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uptea witu the Pregreee Proteie it; Of the Wee wish te Sit tO in
as anuen‘" he&stlmold mantriumPUunt- is maid/. There Bre some (thaneS in keep him body for a long tifue. Truth
i Usioux ( ming this period, Jules Vag- to toll, his forte iS not portrait -painting,
ly. "Let us know the whole," he OA
puslalog up his apeetaeles, ..,.., , „ ' non, tired ot loot ef hOverinp about. buthis townspeople are not critieallY
"Thou thou must lowly., •Inenelenro I Madeleine, has married a girl rem Or- inclined and, would. be satisfied wit
resPonds gugone sihwi,T, "t134't I 4°11(4 1 bee and settled down niore or less ceri. ' even tolerable likene8s0S. His bestwork
like being a earponter, i tentedly to hisprofession. Annette still ia tuts direction is the portrait a Cad
cherishes a ribbon. or two that he has clion. Theopltile desires to be painted
"Mais non, and thou so skilfal with 1
o---er i wieluid to think of Jules as she has form.
1 in his holiday ellit, in. which his friends
See him, scarcely six timell a year„ but
thy tools: It is wonderful. I cannot given her, although she fears that it
understand it," ejaculated the ld
pockets of the scarlet dressing aQW11, ; fanCIRS that she shall never mari•jr, Her Engels° insists on reprefienting him in
the scarlet dressing -gown, so familiar to
man, puellitig. his hands deep into the ,
, erly done now that he is nutrried. She
"If not a earpenter, mon ami, hat
w---- ! parents, however, axe anxious that she all Lisieux, and the old man readily
then'?" i shall infla'ry Alexandre Sieard. a Young yields. " Thou art an artist, Thou
"An. artist, monsieur," says Bernay , grocer iu the Rue de Often, au anxiety must surely know what is best," he
simply, i which is shared by the. parents of Alex- says,
companion critically through liis spec- and green expressionless eyes. But he when finished it shows °suchen stand-
Ilugene's most patient, loving! tolualies
ii,Ab, that is quite another thing," ob- , andre, Young Sieard as 4 Ant, Plugt, t
serves the old Frenchman, regarding his person. with a dingy brown complexion aro bestowed upon this effort of his, said
tries "And so thou wouldsto be an , thinks asI little for Annette es she of big before a vegetable stall in the min-
i dot
.....issmsansiessigsv artist, then. There are no artists in lain, having long been a lover Of Made-
terlire hiEi father. Sure,* tboti must Lisieux," lie adds halt to himself, and leinc, and as he and Annette are people gown on his shoulders.' His spectacles
kat, evith basket on arm,
' see that. If there is any foolish young thereupon falls into a reverie that haste ; of considerable firmness of disposition are inished up on his forehead to the
so long that Eugene fanci V
I) . a match between them does not appear - edge of his round velvet cap, and he is
Jiales Vagnon," aud reverie
em 10 et '
001C thou, Annette, ••,11•14n• in _Lisieux it is
the has fallen asleep,. for he has leaned back i to be the most likely occurrence. Made- Laying one hand ou a bunch of celery
artist,here is w
" hat walk before her and throws it lightly in a chair with closed eyes. leine, for her part, cares even less for which he is evidently about to pur-
if I were only an •
into the fountain, as she finishes het "But I am keening thee waiting for : Alexandre than she ever has cared for ohase. From the basket protrude the
Eugene Bernay, a sPeech- thy money, my son," says Theophi ,
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,, Jules, and between her indifference and heads of a couple of fowls, one of which
I would paint."
