Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-03-02

suddenly.
And my hatT I calculated. mental
",
I did not purchase my hat that day
Next morning I looked at myself in.tb,
mirror when about to go out. 1 coul,
not takea step in that hat. There was
! however. no help, so I ran all the way t,
my unce's,
Lend me Louis% said I, when I bac
recovered my breath.
What fOr?' inquired my uncle, who
was accustomed to these applications.
What forl' l exclaimed. And held
my hat to his nose.
Ny uncle lent me Louis so 1 started
forth and ran all the way to my hatter's
The shop was shut up. On the shutters
was a villainous scroll, intimating that
the shop was sFerae pour cause de ma
riaqe. It was enough to drive one mad.
To 60 and get married the very day
wanted hat 1t must have been done
on purpose. What shall I do?' said 7
to myself. L cannot so about in this
hat. I must go somewhere else
( looked up and down the street. Not
the sign of hatter's. Well, [ will take
my chance. 1 surely cant go far before
I meet with a hatter's. And as I said,
after strolling along for a quarter of an
hour l found hatter's. I had just got
to the doorway, when some one tapped
me on the shoulder.
1t was Alfred .- .-t ..
Unfortunate mani he exclaimed l
jus, caught you in time Are you going
to Luy hat there? Why, he Is the
greatest cleat IN Paris lie VIII give
YOU cat for beaver, and pasteboard for
leather. Come to my hatter's.'
Yoursi- Where does.Le live?'
Boulevard St Denis.
'F'chtre! That is a long way off
Who are cabs made for, .wonder?'
youchsafed Alfred And signaliziug at
the same moment driver, in another We
were on our way.
CAN very well, said I to myself; but
if have to pay for the cab, shall not
have enough to purchase the castor.
paid.
I was obliged, in such a category, to
have recourse 10 an Old trick. When
We got down from, the cab, [ pretended
to suddenly remember that 1 had
friend living in the quarter that I wished
to see.
But you cannot 90 in that hat per-
severed Alfred. let US buy ,ns first
'Obl it is a relative, I replied, and
boited.
had still eighteen francs in my poe.
ket.
WELL I said to myself, there are
hats to be obtained for eighteen francs
that are very respectable. I am very
obstinate in keeping up to the Louis. I
have seen them ticketod eighteen, six
teen, ay, even ten francs I Will have
one at fifteen. So I started in the search
for ticketed hat-shops.
But !, had not gone far before I fel
certain sensations that reminded ME that
I had not broken my fast. What O'Clock
is it? Two o'clock Well, the stomach
must be considered before the head. Be
sides, I have eighteen francs. I have
decided upon a castor of fifteen. I can
dispose of three for breakfast
I breakiasted, and the addition came
to four francs.
sGood ri said. I can only buy
hat ioT fourteen, now So started
again, in a state of considerable pertur-
bation.
But said I, a sudden reflection com
ing across my mind, i shall leave my
self without sou, and buy bad hat ii
the bargain. Why should l not go to
the head Of my Officer
So I went to the office, and procured
an advance Of three Louis. 1 was going
down stairs with the gait of a fuaucier,
when I was called back by Leonce, my
chum at the same desk.
'Why,5 he said, you are going away
in forgetfuIuess. Don't you remember
that the party is for day, and the ez-
pen-es three Louis head? ?
True, said I. I had forgotten it
I don't believe you observed Leoncc,
for you have got the three Louis ready
in your hand 1 am the banker, so hand
them over
And he obligingly took charge of the
sixty francs. aa. lr E. r
Next day l had six francs remaining.
I bought chance hat, rusty, badly sha-
ped, worn out; but 1 take care of it as if
it was the pupil of my eye.
The end crowns all.
ONE touch of nature makes the whole