ZOLA'S DEFIANCE.
THE FRENCH NOVELIST CHAMPIONS
THE CAUSE OF DREYFUS.
(ll* Outspoken Utterances Aroused the
Authorities to Wind, mid They Compelled
111 into Defend Himself—The Amazing
Spectacle of This Story Writer at liny.
One of the most talked about men
in France, if not in the world, to-day
is Emile Zola, the 112 imous novelist and
ipostle of realism. And no wonder,
for has ho not boldly come forward as
the champion of the convict Dreyfus
ind charged the authorities, who con
demned Dreyfus to a traitor's doom
with all manner of wrongdoing? Zola's
outspoken utterances have roused the
authorities to wrath, and they have
compelled him to defend himself in
open court.
What an amazing spectacle—a story
writer at bay before the highest mili
tary authorities of his country! Evi
dently this story writer is more than
a mere imaginative quill-driver. Let
us see. On April 2, 1840, Emile Zola
came into the world, his father being
an Italian. From the age of twelve to
eighteen he studied at the College of
Alx, then he and his mother went
to Paris. He remained for two years
at the Lycee-Louis-le-Grand, devoting
himself to the study of French lltera-
EMILE ZOLA.
ture. At the examination for the de
gree of bachelor he was plucked be
cause he could not give the date of the
death of Charlemagne.
When he left school he became a
clerk, at a salary of CO francs a month.
The work was such utter drudgery and
the prospect of improvement so entire
ly negative that after two months of
slavery he threw up the place and for
eighteen months led a life of the most
miserable bohemianism. During that
time when he could add to his penny
worth of bread a pennyworth of cheese
or a cup of black coffee he considered
himself in luxury. In 18G2, through a
letter of introduction, he got a subor
dinate position in the publishing house
of liachette, and thenceforth fortune
favored him. Still, prosperity did not
come with a rush. He himself says:
"As late as 1567, when I was twenty
seven years old, by working very hard
and turning my pen to every use, I
managed to earn about SOO a month."
Fame first came to him when he be
gan to publish the well known Roujon-
Macquart series—those stirring, vig
orous books which are ranked by many
among the ablest works of Action of
our time. On this subject he says:
"I aui no impressionist, and I do not
believe in work rapidly dashed off.
creation of a book requires much
trouble and exacts great pains. When
I start a book I have never any Idea
as to its plot. At most I have only
a general idea of the subject. Day af
ter day for years I have regularly de
voted three to four hours of iny morn
ings to my task on the Roujon-Mac
quart series. From four to six pages
of manuscript of the size of a sheet of
foolscap cut in half is my average
daily production. I should say that
fifteen hundred words is my daily out
put. It is not much, but consider what
that amounts to at the end of the year.
When I have done what I consider a
fair stint, I throw down n:y pen, even
if I am in the middle of a sentence,"
Volume after volume was turned out
in this way, and It was not long before
Emile Zola had an international repu
tation. His stories were so original,
no vigorous, so true to life that they
challenged attention. Admirers and
disciples lauded them to the skies,
while, on the other hand, many
launched storms of abuse at them on
account of their coarseness. The Par
isians boigbt thousands of copies of
each new book, and the booksellers re
joiced exceedingly when they heard
that a new book by the popular author
would be issued on a certain day.
Zola, however, was evidently not
content to be a mere popular author.
He wanted also to play some part in
the great public arena, where men of
affairs play their roles before the pub
lic. He wanted also to gain rank
among the French Immortals, and
hence he repeatedly, though vainly,
tried to become a member £f the ex
clusive French Academy. *
Zola seems to be firmly convinced
that Dreyfus is innocent, and he has
not refrained from expressing this con
viction in the strongest possible terms.
That his attitude in the matter has
produced an extraordinary sensation
in Paris all newspaper readers know.
Apparently this Is but the first step in
a very interesting drama. How it will
all end who can sav?
