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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1903-11-19, Page 61 ^t= f- Tuvuntt, No%. 19, 1901 TIIK SIGNAL : GODERIUH ONTARIO ••♦e• ••••• •1••• 11•5•4. ALICE of OLD VINCENNES .� lY&},',1tt By MAURICE THOMPSON Ce10,vyht Ifga, by t11. SOWLN-MERRILL comrade • i • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • SII:\I'TKB I_ __.. __ •. - UNDER r'Ilr , I(lliltY 'IRV P. 1' to the days-o'rTiidi Ina s rnrly statehood, probably as late as 1$2S. there Mood, In what 1s now the beautiful IIttI city •f Vincennes on the %Veriest': tae de- caying remuant of an old and t irfou,iy y tree kouwo ns' thu Rousdllua tree, le e'ertsler de Muloalcu; kouuII1on, as the Freucb lubahitanti called It. which as team as 1t IIeed bore butt rimarkable for richness of flavor and peculiar dark ruby depth of color. The exact spot where this n.ble -old seedling from 1a belle France flourished. declined and died cannot be certainly potntea out, tor 111 LOS rapw'ua nappy growth of Vincennes many laudmarks once notable, among them le cerlsler us our Rousslllon, have been de- stroyed and the spots where they stood, onei familiar to every eye In old VIu- cenues, are now Inst lu the pleasant coutuslon of the new town. The old, twisted, gum embossed cherry tree. sur) iv ed every other dis- tinguishing feature of what was once the most picturesque and romantic place In Vincennes. 'Just uurtb of It stood. In the early French dal's, a low. rambling cabin surrounded by rude verandas overgrown with grapevines. This was the Yous.11lun plate. the must pretentious home in all the Wabash country. Its owuer was Gaspard Roue- slllon, a successful trader with Ole In. Cans. He was rich. for the time and the place, Intuentlal to a degree. a maa of aurae education, who had brought with him to the wilderness a bundle of books •nd • taste for read- ing. It le not know•u Just when Vioceunes eras trot founded. but most historians Maks the probable date very early In the eigkteeotb century, somewhere be- tween 1710 and 1730. In iS10 the Ronulllon cherry tree was thought by a distinguished botanical- letter writer to be at bast fifty year* old, which would make the date of Its planting about 1760. Certainly. as sbowa by the time stained family records upon wbich this story of ours is based, It was a flourishing awl wide topped tree In the early summer of 1778, Its branches loaded to drooping with luscious fruit. ito low did the dark red clusters hang at one point that a tall young girl standing on the greuud easily reached the best ones and•made her lips purple with their juice while she ata them. That was loug .gii, measured by' what bas come to puss ou the gentle ell of rich coeutry from which Vin- es overlooks the Wabash. This town flourishes notably •nd• Its rice marks the latest Mutt of Electric can in its streets, hts in its beautiful homes, railway trains coming and /rection, bicycles wblrl- tbtther, the most rash• of tflpitg s from pbaeton, make the , ns and buckMkln vn the past. aud Or over but a to sea Altos • cheery Ing clue - backed s and u is cc n ew appea prugre electric the roar o going.In all Ing hither en tenable`- lltylet brougham to poo days of flintlock trousers seem age. yet we •r* looklwg b little more than 120 yea Rousslllon standing and tree and holding high a te, iter of fruit, while a short be youth looks up with longing e \ vainly reaches for It. The tabl not merely rustic; It 1s primitive. "Jump" the girl 1■ saying to Fretc "Jump,.Jean; jump high!" "Yes. that Was very long ago, In the days when women lightly braved what the strongest men would shrink from now. Alice Rousahlloa was tall, litho strongly knit, with an almost perfect figure. 'judging by what the master sculptors carved for the form of Venus, • nd ber fn.* vest comely and winning, 11 not absolutely beautiful; but tbe time and place were vigorously -Indi- cated by her dress. which was of coarse stuff and simply • designed Plainly she was • child of the Ameg- lcan wilderness, a daughter of old \Vin- cennes on the Wabash In tbe time that tried Hen's. aoUlp. "Jump, .team:" she cried, her face latie4itng with a show of cheek dim- ples, an :!r.