A Little Girl in Old Detroit

eople and more personal liberty. It was no longer everything for a king whose rigorous command was that there should be no though

their privations cheerfully, built bark and log cottages, many of them surrounded by sharpened palisades. There were Indian wigwams as well, and the two nations af

ad been appointed Governor of the Territory, which was then a part of Illinois, but the headquarters were at Marietta. Little attention was p

dinners and dances and card playing and sails on the river during the magnificent moonlight nights. The young American officers were glad of a little rest from the rude alarms of wa

who had not only been victorious in battles, but had convinced Joseph Brant, Little Turtle, and Blue Jacket that they were mistaken in their hopes of a British re-conquest, and had gaine

formed in line to escort him. He looked tired and worn, but there was a certain spirit in his fine, courageous e

Yet he or some power behind him had turned the British soldiers out of Detroit. What curious kind of strength was it that made men heroes? Something stirred within Jeanne that had never been there before,-it seemed to rise in her th

ss rushed over her that made e

s the man who talked to me the day they put up the flag-don'

been a drum. It was near enough like parchment that had been be

reat general! Pani, di

chiefs in grand arr

-and he sat in a great chariot and bowed to people, and was magnificent. That is such a grand word. And

blood precluded much enthusiasm, bu

he hospitable De Moirel House had been placed at his service until he could settle himself to his liking.) Madame Moirel and her tw

ttle to do. Some men took to their boats. It did not need much to make a holiday then

the thud of a horse, and Jeanne stepped half aside, then ga

d the attractive voice that would h

you in a moment. I c

doration touched him. Her eyes were

hat day, and now General Way

sieu. I lo

her expression led him to think she w

grander," she r

s such a tender sound no o

urious dignity, "did

ng, and the poor French king who was put to

sieu, magnifique, but I like best the way th

e is a peer to them. My child, kings are of human clay lik

th quiet gravity, which be

not like Gen

en neither of them may have done anything for you. I have been thinking of so many things lately, since I saw you. And Pierre De Ber asked the good father, when he went to be catechised on Friday, if the world was really round. And

will be better schools and more of them. Where does your father live? I sh

nd we cannot be sure about my mother. I haven't minded but I think now I

is an

dropped me in her lap. Pani could not understand her language, but she said in French, 'Maman dead, dead.' And when M. Belle

ho had been making desperate si

this little girl," h

Bellestre's. Even the priest h

ani's face was pale with terror and her whole form trembled. "

French. To what tribe she had belonged, even the De Longueils had not known

t house and see these articles. And now tell me where I can f

ll you come? And perhaps you will not mind if I ask you some questions

ittle one. I shall see you s

how proud he looked on his handsome horse! She felt as if

ere was almost everything in it, for it had great depth though not a very wide frontage: hardware of many kinds, firearms, rough clothing such as the boatmen and laborers wore, blankets,

undle he was shifting t

Marie this mo

t shake of the head. The chi

Jeanne his bit of news first, just as he had been glad to find the first flowers of spring for her, to bring

shining and his face red to its utmost

get the house ready for her to go into. It is just out of St. Anne's street, not far fro

e," cried Jeanne eage

. "And a great boat load of finery comes in to Dupree's from Quebec. M. Ganea

I have seen the great general who fought

t they were kept safe inside of the stockade, and business was good, for then his

et us go to Ma

tful. Madame was cooking some jam of sour plums and maple sugar that was

to be married!

get her a new one and it will do for next summer. I have outgrown most of my clothes, so they will have to go to Rose. All the maids are to have pink sashes and sho

Girls are never satisfied to be girls. And t

e had nursed, not her own. Yet she k

se-" sugge

mere's gown in France, and satin slippers. They are a little tight, Delisse declares, and she will not dance in them, but they have beautiful buckles and great high he

e a shrug

t she was sorry Louis Marsac had

u know you can marry whom you like, you

d tire of it. I do not like him an

ne. She is only a child like Rose, here.

et a pail and go after wild

erve," said Madame De Ber. "I like the tart green

ery much and been proud to order him about, and make him lift her over the creeks, shoul

for I shall be a big girl then,

ford no harbor to the Indians. Fruits grew wild, nuts abounded, and oh, the flowers! Jeanne liked these days in the woods, but wh

ad, a table, and a dresser that had been his mother's, a pair of brass candlesticks and some dishes. Her mother looked over her own stores, but the thriftier kind of Fre

uction as to the duties of a wife, just as if she

ariness. "Your husband takes you to his wigwam and you cook his meal

your great general and the ladies who give dinners. After all it is just a few people. And, little one, the C

with determination in her voice,

s in beautiful garments and flying ribbons and laces. Oh, she could have told him among a thousand! And he sat there so grandly, smiling and talking. She went home with a throbbing heart and would eat no supper; crawled into

and she sighed to think how busily she had to ply her needle to suit her severe taskmaster-"there came a gentleman down from the Fort who was dreadfully disappointed n

?" with a r

selle, I did not know you

ot mind the

skipped away, knowing that Pani was not in the

ke music. "He has not forgotten me! he has not forgotten me!" was her

at home outside the palisade. The business jostling and the soldiers gave her a slight sense of fear and the crowding was not to her taste. She liked the broad, free sweep outside. And w

ouncil by General Wayne, he had to go over to the Canada side with some delicate negotiations about the upper part of the Territory, he was deeply interested in the opening and wo

to bring out all the fragrant dewy smells! The far-off forests glowed like gardens of wonderful bloom when the s

had a quaintly venerable aspect. And up the aisle the troop of white clad maidens walked reverently and knelt be

ight. All their lives long, in sickness and health, in misfortune, they must never c

desmaids and their five attendants came to tea. There was much anxiety when the cups were turned, and blushes and giggles and exclamations, as an old Indian woman, who had a great reputation for fore

ce smiled serenely, for she knew when the next trappers came in her lover would be amon

merriment in a simple, delightful fashion, and several of the maids had honeyed words said to them that meant a good deal, and held out promises of the future. For though t