Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-22

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!, his glass against that Of Mira; may b
b,Iny II this night is not the happiest {
NV IifeI Should the good God send a
His rbunders here, He could not TAX
from my cOntentment.
Then you will not lose it by the par
ishioper I see coming! observed LeyiI
who had aDuroached the window.
| What do you see? asked Andre
whose enraptured eyes could not tur
away from Entine.
! Look! replied the fisherman.
large meagre man, dirtily clothed
had lust opened the door; he remained
vaciiIsting on the threshold, his eye
duIled by intoxication, seemed to searel
in the lower room for something. A
sight Of him the young captain gave
VA NAV "a q G6d pardon nue. 1t is my father
he cried.
| N-Naster Jacques repeated severs
voices well, why does he not enter
-You do not perceive that he has ht
head to wind, as is his habit? said Fran
co.'s. with a malicious laugh come ol'
| JACQUES, advance your SOW is here.
| The drunkard made a slip in reelinl
! towards Andre, who had risen, littl'
ashamed, and whose look met that 0
/ MINI.
| Make allowance for him, captain
said he in low tone and in reddening
nv father has had troubles and branGS
| consoles him too well.
I Il hsye been told it, replied the barge
man with + sort of compassion; but thl'
| is the first time have met him. Pooi
old man be is sadly punished Hh
hands tremble like the leaves OF the
birch tree Look on this, young Eaenr
and try to understand that wine Is the
true beverage for man; at the worst II
laws him low but for an hour, whist
cogpac exterminates without remission.
Then, turning to the father OF ANDRE,
aud showing him 3 stool placed agalHsI
the wall, he added:
Come. Master Jacques, one more
dash of the oar and you, ehlldreni make
room respect to grief!
The old man succeeded in reaching the
stool and sitting down, with the help oI
Andre, who then tried to learn what
,1ouJd have induced him to quit Saint
GeOrge, where he lived. Amid many
wanSeTiDgs from the subject, he thought
to understand that his father had received
a letter which called them both TO
Nantes on an important affair, and he
had come TO rejoin him at ChslouDee, so
ss TO descend the Loire on his boat
Concernipg the nature iof this businesss
Master JACQUES refused to explain. he
preserved in his drunkenness certain
empire over himself, with which his son
had fraquentIv been struck. One might
have said that fixed and powerful WILL
"a inse psrable from his nature as the In
stipct Of preservation, guarded always
the door OF his soul. Often the word
which was on the point Of escaping rom
his Iips. was arrested suddenly, Tetelned
NV a prUdenee which survived every
thing. and ne took refuge in an obstinate
silence. The young barge man knew too
we'll mis- habits 10 persist in useless at
tennis. AS saon as he saw him decided
n keen silent. he ceased his questions,
and onlv thought of regaining the char
rel,O7sls. His two sailors departed in ad-
vance in leading Master Jacques, whilst
he took leave of Entine and her uncle.
i must depart tomorrow before day,
he said the ice is above, and the fTst
moderation Of the weather, 1t may all
break and move, and then beware OF the
break up! am in haste to be sheltered
at Nantes with my cargo. ....
And I also with my JUtredu and
niece, replied Miru gaily Tor it is well
understood that we are to navigate 10
i hope go, Captain, since it is to be
the means Of gaining your friendshipi-
YOU, perhaps, recall you said as much
And / do not take becs- my WORD
replied Miru: yes, yes, II Is noW we are
to know you thoroughly Wetch your
boat, Francois Will manage nlne' anu
to morrow, on arriving at Nantes, we VIII
- IA
Andre pressed the old barge-msn's
hand then took leave of the young girl,
kissing her o0 each cheek according TO
cnstom. and told beg good bye with emo
tiOH. .........-.,
,s you would only say du reUOir! said
the Voug girl miscnievously.
An Tevoif, then replied Andre, and
,rsy the HOLY Virgin to favor my iDten-
ion He regsined the cterreyoHHe,
VbiIst Mfru renlsined Rt the inni where
be- intended passing the night, as well as
his niece; his baTgemeni alone, returned
with Francois.
This last felt st heart 8 Jealous rage.
Tbe manner of defeat he had just been
,rbmftted to. the bantering OF beyini
md. above ali, the too visible preference
II his cousin for Andre, bad envenomed
,is wound. In the present state or MS
mind. he could not himself even decide |
\ his hatred of the latter prevailed over !
,is love of the former: but hatred and
owe ended in one sole desire, that OF dis
,ro herrnssjT1g himself, at any price, OF
he voung esptain Too prudent TO ac-
'omDlisb it by open attack, be caught
on1e means of 'iniuring him without
himselL He had laid
Iorp nv the side Of his companions
lnder the cabin Of his tatredF = but
rbile thew snored on either side he con-
inued TO agitate himself on his moss
alIet. 1
>, the marrow between Andre and HIM
sIf added stiH more to his irritatsd dis
uietude. His first year had been passed
+ Nantes. in the half-idleness OF the
niIls without other occupation than TO
,,irk the milestone, raise the water
ates and play on the bag pipes, accord
40 10 the custom Of the mHleTs OF the
o1ntry: later a disagreement with bis
1other had caused him to join bis uncle,
nd he had become a barge man, but
7ithout ever having acquired in his
ew calling, either much experience or
ddress. There he foresaw that the
omparison proposed by father Miru
youtd also turn 20 bis shame and would
lsure the marriage Of Entine and the
oung captain, according TO all spPear-
noes. Suddenly he arose a. II struck
18th a sudden light, considered an in
.ant, then gliding out Of the cabin, he
aimed with prudence the stern OF the
ltreaa and looked around him. All
ept in the ohdrTegOnne anchored l.
~, fnkF ark-
nd the water OF the Loire rushed
long with profound murmur. Sure Of =
eing unperceived, Francois passed In
be boat which be detached, and cut
1g the current, be gained the channel. ,
lie followed it some time without the !
tnost scrutiny being able to suspect :
is intentions. II was only when the
urrent Of water led him between the ,,
wO large isles Of the Desert and the
,agle- that he Stacked the sail Of his
ark. The bed of the stream, obstructed ,
y the alluvium favored by the two isles. :
lrmed in this place nunbeTless siuuosL =
les, and the continual displacement of
be moving sands, caused this place toll
e rightly regarded IS one OF the most 4 !
if1cult passages between Nantes and :
ngiers. Therefore the administration :
1rI the erection Of beacons gave pap :
cular attention. BY its care long viii /.
1w branches, driven in the sand, and ]
Isplaced at each change Of the channel, !
bowed 10 the bsrger the dangerous /,
laees IN marking on the water
be direction 10 follow. Francois ,
vent from one to the other, pulled them :
at adroitly and replaced them in such a
manner ss to indicate the course above ,
ne accumulations. He had calculated !
nat on the morrow, Andre would depart
rst, and, in consulting these false indi-
ations the chdTTegosa,1e, heavily charged,
ould not fail 10 strand. Besides assuring
imself, by this means, an easy victory /,
YER his rival be would hazard the InsE