Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-13
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said repent!
> Then she slowly turned and gropin
took her way to the house.
jacques followed her with biseyes, wit
D. fear, as if he had seen the phantom {
- divine Justice. When she had di,
4 appeared there was long silence. TIL
expiring man tried for moment to mas
ter himself, and uttered, half deliriOusl
some words broken by cOnyuisive laughs
Repent stammered he; ahl ahi.
They do not understand. Fools VIII
think that revolutions are stirred up with
out belp..spriRkled with tue water Q
r heaven! all an ali i...Let tnem wall
let them wall l..
Then his voice became more dry, hi
= words more forced soon his lips alou
s. moved, as II be was going to eXhale hi
last breath. Jacques, shocked, spprOscbe,
nearer, caught his hands and called II
by name. His blinking eyes opened, 1
+ sudden ray Of light lit up his features
= and he drew to him the old barge-man
T Listen, he murmured, your son is
. brave barge-man, is he not? He is es
teemed! D.. .. Very well! all posses
/ give him! -. All, do you under
stand we'll? And as Jacques wished t
= STAN mer thanks, he interrupted.
e Quick, he continued, in a feeble voice
indicating with a gesture the cushion
, of the old arm chair, search there.
What do you find
"A pocket-book, said the barge man
who had plunged bis hand in the place
indicated.
That is It; everything is in it;
bills payable 20 bearer, bank bills. .
Have y0u understood > ...sOr your son &c.
he, honest man, that honest people let re-
main poor; the scOun8rel that they
| curse, enriched in spite Of them.
l shall have finished ID. by ID. a good
action. -.
| At these words an irOnical smile passed
over his shriveled lips; he wished TO say
something more, but the death-rattle
interrupted him. Jacques, frightened,
called sister Claire, who returned with
the same immObile face and knelt slowly
down near the wavering head Of the
dying man. All three remained a long
time thus without speaking. The sun
had almost disappeared the birds were
hUshed; all was cold and gloomy. Moth
/ ing was heard but that whistling respi-
| ration that grew gradually more feeble.
[ Finally, ii the moment when the last
| rays disappeared from the roof Of the
/ isolated house, the dying man stretched
! cut his arms as If seeking g resting place,
! opened his eyes, then closed them with a
| profound sigh. JacCu-s, who was lean
! ing over him, listened @ instant, then
placed his hand bef1Ea lis lips. The
! blind woman raised il .a43
Is he in the HANDS o Sod ? she
| asked.
Jacques replied af rely. She
/ rose mp with Yivaci.y.
| Then my trial is endt- she cried :;
{ q fAa. FrF
lions, Ike Daniel. O. Lord blessed be
/ thy ngmgl
She crossed herself twice, and went off
rapidly. The dreamer cast around him
frightened lock for an instant, then
/ hiding the pockethDok in his bosom, ne
! fed, whilst the corpse, his head thrown
/ over the edge OF the arm chair, as II bis
l Vivid features would still brave heaven,
was left abandoned under the humid fog
which descended with the shades Of
night.
Troubled bv this death, by the memo
| rieg recalled ny it, and the unexpected
/ fortune which had just come to enrich
I his son, master Jacques at first went
! straight ahead, without will or design.
I He was prey to sort Of vertigo, which
made objects pass under bis eyes con-
/ fusedly, and as il in a dream. He trav-
ersed thus the faubourg, arrived at the
| quays and crossed the first bridge, but
/ there finally fatigue forced him TO stop,
] and recalled him to the sentiment of the
real
He peered through the soubre night /;
and perceived at the head OF one Of the
! fights of stairs that descended to the
| Loire, q poor i'm whose decaysd walls and
I broken roof seemed to menace ruin. On
/ the black sign-b0ard which hung near,
| betwasn two Wresths Of ivy, was con-
fugedlv drawn 3 lin anchor, blackened
bv time. aud around which the most
practiced eye wOHld have vsinly en-
deavored to read an effFCsd inscription.
Jacques recognized Immediately, new
erthelcss, the tavern Of the Si1UeT Anchor
in former times frequented by all the
Young men Of the marine Of the LeiTe.
Its present solitude verified once again
the nut ability Of human prosperity; but
this WIS for the ancient dgOtCner a motive
Of preference. So he did not hesitate 10
push the half-door, breast high, that
closed the entrance.
An old woman was knitting near the
Gre place by the light Of rosin candle;
She rose, visibly surprised at the arrival
Of a lodger, and at his demand OF 8 sup
per and lodging, she wished to waken
y
after having asked for some bread and
brandy only, Jacques was led by his de-
sire TO a Iower room, the window of
which opened over the bank Of the LO-
ire, abruptly wished the hostess good
night, and shut himself in.
Whilst Andres father, according to bis
habit, wss seeking in sleep and intoXica-
ton, forcetfulness Of his past life, not far
frOm there one kept watch whose hopes
had all been shattered by this past, EX-
actly face to face with the tavern of the
.Szuer ARcbor, st a cable length from the
bank arose inthe waters a species ofsquare
tower, whose dim outline was drawn
against the sky; il was the floating mill
Of Francois mother. Entine had arrived
there some hours before with MerU, who
had soon left her with his nephew TO
hook the boat from the ice which COM
menced to appear in the river. After
the exchange Of questions and replies
that 3 first interview entails, the miller's
wife had led her to the little room that
she was to occupy in the upper story Of
the mill, and had left her, assuring her
that she would sleep like child three
years old, rocked by the good river until
morning.
Notwithstanding this prediction, the
young girl remained a long time
awake. She went over again the events
cf the night before, Of the manner in
which her uncle hal separated from
Andre, of the inlpOs a5lity Of ever max
ing him accept Of TIE SOFA o. Jacques the
OrOlUpcr, as a nephew, sad her heart was
torn by the sad tteg g-lt. Her arch
humor had fled: she v"as seated on her
bed, her cheek Test.E ON he pillow,
which she m0istened VI| heT tears, ever
renewed; they might -t-e been called
the large drops Of "a springs shower.
Many hours passed thus. Finally the
tears were exhausted; her swollen
eye-lids closed, snd, signing like child
whom sleep has surprised in its fleeting
grief, she slept, her two arms crossed
above her head.
a murmur heavy, but prolonged and
profound awakened her. Little by
little q. seemed 10 approach, TO swell. 1t
was rumbling, progressive and power
fol. Soon lights glim mered, the alarm
bell rang at Saint Pierre one great voice
arose formed by q thousand voices and
repeated The break upi
A HANDSOME yound widow applied to
physician to relieve her of three dis
tressing complaints, with which she was
affected.
~ IN Iile hfsb place. Salu she, nave
little or no appetite. What shall ! take
for that?n
Z" For that, madam, you should take
air and exercise"
And, doctor, 1 am quite fidgety at
night time, and afraid to be alone. What
shall take for that ?"
For that, madam, l can only recon-
mend that you take husband"
" Fie doctor. But I have the blues
terribly. What shall take for that?"
" For that, madam, you have besides
taking air and husband, 20 take the
newspaper, and-and a little one.n
Sensible doctor, that.
SHERIDAN's speeches grow longer at
each successive ovation. BE beats Grant
" all hollOw.n
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