. Plucky boys. ears old; and the family were all together in Parisuntil Mr. Bartlett was obliged to return to this coun-try, leaving his wife and child there, expecting soonto rejoin them. While he stayed, he and Paul wenteverywhere together; to the Louvre, and to see all A BOY SCULPTOR. the pictures, and he was the sincerest-hearted littlefellow that ever was, and it was gospel to him all theway through. They went to the menageries, andsaw everything there was to be seen in Paris, andhad lots of fun ; he was the jolliest of good company,and they had amiglitygood time. Heopened wide his childe
. Plucky boys. ears old; and the family were all together in Parisuntil Mr. Bartlett was obliged to return to this coun-try, leaving his wife and child there, expecting soonto rejoin them. While he stayed, he and Paul wenteverywhere together; to the Louvre, and to see all A BOY SCULPTOR. the pictures, and he was the sincerest-hearted littlefellow that ever was, and it was gospel to him all theway through. They went to the menageries, andsaw everything there was to be seen in Paris, andhad lots of fun ; he was the jolliest of good company,and they had amiglitygood time. Heopened wide his childeyes, and took it allin, and thought it wasa wonderful, fine,beautiful place. Then the war brokeout after the fatherhad gone; and heand his mother werethere at the very would havestayed, nothing fear-ing, and did till the very last day on which they couldget out of the city. They had for a friend a Russianlady of rank, whom they had become acquaintedwith through the wife of Pere Hyacinth, and now she. HEAD OF DOG. 128 A BOY SCULPTOR. and Mrs. Bartlett cast in their fortunes made up their minds to remain in Paris, butthe authorities came round and warned all foreignersto clear out. But there was no public conveyanceto be had. All creation was rushing to get out. Itwas tremendous; a great scare. So they hired a horse and carriage, hurried in theirluggage, and told the driver to take them outsideof Paris as far as he would go; to no place in partic-ular, but to keep on going. And he did, until at lasthe stopped and declared he would not go a step far-ther. He tumbled their things out just where theywere, and drove off; and to this day none of theparty know how far they went, or where they were. The three slept there on the ground all night;and when morning came they got into a peasantscart, and he carried them to a railroad which tookthem into the north of France. From there theywent to Le Mans, a charming old historic city morethan a hundred miles to the
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