Litchfield enquirer., 1865-10-26
MONSIEUR oUFLE..


 I A 'cheerful'man was M Ouae,a who loved :. lJovia' evening with his ffiends, glass Of geo
 wins. and a merry tale. A worthy man, to
 was he. the most exemplary of husbands an,
 the most indhlgent Of fatbeirts-bu he had lii
 weakness-which of us bas not ?--4!ai.d hi
 weakness was weakness Of intellect; in short
 he was very good, a very respectable, a yer, ikind-hearted man, but also very silly one. 8; ! lie regarded himself as bit ofa phiIosopbe, and dsspissd superstition ye. for all that hs
 was fidgeted if the salt-celsr were upset alarmed if the knife and fork were crossed, ani he would positively decllas 10 make the thir teenth at dinner "iia .9iT2 't 7@e e. 1 r It was Carnival time, and M Ouhe in yited ali his own relations and his wife 8 relations ts dinner. pleasant evening eypassed; they ate and they drank and they talked, and they sang they ate till they were more tlian satis- fled, drank till they were very merry, talked 1 themselves dry, and sang themselves hoarse Far be tfrom me to assert that any of the par ty had drunk more than he ought bu. they had all grazed the line of moderation, and NJ Oufe being naturally light-headed, had become ex- ceedingly jolly.''... GIT? ..,y .exaur,.
 When the relations withdrew the .cbildren went to bed, Madame Ouae took her candle and departed withherlady's maid, and N Oaae for the sake of a little exereze, festooned up and down his chamber, whistling plaintive melody, and whistling it out oftune, ...i. 1T
 This gentleman's 6 eldest son, who had inher- tied all his fathers amiable, qualities and his empty -headedness into the bargain, had slipped of trem the paverpal house by the back-door, as soon as the guests began to leave, in mas qnerading dress, and hadbetaken himself, after the manner of scapegracessso aball,
 MsOufe, having wearied of describing curves in his own room. opened the door and went up stairs. q process attended with difficulties which would have proved insuperable but for the as sistance of the balusters. Arrived on the lan- ding M OuHe observed his sons door open so
 2ay he walked into ,thssl loom, impeHed either by curiosity or by desire for little more couver- sation t'sFF I The son was, however, at that time flsucng34 in the ballroom of a hotel two streets off .r \ Quae,. mot 6udipg the young man, sat himself down beside the bed and began to overhaul the various, lhaaapst aaing. dresses which his son had left out fnpon his chair. ..A .aes. .,, .4.z 4 .5 s,,4 1s ded as q forester's dress there was a costume: of the time of Francois l., covered with span gles; and last but not least, there was bear skin suit, so contrived that the weafer of it was covered with fur from head to loot and looked precisely like black bear escaped fron a travelling caravan MOufe turned shihs dress over and over, and Its originality attracted his interest: He thought he should like top see whether it would fit his person 1; he therefore arrayed himself in the habit and found that isi auiled,him to ar. Just then the idea entered his head that the opportunity of idiaabusing Madame FOuhe other superstitions had now pressntsd di:selfs Madame oufs vas auearly as great fool ashes; husband, and dt1asss saying good deal sha was infectedgjsS vulgar. belief in witchcraft. and sdemonoiogy, and bes lieved Implicitly that warlocks could irsnsf5rfn themsolves'into wildsbeastsfor the purpose of. devoaring children. ssseoq sa .g, Now, unused N Onae, lie change for me to eradicate'tlese banefal .supsrstitioas from her mini.a If she sees ms in this a2ess, and takes me to be werewolf, and wheh Show her the deception, she will never believe in the supernatural again;'taG a 5saqbise4 r Il Accordingly he walked to his wife's door and listened. The servant was still with her, Sis tFess, 80 Ms Oaae fstreated down stairs to the dining room, intendiugrto wait till hls good la dy was aloaei and that he migbt knawI when the maid was dismissed he placed othe door aisr 5aR e7ci'eb aal 10 iG8as yG,1 rse0 &7
 B Then taking up a.book he seated himself before the fire. The book happened to De Bo- dins Demoaomania, and Nj Oule opened it at the chapter on Lycanthropy. a,-' v
 He read op and the tales of were wolves aoa- ted in strange colors through his brain till he fell asleep with his head on the table and the bookion his lap, And as he slumbered he dreamed of soreerers being provided by the Evil One with wolf skins iwhi tIheys were condemned to olwear for seven years, and of Ly- caon sentenced by love to run about ia beastial iiorm. till pisscing shriekk riekk k and crash brought him with start lta his feet, 9s4slawa 1T
 .sa tThs lady's maid,, after shayisg spisned her mistress's back hair into heap apds6tted over it the night-cap, had left the chamber and had come down ssairs! Asshe passed the dining room she sswsthat there was still aligbtin it, and thinking that the candles had rot been ex- tinguishedsshsa entered precipiteteiy to put them oat.1 Fo2inai daidw ;'..,ise sae o'
 There iu the dead of night. she stood, and saw before her a monstrous black bear fast asleep before the fire, snoring loudly, with it's head on the table and it's snout up in the air, its hind paws upon the fender, sil; pocket handkerchief over one knee, and a book on the IAn