Lombroso, and Nordau would have
us believe that Zola is a degenerate,
but, so far as physical appearance goe3,
he seems more sturdv and healthy than
many a younger man. Picture to your
selves a strongly built, determined
looking man, with a most intelligent
face, large, wrinkled forehead, grayish
beard and eyes, half concealed by
glasses, and you have a fair idea of
this keen and clever Frenchman,
whose name is now on the lips of al
most every man in Paris.
DOUBTFUL DAYS.
i A little love in doubtful days—
| A gleam of love—till more and more
, The impress of the loved one's ways
j Crept in like sunlight at a door,
And fanned by kisses in still eyes
It grew a flame both pure and bright,
While slow the moon, above the leaves,
Sailed down blue spaces night by night;
Until to eyes that bluer were
Than any reaches of clear sky,
L told my love; and knew by them
First knew her mine to live or die.
And here beside the coffin lid,
With light of love eclipsed in tears,
[think of what the white hands did,
So long ago in doubtful years.
And what the parted lips then said,
I Between their kisses, "You and I
j Will live beyond the dying bed,
! For love, the true, can never die."
COURTED BY I WIRE.
Tom Walton was very much sur
prised at finding himself deeply in love
1 with a girl whose name he did not even
know. It happened in this way. Tom
was a telegraph operator in the city,
but lived in a small suburban town.
As he sat in the train one morning on
his way into work, he noticed among
the passengers who boarded the train
: at one of the stations, a beautiful girl
who entered his car and took the seat
i directly in front of his. The morning
i paper had no further interest l'or Tom
| that day. All the way into town he
| sat watching the girl in front of him.
I shall not attempt to describe her.
Tom says she is the most beautiful girl
;he ever saw. Of course ho is preju
diced, but I must admit that 1 have
only seen one girl who surpassed her.
However, that has nothing to do with
my story.
What Impressed my friend even
more than her beauty was her ex
treme modesty—net the timid, flutter
ing kind of modesty, whicil is so easily
Imitated by the heartless .-oquette, but
the strong, self-reliant Kind, which
makes men keep their distance. She
did not shrink fvom tie admiring
glances bestowed vpon her by every
man in the car; ne'.aer did she encour
age them. She si:-ply Ignored them.
A man who would attempt to flirt with
such a girl must c ' her be a fool or be
gifted with unlimi fd assurance. Tom
was neither; so ho contented himself
with admiring her n silence.
Week after week went on and each
day found poor T< 'i more and more
deeply in love. The unconscious ob
ject of his adoration traveled on the
same train every iay. Sometimes she
sat near him and ':is eyes nearly de
voured her wonde:;l beauty. At oth
er times she sat at ihe other end of the
car, where he coi: ; a only catch occa
sional glimpses of her past the heads
of his fellow passe .?ers. One day he
made a great discovery. Her name
was Helen. He had heard a girl friend
call her so. That night Tom sat up
until three o'clock writing love letters
to Helen, and tearing them up as fast
as he wrote them.
The next mornin Helen again occu
pied the seat just ;r. front of Tom. He
sat gazing at her ud building castles
in the air. Preser>.'y his mind turned
to the lovo letters 1 <? had been writing
and he began to fr .ae a new one. As
he mused, he idly tgered the window
catch, which mad a clicking sound
similar to that of - telegraph instru
ment. Unconscioi \y he spelled out
the words of the letter.
"Dearest Helen," ran the message,
"I love you dearl;.. Say you will be
mine, and —" but he got no further,
for suddenly the ■ irl turned In her
seat and looked h .n full In the face,
her eyes blazing with indignation.
Then she turned i.-'ck and seizing the
catch on her window, clicked out the
reply:
"How dare you?"
Tom was compietely dumbfounded.
He felt like jumping out of the window
and ending his miserable existence.
He reflected, however, that such a
rash proceeding would do him no good
and might possibly wound the feelings
of the young lady. Moreover, his first
duty was to apologize. Of course it
would not do any good. She would
never have anythi"g to do with such
an idiot as he had shown himself to
be. Still he could not well leave mat
ters as they were, so he again reached
for the window catch.
