th bmly On bla brraat they foun 1 the portrait of Mann Antoinette with th four en, Irlout Mtrrt "T. T. U V," Hero at a inrana of I lenliflcatlon tbh man ' a cuituplratr r from Coblenti, a traitor to th nation! Furfout crlea aroi and I tiny rarrleil him to th rlrtr an I there they threw hlra In, thjjaior ealotier of Aurergne, the lorrr f the rmfortnttalo qu.rn, with bla thlulng golden piece In bla walitooat and tho aacrnl Image vn bit lieart. Tranalatiil from tho I'rrnch nf Aim Olronln t'lgaro for thKw Yotk Krenhfli Mt |