3 cang carpenterIt is Annette who is roused. now. „ starting up at last, "How much do e his parents' constantly ea. -pressed wishes has- caught the tassel of the dressing -
"And why is he so foolish, ma Chere? owe thee?" that he should manly Annette, the gown in her beak and is apparently
, of
Lisieux, is saying
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Is it not foolishness for Jules to waste "It is too 'mush, too much, bitu gether pain s . g
a straw for him and when he might have hops it is, h,o•svever. Come here again • unmarried. lIer many admirers, in des- bage leaves, and here and there a flower,
market lie shreds of fresh green cab -
his time adoring tam when I do not care the old man from force of habit. "But ; Madeleine, too, like Annette remains
thee almost for the asking?" pair of ever attaining her, have one by dropped from the flower-avoinan's bas -
Her friend's only response to this is a tomorrow. I shall have something of
' one followed Jules' example and married ket. Eugene has sacceeded admirably
half sigh and Madeleine is about to say importance to say. Do not forget,"
"But no, Monsieur," and Annette's elsewhere. Alexandre Sicard and the this time in placing a fine expression of
more on this topic when a man's voice lover goes his way, wondering what old brother of the Orbec girl, whom Jules his subject upon canvas, and, the details
the la se of four yeszs has left her. The of the whole, while they do not detract
from the central figure, are indicated
close by says pleasantly: Cauchon can want to say to him on the Vagnon married, are all the suitors that
one may care for a cousin, andact does not disturb her, anrnorrow.d she lives with vigor and naturalness.
with Annette, who cares for him "Bell Jour,
It is Jules 'Vague)). ,whe is spealtin ' ' Cauchon ,has
g lunphile not lived in 2
and ..annette blushes slightly when she
Lisieux all his days. editImis but on contentedly with her aunt. She is "it is my cousin himself," exclaims
• f m Paric lid to listen to news of Eugene ••Catherine when she sees the picture.
;1).1:Le bee been sighing for years
In artist, there seems little pros -
bis ever being other than a car -
The pleasant odour of fresh
gs in his father's workshop is hate -
at times, and he would much
'7"74g! Tr' 1FIP 5, lieM
to cluingelt be Welts and Varenta
agree with Idia, rather •rd, it $
true, is not Mnili of a talker, but he as,
Sante to all that hiSVOlublewifesuggeSte
recognizes him. Madeleine ow , six years
(lees not blush. Why should she? It 18 where his inoney.was all made (and the Berney, and in order to hear more fre- "Who would believe so much conld be
only ;Jules Vagnon whom she has known old man is very rich), thinking to spend quently has managed to make the ac- done with thy•paints and oils?" she says
all her life. the rest of his life in this provincial quaintance of Monsieur Clinch= In- to Engem "Ah, but my cousin Theo -
We were talking of thee but this mo- city, He has lived alone with his house- deed, she has beconie quite a favorite
011ie was once very handsome," she
• TI ile and occasionally he says to the painter when the original of
Iibn the snaell of tubes of paint like went," says Madeleine coolly. keeper a distant cousin, and las ser -
;he artist had who carnet° Lisieux 1 "A very proper thing to do," responds vents, and dividing his' time about mentions her in his letters to Eugene. the portrait is not present. "There was
di d d at his father's the young raan, lightly as he takes a seat equally between his, books and his Engene, however, has thought little no one like him in our street," she adds
• ' about either Aimette or Madeleine, for with a little sigh, that would mean
.
rears1 beside the girls.
ette, who marches sturdily along t JulesiVagnon, the son of the notary
I. him, making a great clatter in the Rue aux Pewee, has been for a
Ler wooden shoes, is not reckoned Year or two devoting. lus time to law and
?retty by anyone except Eugene, to Madeleine, He is thought to be one
e has firm, even, white teeth, an of the most promising young men in •
tion that all Norman girls do not Lisieux, as he certainly is one of the
and is tall and straight. Her blue hendsoniest. He is a tall, broad-shoul-
and blaokjackee are both extreme. fiend fellow with light hair and mus -
et, while the tall bonnet de coton, tache and his careless grace of manner
its swinging tassel, is as white and Annette thinks is very charming. Mode-
s water and starch can make it, nine has several times called it -laziness,
usnotraneh sympathy for Eugene's but then she is not in love with Jules,
longings, but she listens patiently, which makes a difference.
theless, for Annette is always good "But whatwas said. about me? I must
ed. know that," continues the young man,
res, Annette," repeats Eugene, throwing one arm over the back of the
e is where I should be very happy seat and facing Madeleine as ho speaks.
me and paint. See, ma cousin°, "No good be very sure," she answers
hose tall houses at the end of the gayly. "But why art thou here now?"
cast that deep rich shadow across she questions.
