Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-01-04

is. But you must know, sir, that hitherto
the clothes OF the Unknowns have fallen 10
us after being exposed for six months We
then sell them. Now they speak Of taking
the clothes from usf -
Strange calousness OF habit consoled
Francois by the assurance that neither the
government nor the world at large spoke OF
taking away the perquisite OF the clothes.
From this apartment we now went TO the
room where the bodies are exposed and
here. upon a marble table, its sole furniture,
[ beheld the three bodies spoken Of. The
infant which had fallen from the grasp ut
its poor nurse, and been suaocaied in the
stagecoacb, was beautiful The other bod
les were disagreeable objects. and ] hur-
ried from the sight Of them.
said to NJ Perrin, when he came 10 his
register room again, that feared he must
find his situation tedious in the long nights
OF winter. mo, no." said he. in lively
tone, my daughters sing and work Fran
co.'s and join our wives at a game oil Pic
quiet The misfortune is, that our little
party is often put into disorder. A knock
comes below I'VE are obliged 10 decend, To
receive and undress the new CONNER, and
10 put the case in the register. This dis
turbs our game; Ue forget 10 make the
points"
"Bu. your daughters, are they perfectly"
"Oh ! you mistake much. If you imagine
that the common spectacles TO be seen here
distress them at all. said NJ. Perrin They
pass the night here with the greatest com
posture and cheerlulness. One grows TO
any thing"
file might well say so. The room which
his family occupied were in the floor lmme-
diately above that where the bodies were
laid Nay, the piano Of the young ladies'
stood directly above the table on which The
unforunales were exposed, before being re-
claimed or buried So much was ! struck
with the wonderful soaring OF habit in this
instance,thai could not help fancying ]. pos
sible for these girls-so familiar with the
idea OF dead bodies. so accustomed to the
domestic spectacle of their exislence--to Tor
get themselves on some occasions, and 10
ask strangers whom they visited, just as one
would inquire for garden Or kitchen.
"Bu, where do you keep your dead dodles
here 2"
now prepared TO leave La Morgue.
After bidding farewell TO NJ. Perrin and
Francois, they opened the gate for me. and
was about to issue, when | was driven back
by an advancing crowd These people
were following or rather surrounding man.
who was wheeling barrow TO the door OF
La Morsue AS it entered, track OF wa
ter marked the course of the vehicle. The
cover which was over the body-for tody It
was which the barrow contained-was la
ken off and it was plain that the young
woman who lay there had died recently.
from the clasped hands and compressed lips.
From one OF her hands Francois found
some difficulty in Withdrawing kcrchief
which she held He had no sooner got it
! than he cried Good heavens let me look
at this woman ~
He gazed for a moment at her counien-
ance aud exclaimed at is she ~
who what she ~
THE visitor of the morning-thc Nor
man nurse ~ was the reply of Francois.
| had been affected by the story. and was
more SO now, when saw what despair had
driven the poor nurse TO. Francois said
quietly, "Ah' well, we shall lay her beside
the body ofthe little one''
NJ. Perrin put on his spectacles, opened
his register, and wrote with superb dash.
UNKNOWN ~