to Gené's father. 'Quick, or you shall suffer.'

"'I have none. I have spent it all on my poor wife,' replied the
father.

"'Bah! The French always have money. We shall find it. Throw the old
woman out of the bed. She is but pretending to be sick. She is in bed
to hide the money of the household,' raged the captain.

"Obeying his orders, his men dragged the sick woman from the bed and
dropped her on the floor, where Gené, with tears of anger in her eyes,
bent over and clasped her parent's hand. The husband protested against
their treatment of the wife and Gené pleaded with them to go away and
leave her family in peace.

"'You would resist us, would you!' demanded the captain, drawing back
a fist to strike the child's father. 'Ah! He shall be taken away for
that. You shall see that it is not for cowardly French to thwart the
will of the Bavarian dragoons. He directed his men to remove the
father. Several soldiers grabbed Gené's father and dragged him from
the house.

"'Now to the cellar!' cried the commander. 'There we shall at least
find wine, for the French always have wine in their cellars. Perhaps
you will tell us there is no wine there!' he said sneeringly, fixing
his eyes on the child.

"'There is wine in plenty there,' she answered sweetly, favoring the
captain with a smile. 'You will find the jugs in the front part of the
cellar.' Gené lowered her eyes, that the officer might not read the