"To look at thee, IVIadeleine," is saids
matte's answer to this is rather ab- with saucy good humor.
e given, for she is thinking that if "Thou might be much better em -
do not walk faster she may miss ploved. Here is Annette. Thou canst
g her friend, Madeleine Sanchon, look at her for a change," says Made -
was to be in the park this morning. leine.
Tote too " resumed Eugene, " how "For how lone" asks Jules, as he
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gociety. But within a year or two the he has been too busy the past four Years much to Eugene if he were skilledin
infirmities of age have begun to make to 'think of much beside art Yet in reading between the lines.
themselves felt, for Theophile is past 70, rare moments of leisure he fancies him- The judgment which Catherine passes
and their presence has set him to wonder- self still in love -with Annette, and, as on the picture is fully sustained by
ing what disposition he .shall make of soon as his picture is sent to the exhi- all who see it, though one or two per -
his property. His cousin Catharine is as bition he tells himself that he will re- sons are heard to wonder why Cauchoia
old as, himself and not more likely to turn to Lisieux ancl try mice more to win . should have been painted in his old
survive him than he to outlive her, and her. He is the same honest -hearted clothes when he could have worn very
he has no other relatives to whom he fellow as when he left Lisieux and much better garments if he had.
may bequeath his fortune. He often is very much happier than of old. Four chosen, as everyone in Lisieux must
thinks of this, and to -day when Eugene years inParis have, of course, materially know.. Alexandre Sicard is one of these.
fanciedthat he was asleep he was saying widened his experience, but he has kept He would have worn his very finest
to himself that ho would like to help vevay from the temptations which stelae outfit for such a purpose, ho says, "but
this poling carpenter to carry out his of his fellow students have not been then. with an old man like Cauchon, it
aspirations, and. perhaps if Eugene able to resist, and has given his time malt& much less difference," he wisely
proved grateful to adopthim as his heir. wholly to art. Already he has won for concludes. .
b enething in the young fellow's meaner himself a reputation as a conscientions Poor Alexandre! His affairs do not
gotaiinds him of his brother Armand who. painstaking artist who values accuracy . run smoothly just at present, Madeleine
hied at 25—fully a half century. ago. of detail above brilliancy and dash. His if anything is more indifferent to him
"And so thou woulclst be an artist," first original composition of importance than ever, and the elder Sicards are urg-
he says to Eugene when the latter ap- , is to have a place in the spring of the iag more strenuously that he should
pears at the Cauchon mansion the next - fourth years.of his residence in Paris. marry Annette. He begins to fear that
day. It is very simple in its design, and he shall have to do as they wish. But
"But yes, Monsier Cauchon. If I represents a quiet, grass -grown street, then, he might do worse he tells himself
could be an artist 1 should be the happi- bordered by the backs of old houses. after several days of meditation on the
est fellow in the world," answers Bernay Some of these have vines climbing about point in the pauses of business. Annette
momentarily forgetting his love for An- them, and the sunlight seems to glisten will have some money to bring to the
li 1 A more pronounced man she marries, mole than Madeleine,
EMEND IS UAW) AT WORK AT MONSILIM,
OMJOIION'S.
either by nodding energeticall or by
some gesture of compliance, edema
Jamet has prenlised to reason evith. her
daughter and the Sicards can only hope
that by to -morrow affairs may seem
more promieing. On the morrow the
elder Sicardgoes alone to the shop while
Alexandre and his raotlaer melee their
way to the house of the Jaiuets to learn.
the result of Madame .Tarriet's persuasion.
"What says thy Annette this morn-
ing?" queries Mother Sicard when Ma-
dame Juliet meets them at her door,
She does not wish to talk about thy
son, but more than. that I cannot get out
of her," is the answer. "But come thou
and speak with her thyself," adds Ma-
dame Jamet.
