Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-01-03
THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS.
BY EUGENE SUE.
CHAPTER III.
HISTORY OF LA GoUALEUsE.

them, SAID Fleur Gle Marie. "Ah,
bah p r'observed the Chourineur meth
er seen nor known; born under a cab
bage, as we say to children; quite
droll, declare La Goualeuse! we be-
long to the same family" "You also,
Chouineur ?" eyes, a foundling of
the streets ofParis, just like you, my
dear" "And who brought you up, La
Goualeuse 2" asked Rodolphe Il
don't know. The farthest back | can
recOllect was when | was about seven
years Old Twas with an old borgnesse
Zone eyed woman who was nicknamed
La Chouette (owl), because she had a
hooked nose, one round green eye, and
because she re8embled an owl with one
eye torn out"
':Ha! ha! ha! | see her now, La
ChOuettew Y cried the Chourineur,
laughing. al a Borgnesse," con
tinued Fleur de Marie, made me sell
barley-sugar, every evening, On the
Pont Neuf new BRIDGE; it was
way ofasking aims: if, on returning, I
did not bring with me ten sous at least
La Chouette always beat me, instead of
giyingme my supper" :" Il understand,
my DEAR said the ChOurineur, "a kick
instead of bread, with a box on the
ear for butter" "Oh! mon Dieu (my
Cod, yes "Are you sure that this
woman was not your mother 2" asked
ROdolphe.
Il am very sure, for La Chouette
often reproached me for having neither
father nor mother: she said she had
picked me up in the street" Thus"
said the Chourineur, "vou danced for
your supper,when you came home with
out ten sous ?" add a glass ofwater
and then | was sent shivering to rest
on heap of straw-mon Dieu! straw
is commonly thought to be very warm ::
oh it is mistake Straw! cried
the ChOurineur, "you are right, my
dear; Id as soon sleep on ice; a
manure heap Is ten times better. but
the world turns up its nose at this, and
says its too low and yulgar-Only fit
for the canaillc" This pleasantly
caused Flcur de Marie to smile, as she
continued. The next morning the
Borgnesse gave me the same food for
breakfast as she did for supper, and
then sent me to Montlaucon, to dig for
worms; for during the day she kept a
shop for tishing-lines, under the Pont
Neuf For a child Of seven years, half
dead with cold and hunger, it is a long
way, | tell you, from the Rue de la
Mortellcrie to Montfaucon." The eX-
ercise has made you as straight as an
arrow; mustn't complain ofthat, sald
the ChoWmeur, striking light for his
pipe. AT length Id return almost
back-brOken, with my basket filled with
worms then, ,at noon, La Chouette gave
me.a good piece ofbread, and did not
leave a crumb, | assure you Not to
have eaten would have made yorshape
like wasp, said the ChOmmeur ;
mustn't complain Of that, my dear
(putting out volumes ofsmoke). But
what's the matter, comrade? no, l
mean to say Master RodOlphe? You
look sad: is it because this poor girl
has lived In misery? hold, we ali OF us
have had enough OF it = "Oh! you
have never been as miserable and
wretched as | was, ChOurineur, said
Fleur de Marie.
Il, GOualeuse! you were like a
queen compared to me, my dear; when
you were young, you had at least straw
and bread; while [ slept in the pla8t-
er-kilns Of Clichy, like a vagabond
and refreshed myself with cabbage
leaves. Ipicked from the cutters; but
often. when found it too far to 90 tc
the kilns, | slept on the big stones Of
Louvre. In winter, had white sheets
when it showed"
"Ah. but man is more hardy than
a poor child" said Fleur de Marie; "a
poor child, with no more strength than
bird" you remember that, then p
Il think so; for when La ChOuettC
struck me, | always fell at the first
blow; then she would trample on me
crying, This little gneqse has no more
strength than cat; she can t. stand
SINGLE cuff; then she called me La
fegrolte-l had no other n@me-l
was my baptism Just III iike me
nave Always been caliGd IKE a 9IraS
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