Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1845-05-31
BURLINGTON, IOWA: SATURDAY, MAY 81, ls45.

bahi ne hafassed me- on all sides, nv
dear sir. 1t is but month at most since
some one brought mo from the Office In.
htte Gaiilard large willow basket, OF
which had ts pay II francs freight.
was now always suspicious. But it was
just theneve Of the frat of January. Thi.
basket might come from my brother or nv
son. | paid the II francs, opened ths
basket, took out three or four beds Of hay
and straw, and what do you suppose thai
| found? A collection Of unfortunate
papers, with q letter, Of which need
not tell you the contents. A week after
another basket came, yet not franked.-
This refused"
Il suppose So" ns a4~
~ "fou suppose 50. My lawyer at Cha
teau Ihierry soon after did me the honor
to inform me that the Baron Of Ladohcette
was furiously angry with me for having
refused basket Of oysters and game,
which he had sent me as present after
an exchange Of land between us. The
game and oysters returned to him after .
weeks stay at the stage Office, God knows
in what condition!" 'f a.s
This was enough to make man era.
zy!" sI'-" -
Il was not far from being 80! You know
had law-snit at Amiens, which suit has
since terminated unfortunately on account
OF the i,npossibility Of my attending to bnsi-
ness ! could not fix my mind upon i'll
Well, they told me at The post Office that
there was a package for me from Amiens,
tied and sealed, and having these words
written under the direction: nBusiness pa
pers: from the royal court Of Amisns.-
Important. My suit was yet pending,
and this might come from my lawyer. |
paid nine francs, signed the register, and
returned home with my mind entirely oc-
cupied with one subject. The package
contained the end of billiard stick, from
which the ivory was taAen of, and on the
paper which was wrapped around it, like
a motto around child's whistle, was the
internal phrase: You oce me tpentv- four
francs, and you refuse to pay them. Yo,,.
are rascal?'' So 4 s-a.I
"And did you consult no one?"
Whom should i consult / spoke Of it
to the Perfect and the General; but thew
only laughed at it, and asked me, whenever
they met me, after my correspondent, the
editor. The wife Of the Perfect even went
so far as to say that she should be delight
ed to know this young man, lf in
"Ihis was the equicism Of the admini-
stration. Boucand, there must have been
something which you might do; but what
the devil was it,"
Il did every thing. | wrote to my
friends at scissors, at Meaux, at Chateau
Thierry, at Paris, in all the surrounding
provinces, indeed--someiimes to interrunt
my correspondence, and establish sort Of
continental blockade against the letters Of
tins vile creature to find him
out and pay him his twenty -four francs,
with interest, il he reqiiredit; But it was
impossibleto TO lay my hand on the rascal
And then, unexpected letters on business
always protted BY the opportunity when I
had refusedfo pay any postage, to come to
me. 1t seemed as if every body was in
league with him. At last | resolved to re-
fuse no more letters, as it cost me dearer
than TO receive them. Ieven went to the
post Office to take all my letters which had
been thrown aside for five or six days. /
had my usual luck. There were nineteen
there from various places, and not one
which was not from him!" h
".And always the same thing?"
always" sT1 i4 ssi
"Do you receive them stillp" @
eyes; l have one in my pocket which
came yesterday from Pontoise."
'.Do you know any one there?'
"No; but it is always the same. Be-
sides have taken my resolution since my
last adventure, and will ruin myself in
postage if it is necessary" lTetF
"What adventure?"
81 will tell you. You know my trifling
brother, commissioner Of the police 1t Vii
parisis?" '@A' Z "
"Yes-a good fellow, bnt rather light"
'sLight as to his purse, particularly
Some one came one evening lately 10 tell
me that two girls and boy had arrived by
the stage to visit me, and were waiting for
me at the Office Lafiitte ct 'Caillard."
"They came franksd, atieast." g,if
sNo; ! had to pay 100 francs for their
three places. l cursed the arrival, as you
may suppose. However, I reflected that
it was difficult to deceive me as to the two
girls and the boy. Their arrival, unlike
that Of letters and packets, spoke for itself.
| hastened, then, in. great uncertainty, to
the stage Office. l heard there was
young man there. perhaps It was the edi-
tor, and Thought, - much the better.n
eyes; you would have strangled him
Immediately"
"No, indeed; | should have begged his
friendship, that he might leave. Se. me quiet for
the rest Of ny days. | reachedthe oiiice,
and found there guess what? Two nie-
ces and ! nephew, that my bsother had
sent me, and whose passage had to nav
from V,lparisis TO Strasburgl"
IL "And-----"k IA ,ffszsi aaAssstff
&, sAnd / hesihtod; but they all began
weeping like calves, and I was obliged to
take them away"
,.'sIhto your Little lodging7n
81 added two furnished rooms; but Is Il
not agreeable for 1 widower, receiver Il
registers, who lives IN bachelor style. d
entertain. two agisls of fiftesn1or sixteen
years Old, and egrest mchins about the
same agep"
How The deyil came your brother q