Upon this invitation the visitors enter
the room where Annette sits sewing, her
gaze bent closely upon her work. She
has been doing a great deal of thinking
eine° yesterday. Moro in fact than she
has done -in her whole life before. She
has never been a sentinaental person, •
but long ago Jules Vagnon became her
ideal of what a man should be ' and
whenever she has compared Eugene to
the gay, handsome, yet shallow young
lawyer it has always been to the disad-
vantage of the former. When Jules .
married whatever faint hopes of win-
ning him had been hers were ended, but
the thought • of Eugene as a husband
never entered her head. Nor has she
since thought of marriage at all. Her
parents are old and. whenever they die
she expects to go into a convent for the
rest of her life. Although her parents
have long been speaking to her of Alex-
andre Sicard she has given little serious
thought to the matter till now when
they have suddenly told her that she
must marry him.
The thought has been very disagree-
able to her for she has never liked the
young grocer, andher refusal to consid-
er the matter which has so surprised .
her own family and. that of the Sicards
is due to this fact in some measure.
But after some hours of thought Alex-
andre does not seem eo repugnant to her
as at first. As Madame Alexandre Si-
card she will take precedence over all
the unmarried girls she ImoWs. Her
'father and mother are old, it is true,
but they may live many years, and hi
Lisieux the position of an unmarried '
woman is not altogether an agreeable
one outside of a convent. Then An-
nette thinks of Madeleine Sanohon,
whom she loves very dearly, yet not so
dearly but that it would be a pleasant
sort of a triumph to be married before
her, Annette is nearly 24 now, and this
is the first time anyone has formally
proposed. to marry her, and this fact
seems to alter everything. 'The more
sho turns the matter over in her mind
the more favorably sho inclines to Alex-
andre's suit. It will be a fine thing, slit
tells herself at last, to be Madame Alex-
andre Sicard, instead of Annette jamet,
whom all her friends, with the excep-
tion of _Madeleine are. inclined to patron -
on DSI in the end. of the street, as if "That is as it pleases thee," answers "I2. thou.liast the needful talent," Ob- coloring than that afforded by the lie is positive, and money iss a very good.
Murcia of St. Jacques seems almost smi es a., . nette
a high wall. One would not sus- Madeleine. "Always, if it will keep serves Cauchon,. it may not be impossi- browns and grays of the hooses is sup- thing -to have ; thinks the young .grocer.
that another street crosses there but thee from gazing so much at me. Have ble to be happy in ;just that way." plied by several dull blue and red gar- At last when ono evening in the public
the streak of yellow sunlight in I not said, over and over, that I do not "I have nted illittle," Eugne says marts hanging from a long pole at the gardens Madeleine shows the person
of the door. I would paint the care for thee? Surely thou must re- modestly, "and Monsieur Louchara, the left of the picture. The street slopes from -Orbec a decided preference over
eh door half open, as it is now, with member." artist who was here three years ago, said gently away from the observer, and at him, Alexandre, a fellow almost twice
Kate just entenng. Then here at "But yes, I remember perfectly," says I had some skill in thatnfrection." ' the farther end, where the, houses are as strong. as his Orbec rival, he . makes
' • • t tae ass in the Jules. 7'But that makes no difference.
. And thy father, evhat says he on this larger, it is in deep shadow. Beyond is up his mind defaaitely. 'That Madeleine
a band of intense yellow sunlight and on will have none of him he is gni
to sure
the other side of it a church, the door of and he will therefore marry Annette.
which stands open. The only figures in • Accordingly he informs his parents the
the picture are two nuns crossing the ; next morning that he is ready to 'marry
belt of sunshine and a large gray cat I Annette as they wish him to do, and the
asleep on a gatepost in the foreground. ' sooner they consult with the Jamets on
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t, and the backs of these ohl houses, I can no more help lookme at thee a
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red with vines. I would even have the fountain yonder can help playing.' "He wishes me to remain a carpenter.
