Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-06
THE BARGE.MAN OF THELOIRI
TRANSLATED FOR TIE APPEAL
FROM THE
FRENCH or ySOUTESTlRE.
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man, who turned gale. Meru signed {,
Loriel TO approach, and showed hin
! Master Jacques The old man sppeare,
( astonished, thought awhile and recalle,
!. some souvenir, then started.
i 1t Is be, he murmuFed. To- 40. r4.a
E Who then2 demanded Meru. !
a -Lerik interrupted the night-tDdlker
!. who continued to strike the water L
! the bottom with the brigands!
1t is he! cried the old man; hI
= dreams Of Waived boats he thinks he i
working st the marriages Of Carrier
All! recognize him: yes, yes, 1t is Jac
. qUes the drOlCHer.
This terrible revelation wasreceived BY
, as many cries as there were persons e
hear them; bat with Entine and Andre
they were cries OF sad surprise, with
Meru cry of anger. He sprang to-
wards Master Jscques, seized him by the
waist, and w0Rld have precipitated him
into the Loire if the old captain had not
held him.
Leave me, leave me, Father Loriel,
he cried in struggling. l have sworn
that the day / encountered one Of those
, scoundrels in my path 1 would rid the
marine OF him.
He wished to seize the night-walker
p again, who was awakened by the vio-
Ienee Of the attack. Andre threw him
self before him, and asked grace for bis
father At that voice the jury OF the
barge-mRn was redOubled and turned
entirely on the young man.
All! you defend him cried he; it is
A Just you are Of the same race. Whist
he has done you approve, and will do it,
too, when the occasion offers; wolf g
blood does not lie.
DO not say that, master meruY wildly
interrupted the young man, You know
well that / cannot reply to you, seeing
that he who gave me life Is present, and
God orders NE to respect him.
And does he also order you to steal
my friendship? replied the captain.
Why have you concealed from me your
parHntage?
Because 1 was ignorant Of it my
self
Meru make = gesture of incredulity.
BY my eternal salvation, did not
know it, rejoined Andre energetically
he whom master Loriel has just re-
cognized, can tell you 80.
DO you dare to call the testimony Of
the drOwner ? cried the bsrge-msn,
! We take our witnesses as we get
them, and without choosing them, mas
ter Meru, said Andre in a low voice.
I Possibly rej0ined the captain Of the
| White FyCg; but the uncle charged with
8 MINOR niece chooses her husband is it
not sO2 Very well rather than give
/ mine to the son Of the butcher Of Carrier,
do you understand, I would take her with
a milestone around her neck to the
I bridge Of Pismil above the great arch and
I throw her head foremost into the Loire.
Entine made faint cry, and Andre
/ wished TO reply; the captain did not
allow him; he passed an srm around the
/ Young girls waist, and without waiting
more led her to the inn, where Soriel and
I Francois followed him.
The young barge-man stunned, seated
himself on the side Of the boat his head
in both bands. The transition from
doubt to iby snd from Joy to despair had
been so prompt, that he had need for
some moments TO reflect. However that
species Of weakness was Of short duration;
ne oveTcame it by n manly effort Of the
will aud remembering his father, he
looked sruund him but master
Jacques had disappeared. As soOn
a. be had found himself alone he
had silently replaced his jacket; had
descended % the ground and had taken
on foot the route To Nantes. After hav-
ing in vain sesrchsd for him in the barge
and on the banB, andre returned to the
cbrzTrvOH7ls 70 await there the morning.
The cruel surprises through which he
had passed kept him long awake; il was
only toward the end Of the night that
fatigue oveTcame him, and he slept.
He opened his eyes, struck by the hrst
light Of day which pierced through the
cracks of the cabin. Still torpid he
raised himself on bis elbow with y sigh
the memories Of the past night
I = q a kl
found with them his sOTTGWful anguish.
He could doubt no longer, all was over
with him: for he knew Meru snd.Entine
we'll enough TO expect nothing from the
.disU0edisL &c Of the last EOr from the JUS
tice of the first. The young girl ought to
remain until death submissive, because
of her relationship. Thus his hopes So
long brooded over and barely hatched,
and that evening, were ready to take
wing, had just fell to the earth, mortany
struck.
He did not wish to dwell on this
thsught. which would have taken from
him alI his courage, and he fastened to
rise to make his preparation for depar-
ture.
Meru's boat had already made them, and
he perceived her gliding along by the
side Of the cbGrTeyollie with sail hoisted.
Meru was at the rudder; Eraucoissested
on the fore-Geek, held his bab-pipes as II
prepared to play some new air to, OF as
sfst at some village meTry-Inaking. In
T,sssinO he threw on the young man q
iook. in which glowed the insOlence Of
triumph. Andre did not return 1t. His
eve searched for the young gifl, whom
he could not zee. Doubtless she kept
herself shut up In the cabin Of the tUtred1t,
to avoid the heartrending or THIS last
meeting. The young captain Ielt DE
heart swell, but be mastered his EMOTION |
and. seeiue near him none OF the men |
Of the clhdFre3JOHHe he TOOL. MS way 70
the inn 20 recall them. AT the moment
of his entrance, all the barge men al the |
NeiIlerau were collected around Father
Ioriel. and we're talking with great AMI |
nation at sight Of him. the eonYefsa-
tion ceased the eyes, when nad oeen !
fixed on him, turned aside, and ne saw a |
void made in the group, as II they wished /
to leave the place nee TO him, AndFe |
had some vague consciousness thaJ some /
resolution was being taken concerning |
him and the blood mounted to his face ; |
mi ba aid not allow himself TO |
he iutiuoidated. Searching out With |
his ewes his barge men, be announced |
to them the chGrTeyOil1ie was about
10 make sail. Ths sailors turned /
their beads without replying and re-
ulained where they were the young man |
astonished, repeated his words I'D ofdsr- /
inc them to follow him the mariners, I
visiblv embarrassed, looked at father L0- |
riel. This last then made step towards |
the captain Of the Hope, and, taking up |
the word
we were speaking Of you, Andre, |
said he seriously, and you arrive IN good |
time.
Tbe young man was struck with the /
disappearance Of the thieing ard thum-
ming, which, among the barge-men OF the |
Loire, is not only habit, but an obliga-
tory cymbOl OF fraternization.
You know what the mariner Of the /
Loire has decided against the droUglfTs7 /
resumed the old man, wko seemed to 4
pick the words with which to express 1
himself, al true barge men have made /
an Osth 10 drive them out of the bREges .
and make war sgsinst them; this oath |
you cannot keep, since Jacques is your
father.
We'll? interrupted Andre, irritsted |
by the heslswness Of the old man.
We'll, he resumed with hesitation,
those who cannot obey the laws Of the /
fraternity Of the water can No longer be
member Of il.
That means, then, said the young /
man, whose heart beat with force, that /
you wish to prevent me rom naviga-
ting7 ..... --...
Loriel made gesture Of denial.
No one can bar the river fnom the |
chnyTgonne, he replied but no brother
Of the marine OF the Loire can hence /
loFth aid in working it.
-Eh speak out then, cried Andre, 1
striking his hands together, say at once
that you wish to disembarrass yourself Of /
captain IN whom You find too much
courage and good Will, whose crew you 4
hire that be may be eft on the way, that
YOU serve yourself Of the sentence Of the
marine against Master Jacques 20 scuttIe
my boat
Very well no, on my honor Il is
not tbst interrupted an athletic barge I
man, his face the color OF red copper:
the old barge naan has wished 10 soften /
things, and he has enlangled everything
the TRUTH | sm going to tell you, my
self We others, the barge-men OF the /
Loire, we have q glory OF our own, we