Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-10-06
From Chambers Journal.
sIyRIE ALIVE

I.st March that we stood at the
1ms v ION, windows Of our house in the
ar3""o Ro,t du Monde in Savoy, watch
HDas' clouds careering wildly over the sky,
p9 'H's,,Iat;np whether VI. lie Cure and
80 s9I sfai.sUe. his sister, would come to tea.
aaIImC n, h,no mountains opposite began to look
4Io &c the bright rosy reflections from
Enas'5 snn faded from their suow-cover
me a.a a,,r;,s. the pine-trees in our garden ,
GU '"'iD a,a swayed like the masts of tenn
crcaAos crc|N,.ad shin: and as the signing, moan !
I;.tI;nc wind lulled for second, there ,
tnH' lyi .on,s heavy fakes of snow.
''ii iSase the jalousi,s, Annette, and draw I
=, ,nr,ains" Poor miserable things these
"a W -aro--thin muslin with red cotton
I,-1er The FIRE blazed and cracked mer-
Ug.' g.os our fair-haired Jessie threw on log
.Ss- loo; our modcrator-lamp shone like
'rsII sun, lighting up even the most distant
-; ,be auocious engravlngs OF Passages III
~, lives of Diane de Poitiers and Jeanne
%,-c' which covered one of our walls;
-iaa on the other bloomcd twin samplers,
I,4;c,t,5 10 Lu I'cre ChcIi, and Une Ncre
CI.-is ard on which were embroidered
,,e,,bs of heart 's-ease aud forget-me-nots,
.,h .urmounted by dove carrying a large
0in is sbeak-undoubtcdIy crowns for tue
Is,is Of the cherished father and mether.
p,..r Law curlcd up in his basket on the rug,
,-,tluding to sleep but kecnly alive to all
yb,, was going Oh at the tea-tablc
" were determined in the most Christian
,.;,, 70 show the cure aud his sister how
r,,b more comfortable We English were than
~ Ssvoyard ueighbors. So the tiuest OF
n, t,hla.lpen. the best of onr china, were
l,or,Lt out for the occasion; pIofuslon OF
y.cak4s aud preserve loaded the table;
while cofee-pot and teapot had been 30 We'll
r1..bei theg might have been mistaken Tor
Silver The mention Of them Is premature,
is they were only to appear at the last u,o-
mont We were not quite 80 bad as the
l.!v .sla loved to sit III i snug room and
GI,E If tl,. Yonr wrctchcs at sea; but We
g.. eer,alely did peculiarly enjoy, on ih!a
stormy cy,riag. the air of comtort which ia"
i..ir.,.r .Yl-.ashioutd easy chairs. the timex
carpet and xcA. ,2read board. lii ap by the
warm Ere glow, rave to our country quarters.
LIRE he s." We exclaimed, We heard
the c1->s rci,e calling through the kitchen
vudo# to Annette to 90 aud open the gar
Len gate Que side Of the house faced tie
\ Ligh-r0Ed
Ia petite fUc is actually come With him, u
,.;ei Jessie. running back from the door,
.herc ,he had been to take observations
Thi. vas unusual, the one generally follow.
ipg the other at a short interval, for our car,
Gji uo, like to tie seen walking with u w"
nah even though that woman might be hI:
sister In they came, spscklcd with snow,
Tut with CHEEKY, cleaning faces.
II. le Cure was a thin, fat man-so fla
that he locked ike deal-plank dressed VI
in a priests long coat. garment wh!ct
closely resembles an old-iashioned scanty la
iys psiis&r, buttoniDg all the way up th'
middle lie always wore his best fFinge'
msb and newest tricornc when he paId Us
ri.!,. lie had a small wizened face, in whlcl
Nakled 4 pair of wacgish gray eyes, thei
Gely expression heightened by decideGl
'urucd-up nose. 1t was worth something t
hear him prcacb, particularly when he al
dressed his parisioners on the subject or tn
v,uleza. .Pa7donez moi mes dherS fre'rcs
"a long pause, passez moi FerPreSsio''
sa rous pluh'-w with emphasis and the pou
oi spoiled child 'D,ais, uouS e'ys des pour
t.ur De rrais pourcedu1' N tone embra
eng two octayes another effective pause
.a1 thcc \ rapid very clear explanation
Tue 2.suliar habits of "de erals pourceau1
lie was 90 sociable. so full of dry hume
and, withal, delighted so much in our tam
" circle, that we never failed to remarI
after one of his long visits, What can ha'
induced that man to become prlest!-
shut himself out from all the tender charltl
Of domestic life, formed, too, rs he is to ENC
them, as witness his devotion to la Petite
This petite, as he always called his siste
snd as she always called herself, was W
man quite six feet high, thin mort
living frame can be, and with the longc
hands and feet | think ever saw. She W
very like, yet very unlike her brother |
head Of a cooked nose, she had a majest
Nquiline; instead of small, merry eyes, We
arge, melancholy ones: nevertheless, the
sas tie mysterious likeness of children of Il
NQe parents between them. The hair
CeA was equally gray, but we were alwa
given to understand that la Petite was mai
years younger than the cure, To hear hi
ak of her, you were led to conclude tn
sle was sort OF St. Therese, mystical al
Nedltative, never so happy as when poril
over what she called her "Gren0de"-son
Scet cannon Of a theologian of the midd
ages-her beau tdeaI of saint being Ign
Tus Loyola. One day we lent mademoisel
Ies ,oleurs de Londres, the French nan
"f Oliver Twist. The cure brought it ba,
very soon. 20 no! Ia Petite could not re-
'1cH book" and, to Jessie's horror.
gave gave 1t as his opinion that ce petit drols d
".V'er ought to have been hanged.
10 listen to la Petite's own account of he
~. VA you might be pardoned for believing h
,5 .HloGt religion of any kind d-unles we C,
duration of her brother one. She wou
,,.n1F even to this wLel we observed on the
strong mutual affection.
"a 3ic' she would answer. Il love hir
f fau HG owes me; notwithstanding. we con;
s,.s panls the door at orc another: il new
s' luther Our care is man with
a';5' can tel! you"
'Y ain' sf en.seaty aEa sors gsrt.s to,c