pole among the leaves just ahead "But the fountain. can be shut off, And that is what I must do, since if I
.u, were to go to Paris for the needful M -
with the blue and white shirts thou must know," Madeleine eays,, a
ng from it,"little sharply., struction there is no way for me to live11
.lotildst thou do all this, Eugene?" ; The you.ug man has no answer ready while I am studying, and my father has
Annette, quickening her pace in for this retort, and reddens as he scrapes no money to speneefor me," says Eugene The title chosen for the picture is "The the subject the better pleased he s a
lope of hurrying her companion. the gravel with the toe of Isis polished dejectedly. Street of Peace." ; be. Naturally the Sicards are delight-
3-ut, yes, Annette, if I had the in- boot
Bugene is ,
"But I have, thou must know," says It is anything but a startling can- , ed.
Street of Peace, and every one in bard at work at • . Cauchon, smiling good-humoredly and vas, but it reveals excellent possi- i "I knew thou would do as we would
adjusting his spectacles. bilities, and people at any rate have thee at last," says Mother Sicard.
ction. And. I should call it simply While this talk is going on, g .
M. Cauchon's. He is
eux, at least, wo-ald. know ie
-... e thinking of Annette .all the while that
'nes "Thoui for me?" etantraers the young seem to like to stand. before it '1 'When thou were no older than thy
Mott wouldst be happier at thy he is not recalling his artist long]. ,, ,
man, bewildered. , and admire. Theophile Cauchon, who : brother Simon who crawls before thee
' 'h till think " resnones but that does not hinder him from per- "Most assuredly, Quite enough for has come up to Paris, thinks it is vein* 1 on the floor there thou wouldst always
• wonderful. He is very sure there has (take thine own time to go as 1 bid thee.
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rer
• k arefu we). one 1) Th 1 1 n o -
f min his tag as a c th ur ose answers eop n e, e s y
girl, and. ihen, as they cross the belt
simlight, their paths diverge. s
ugene has been sent for to put tip
Le shelves in the house of old Theo-
.nuettes • and to
houla. Old Theophile Cauchon, with Y ,
g
ing the other's bewilderment.
his hands clasped loosely behind him "Thou art too kind to a poor fellaw
and with his head a little thrown back',
like me," said Eugene. "I can never re -
peers -up at the work. He is a small pay Buell goodness."
e atm o •
• pablic gardens now takes her in
Wan opposite direction 'from that
Eng to the Cauchon mansion. It is
i.e time before she finds her friend,
the garden is late and there are
y paths through it. lint she sees her
ngth,. seated on a bench near the
tam basin in the centre of the gar -
ion, art late, Annette," says Made- •
a when Annette comes and sits be -
her, "I have been here for half an
should have been here before," is
ette's reply, "if 1 had not seen my
7n,Bugene in the Rue do la Paix,
• for the fiftieth time he must tell
• f his wish to be an artist, foolish
w that he is." •
And why dost thou think him fool -
Annette?" asked Madeleine.
as the other had, no good answer
y„shecan merely say: "Ile is best as
adekine, however, does not agree
ter friend, for Eugene is the only
be has ever loved. and she is not
fore disposed to think him foolish
it may be, in his preference for
Pita Jamet over herself. latnieleine
Ily very pretty and .anyone seeing
o girls together would. fancy her
ao have lovers far sooner than her
'Dion. And in fact she had no
of them, for • every young man in
AUX, reVres, Where She lives, is her
ver. But she cares for none of
and thinks of no one brit Eugene.
ho perverse fellow, has eyes only
matte when he is not thinking
and she, quite as perversely cares
ng fur his love, but thinks Jules
, one of Madeleine's 'nest devoted
r', the worthiest of his sex. •
not so pitiful it would amus-
tilneS to see how at cross %tir-
e often worns. The two gu s-
ve no secrets from .each other
ughed and cried. by turns over
.less "date of affairs.
no, Annette," says Madeleine.