-bhng. of finely sketched brows and the twinkling of large blue gray eyes. ".lnmp high and get theta:" While el,e waved ber eau browned hand holding the cherrles aloft, the breeze blueing fresh from the south- west tossed her hair so fMet some loose e trnnds Shouse like rlrn)rl•rl flames. The sturdy little bunehback did leap with surieleing activity. bet , the tretteberons brown band went'. higher, so high flet the rnmllni•d ;unite& of hit Jump 11•••1 the i. .-hi of h14 umunt- tn•n1ly long .rink w.1. overcome. Again 1110 again he sprnug vnluly bite the air con)tr ulty, like a Meng legged, moat honied frog. "And you brag of your 'tenni and strength, .Tenn," she laughingly re- mnrl:r•d, "but you cnn't rake cherries when Ibey nre offered to Jou. Whet • elteney bungler you are' it "1 can climb anal get soots," he raid, with a libleoitely happy grin, and im- epedletely rmbrnced the bule of the tree. up wide!' he began scremblhng al- most as fast as a squirrel. When he had mounted high enough to be exteudlug n hand for * fold on n crotch ANec grasped his leg nenr the toot and pulled leha down, despite big clinging and struggling. until bis hands clawed le the soft earth at the t•3' 'a root, while she held his captive leg al meet vertically erect. It was a show of great stren'glb, but AIIce looked quite Unconselmu of it, laughing -merrily, the dimples deepen- ing in her plump (•beets, her forearm, bow bared to the elbew, gleaming white sot shapely, while its mueelei rippled es acerr•t of the jerking and kicking of leas. All the tithe she was holding the cher- ries klgh in her other head, shaking them by the twig to which their slender stems attacked to Thom sad awns y a sweetly M•taliaing tells: •'w'b•t makes yew efilmb downward -trlf etraidsa Twat Wb $ • testis Ir lip t%' you aro, wJocd. II Ila to Crab - -i h-.-heeek-i out of -she grossest, a yeti do potatoes: I'm sere 1 d idu'.t tiu$laaa. that you knew so little as that." ; ' Jean. the hunchback: was a mua'ular little deformity and a wonder of good nature. How long he pnt>iht bare kept up the hopeless struggle with the glrre invincible grip would be bard to guess. tits releese was caused by the approach. of b third person, who wore the robe of a Catholic priest aud the countenance of a man who had lived and .uffered • long time without much loss of pbys- . real strength and endurance. This was Pere Beret, grizzly, short, compact, his face deeply hued. 1115 mouth decidedly aslant on account of .some lost teeth, nud his eye. set deep under gray, shaggy brows. Looking at Lim whim hb features were in repose a tirat impression might not have been' . favorable; but seeing him smile or hearing him speak t flanged everything. ilia vole* was sweetness Itself, and his nolle won you on the instant. Some - 'Mug hike•a pervading sorrow !always seamed to'be cloea behind his eyAi and under his speech; yet he was a genial, sometimes almost jolly, .man, - very prone to joie In the lighter amusements of his people. "Children, children, any children," be called out as be approached along a little pathway leading up from the di- rection of the church, "what are you etolog now? Bah there, Alice, will you pull Jean's leg off?" At first they did not hear him, they Were so nearly deafened by their own %oral discords. e -Why are you standing -on your head with your feet so high in sir, Jean?" be added. "It's not a polite attitude in the •presence of a youug lady. Are you • pig, that you poke your nose la 1h. dirt?" Alice now turned ber bright bead and gave Pere Beret a look of frank welcome, which at the same Halo shot .• beam of willful self nssertion. "My daughter, are you trying to, help Jean up the tree feet foremost?" the priest added, standing where be had baltsd just outside of the straggling y;: rd fence. ilia had his hands on hds hips and wee quietly chuckling at the Beene be- fore him, as one who, although old, sympathized with the 'natural and harmless aportiveneee of young people and would as lief as not join in • Frank or two. "You see what I'm doing, Father Beret," snit Alt ', "I nm preventing -.