Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-06-29


circumstances, although she had never intimat-
ed by word, act, or deed, that she preferred
one over the other: yet Besaneon lacked the
same or any of the advantages in a measure
that Govain possessed; and he was fired by
jealousy in not being elected as the favore par
"; he therefore was resolved to try master
stroke of policy in the art of love by ridding
himself or his rival, and having the ground
cleared from al membranes.
This scheme of Besancon's was now being
carried out by me, although l knew nothing
Of it before, by the arrest of fGouvain upon the
action of slander which | was then engaged in.
felt sorry for him, particularly as he had
told me he had no friends, and could not,
t,serefore apply TO any one To give bail for
him; yet | was determined if could serve him
in his extremity l would do so.
The breakfast being concluded, | observed
to him that he had better think over the mat
ter and see if there were none of his friends
who would give the required security
Me ave no fren me no sink; me etrangerc,
Monsieur Sheriff, ct pourquoi me sink. No,
no, go wis you, eh !; oui, | 90 to re prison,
eh; and perhaps some bozzy will-vat You call
him, eh p
Bail, interrupted l.
a oui, bail: some bozZy will bale me;
bail, ah bail est charmanten
thought that bail would be really charming
to my enthusiastic prisoner, but where he was
to find that somebody, who perhaps would 90
bail for him. was beyond my comprehension.
Finding that he had no one to call upon in
his extremity, and that every moment ! spent
with him was loss of time to me as well as
being no benefit to him, [ concluded with his
entire concurrence) TO take him to jail; and
having given him to the charge of the jailor,
/ bad him adieu, and was about leaving him
he pressed my hand and said:
Mon ami, Je vous rcmerci beaucoup, me
yer much obliged ha ha Je pense, oui ) and
here he put his hand on his breast in order to
convince me of the frmness of his faith ouI,
me sink some bozzy will bail, yes, bail c me-
And doubted not he felt all he said. @Adieu.
mon ami cried he, and / left him; but still |
heard, as VIC parted, the word bail lingering
about me until distance drowned it altogether.
Matters remained quiet for a day or two; SO
also did Monsieur Gouvain, | fancy, cOoped
up as he was in our barn of a prison i'll Ed
ridge street; at least | heard nothing to the
contrary. He had been in close custody the
time afore stated, when [ received an applica
ton by party who agreed to furnish satistac-
tory bail; and as | was exceedingly anxious to
relieve the poor fellow from Imprisonment upon
what / deemed frivolous action, | assented
to The proposition for bail, and named the
time most convenient to the sureties, who
might attend before me at the earliest hour
they saw fit to fix upon.
The hour was appointed, and the sureties
attended and executed the bond for his release.
The sureties were ample and perfectly respon-
sible; and | thereupon gave an order for his
immediate discharge.
OF
and supposed that he had forgotten nae, for
| did not hear of him for several weeks he and
his imprisonment passed-out of my memory,
engrossed as was III the cares ofmy Office, and
| thought no more of him.
did him wrong, however, IN supposing he
had forgotten me, for one day he came IN my
Office, and desired to have private CONVERSE
ton with me, which readily granted, because
was always pleased with him; and from the
moment | first saw him / was favorably inclln-
ed to him. | observed to him:
Now, Monsieur Gouvain, what will you
have?
Vat 1 viii ave, eh% replied he, in great
earnestncss, and giving his shoulders shrug,
his hands clasped together, All, Monsieur
Sheriff, me viii ave, vat, je crois you VIII not
givc-eh?' And he looked steadily in my
eye as through he expected to find there an at
firinative ts his demand.
Speak out, my friend, said / what DO you
desireE'
Me desire, mon ami, votrc dagucrrcotype-
you portrait, you will give him to me, eh?
You want my portrait-my daguerreotype,
do you? Why, | should think you have had
enough of my facet
Non! Non, Monsieur Sheriff All, oui
i'oublie,' and he touched his bump of memory
Il. 4 mi puH
You forget, Monsieur Gouvain; forget
what ?-what do you forget? | asked him.
Me crczzy, me sink. Nc marry, me ave
charmante lady. Oh! ali" and then striking
his head and stamping his foot, and expressing
by action better than he could by language his
disappointment in not being able to communi-
cate his present state of happiness TO me in
English. All, ncvare mine; je ne parle pas
Anglais.
What SAID [, Are you married, and to
whomP
.'NIe marry &c bail-bail-e; all, Monsieur
Sheriff. pooty lady, la dame est charmante-
lie bail is ma femme, and Besaneon is nc
bozzy-no vair Ze bail-bail-c, ha ha :
| VAR is Besancon? No vair, ha, ha, ha
love 7e bail-bail-e, and he appeared, while
uttering his thoughts thus spasmOdicaiiy, tc
| be in the greatest good humor with every body
and thing except Bcsancon, whom he occa,
sionally hit By saying that he was no 'ehe'e,,
by which I-inrrrod that he (Gouvain) was, by
| his adroitress, all over or every where.
The facts of this case now stared nc full II
the face. - BesaIn-on's stroke of policy IN the
art of love was fairly illustrated to nlc. He
| in order to remove a rival lover out OF hl'
way, consulted with his attorney, and the two
had patched up the plain ofarrestlng Gouvan
! for siandor irh;s would have been a capita