art entirely wrong. Thy COUSin
will zeyer bo.happy ss• a emelt).-
man, wearing a scarlet dressmeagown .,'Who talks orepayment? is the re -
with huge tassels. Everyone in Lisieux onse -to this. "Listen then. When thy Monsieur. Cauchon," Eugene sometimes • in Alexandre impatiently.
art is acquired 1 bha,11 want illy portrait remonstrates with a smile. I "But yes, my son, thy father and my-'
knows that dressineagown. Its owner BP
and winds in and out among the market arraneeraents. Thou art too modest. . That modesty of I rand," assents the mother, and the
know? i self will be glad to go on such an er-
goes to market in iethree times a week painted. That, is all, and now for the "But no, mon fils. Do I not
people "like a walking fire," t0 use a "Tlie arrangements," as Theophile thine will be thy ruin. Possess thyself ; young :man thereby goes ofe to the shop,
He is a Falls them, are very simple. Eugene.is with more confidence, Eugene. More for it is just after breakfast when the
comparison made by one whose parsnips
Cauchon had once cheapened. to spend. three years in Paris in the confidence, I say," he repeats when the request is made, ,
studio of his friend Louchard, who has two are •together in his rooms at his All the morning the young grocer's
kindhearted man, in spite of his xnany
whims and crotchets, and. young Ber- more than once said he would like to hotel, and emphasizes his remarks by an mind is running upon his new resolve
km have Bernay for a pupil, and Monsieur oratorical flourish of the dressing -gown, and the more he thinks of Annette the
nay's neat workmanship pleases him: ' •
says when the young fellow comes doWei port during that time and for as much as is to be exptctecl after so many years appears to him. Though Madeleine 15
able is the light in which she
"Thou hast done well, Bernay,'• Cauchon will be responsible for his sup- which is duller of hue than formerly, more favor
from the step -ladder, evhere he has been longer as. may. be necass.ary. of active service. by far the best looking, Annette has the
standing. " I may send for thee again,There is quite a stir in Lisieux when "I am getting over my modesty every most money and aft& all that is the im-
the townpeople hear that Bernay is to day," Eugene responds as he twirls his portant thing he tells himself. He won -
very possibly, But thou. art not much
like other young men, it seems to me. / be mine a Pans art student mustache and looks gratefully at his dere that he has never thought mere
like to see young men like thee of a mer- NiThat foolishness" say. some of the • benefactor. about tnis before. He has been a fool to
iter turn than thou art. Look yon," he -Eugene's •
rang. fellows.in the Rue aux Fevres, a Some weeks later picture is waste. so much time in thinking about
,, ittle jealous, it may be, of his good for. awarded one of the prizes, and the old Madeleine Sa,nchon when Annette
continues, laying one stubby forefinger
' tune. 'Eugene will do better to keep to metes joy at his protege's succeSsievery Jamet would be in every way a•
across the other as he speaks, "There i 1 ,
But no la whoknow im are of g is aitist friend, mete may
more suitable wife for him. The Orbec
have Madeleine now if he can
but one life to live." e pleasant to see, He insists on giving.a.
The young man, .who is arranging his his trade."
t 11'h' this dinner to Eu ene and h •
opinion. Is, adeleme Sanchon exults over and a very merryoccasion they all make '
this point. get her, for all he carol Once 0e twice
tools, inakes an impatient gesture at •o
Eugene'e good fortune and snubs Jules of it. No one present is in higher spirits durileg,the Morning Annette goes past
"1 know what you would say, mon Vagnon untnereifully when he ventures than Theophile, and. the young men go the open shop awl. and he notices how
away after the dinner thinking him. a straight she is and how'blackher hair is..
file, The priests and the women think d on the other side ,
differently, but they aremistaken. They a 1.h 1 ' i
"Thou s a t paint mY portrait on thy capital old fellow, and saying to each 'Having eeached this point in his inedie
are mistaken," he repeats with an air of .
return," says one of the cartons of Saint other that Berney is the lucky one to
kindly tolerance, "and thou will think
never been anything like it. t And when thy father grew mina len ,
"One can almost hear the vine leaves 'said 1 not to him, 'Let Alexandre alone,
rustle," he says frequently; "and as for 1 he will do as we wish all in good time?"'