•sexcz��y� VIM tAtieXt... I'1 rip high and pet them!" • great dui.•Ige to 701). You will maybe 103',e a gou, nary cherry pies and dumplings if let Jean go. • He was clImbirrg the tr • to pilfer the fruit, so 1 pulled Mtn do :i, yen understand." "Tn. t.:" exelalm • the good Man, shaking his gray boa • • "we must rea- son with the chill. t go hie leg, dunghter, I will vouch :•r blm; eh, Jean?" Atlee released the hunch • 3'k, then laughed gaily and tossed the c Ater of chortles into his head, wbereup he began munching them voraciously ad talkingat the mime time. "i knew 1 could get them," be boast - "end see, I bure them wow." 111 hopped around, looking like a species of 111 formed monkey. fere ileret CRUMP and leaned on the low fence close to Alice. She was al- ino.t a 1.11 51 Pc, "The tun scorches today," be said. b• - ginning to mop his furrowed Lice with • ret dowered cotton handkerchief. "nod from the hulk of the pity yonder,* po,3))nr; eoullie.,rd. 'it is going to Luna (u a motet. How Is Mme, Boor .illou today?" • "She Is vola.pl:Aloing as she ns0.11y docs %viten'the feel+ extremely well," said Allre. ''I'hnt'v.wby I lied to take her place at the oven raid bake pies. I gut bot u 1 came out to catch a bit of this br.er.3. Oh, but yeti needn't smile and look greedy. I'ere'tleret, the pies are nut for your teeth!" "My daughter. 1 ntn not a glitto•, I hope. 1 had meat not tiyo hours mince - Soule broiled young squirrels with cress, sent me by Ilene de Renville. He never forget. bis old father." "Oh, 1 never forget you eitber, goon parr. 1 thought of you today every tine 1 spread ■ crust and tilled it with Therrien, end when 1 took out a pie, all brown and het, the red juice bubbling out of It so good smelling end tempting, do you know what 1 said to myself?" "How could i know, my child?" "Weil, f thought 11115: 'Not • single bite of that ple dee. Father Beret get " "Why so, my da)1Ithter?" "Socialise you said It wns bad of me to read novel., aud told Mettler Rose- stllon to hide therm from me. I've lied any amount of trouble about It." "Ta, t1': Reed the good hooks that 1 gave you. They will soon kill the taste for tbe.e.111y romances." "I tried," said Alice. "I tried very bard, and it's no me. Tone honks are dull and etnpidly heavy. What de 1 sere about a•Oetklal that a sneer let • 61 saints did hundreds of years age Is times of plague and famine? Valais roust have been poky people, and It le k le who c l%Q y poop are to read 'thou them, 1 think. I like reading about brave. heroic Men and beautltul•wom- en, and war and love. Pere Beret looked away with a cprl- ous expression iri his time, bis eyes half closed., "And I'll toll you now, Father Beret," Alice went on after a paust, "1'o more claret aud pies de you ret until l can bare my owe sort of Luc`s b.ck again to read as I please." She .tamped- her 1 mimesis .hod foot with decided .n- ergy. The good priest broke into a hearty laugh, and, taking off hL cap, otgnu ooae. You'll be happy, tela •r shtja, while the pie sad wise last, I'll be bound." t P.re`Beret tell to satinright heart. , meantime handing Jean a Mimi es of the luscious pie. "It is good, my daughter, eery geed, sed " the priest remarked with Ms outh.tull. "Mm.. Rousalnon has net ' neglected your cullaary education." Alic• filled a glass for blur. It was Bordeaux and very fragrant. Tb. bou- quet reminded him of his sunny boy- hood la France, of his journey up to Paris and of his careless. Jey brimmed youth la the gay city. How far away, hew misty, yet how thrillingly sweet It all was! Re sat with half closed eyes awhile, sipping sad dreamlaq. The rain lasted nearly two boors, bet tie sun was put smithwhen Pere Beret took leave of bis young friend. They had been having another good natured quarrel oter the novels, and lime. Rouuluea had come out on the veranda to jets In. "I've hidden every book et them," mid madame, a stout and swarthy woman, whole purl white teeth were her only mark of beauty: ser voice indicated great stubbornness. "Good, geed; you have done yoar very duty, madame," said Pero Beretwith Immense approval In his charm- ing vole.. "But, father, you said awhile age