Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-15

l---COme, we can dispense Win thhti
said the bRrge-men, who blushed lit
tie, but preserved his good-humOuTed
air. Decidedly Antoine has become rec
tor and WISHES to confess all the young
people of the country.
--Ah you think b laugh? returned
the fisherman : bot are you willing thar
l should tell you the name of the flower
that blooms In the bottom OF the heart
of thyself aud the pretty EDtine2 81
mo one asks il of you, Master Pro-
hibe, interrupted Francois, in a rough
tone. 4# EGt. 8.Ht
And you also, my lad added i'm
perturbsbly the fisher; by force of re-
gRrding in the bottom Of the river 90
vou known one learns to see clear IN
souls.-Here and there, it is always
troubled water ALSO, ] tell youi you
are both to throw your lives in the same
eddy, one bravely, the other slyly {;
Andre is not the other; do not under
stand at the present moment.
i understand said Francois, in cast
ing on Liyin a covert glance, imbued
with gall understand that you are q
wicked beggar, that to-day or tomorrow
must be silenced.
oh! bah and how then, my son
a =
man full in the face.
In closing your mouth with glass
of wine, interrupted Andre with jOvial
tone, who held toward the fisherman q
goblet filed to the brim.
Leyin shook his head.
We'll and good, said he; you are
true bsrge-man, gay as the sun, and
smooth as the water. Also, may the
devil fry me II / do not give you my
daughter In marriage age-when l shall have
one. . ....-. .... ..
And when he hasgiven me proof OF
good captainship, added Meru, who
emptied his glass slowly; for to-day the
boys command before having obeyed,
the apprentices pass to captain IN tfiee
But il is not all to have chdyTeyoHne IN
ones clutches, it is necessary TO know
how to make it follow the channel,
avoid the ice, clear the bridges, keep IN
good places, conduct the men in friend
ship.
Enough cried the fisher as shrug-
ging his shoulders: all that Is nothing
you speak merely Of accessories.
What do you call the principal then
asked EutiBe's uncle.
That which truly constitutes the
barge-mau.
And what is it?
1t is the 71latelOte, father MirU! He
who makes it best will always be the
true friend of the river, likewise the
most careful and the most intelligent.
All the barge men laughed.
Gods faith master ProiIibs is right,
said the oldest; have always perceived
that the best BlutelOtG makers are the
best sailors.
Then it is decided cried Leyin, who
let a net slide from his shoulders; we
must know at bottom the merit Of each
one. Let US see, day Of the devil! ]
propose a composition Of RGtelOte making
between the youths; here is the fish
the good man Meru will pay thes sauce.
Agreed! said the boatman.
Quick! Francois, Andre Simon, re-
Joined the fisherman, roll up your sleeves,
nv little ones, and make BldtetOteS to
the death When each one has finished
his chef PoeuUre, the old people will
Judge. He had emptied the net of fish
in several plates that the young barge
men took in laughing. This kind of
competition was for them nothing
strange or new. Obliged often, in their
isolated life OF river oourseT, to rely on
themselves, and to profit hy the most
economical resources, they did not fail
To draw them from the stream which
carried them. Thus the art of preparing
their fish hsd become to the bOatman OF
the Loire one Of his serious occupations.
He had placed in it both his glory and
his sensuRlity. In consequence the ma
tslOte of the barge man had acquired and
preserved a renOwn, which like
the trophies Of MiltcadesY pre-
vented more than one culinary the
mistocles from sleeping. In the river
towns ell disciples of Carime have vainly
applied their faculties TO discover the
secret of the celebrated dishi but Theth-
er II is the powerlessness of invitation OF
prejudices of the faster, the supremacy
has rested. until now, beyond contest,
with the inventors. While Andre and
his rivals prepared themselves for the
ioust proposed by Leyin, this last took
his place at the table Of the drinkers, and
aoEtinued TO enliven them by his shame
less budOOnery; but the Werle OF AnJou
carried Meru inevitably back to the same
souvenirs; he had no sooner commenced
to grow heated, than be launched out
into a talk Of the war he had made in
former times in Nendee; Of bis encoun-
ter with the 5ilIes, and finished by pro-
posing q heslth to the white flag.
"A health. cried the fisher, never,
old man, it is unhealthy Two, well and
good three is you wish / am friend
to all the flags that make me drink the
wine do not pay for' '
You have then no opinion, bad
christian? said the barge man with con
tempt. a.-.,.s
Lezia. II had one no one Would buy
il; and TO keep it, in the end might in
eonyenience me. Opinions do you see
are good for the bourgeois who love
lUXuries. ....-.....
You are never theless Of my own age
observed MerU, and your beard should
have commenced to grow at the time OF
the great war.
80 It does every Sunday, Leyin re-
piled peacefully.
Which is 60 say you have not hear
enough to defend your God anu your
king, rejoined the barge man, with heat.
Lon the faith of mani 1t is not wanl
of heart, father Meru, said the fisher
man Il is the fault of our mothers who
have taught US to reason; yes, taught me
and the lads OF Behaurd. .r -r.E.F
What do you mean?
Well! 1 will explain there are somt
here perhaps who know that ! was born
in the isle of Behuard above this. Al
the Loire is of quite respectable width
in that place, and there flows too mucE
water through to allow Of crossing i
bare foot, the trembling Of death was OF
the two shores, aud it was not well di
gested with US. The iUhI6s and tht
6lues had no barks to visit Us, and we
took good care to keep our barges tai
from the shore. Thus all continued n
| in the past: we attended msss, eat, wheI
hungry, moved our fields, and made
| love; il was q true blessing! But ont
day, or rather one evening, 10 and be
hold 2 little passage-boa came alont
side with three blues, searching for pro
visions; they were told that no OBJ
had more than sufficed for his wants
they replied that they must have them
! and in menaciug tones threatened tocur
| OF hunger the first who refused anC
| they entered in at our neighbors, WheTt
/ they drank, eat and kissed the maids a
| their pleasure.
And you let them do it, great COW
ards interrupted Meru.
| Will you listen to the end? con
/ tinued Ieyin. Whilst they gave them
selves Up TO pleasure, the men assembled
! to consult, and the oldest said III w
| let these three hungry devils go of theI
| will make known where the table-clotf
| is laid; there will be tweRty come dowl
on us tomorrow, and after tomorrow
three hundred! We must, then, con
| fine them here some place from which
they can never escape, and the 0es
! bidine-place is a pit in the cemetery
! AN were convinced of the truth Of this
| That night, even, the affair was regu
lated, Rad on the morrow mass wa
asked Of the rector for the repose Of thei
souls.
/ Well, that is something like sai'
! the old barge man, who was grow
ing warmer as the subject advanced
see that you also have made war agsins
] the blues.
One moment, Father Meru, replied tn
fisherman, it was but q measure OF gen
| eraI preeaution, so much so that one Weel
| after when some t0httes appeared, VIII
wished to infame the multitude, carr!
off the wheat and corn and take tn
| foyling-pieces, the same reasoning wa
/ Obliged to be made, and once more
mass was required.
| For the unite cried Miru, who
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