Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-13
iQ(ortcster Daily Spp,
THE LITTLE RzDCAps OF KERLEUA.

THE LITTLE REDCAPS OF KERLEUA.
In a corner of the courtyard of the old cas-.
tie OF Kerleau may be seen the crumbng
stone statue of peasant, which has stood
there for many ages
In the days when good Christiana reached
Heaven by faith and good works, Satan was
forced to exercise his wits to draw them in o
his SHARES he was, therefore much more fire.
quenly to be seen among men at that time
than he is now, (tor in these days he has no
need to come to us, as we of our own accord
go to him). But whatever furetnought lie
might exercise, and whatever pains the evil
spirit might take, his most carefully prepared
plots would sometimes fail, even when brought
10 bear upon the simple ones.
There was, then, AT that time, i'll the Com
mune of Eleven, a poor peasant, named Lau-
rent he was a widOwer, and had no other
possession in the world than beautiful daugh-
ter, the pearl of the country, who went by the
name of fair Jeanette but though the love
OF money was then less prevalent than it is
now, no one envied the good man his treasure,
and none of the lads of the parish, though
they were always delighted at an opportunity
of dancing with Jeanette, and paid her
fine compliments, ever thought of marrying
her.
"Ah if | had but good farm" said poor
Laurent to himself, 'I'd make Jeanette worth
being looked after by the best lads i'll the Com
Inunp. hat pi flu. ,oor ,roaoe ,f DIV, lo
borer, how can | put anything aside If the
Count Of Largoet would only give me some
him and we shonId bntb Ina GAMERS NV ,bn
bargaiu y
IInn,ror ,1o,, Gov, h;,c,s +;o ,ro,e out of tI,o
forest and taibrr LaurfH{ hnyiny biJ all the te
Mans no;I . visit ia tI,o COS tIo ~ Tornont and
proposed to the Count TO take part OF his
land and oct if INN order if he ,yould mako
him , cool advance
aV.Tv oood y said the Court. al will oive
Won hundred crowns A rood herd of cattle
and all thr tools Won want bnt nv Ills Time
thrcc Years Won mist have cleared and nd nInnt.
ed and bedned oll fine land that is aljottpd tn
Won
Thorouohiv DELIGHTED with his harooin Ian.
rent confidently SET to work lie bnIt y cot.
tage for himself and his danohter md sails
f,r tho ,.t,Ia. tar il, hose d.t-s via, Inn
dre6 crowns I, oraat many s,nnrs cn,,ld no inf
one unon annthrr
Win on,,, tI,a, ,voro Iolo.d tbo cood mar,
encagrd I,horrrs who cnt d7lcI'es n1nyrd ,h,.
IanJ and snwrd - Great t,hJ whje ,Lev livnd
n wbnIn yn,,. n,,oH ,yhat ,ya. il rro,ynj Rnt
At fine rvnirnrinu nj twelve months Laurent
fnnnd himself f,r norrar tian at th,. nnIinni,,,
for he was in debt. and he had hardly INV
corn .. ,6, h,,'y.i %ni h"1,r %d amJ Js "Iy
Iorcrs, who had been Iadly fed and nd NOT VI naid
nj ull had all Iefl him
One l ' 'ay -" when thn unfortunate Iauront was
d;,,,,, = ,,,,,L H., ,,,L H. -, ,
rnri,'7r N s,r,n" tr'' '''' liz Iro, ''1 h;'
En'I. ,..., ,,l,iu,, MINI fti,r,1,. Lo i,,1,,t'I
HI, hard lot and rImtrhimg Gis bair he ,.ri.J
ont,
"Yps wouId IN DIVE myself IN In. devil
,n " " si'e u 'e'' ~ '''' 'e'''
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v,bn vya. i,,r,'.,Iiat'.l, ot hand
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onndS hnsri,.J f,.lI,tw and III ,Snrt tn, r,',,
f,r wear and a ,l.,y tnr ,,oti,iu,, an In. ,,,us
dition tbnt von'l ,lv,., .,,,,,,I, M, viii yn,L
lint tho v.r, first ,;n,i il ta,is =
.YnnJl Tarrv ma nfI1 sand tho ne,sont
own lion I Ia.I;ne y
"Rv M means ,nu old idiotio said Satan
Il ;sn;t von IA L,y,, h,t vnur dauuhT.r
"Ynu,,I Inv. ,,, d,u,l'tnri Gn7,in,,, with
won !" said Ih, ov,,sn4rYI4d L,ur.nt
ot\v.u INT II I'm, .,l,,,,s ,,,,,,i,, ,,o,r ,ou,u
have NO means nf ,,n1iing ynnI ,I,nnI,I.r
,n,rri,d
"Wnu thnn LET ber ba an old maid all Lor
life dnn'f r,re ;,
"Y.s i,,s rns.ibIo VOL, do,,t co,o. L,,t bo,
oLor, Lor n,
paor .,ro,,, co, I,in,soif+o +h;nl- ..-rI,or,,s
q s,,,, sil,t -, ,,,,ri -, ~, d..,,,, how, ,,,1
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III ,'i'l' " a"' ";,u " ""'
III III, - IN; ;; " ~ ~ ~
..w1il ), H., sa;d =. Irou, ct
.eyo,, rot,,s, ~
on. ~, rho cor+rory 7 o,oo,,.u
own lion n1a.t,.r ,,Lat shaii + do ~,
"Finish his d;ttI, yl,iIe I nnond rost ,,
Az ono as there ,vera ti,.I'Is to bo ,Io,vod
orJ so,,n nr.ss r., Iva ant ,,rn -, bo thrr, sii
AMI wo,,"ns IN ho mil ali want on ,,an and
tho, Nv, rui,o a, ,Ii'r ~" ,aso E,t 'i',,t
49, NJ I,.T,I Iabnr tI,ora ,ra ,,t o,,,L l,if tn
he done and the feor Of finding nofLin, for
bis r"rt,'an ~ Il, %s,,nn ,a ,',',s'.t H., ,,t
man Who lnnkod 9t lie d.noGtar,,i t,..,r ,vJ
tr',nbling Tiay aud nirht he ro,.kod lie hrai,,
10 G,d .7,,,,, ,,,,,,s ~ ,;,, H., ,,;,i,,
of Sn.on. ha Inst Ills o,,,,otit ,,td Jnilv ,,roty
thinner and saJdpr
quite lost his gloomy and morose manner and
seemed almost beside himself with ov: and
when his workman came TO ask for work Lau-
rent i'm A careless manner took him by the
shoulder and said -
81 am very well pleased with YOU, for you
work capitaIly but | don't like you to be al
WAYS toilinr so hard, so to-day FIN going to
give YOU something to do that won't tire YOU
Just 90 and fetch a fork out of the stable. and
IN meet Won in the ward"
So willie he was zone TO the stable TO fetch
the fork. Laurent went up INTO the loft. and