New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-15
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we're 90 drawn In that direction, that the Ttalisa
more than once followed to and back from the
pavement in some surprise.
"What an Internal hole this isl' said Monsieur
Rissud breaking long pause. Look at the
light Of day. Day The light Of yesterday week,
the light Of six months ago, the light oil SIX years
ago. So slack and dead!'
Ii came languishing down square iunnei tnat
blinded window in the staircase wall, through
which the sky was never seen-nor anything else.
"C.yalletto." said Monsieur Rgaud, suddenly
vithd rswisg his gaze from this funnel, to which
they bad both inyoluDtarily turned their eyes,
"you know me for gentleman
"Surely, surely ~
"How long have we been here
al eleven weeks, to morrow night at midnight
You, nine weeks and three days, at five this after
noon
"Haye ever done anything herel Ever
touched the broom or spread the mats or rolled
them up, OF found the draughts, or collected the
dominoes, or put my hand to any kind Of work ?"
Never
Have you ever thought of looking to me to do
any kind ofwork ?"
John Baptist answered with that peculiar back
handed shake of the right forefnger which is the
most expressive negative in the Italian language.
mo! You knew from the first moment when
you saw me here, that was gentleman"
"Altrow returned John Baptist, closing his
The word being, according to it's GenOese empha'
sis, confirmation, a contradiction, an assertion,
a denial, taunt, compliment, joke, and fifty
otht things became in the present instance, with
q significance beyond all power of written ex-
preston, our familiar English :" / believe you"
"Haha You are right A gentleman | am
And gentleman I'll live, and gentleman III die
It's my intent to be gentleman It's my game.
Death Of my SOUL play it out wherever GO"
He changed his posture to sitting one, crying
with a triumphant air:
"Here am See me Shaken out of destiny's
dice-box into the company Of a mere smugger -
shut up with poor little cOntrsbsnd trader, whose
papers are wrong, and whom the police lay hold of,
besides for placing his boat (as means Of getting
beyond the frontier) at the disposition of other
little people whose papers are wrong; and he in
stnctively recognizes my position, even by this
light and in this place. It's well done BY Hea-
ven win, however the game gOes."
again his mustache went up, and his nose
came down.
whats the hour. now '' he asked, with a dry
hot pallor upon him, rather difficult of association
with merriment.
"A little bali hour after mid. day"
GOOD The President will have gentleman
before him soon. Come Shall / tell you on
what accusation 1t must be now, or never, for
shall not return here Either shall go free, or
i shall 20 to be made ready for shaving. You
know where they keep the razor
Signor CavallettO took his cigarette from be.
tween his parted lips, and showed more moment
airy discontinue than might have been expected.
~ am a. Monsieur Rigaud st,Od up 10 say it
-"I am cosmopolitan gentleman. / own no
particular country. Ny father was Swiss-Can-
ton de Vaud. My mother was French by blood,
English by birth. myself was born in Belgium.
i am citizen of the world
His theatrical air, as he stood with one arm on
his hip, within the folds OF his cloak together with
bis manner of disregarOing his companion and ad-
dressing the opposite wall instead, seemed to init
mate that he was rehearsing for the President,
whose examination he was shortly to undergo,
rather than troubling himself merely to enlighten
30 small person as John Baptist Cavalletto.
Call me fve-and-thirty years Of age. l have
the world. have lived here, and lived there,
and lived like gentleman everywhere. 1 have
been treated and respected as gentleman uni
VERBALLY. If you try to prejudice me, by making
out that have lived by my wit'-how 40 your
LAWYERS iiye-your pOlit cians-yOur intriguers-
YOUR men Of the Exchange"
He kept his small smooth hand in constant
reouisition as if it were witness to his gentility,
that had often done him good service before.
1.-TWO years ago cane to Marseilles l admit
thst was DOOR had been i'll. When your law
yers your politicians, your nriguers, your men OF
the Exchange, fall ILL., aud have not scraped money
together, they become poor: IputuP at the Cross
of Gold-kept then by Monsieur Henri Barron
neau-elXty nve at least anu Iii d lnllng stato vi
health had lived in the house some four months,
when Monsieur Henri BarrOnnesu had the mis-
fortune to die at any rate, not rare msfor-
tune, that 1t happens without any aid OF mine,
pretty often
John Baptist having smoked his cigarette down
to bis fingers ends, Monsieur Rigaud had the mag
nanimity to throw him another. He lighted the
second at the ashes of the first, and smoked on,
looking sideways at his companion, who, preOccu-
MED with his own case hardly looked at him.
Monsieur BarrOnnesu left widow. She was
two and.twenty. She had gained reputation for
beauty, and (which is often another thing was
beautiful. i continued to live at the Cross OF
Gold. i married NJ .dame BarrOnneau. 1t is not
for me to say whether there was any great dispar-
ity in such match. Here | stand, with the con-
tamination of jail upon me but it ia possible
that you may think me better suited to her than
her former husband was
He bad certain air of being handsome man
which he was not and certain air OF being
well.bre man, which he was not. 1t was mere
swsgger and challenge; but in this particular, as
IN many others, clustering assertion goes for proof
half over the world.
"Be it as it may, Madame Barronesu ap-
proved Of me. That is not to prejudice me,
hopel"
His eye happening to light upon John Baptist
with this inquiry that little man briskly shook
his head In the negative and repeated in an argu-
nentative tone under his breath atr0, atr0, atro,
altrO-an infinite number of tines.
Now came the difficulties of our position. /
am proud. say nothing in defense OF pride, bat
1 am proud. 1t is also my character to govern. l
can't submit must govern Unfortunately, the
property Of Madame Rigaud was settled upon her
self Such was the insane act of her late husband
More unfortunately still she had relations When
wiles relations interpose against husband who
10 . gentleman, who is proud, AMI who must gov
nj m fO "a