Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-06-16

not alone the promises of Father Devil
liers, whieh'decided you to settle in, this
neighborhoOd. LII my memory serves
me, you We're acquainted with family
here, which was adorned with an agree
able young lady whom you desired to
unite with Your establishment
Mademoiselle CARROT ?" .
Yes, Rosalic Carrot, upon whom
you made acrostics, i'm the fiowery days
of QUIZ youth. Well, does your plan
still hold out? ? Is The bridal trosseau
preparing? Aretlie cards of invitation
being printed y.
"Ask the family, "a you are acquain-
ted with them, !" replied Giraud, hasti-
ly; "as for me, l cannot tell YOU" .s
2Why so, my son ?"
Because have neither been refused
nor accepted, and they have asked time
to decide" '.gE.. -. ~. ....... a..
Crepin laughed. ......s.. ...-........
| Decidedly, my poor comrade, you
are here on probationu' exclaimed he;
happiness, credit, fortune, all are
postponed. How can you endure those
adjournments- you formerly wished
the morrow to arrive yesterday 2"
How"' repeated Giraud. DO you
not see? l am desperate-sI am gnaw-
ing my heart and brain l am like st.
Lawrence on his gridiron, without be-
! Ing able to induce my tormontors to
turn me. So my patience is nearly eX-
hausted, and some one of these days 4
VIII send the grocery after the old
"Ah, hal" said Crepin looking at
him, "you have gots SO far as that,
then? Well, if you DO not indeed i'm
tend to make paper bags and weigh out
brown sugar, l have an offer to make
you.n ......t ........ Ml
"What ?" asked Giraud, his eyes
sparkling. #s- a"4# a'aa
" Simply to seek fortune ION a car
which goes by steam, instead of cart
drawn by snails. But it would take too
long to explain the matter by fasting I;
let us commence by breakfast; you shall
know all between the outlet and the
cofiee.n ... 80
The young grocer sent to neighbor-
! ing restaurant for the necessary provis-
ions, and seated himself at the table
with Crepin, who, having conscien-
tiously satisfied his appetite, commune
Gated his project .......... .e-.
Disguised with the trial Of several
empioyments in which he had eaten up
the best of his patrimony, the. former
grocerg apprentice had joined one of
4 those California companies formed for
the search of gold. A company of en-
igrantS was to start in few days for
San Francisco, with all engineer, labor
ers, and all the necessary apparatus for
digging in the golden sands. .AccerdS
ing to the most moderate calculations,
each. was to make fortune in three
years. 81
Crepin who knew his California ro-
nance by heart, related to Giraud all lie
had read or heard. Besides the harvest
of gold, which had to be gathered by
the spade full, the new I1ldoras offered
laborcrs thousand modes of enriching
! themselves. Blacksmiths and earpen-
ters earned fifteen. dollars day bar
7 Lers did not shave for less than Il dollar,
and the most stupid servant received q
rithousaiid crowns the merchants rcck-
Toned their daily receipts at hundreds of
dollars In word, it required as much
effort i'm this fortunate country not to
be a millionaire IS elsewhere to become
such.
The rccitals of the. Californian in
famed the imagination of the young
grocer, who had always liked tasks
J quickly accomplished. He compared
his business, so slowsin prospecting, and
with so small results in case of success,
with the triumphant success OF which
: Crepin talked The more the latter
the more his auditor hated his own sit.
uation. At last, yexation at not being
able to share i'm these wonderful chances,
made him interrupt the conversation.
- Let us talk OF something else ~ ex-
claimed he, striking the table with his
y fist; "of what use Is it To make my
mouth water, and to show me feast ut
which can eat nothng?"
"What hinders youY' replied Gre
pin.
F." DO you ask me 2" returned Giraud !;
have you not just told me IL would
require some thousands of francs to EN-.
igrate with you ?"
! " Undoubtedly"
! "And do you not see thatI have trans
formed all | possessed into loavcs of SUI
gar aud cafes of chocalate?"
Well, transfornhy our chocolate and
sugar into money!"
"How SOP"
" Sell out and give up your business.
You will receive nearly the value OF
your goods, and. ouce become master OF
d. your capital, VIC will start RDEether for
the land OF gold. Come, summon your
resolution.fo calls you to the 9TH
er side of the water. In three years We
viii be able to have cooise and keep a
carriage -
2. Notwithstanding his quick and i'm
patient disposition, Giraud hesitateW !;
but Crepin gave him SO many aud such
good reasons, opposed so elOquentiythe
long expectation and the eternal effort
of his present procession to the rapid
and splendid iesults Of an cxpatriation
Of few. years, Tint The young nercbant
could no longer resist. Seized With that
malady which had been given the
C. nF p,.Iff I,a st IZI -
abandon his htfrnble business for. the
chances of this c6untry'of the Arabi-
an Nights. 5a
would suffer neither compromise nor
delay. Profting by the absence of Gre
pin, who had left him to. pay two or
three visits in the village, he wrote to a
commission merchant to offer his goods
! for sale. ATew days would suffice to
serminatcthe business, and thcncef1ftli
! he would be free. He would not stop
! TO ask himself whether he might not
regret this sudden resolution; the peace
| fIl position he must renouncc, aud the
hope Of q union long desired. Urged
by'his fatal impatience, he SCALED the
letter, gave tito the boy thatgit might
be mailed Immediately, and rcsIined
his accustomed place at the counter.
| TIceu llOIH JIitb inward disturbance
which attends all desperate resolutions,
he began to prepare old waste papers
and transform them into bags.
| While his fingers mechanically full
flied this office, his eye rested for q mo-
mention the torn leaves, reading some
words absently, and his mind contin-
ued to dwell on his projects.
1t is better thus" thought he; nin-
stead of remaining here, waiting for
customers as fisherman extendsd his
lines all day to catch few gudgeons,
will spread my nets in the. open sea and
catch the fishes by the handful. We
shall see what my fellow Citizens, who
don't deign TO honor me with their cus-
tom, will say when / return u million
ai,e! and M. Dcvilliers, who does not
reply to letters write him / willtake
him my visiting card in carriage
Perhaps the Carrot family and Mad
emoiselle Rosalie will then have finish
ed their reflections. 1t will remain to
be known whether have not finished
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