The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-16
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TWO MERRY DEBTORS.
pY CHARLES MONTPELIER.

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4. T. n Eibfi ~ 1911
Coliheur, at the period OF the adventure
about to be recorded, dwelt in the Rue d.
Suresnes, a quiet street in the handsome
quarter Of the Madeleine 'Colfieur hat
lived, in the most Partisan acccptattOn o
the term, and he continued to live, like Of
easy. going fellow, US he was. He cOult
kndt resist nh invitation tof 4nnT! Hl
could not hold out agailOtal arm pas et
Under Ills own that pushed him. TOWARD
the restaurant Hign0n, or the Cabare
dor.
Colileur's wife was an amiable ant
good.tempercd creature, whose you'll
Supplied the fjlGce Of tbeAntS3 Undo
what circumstances, had Colineur fra
khown lier 91'li6t q another" story ,Swttl
which we Asye nothing 70 .dQ. Suffice i
thut Collileur and his vito were an at
ftaehed Couple and nothing more seriOu!
disturbed their felicity than the little
storms caused by tho loss Of button, OF
the discovery Of wasp in the salad. II
q word, they would not have had q single
care but for little bill which fell due OF
the 18th Of SeptelnberJ mn l0l.l
All! that Bill! 1t was for 45O francs
mn enormous sum, terrible for musician
Forupward Of q month they had thought
of nothing else. They counted the days t
when it would arrive at maturity. H'wat
not o bill to be renewed, BY Citing some;
thing on account. Not to pay itwonld
DC ruin. At the last moment GOlitepQll
made Incredible efforts. In vain did Ie
offer charming rolnanceSlt to all the music
publishers of Paris. Nothing brought
| him 45O francs. On her pHrt lLmes Coll
.Aeur got together all her lace, brushed up
her Jewels, and firtively Visited the Mont
I de PIcte. But this did not; bring 4 ~
francs.
Justbc(orc the dreaded 10th, they had
only sCraped together half the sum, and
they ,despaired Of the rest ,,o b,
tx friend dropped In upon fiemI Ap art
ist, sort Of painter. Marching up 70 the
chimney.pieco, he plunged. his hand into
the tobacco jar, rolled Q cigarette, and
then made the tour Of the room. :.
You have some charming engr0vings,
he remarked.
ColifleuF paid no attention. 1 III
"Wherc the deuce did You get them !"
"Tve no recollection" replied Colitieur,
sullenly.
"Well-they are worth a hundred
francs each"
Colifleur regarded him with . .9tupeaed
air, and murmured:
"Whog what do you isayS what is
worth hundred francs!"
"Thcse two cngravingsr5 ial'oS
"Yuu are certain of it?% r,,o5.,
"Quitc certain" !''"'i"
Coiitlcur bounded toward tho wall, tore
down.thc cngravings, rushed out Of thg
Eiouse; and faif tothe @hli 81 taire, eFhefe
hc'eht Tered tlireGS orr 6lt picture dealers!
shops. He must have $50 francs, not a
lard less. The Gngravings were superb,
inestimable, taken before the letter. Coli
tfcur WIS eloquent The dealer was
shaken. The bargain was concluded.
Nevertheless OOliheur was not TO have
his money till the following evening. NO
matter! He -{was sure Of it. lie would
ask the person who presented the bill to
give his address, assuring, him that the
amount should be paid on tho 10th before
noon.
These tyenty.f0ur hours seemed very
SLOW, but when Coliheur and his wife
found themselves actually in possession OF
450 francs, their hearts beat with JOY.
"Dear Lucilc?"
tsDear COliileurF - a. ~
Quarter of an hour passed in this way
One must talk sense al last.
afF.- 4 Taislnnw NNuItalbu
tho name OF the fellow who Endorsed our
bill, and where does lie live"
"Aiy love, his name is Tournemlnc, and
he lives at No. 9 Place de III BaStilc. lie
llas been requested TO be ut home Il little
before noOn.' -.
"Tourncmine, ch a droll name. III
20 10 him NJ nine"
4Ilyou like, my dear, wei, 20 80 togcth'
err observed Lucille; IS n -
,Ss!SS,S!hy' you tdistr''St nte-tl"t' ~ Too
bad" ''' - SS
n shall feel more easy, my love"
"Wcll, be II so. Wen so together" re-
plied GUlitleur, embracing her.. ., .
Delightful dreams Visited them that
might. Wings Of various eOloFs attached
themselves to their TRANSPORTED bodies
and transported 5tllclnl tnsan unknown
land were I'LL the inhabitants Ind silver
SoIcesand golden smiles! GIBwas kepar.'
disc OF honest, debtors, and on their
pr0udIy:raised bro%s could"bC read tue
following inscription, 5na9 is
tIss - PA1P IN EULrs s ,,.ja
Next day, arm in arm, Coltflcur and