that 1 should have my own way about this," Alice spoke up with spirit, "aud en the strength of that remark of yours I gave you the pie and whir. You've eaten my pie and swigged the wine, and now"- Pere Beret !dale Ids straw cap. ad- justing it carefully over the staples dome out of whiele had come so many thoughts of wisdom, kindness aud bo man sympathy. This done, he gently laid a hind on Alice's bright crown of batr'and said: "Bleu you, my chill. I will prey toe the Prince of Peace for you as long ■s I live, and 1 will never cease to beg the Holy Virgin tot,intercede for you and lead you to th A lioly church." He turned and went away, but when he win no farther than `gm gate Alice called out: "Oh, Father Beret, I torgkt to show yon something!" - She ran forth to him aud added In a low tone: "You know that Mme. Rousslllon has hidden .I1 the novels from me:" S,he wee rambling to get something out of the loose front of her dress. "Well, Just take a glance nt this, will you?" and she showed him a little leather bound volume, much cracked aloe;; the kluges of the back, Pero Beret frowned and went hie way shaking his head,but before be reached his little but pear the church be was laughing in raphe of blm.elf. "She's not so bad, not so bad," he tboucht aloud; It's only her young, Iudep'udentspirit taking the bit for a wild rnn. In her !meet soul she b as good as She is pure." straw, mechanically scratched his bald head. Although, as Father Beret had said. lbs sun's heat was violent, causing that gentle soul to pass his bundled handkerchief wit\ • wiping circular motion' ever his bald Mild bedewed pate, the wind was momently freshen- ing, while up hem behind the trees on the Menson beyond the river a cloud was rising blue black, tumbled .and grim against the sky. "Well," said the priest, evidently try - fug hard to eschang• his laugh for a look of regretful resignation. "you will have your own way, my child, and" - "Then you will have pies galore and no end of claret!" she .Interrupted. at tbe same time stepping te the withe tied and peg latched gate of the yard and opening it. "Come fa, you dear, good father, before the rain shall be- gin, and sit with me on the gallery" (the creels word for veranda) "till the storm is over." There was not a photographer's camera to b. had In those days, but what 11 a tourist with on. In band could have been there to take • snap shot at the priest and the maiden as they walked arm in arm to that squat little veranda! The picture today would be worth Its weight 1n a first water diamond. It would Include the cabin, the cherry tre., a glimpse of the raw, wild background and a sharp portrait group of Pere Beret, Alice and Jean the hunchback. each of us can stye them, even with eloped eyes. Led by that wonderful guide, imagination, we step back a century and more to look over a scene at once strangely at- tractlye and unspeakably forlorn. What was it that drew people away from th. .ld countries. from the cities, the villages and the vineyards of beau- tiful Prance, for example, ,to dwell In the wilderness, amid wild beasts, and solider 'avail' Indians, with a rude cabin for a home ind the exposures sod hardships of pioneer life for their daily experience? Men like Gaspard Rouulllun are of a distinct 'tamp. Take him as he was. Born 1a Prones, on the 'banks of 'elm Rhone near Avignon, he came as a youth to Canada, w'beoce he drifted on the tide of adventure this way •nd that, until at last he found himself, with a wife, at Post Vincennes, that lonely picket of relishoa and trade which was to become the center of civ- ilizing energy for the great northwest- ern terr!tury. M. Rousslllon had no ch.ldren of his own; w his kind heart opened freely to two fatberless `tend motherless 'waifs. These were Allae, now called Rousetlion, and the hunch\ beck, Jean. 