The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-10-02
hide his weapon behind his back.

S0pO euS e1rOl d-hOCPCt, WIZ " Nihi
ed up to the young man, and said
to him: What are you about
"there?' And he drew towards him
the hand and the pistol. you
were, going. to-. blow out your
,brainsW :: q si.--,1,; sf:. VIZ 49,,
Leon 1nade:a sign in the affirm.
ative: .r-sss. -,".- =. - -, -
=. , ~ And the forty shilling you. owe
me
T have hot got them
!; :; SO you not only don't pay me:
but you acc actually geing:to shoot
yourselfin my house,, that; is, you
will bring disgrace on myestablish,
ment,. and leave dead man on my
hands2, Give. me your pistol
WY
Why ! To hinder you-from kill.
ing yourself before. you Pay me:
After that, it will be a matter Of
perfect Indifference to me, but
still you Will have to do It away
from here
So ]. have not; even liberty to
die = Leon no ufrniired::; for the
swretchedness, despair, and hunger;
and the, enotion Which, precedes
suicide; had thrown him, into a
state of complete prostration> and:
scarcely knowing whatEhe did, he
gave the weapon to his host.
=, after all, he said: Il owe you
money, I belong to You, do what
you like: with me. Have me an
rested if you think ft.' TO-;
, You are very unhappy, then.T
X! 'Ah!a indeed [ am 60:
=. You can't do any thing, them
can do any thipgq ..>~
!: ~ Any thing?'
-. Yes, any thing from Arabic and
Greek down to, the way to make
economical SOAP Well +then,- / ana
dying ofhunger:' ; -
! toh! hang it'll. That's not The
stuff. to- 'geta a living BY; and you
are not the first
- IF wished TO give lessons; Twas
offered twelve. hundred francs a
yearr Twelve hundred, francs for
spending all my days .in< trying TO
teach. a parcel of idiotssfrom eight
to- twelve years old, every one
more ignorant, more disag greeable,
more ugly; than another. -. >,
:. >! What nextY =.
AFTER. that, / made a translation
of some Arabic songs; magnificent
songs, entirely unknown IN Europe,
and capable of Transforming the
whole Of northern literature::' -.
'sWe1Ig
- We'll, the publisher wanted two
thousand francs to print my trans
,lation.' <..',-
r You ought to have tried some
thing else
50 T*dN. I asked for work
from the French government a
copy of a picture. - -
:: You got it directly? Fhey say
that in France, governments at
tend to nothing but encouraging
the. arts. =. -. .s-.-
- 7 was offered eight, hundred
francs to copy a .Veiasquez, and
there Wasa years work in IT,
"eAh! THAT'S very annsmg! Go
on,,' said The "host, placing his
handsonehis hips: and appearing
toatake the greatestainterest in all
that The heard: 49," ~S -
stA,h lit ,amuses yen,. doesit2' -
VASTLY -:.~. - :.
And, thetavern-kccper sat down,
for he had just reflected that, he
should be more Comfortable sitting
than standing,
7 addressed myself to a JOURNAL
Leon continued, with view to
translating the foreign news, and
writing scientific articles. At the
end of a month l had made eighty
francs, and received orders not to
write on science again, the sub
scribers having written to say
that it was tiresome.'
sAh! yes, scientific articles; one
can't stand that sort Of thing and
the inn-keeper gave stupid laugh.
4 then scraped together all my
resources and came to England
'Yonsdd right
Speaking English perfectly, I
counted on giving FRENCH lessons
to young gentlemen; but I had
the thoughtlesshess to pronounce
the word 'chemise' before q lady,
the mother Of one ofyour country
men, and the same day l was
dismissed:'
And since then ?
Since then I have done nothing.
I came to live at your house, and
I owe you forty shillings.'
You ought to have been con-
tent with the first place you got,
that at twelve hundred francs
Content with that? [ would
have died first
i am contented with what l
have, l am sure said the tavern
keeper, with pride, and for these
twenty years I have done my own
cooking
4 should perhaps have been
contented ifI had not been in love-.
You are in lover