Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-05-27


Yes; you would have strangled him i'm
No indeed;I should have begged his
friendship. that he might leave me quie,
for the rest Of my days. reached the Of
fee, and found there-guess whata Two
nieces and nephew, that my brother had
sent me, and whose passage | had to pay
from Vilparsis to Strusburgn
sAnd-'
sand hestated; bu. they all began vice.
ping like calves, and was obliged to take
them away
'ln,o your little Lodging
Il added two furnished rooms; but is it
not agreeable for a widower, a receiver Of
registers, who lives in bachelor style, TO
entertain two girls of fifteen or sixteen
years old, and a great urchin about the
same age!'
.IIow the devil came your brother 10
seHd his children TO you without giving
you noticer
'He had given me notice, the fool, twice.
He had written 10 me twice; but received
no letters which were not frankcd, and
both his having remained in The post office,
had no opportunity to decline the visit,
which | should not have failed 10 do
But what became of these poor chill
drenf
Poor children! The boy did no, quit the
house; the two girls-they all had such
app tites, that thought it most economi-
cnl 10 send them back TO Vllparisis, and pay
1870 francs for their passage
aud you paid 100 francs ngainp
Certainly, what are the 100 francs more
or less TO a ruined man?
go on them
Il have reached the end my dear sir, at
ibis point am ruined, Quentin; you un-
derstand me !; am ruined. by having re-
fused TO pay twenty-four francs TO -,
knsw not what 10 call em. Are you as
tonished 10 hear me speak thus! Well,
you must know, that these twenty-iour
francs have entered into my mind as a
knife into my body. have not made a
statement which has not beer sent back 10
me from Paris. on account of gross errors
in the addition. Those cursed figures are
before my eyes night and day, francs,
10 francs, 1870 francs. | must write them,
the inclination is stronger than myself, and
thus all my accounts are embarrassed
'Yon are very unfortunate.
Very. But learn in conclusion, tina,
have this mo. ming received letter from
the director general Of the territories, so
harsh as to make me anticipate removal
from my office on the plea Of exaclon and
incapaciiy.'
why, what have you don?'
In ray state oil mind, man may do any
thing. One day kept eleven francs for
recording a jude notice instead of a
franc and half. But it was a paper of
the same form as that Of Chateau Thierry.'
DO you know what you out TO do Bou-
crud'
You would oblige me by telling me-
Il would go Immediately and throw my
self al the feat Of the director. would re-
late to him the whole affair. He would be
moved, for it is a heart-rendlng story. |
would ask change of office, with leave of
absence for three months. | would leave
TO friend the geneaal direction OF my al
fairs and would go to spend my three
months in England orin Alglers, in search
of this fellow
Quentin, if you think this good plan,
am ready to obey you. Take me with you
my friend will do all that you wish like
a child, since am no longer capable of
knowing my right hand from my LETT
Let US go and talk Of this at our house.
The two old friends went out together,
after the Receiver OF Registers bad thrown
80 cent.ues. the amount of the postage on
his last letter, on the counter to pay for two
glasses of eau sucree.'
Father Quentin carried Father Boucaud
away the same evening; but the after be
came crazy in :he stage, and is now given
Up to the care OF doctor who has esfab-
l;shed house for this purpose at Fountain
bleau.-His mania is the most whimsical
imaginable. He thinks sha, every one who
approaches him comes TO ask twenty-four
francs, as the subscription TO paper. He
searches his pockets in anguish, and having
no money, he wishes to give up his hat,
his vest his riding caat. his shoes. his pan
falcons. even. The sight Of the doctor
frighiens him. He takes him for the ed
tor of Chateau Theirry, and sees in each
keeper foot boy.
The ILLINOIS CANAL LoAN-Letters re-
ceived by the Hibernia, states that the for
eign bondholders approve The course Of the
Illinois Legislature in refsxence TO the pay
ment Of interest on the State debt, and the
completion OF the Illinois and Michigan Ca
nal. The money requisite TO complete this
grea, work will be advanced as rapidly as
required The first iEsialment of IL l-2
per ceIt, is payable on the 10Th inst The day