The mountain Democrat., 1865-06-03

le"tne' ouI the 'hOSt hOtlCeaOle point IN
his appearance was his hat, which, OF
the same material as that of the traveller,
and, like his, unadorned by feather or
buckle, was of dull crimson color.
don't like the look of that Robin
Rtdhead, the traveller bethought himself
Ills eminence wears a scarlet hat but il
has tassels and broad brim. Who ever
saw peaceable citizen in such blood.
stained looking couvrcchef as thatI'
However, he was an open.hearted bur.
7 efE.SE and, rising, held, out his hand to
the stranger, saying, Welcome, sir and
friendn
To his surprise, the man with the Red
Hat drew back, as though half alarmed
and half astonished at this simple act of
courtesy, and, instead Of reciprocating it,
contented himself with making lew bow.
a very ceremouious parsonage, upon
my word, unused the guest. Perhaps he
is Huguenot Or, just as likely. Cath
olc, and thinks | am a hereto. The
spotted fever take all religious differences,
say Then, raising his voice, he said,
Sir, am extremely happy TO bc able to
offer you share of my supper, and
A thousand thanks = hastily interpos.
ed he Of the Red Hat. Then diving into
the recesses Of pouch at his belt, he
produced handful of silver, and contin.
u,d, Take. | entreat you, what have to
pay as my share Of the reckoning
Sir, sir, protested the traveller, draw
ing himself up, do you take me for mig.
gard curmudGcon who expects a stranger
to pay for the meat to which he invited
him.
Invited! ! DO you mean to say that
You invited me ? talter,d the Red Hat
'Oi course, lido. told the landlord
so, replied the other.
Ihen, responded the Red Hat, With q
very peculiar and not very pleasant smile,
accept your invitation as heartily as il
was given. This is the first time in my
litc that such thing has happened to
me. Bot the sky has fallen, and We may
expect to catch roast larks. And he
dre% a stool up to the fire and began to
Ua>Il and hug himself in the rosy warmth,
Roast lai As failed to come down; but
u elcndid roast goose just then came up,
itankcd by hotch-pOtch Of >avory ingre.
dlent>, and two portly pitchers OF WING
Tht strangely acquainted friends sat down
:" table, aud did the amplest justice to
the cd,1les and potablcs; aud SO delight.
Cd did !niue host seem with the appclites
Of his guests that Insisted upon standing
treat III more tuan Que flask If his chou, e>t
est vintage.
No doubt, sir tie L / Hat remarked,
" hen the ltiIorI Tad removed the Il az
ment> Of the repast, and they were left
a.unr, ';hat ynn are as We'll known as |
am Ia this ho .triry. Goodman Aubry
waited Oh you as though you were u
prince,
Not III the least, replied the burgess,
>n!lng But just sounded my pocnrt,
and he'waS contrht with The ring of the
ii,tic Hyrrs Tournos.'
His iutcliocu;pr smiled grimly in re
tara. Yes he plrsued, gold has i'm
mcn>c poNcr in every county; Sti.i it is
iar IRON prudent to show the contents of
ones pocket to everybody, especially in
sucn place as this
The burgess looked at him unca ,iy.
Do You IN al TIA; there ar. pick yp~k.
NNN 'iN' SH'h'b'~1 80 DNliC' az h~hG'is
d. yon mean 10 say ttat YOU are not
acquainted Wljh the nriglborho d : re.
tI.mcI the other, ansA cIils one Question
uy asking an'ti,r.
Imlo, n"t l. Tnis is my fi>; visit,
aud come from a in"g di>trnce, too. |
am from La Rpthe.ic.
From La RochclIc = and the Red Hat
in his turn regarded his ncw-toun1 irlcud
With purturbcd looks. What Oh earth
brings you thcnce:'
The force of circumstances, my un,
lucky Star,and his emincuce the cardinal
lis very long story. have been spe-
cialiy s'nt for to wait upon Ills cminemcc.'
Unfortunate man! exclaimed the Red
Hat; what have you to do with hIm?-
Have you offended his eminence =
Never, to my knowledge responded
the burgess. AS fate would have it,
however, have been accused Of doing Su
but my complete justification can be nj
ther long nor difficult. You must know
that the Rochelints are very troublesome
tnlk>; aud that evil speaking, lying and
sandc'ing are TAR too common there
Some Sculvy wag among our citizens has
written an anonymous satire against the
administration in general, aud MonStig
mrur the Cardinal IN particular. Then
there has been IL talk about Urban Gran
dirr. about tragedies and verses written
10y his cmincncr, about certain Sarahand
said tn have been danced by him before
the Queen: pack of nonsense Some
secret enemy of mine has been good
enough to denounce me as the author of
these rogulsh pasqnenades me who nev
er rhymed two lines together in my life.
1t is a most perverse and treachcrous
time. 10 eXculpate myself. | referred to
a certain worthy Monk, Father Joseph,
vino is said to be honored with the friend
ship and confidence Of his cmnence. lie
was fully convinced of my innocence, and
subsequently Informed me that Monscig
nrur would deign to grant NE an inter
view and here | am, deeply tiattered by
his cmincncr' condescensiOn, although
should very much prefer being snug at
home in my own house at Rochelle
Humph!' quoth the r ID Hat; for my
part, think you would have done much
better to have renamed at home, and left
this FOOLS errand to take care of itself
Eminences are dangerous to have inter
views with. But must be going he re-
sumed, hastily rising. Farewell, master
of mine! Thanks for your hospitality,
and pray Heaven and St. Nicholas that
we may never meet again And so say
ing the Red Hat abruptly left the room
a fools errand'! What can he mean
by that| mused the burgess. Poor man,
he must be cracked. Who but madman
would think of wearing red hatg How,
ever, my little affair will soon he settled;
nine o'clock was the hour fixed at which
| was to wait upon his eminence. Ills
not five minutes walk to the chateau,and
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