'The former was twelve years old when he adopted her, a child of Protestant parents, while Jean had been taken, when a niere babe, after bb parents had been killed and scalped by Whine. Mme' Roneenton, a proline alonal invalid, whose appetite never failed and whose motherly kindness ex- pressed itself most often through strains of monotonous falsetto scold - Ing, was a woman of lints education and no refinement; while her husband clung tenaciously to his lam of books, especially to the romances most in vogue when he took leave of France. °M.'Rousslllon bad been, la a way, Alice's teacher, though not greatly in- clined to abet Father Beret la his kindly efforts to make a Catholic of the girl, and meat treacherously disposed toward the good priest 1n the matter of Ws well meant attempts to prevent her from readieg and r.readtag the afore- said romances. 'But ter missy weeks past Gaspard Rouuihioa had been ab- sent from home, looking after his trad- ing schemes with the Indians, and Pere Beret, acting on the suggestion of the proverbabut the absent eat and the playing .use had formed an •Illsac• offensive and defensive with Mom. Boua.Illon. In Which ft was strtoty stipulated that ell novels and romances were to be forcibly taken and securely hidden away from Mille. A11ee; which, to the bent of Mme. Itousellion's abili- ty. had accordlugly beeu done. how, while the •wind strengthened and the softly booming summer .bower came on apace, the heavy cloud tilling as it advanced and showing under It the dark gray sheet of the rale, Per. ret •nd Alice sat under the clap - bo. •cl roof bebfnd the vines of the re- n , , and discussed what was gener- ally u.,inmost in the priest's mind upon se occasions, the good of Alice's immortal, ul-a subject not absorbing- ly interetin to her at any time. "Ah, my chi •," he was saying, "you are ■ sweet, go • - girl,'after all, much better than yen - k, yourself out to be. Your duty will ootrol you. • You will do It nobly at 1as my child." True enough, Fathe Beret, true enough!" site respond laughing. "Tour perception is most excellent, which i will prove to you tam -' lately." She roe* while speaking an • west Into the house. "1 will return 1. a minute or 1 she called back from • region wbl Pere Beret well knew was that of the pantry. "Don't get impatient and go away'.' Pere Bert laagbed softly at the pre- posterous suggestion that he would even dream of going ant la the rota, which was sow roaring heavily on the , loose board roof, sed mise • cut of cherry 'pie- a eb.rry pie of Alice's making: And the Rousslllon claret. too, was •Iways excellent. "Ab, child." b. thought, "your old father le not g► log awaf." Bbe presently returned, tearing on t wooden tray a ruby stained pie and a short. shout bottle tanked by two gl•aes. "Or course I'm tetter than I som.- tlmes appear to be," she said almost humbly, but with taischlet .1111 18 kir voles and eyes, "and 1 shall get to be very good when I have grown old. The sweetness of my present astute to In this pie." She set the tray os a three legged stool which. she pushed clues to him. ' "There. e1w." elm 1.14. 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Agent. wanted iregwtaere; ((beta! Irrn1- i 14 I'll C.,ngdc ilnpy fere. THE WILLIAM WELD CO., LIMITED, London, Ont. Mttlihrriptioea to F&rmer'o Advurate r'oeived at thin office. The $ gnal, 1lnntreshl Weekly Helwkl awl Farmer's Advocate --all throe for 112. 40. 1 A 1)1/1111824, VANATTER & ROB8RTSON, THi4 MORAL. (iODOHf*l1. 1 Farming For Profit... Every Farmer should kccp these three words constanlh in mind and conduct hie farm on strict bucincss principle'.. Guess work and haphazard methods are no longer used by successful and lip -to -date far- mers. By reading Tlin. %VRLKI.v SUN, the Farmer's Business Paper, you will get the very latest and most accurate in- formation regarding your busi- ness. TMs SUN'S market rilporte are worth many times the sub- ription price to you. very Farmer in Canada oho realize the full value of the se ice Tits SUN has ren- dered ht in a public way. it was due t the action of THs SUN in giv g voice to the opinions of t farmers that the'• law relati to catd• guards, drainage cross rail- ways, and faro) fires aused by railway locomotives boa amended. We will send Tris Ws inn from now to 1st janual f 1008, in combination with The Signal, for $ 1.80 Mnboerilw' now. 3''t`" Kemple for the asking. VANATTER 3'k ROIARTf:hON, Tim SKINAL, (ioderiele.