The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-02-14

fes. have not the slightest notion OF
what you are aiming at
TO entreat you, madam, to give this
letter up, aud any others in the same
hand, you may happen to have by you
Il would with the greatest pleasure,
in return for your Kindness replied the
widow but, unfortunately, this is the
only specimen Of the sort have in my
possession, nor was aware | had even
that
Delannoy appeared greatly disappoius-
cd.
TO whom shall apply'' asked he
half aloud.
why, to the fruit woman, in tn:
Rue San, Spire, at Corbeil, who sold
me the cheese said the lady
What bright thought y exclaimed
Delaney. "A thousand thanks aud
apologies, added he, as be few OF to
the railroad terminus. But train had
Just started for Corbeil, so he was oblig--
cd to wait a couple Of hours When
the next train returned from Corbeil,
one of the irst persons who alightcd was
Marirtte.
Where do you GENE from ? asked
hs.
From Corbeil, please sir
'Who sent you thith.r!
Ny mistress
What for i
For some things which had been re-
moved, and which mistress now wants.
This seemed 50 natural that Delannoy
asked no further, and Marietts hustled
away. Her very haste now awskc some
suspicion in bis mind, and he recollsct-
ed she had hlushed on his 6rst question:
lug her. But she had gone too far by
this time to be overtakcn besides, tho
train was about to start, SO Delaney
got into one Of the carriages.
In an hours time he entered the fruit
womans shop, at CoIbsil.
Have You not load of old papers
to wrap up your goods " asked he.
Yes, SIR
What will you take for them p
Instead of answering, the fruit wo-
man stared at the stranger.
well, good woman, don'tyou hear "
said he,
Yes, sir but short of weighing the
paper
Come, will twenty francs satisfy
you" Then thinking she was about to
nbject, he added, let's say forty, and
let mc have every scrap you can lay
hands on .'s
The fruit woman never earned half
so much on tho busiest day she ever
spent, and when pelannoy took out the
money and she saw real piece Of gold,
she no longer considered him out OF his
senses. She then looked up every NOR
sci of paper in the shop, and produced
tolerabie load, which she handed over
to her new customer, declaring she had
not kept back the smallest scrap
Drlannay FASTENED to his recently
purchased house, and began to examine
the bundle very attcntvely. tie found
traQesUlen uiIis, S'h"''S'N 'Set
.chool boys exercises, and so forth and
attor reading through the whole lot, no
was both tired and exasperated at the
uselessness Of his search. He ran back
to the fruit woman.
She was sitting in her back shop, and
gossipiug with a chairwoman aboat tho
sccentrio gentleman, when his voice met
her cars, cxclaiming in an angry tone,
You have deceived me-
How so. sir = said she fastening
forward, and alarmed for the forty franc
piece he had given her.
You may look all about here, sir,'
said she, aud open all the drawers, il
yeu please. am quite sure you will
not catch me in fault
Then, why don't | find single one
Of the pieces | wanted amongst all tbo
rubbish :, said he 1t is not to be sup
posed that you picked the very ones
tba, require for some other customsrP
'I'm sure l cant say replied the
fruit woman, but it is just possible
that they we're carried away BY a person
Who came Q couple OF hours ago, aud o.