"I beg your pardon," clicked the im
provised key.
"Your insolence is unpardonable,"
was the reply.
"But let me explain. I did not know
"1 dou't care to hear your explana
tion."
Just then the train pulled into the
station and the offended girl left the
ar without so much as looking back.
Tom went to his work with a heavy
lieart. He could think of nothing else
:11 day but the stupid blunder which
Uad destroyed all possibility of his ever
vlnning the heart of the fair telegraph
iterator.
On the following morning he took
ii earlier train than usual, in ordei
o avoid meeting the fair Helen. But
0 had not reckoned on the fact that
lie might also wish to avoid him.
his was the case, however, and Tom
as somewhat startled when he saw
1 r enter the car. There wa3 only
no seat vacant and that was Just in
ont of the unhappy young man. It
med as though the Fate 9 had con
lied to bring these two people to
'her. The longer Tom pondered th«
; tter the more he saw the hand ol
tiny in this matter and he decided
inako one more effort to obtain for
'•uess. Reaching for the window
>i he sent the following message:
'i'ra awfully sorry I offended you
-erday."
There was no answer and tbe young
man continued:
"I had no idea you understood me,
( unconsciously telegraphed what was
massing in my mind."
Still no answer.
"If you don't forgive me I shall fea
miserable for life."
At last the answer came:
"Please stop. You are attracting
i ?verybody's attention."
"Then let me come and tell you how
sorry I am."
After a long pause the girl answer
ed: "You may come."
Tom's heart leaped with Joy as the
window catch clicked out these words.
He lost no time in .'icceptlng the invi
tation, and it was not long before he
had persuaded her to forgive his fool
ish conduct of the day before.
After that he met her every day on
the train and their acquaintance soon
ripened into sincere friendship on the
part of the young lady. As for Tom
his feelings had long ago got beyond
that stage. They talked of many things,
during their dally rides to the city,
but for a long time they both avoided
all mention of the episode which led
to their acquaintance.
One day, however, Tom said: "Do
you remember the message I sent you
by the window catch?"
"Of course I do," replied bis compan
ion, looking out of the window to hide
her blushes. "How could I forget such
a piece of impertinence?"
"I know it was impertinence, and
idiotic and all that," replied Tom. "But
still, if it had not been for that, I
should never have known you; so I
am not at all sorry. Are you?"
"How can you ask such a question?
Haven't I forgiven you long ago?"
"Yes, but forgiveness is not enough."
"Not enough?"
"No. I want something more. I—
you know —well, the fact Is, I—l meant
every word of that message. Helen,
tell me, If I should repeat that mes
sage now, what would your answer
be?"
Still looking out at tbe flying land
scape, Helen placed her dainty finger
on the window catch.
"Click, click, click, click." Tom's
heart was in his throat as he he-ird
the instrument click out her nnswef,
"Yes."
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■ Where burns the fireside Brightest,
I Cheering the social breast?
J Where beats the fond heart lightest,
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Worth more than those of gladness,
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Pleasure is marked by fleetness.
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TOILING IN DARKNESS.
This world is a quarry. We are
tolling alway In the darkness. We can
not see what good Is ever to come out
of our lonely, painful, obscure toll.
Yet some day our quarry work will be
manifested in the glory of heaven. We
are preparing materials now and here
for the temple of the great King,
which in heaven Is slowly rising
through the ages. No noise of ham
mer or ax is heard in all that won
drous building, because the stones are
all shaped and polished and made en
tirely ready for this world. We are
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them could ever have filled a place
In the temple. At last, when they
were ready, they were lifted out of the
dark quarry and carried up to the
mountain-top where the temple waj
rising, and were laid in their place. j
We are stones in the quarry as yet. !
When we accepted Christ we were cut !
from the great mass of rock. But we
were yet rough and unshapely, not fit
for heaven. Before we can be ready
lor our place in the heavenly tempi#
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