Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-09-21
- And you would have told me, would
you not, my soa,

y
very welf-Pardon me sir; she con-
tinued, turningto me, but was unable 10 con-
'roi, even IN ouf presence, my maternal anxi-
etles; Louis 8nd Lucen not only are nv
sons, but they ARE the last of our name
Please be seated on my right. and Lucien sit
down there, Indicating to him the vacant seat
on her left
We sat ourselves down at the extremity of
a long tabE,, al; the lower end of which six
more plates were set, intended for what is
called IN corsica, the family: that is, for
those Persjragss, who, in the houses of the
great, OCCUPY sie middle station between the
masters am thd servants.
The taile was copiously served but l
must ackn: wleIge. that although for the mo
meht endoEed with devouring hunger, con-
tented myfelt p satisfy my appetite only ma
terially, ass the :pre-occupa;ion of my mind
would ot'Pen.it me to relish any of the DEL
icate pleasures sof gastronomy. 1t did indeed
appear to Re flat on entering this house had
entered atran,5e world, where lived as in
dream. ! hat:w she, that woman who had
her carbire like soldier! What was he,
that broth,r, who at the distance of three hum
dred ieag1ses, suffered the same pains as his
other brotse !. What was she, that mother
who mades her: son promise that should her
other son appefr to him dead, he would let
her knowtt! J
You VIII acknowledge, that, in all that hap
Pened to Iae. there was ample matter for rev.
cry.
Percelvlng, however, that the silence | kept
was impolite, lifted up my face and shook
my head, :usttas if 1 wanted to drive away
this mass .of IDEAS.
The mGtherland the son perceived at once
that wished 70 renew the conversation.
- Well, said Lucien, as if resuming an
interrupted cotversation, SO you have conclu-
ded to vis.t Csrsica!
1ess as you see; for long time en-
.s5'aiH {, 'hi' 9jse' and have at length exc
- By ny fith, you have done well not to
delay it any bnger, for, in few years, with
this successive invasion of French taste and
manners, ahosl who will come here to seek
Corsica, eSiIl bot find her any more.
- AT al .eL:ents, resumed |, if the ancient
national spiriiis retiring before civilization,
and seeks ref ice in some corner of the Island,
1t must cfrtailly be in the province of Sar-
tene, and ir tfe valley of the Taravo.
- You be eve it! said the young man,
smiling,
- WISH, idappears to me that what have
around IRE even here, and before my eyes, is
a beautiful ard noble picture of the cid Cor
sican maaner; and customs.
- Yes, AM: nevertheless, from between my
mother and myself. surrounded by relics and
remembrance of four hundred years, in this
very hotse, With loop-holes and machicouIis,
the French Spirit came to seize my brother,
took him aavisy from US, and transported him
to Paris, Ih;nce he will return to US a law
yer. He veil! inhabit Ajaccio, instead of in
habitng. raet house of his fathers he will
plead IS hethas talent he will be made the
Kings attorney; he will then prosecute the
poor devils swho have nacde hide, (killed
Somebody IS it is called in the country; he
will cof$0uni the assassin with the murderer,
as you .havi done yourself; he will require,
in the =: me hf the law, the heads of those
who haye dene what their fathers considered
4 dishoIoor got to do; he will substitute the
Judgment II men to the judgment of God !;
and in tie tening when he shall have recruit
ed a head the hangman, he will believe that
he has wef served his country. that he has
contributed his stone towards building the
Temple of civilization, as our project says
o, my Ged,smy God.
And tie young man lifted up his eyes to
heaven, rs hannibal must have done after the
battle: zaIa.
.tut. ajswered l, you see very well that
God laIftef to counterbalance the matter -
whilss he II hde your brother sectator of the
new principles, he has made you partizan of
the OH habIs.
- Yes, tut who answers me that my son
may not:ollow his uncle's example, instead
of MICE, al do not even suffer myself to be
induc: 80 90 do things that are unworthy of a
de Fr:ncsiit
Ne I'll cried with establishment,
oh; MON Dieu, yes, [. Do you wish
me tete,i lDu what you have come to seek in
tn. - g'ss.as Of ss''s"s'
-:4s*u gave come with your curiosity of
the rsar: Ethe world, the artist, or the poet;
| do no. Know which you are, nor do ask
you j: yauiyill tell 1t US, when you leave US,
if sueh Is -four pleasure: if not, our guest,
you stis Keep silence; you are perfectly free,
well shef- you came in hopes of seeing some
viilage in s'vendetta" TO get acquainted with
som0 o:qiaal bandit, such as Mr.. Merimee
has dessri} FED in COLOMBIA.
- Yar3 well! it appears to me that am
not :ee # out of the right; either was
mistaken, " your house is the only one IN tho