Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-01-03

SHG COnC6dl6u uefSelI. III was, at
least, a place of shelter, Stop =
stopP said the Chourineur: the wife
of Goubin is Helmina, is it not ? yes I!
a good soul, answered the Goualeuse.
"A seamstress who had worked for
me and RigQIette. Marry; she did
all she could in giving half of her Gel
lar, her straw, and her bread, to poor
Lorraine-in this place the poor little
stranger came into the world! ah
me no covering, nothing but straw!
Helmina, pitying her destitute con-
ditlon, came to seek me, in broad day,
even at the risk of being murdered,
fce her husband was seeking her every
where. She knew | yet had a little
money, and that [ was not hard heart
ed; Just at that moment | was step
ping il a cabriolet with Rigolette;
we were going to the country TO finish
my f0rty-threo francs. On! | do so
love the Countrywide fields, and
meadows, and trees. But, ah ! when
Helmina told me the situation of LOr-
raine, | sent away the carriage, | ran
to my chamber, took what linen had,
my blanket, my mattress, put them on
the shoulders of a porter, and sent
them TO The cellar, | followed with
IIelmina-ahi YOU should have seen
how happy she was! poor Lorraine,
we nursed her, Helmina and myself;
and, with the aid of my money, we
got her along, until she was able to
90 to her washing again. Now she IS
able to gain her liying-but l never
can get her to give an account Of how
much | owe her for washing! | see
plain enough, she wants to pay me in
washing; however, if she don't give
me her bill, I'll change my washerwo-
man., said La G0ualcuse, with an i'm
portant air.
And Goubin's witer said the
Chourineur
How Don't you know?
No: what j. if2, .Abl the nnfor-
tunate Goubin found her out: some
one told him that She was somewhere
in the neighborhood Of the Hotel
Dieu; and one night as she came out
of the cellar TO Get some milk for
Lorraine. he killed her-three blows
of the knife between the shoulders =
.Itis for that. then. that Ne has been
condemned to death, and will be exc
cuted in three daysr said the Chou
rineur. Exactly said La Goualeuse.
when YOU rave all your money to
Lorraine. what did YOU do then nv
girl /? said RodoIphe.
Marry. then l sought for work
| knew how to sew very wei, / was
Of good courage, wasnot embarrassed,
so l went into linen store Of the
Rue It. Martin. Not 10 deceive any
one, | said | was but two months out
Of prison, and that | was deSirous OF
getting work; they showed me the
door. Iaskcd for work to take home,
if it was only a shirt. They laughed
at me; so l turned very sad. I met
. the Ogresse and one Of the old wo-
men. who were always after ne.
They took me home. they made me
drink brandy. and that's all
/ Il understand said the Chomincur.
! Il know YOU just as we'll now as if
was your father and mother. and vou
. had never left my lap. We'll that 5
what call a confession.
you look sad. my girI,' said Ro
d0lphe. after your story The truth
I is, it makes me feel sad to look back
since my infancy it is the first time
that it has ever happened that have
recalled tomvmemory all these thing,
at the same time; it is not pleasant
is it. Chourineur p
just So said he, in an ironical man
ner; YOU regret that YOU were not q
scullion in aneating-house, or servant
maid to some old devils and THEN
imps !? Never mind; it must be
pleasant to be good, said FIeur dc
Maria, with a sigh.
Good oh, the devilr cried the
bandit. with a burst of laughter
T.. Good! and why not nun at once
for the honor of your father and moth
er, whom you never knewY The
face of the young girl lost for a mo
ment its usual expression of indiffer
ence. Stop said the Chourineur
1 am not PleurnicheuSe, A crier.
My parents threw me into the street
like little dog that one has 'de trop.
l don't blame them ior IT, lor perhaps
they had not enough to- eat them
selves but that Is no reason 1or say
ing, ohourlneur, that there are Dc
situations better than mlne'
Aou! put What 40 you want :
you are as nanDante as e4luS
you are not yet seventeen, you SINS
like a nightingale; you are caliec
Maria virgm,) yet you complain :
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