The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-10-02
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1867:

tA AuQS' ltSIS@dFu.~ - X = -. x
+: :4Stih, SO faryoushave only found
"a hundred and thirteen francs
tSseyenty:fve centimes, a month
T. Isl. .farI had not loved, Sir; and
that slight sum suficed for my
tsinple tastes go, .,,,s. >-.~,.
+, We'll, syon know a great many
tthings,' saideM. Iebrnn, with the
admiration of a man who has
never known any thing but his
own language Just what is need:
ed for selling linen, and all the
arithmetic. that is, necessary for
knowing how tocmake twenty-five
yer, thirty per cent ,-'''-sss = -
r>et Yes Sir ; I know a great many
things - ..'":', .. '->
YOU speak English ?'-..'' p. -: =. -. x
: Ffuently:,,. 49,.
(, Germ amp .. / =. -
!, Like. FrenchS '-+zr:,e S-7> ., 80,
= italian p - - ..
:, 1T is at my finger sends
- you know Latin and Greek?'
! Thoroughly; and even Arabic.
. --StA Arabic! all papa said Julia,
iIthat is iIe! If you knew Arabic,
papa how,pleased- yeu would be'!'
Il What ..Sir,4you can readzthose
long, thin twisted letters; that
:look:likc; vermicelli?'7," -. =
r 'Eike 4 book :
ourdraw, too??' .,,, :,..-
Yes Ieouid maks,.a good copy
of a great master Iean do lit
[ tie. in, architecture; i am Weh: up
| in, chemistry; 7 Know the, 'uniyer:
sal history and natural history. I
I have'taken my degree. And you
think that in a. year J. shall not
4get fifty. thousand francs out of all
= Fifty thousand an francs It IS IS q
great, deal eftm oney,; but. / don't t
Withdraw, from my word, andI
E,Wiitkeep nay promise. Come back
On the fifteenth ofSeptembeB 1888.
Still, FwoaH give You my !daugh-
Fttter Ftter At oncesif you had the. money
{ which your parents have paid to
teach you ali you know, even # #
You were an ignoramus.'
sYou will Wait patiently for 8
whole Year, Jdia,| said Leon to
the young girl. -: ...ang>. s~s
+ y Yes, my friend; Iswear. to iyeu,
kI,will.ne.: =. 9s>. :. 80. ->z;;$$, -:
,,Nery.weFl; Sir good4byt ilsthe
fifteenth Of September 1888, said
fIeon, retiring, after having pressed
the hand Of, her whom he loved
tSir, I have the honor, to salute
you was the, reply of. Monsieur
Lehrun, to whose 1ips-this phrase,
4whiehshe hadrepeated. for twenty
years every time that hebad3taken
leave of a business-friend or
customer, returned increasingly,
t,marked by pompous tone and an
unmeaning smile. 80, * ;
CHAPTER THIRD. ....-~...,
! Ten months and a haffafter this
scene, q pale man, with a long
I~beurd and hollow checks. almost
lin rags, was seated. in "a low:
! gloomy and, holesome, e.: room
! in a bad tavcru-in .Londea. He
had let his hcadfall on his chest,
and held in his left hand. a pistol
swhile.-withs.~his< right:shez played
with the hamnersand the trigger:
This pale; thin, ragged man. who
haasno5 tasted 'foodfor two days,
I 'Was Leon; who vas on the point
Of blowing out his brains. ~ T.
r. A letter Iay:oa, the table. This
! letter bore,the name and, address
of Julia. 1t contained only these
words: ., =.
I have done every thing to make
the sum-which your father asked.
I am poorer than when 1 last saw
you and I have not tasted food
for two days. When you receive
this letter shall have died think
ing of you. A pistol-bullet will
have done what hunger would
have effected if 1 had still dared
to hope. .,--
May you be happy, Julia; this T
will be my last wish before dying.
LEoN.
18th July 1888
Leon read the letter again for
the last time and sealed it.
Come said he; let us spare our
selves the six weeks which still
separate me from the fifteenth of
September, 1885, and he loaded
the pistol which be held in his
hand, preparing himself to put it
to his forehead ; for he who knew
every thing, knew that it is at
the temple, and not in the mouth,
that you must fire a pistol, if you
wish certain and instant death.
At the moment that he was
about to pull the trigger, his door
suddenly opened, giving entrance
to burly man with a pimply face,
wearing a cloth waistcoat and
white apron, tu;ked~ up on one
side. This human mastodon was
the keeper of the tavern where
Leon lived, if it can be called
living. .-. :.
Leon's first movement which
one can never control, was, not to
pull the trigger, but to withdraw