The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-04

the little door of the Concierger:e, and han.
ded a slip Of paper to my wife, asking, at
the same time, if the persons whose names
were written upon it, were dodgers in the
house. My wife put on her spectacles.
and read these names-Jean ct Lucie LIE
Merle. There Were no such persons
among the dodgers
The Sergent-de-ville asked if there had
been such within the month past NV
wife ran her eve over the little book she
keeps, for names-there We're none like
those upon the slip of paper which the Off
Ger had handed her. He seemed disappoin.
ted he asked her the number of the
house, and the name of the owner; and
pulling small tablet from his pocket, com.
pared, suppose, what he had written, with
the answers my wife had given him.-He
still seemed dissatisfied, and wanted TO see
my wife's book of names
The Sergentde-ville did not succeed in
his search he ordered that any persons
with such names coming within the month,
should be Immediately reported to the Pre-
feet of the Police,-enjoined secrecy for
the time, and went away, leaving the slip
Of paper, and piece OF five francs at the
Conciergerie. The last day Of the month
my wife and ! dined upon a Frioandeau
de pedu, du sauce tomato, an
oonfture,-a Suasbms pie, and drank the
health of the Sergent-de-ville, with a bottle
Of Chabis wine. No dodgers Of the names
on the paper had come.
A year after, ia the month of September,
when We had quite forgotten the Names
the FIVE francs, and the dinner,-and there
came up to me in the court of the Mesa
geries Generates. a pale, thin man, leading
a little girl Of ten years, and asked me to
take rs portnanteau TO number 20 Rue
81. Thomas du Louvre.
Tres rolontiers, Monsieur,-said |,
since it is my home.
My wife showed him the very rooms
Monsieur occupies at present. He glanced
over the little courts upon which the win
dows look, seemed satisfied with appearan-
ces, and took the chambers. He handed
my wife a card, on which was written-
Jean LIE Merle ct file.
As ] said, we had quite forgotten the
Sergent-de-ville, and the incident of the
last September. Snll il occurred TO us,
that there was something about the name,
which the new ledger had given, not un-
familiar. So one evening, we r,mmaged
the book, to see if We had had no such lOd-
ger before. We could find none like it !;
but Just as we were shutting the book, and
were wondering what made the name 50
familiar, slip Of paper fell out from be-
tween the leaves, on which was written
Jean ct Luoie, LIE Merle.-On the in
slant, We remembered all about the Sergen.-
de-ville and the five francs, and the dinner.
Here was one Of the persons whom we
were to have reported but the time had
gone by, full twelvemonth. Besides, it
seemed to us that the poor man had suffered
enough Of disquietude already; so we deter
mined to send in the name as be had writ
ten it, with those Of the other lodgers,-as
il is our usual way, without any mention of
the occurrence Of the year before. The
police. We thought, could not expect that
five francs should make us, who see so many
names, remember single one, from one
years end to the other. Nor did we dare
say anything about the slip Of paper to our
new ledger; in fact, we burnt it the same
evening, and kept the matter wholly be-
tween ourselves.
The little girl who came with the new
lodger was beautiful. She had long, black,
glossy hair, that hung in curls over her
neck, and an eye jet black, but with
strange look of sadness i'm it, for one so
young. We saw little OF her, however.
OF morning, they would 20 out together,
the little girl clasping firmly the hand of
the pale gentleman, as if she We're afraid to
lose it one moment and they would turn
down across the crowed Place du Palais
Royal,-and for two hours We would see
no more of them. By and by they would
sumter back,-the gentleman would take
his key, without passing word with nv
wife, and no more would be seen Of them,
until two or three hours afternoon. In
passing by the barriers Of the Tuile6es at
this hour, have sometimes seen them sit
ting on a stone bench in the garden, or
strolling under the trees,-and sometimes,
though very rarely, i used to see the little
girl playing with the other children about
the green boxes Of the orange-srees. She
wn always dressed richly and prestily and
my wife used 10 wonder il she could Or.
range her curls and her Little gypsy bonnet |
20 veil, or il Monsieur himself arranged
them for her. Often did the dodgers in the |