Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-04-14
THE ADJUTANTs,s STORY,
FROM THE FRENCH OF DE vIGNY.

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FROM THE FRENCH OF DE vIGNY.
You must know, Captain, that was brought
up at the village Of Montreuil, by the Cure of
Montreuil himself. He taught me some notes
of church music in the happiest time OF my life;
the time when | was choir boy-when had
great, fresh plump checks, which everybody
patted as they passed n clear voice powder ID
haxen hair; blouse and wooden shres. do
not often look at myself but | imagine I re-
semble that but very little now. Such, how
ever, was my appearance then.
The old Cure had in his house sort of harp
sichord, which, though shrill and dscordant,
always left with the greatest reluctance. l
tuned it with tolerable accuracy, and the good
father, who formerly had been famous at Notre
Dame for singing and teaching church music,
taught me an old solfeggio. When he was
pleased he would pinch my cheeks till thoy
were blue, and he would say to me, "Harkee
Mathurin, you are hut PEASANTS son but if
you learn your catechism and your solfeggio
well, and give up playing with that rusty gun
in the house, you may become music master,
so keep on That would encourage me, and
then I'D hammer away with both fists upon the
two poor key-boards, the sharps of which were
hoai'y aii mute
nv u'nos WIS pe'ni'''eU =" ""'N anu run
A"0u'' out NY nios' "sreeapie reere"Voh M"S
" so "nu ''' AZ '.' va" % ,"' F"'N VI ''o"''e,
W, Anu u"' ~ Vau - ~ "oAs -
ing little music pavilion on the Versailles
a''"ue' -, " 'u"'''' p"e's ''o"' '"' "@''''.
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so;,,os Quito a., ,ho ,v,ror,i,v of ,ha norI &c
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srrronndad no al, ,roos ron mo-, d;s,;rnrish
ano,;,;on ,rhio, roso,ntios ,,osoro and
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a. 90 % 500 ,,,,,o h,;,ain,
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,ion of ,be small bouse which the Queen was
having built for Madame.
pierrette and were about thirteen wears
old She was already. 40 beautiful that people
stonned her on her wav to commitment her. and
Ibavo seon sno ladies get down from their
coaches in order 10 sneak IN her and kiss her
When sbe had nm a red frock. with the bottom
on aacb side raiscd and tucked into her mock
ets and The waist fitting closely to her form. II
was easv N see what her beoutv would ono dav
he she AID not think abont Il berself and
she Ioved ma nc bcr brotber.
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o0Ne4 os o'su' VI ''u s"'e' i-e "o".u ~ '-''As
10 si' uo"n on !" 'o"s' s'VHo VI y" 'ue e'oanu
'eS.oo nin'' 'uu "no" ne ""a '"'se s'O"' "
'u' in '"o' fie'i.''e "oui4 s",o" ""'si on 'He
saw anu "ou'u '"%e o"s eHu " "os,''
-'N', a' He ""' Wv 'e'' -''N'' "A - '-'
"oriu
He was ofavery mild and peaceful disposi-
tion, sometimes rather gay, but not often. he
was tall, and still growing quite pale, with a
swinging gait, and long arms and legs, and
withal his manner was frequently absent. He
liked his trade, he said, because he could
honestly earn his wages, while thinking Of
other matters all day long. His father, whose
profession was that of architect, had been go