the sleeping at, it is nature itself." 1 "And wilt thou see thy father and
'You are ' prejudiced in rav favor, 1 mother of Annette this very day?" breaks
Jacgtes, and several other notables of have so liberal a patron and friend,
as I do when thou art older. Listen to Lisieux similarly encourage him, Soon after the dinner "The Street of
me again. But there is hat one bee to Monsieur Ca:lichen after taking this Peace" is purchased by Henri ltemond,
live. Why not be happy .and merry step goes about in wonderfully good a wealthy citizen of Lisieux.
while it lasts? Arasyer me this," he con- spirits and is hardly to be blamed if he "Thou art a good fellow, Eugene,"
dudes. with a flourish of Ins arm that feels a do -e of satisfaction over his ao- says one of his friends, "but thou dost
sends a Dresden shepherdess on the table tion .
Be rathee ensoye overhearing the
beside him crashing to the floor.market women in the Grande Place say
The young man says nothing, but to each other: "See, that is the walking
gazes at the broken shepherdess, fire who is so generous. Who would
"Bah! 11 18 nothing," says the gentle have thought it? And. it was but the
old skeptic, giving the pieces apush with other day he made ra e take two sous less
his foot. w.Chere is more china in the hal, ray eggs..J
shops of Lisieux. But thou &dela not Let us not blame hilt too severely
ansner, because theFe 18 110 good answer fee his satisfaction amith himself. You
to gave. It as plain to be seen, ray and I perform our generous deeds iii
friend that thou art not happy to -day. se°r°t and blush when they are disco'.
What vexes thee? 1 ain an, old man,
ered, but then all men are tot like you
and perhaps I can be thy physician in or me, and after all, what would you?
this matter. Thou art in love, perhaps, * * * * * *
and there are difficulties in the way,"
"It is partly that that troubles tie, .n
Four years go by and all that time
r "n Paris. His benefits,
'agate ern s a
not yet know the world. M. Itemond
might easily have been made to give
tations he is very amaous on hie retuen
to his home in the evening to know if
the elder Jamets have been seen in re-
gard to the marriage. But the reply is'
not altogether agreeable to Alexaxidre,
"Yes," says Mother Sieard, "1 and thy
father have both seen and talked with
Annette's parents, but Annette, the
I
perverse girl, declares lainly that she
"Tis 8,11 one " answers Eugene, Iip,ht- thing heard like this?" concludes the
will not marry thee, as ever any -
twice as much for the picture,
ly. "1 ane satisfied and so is Monsieur
Henri, and 1 shall live to paint more
pictures,"
When the painting arrives in Lisieux
its owner places it on exhibition for
time and the townspeople golo see it,
"Itis wonderful," is the general ver•
Matron, her voice rising with excitement
almost to a shriek.
"Xot marry me? Why she must bo
craty," stammers Alexandre with sub-
lime but unconscious egotieni.
dict, " arid to think It is the work if I. tO her Mother, Who said the Sarno, but,
"Quito true," continues Madame MO-
, ard "the girl must be crazy, and so said
ternay, the son of the carpenter in the Annette is most stubbOrn, If She were
Rile atix Vevres, Surely there was . my child he wonld be made to do as 1
When trigono at length sets `rip his 1 Alexandre can hardIybelieve what his
studio in Lisieux, he finds enough to do soother tellfA Min of Annette's determine -
f WiEllied," added the matron loftily.
never anything like it 1"
Monsieur Can°11°U, saYsianughelle, tmhtg; tor goes thither three or four times a
i luting the portraits of the notables tion.
Somethingntitit be„dpne at ono,
tones and nwiner. thoglit X910. tO raglan) and alwoyo.totlitys dp- ADA
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ed to sudden. frankness yteo
frien y. •
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To .0 CONTINT.TZD:j
Clifford .73/ackntatt
A Boston BOree Eyesight
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because of the wonderful good it did my son,"
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