, 1873-12-06

bons hAu faltcret out lin!f-a-dozen words
yourself. You tr,,stotl your llttlo affalr to two
| impoBtors they profoRBod to bo rogues, wlero-
ms thoY noro simply fuols. TrllHt nov to mol
am noin1postor. Metatounnt, suppose arrange
livrca from II. 10 Marquis, and another Thousand
from N. lopln, ut the en,ne time antibfyng 10th
par!tea-"Aat would you do for your bcncfao-
"Givo you 1l.lf tho pluntlor"
"Fiftoon lt,ll.lrod liyrcs-nsrocd. Now, from
| bono, to buHtnotB. will be bound Hctno Of
tho villagers, Madamo lcchat and others,
hssf Ms,io :: ssf'a "hn' has become Of th' '''lS
t'..Aad you said-what did yon say'"
~ said sl,e vas Ill, aud visiting my aiator At
ri ;s Say now @ that sns e. is % sHnvalsseen e @
so's5s Ror ao1 nis3;s a9; f'w days."
"ro fetch your daughter"
"1,ut tho Nlar.luiH LaH her locked up in his In
Tha! is Tho two thousand livros' daughter.
livres' child"
| " ain bewi1dercd!'
children in cyery .vi!lago-mors than kuow
what to Il with. You shall coa,o with mo and
SELECT one tllat shall suit our Pepil,, aud you
shall adopt her oh 7"
'Dnt tho girl7"
Wo will make lier understand. My faith!
nice little husbands aro not plentiful that tho
E,ris , should be sosupulous ms to how thoy gel
It las boon said aud shown that riloubon had
no principle, md his prescnt nefariouB sclen,o
| was quito consistent with his practice, chcnsing
ayory QUO fairly alike. II lle plunderod man.
would It noI bo equity to rostors7 BY tue same
ono day, would he not bo justiln1 in robbing
| him tho noxt2 THUS ho roaaonod.
Tho day following pepln'b arrival In Co.
ma"che. ". Trombone returned with Lis daush-
SEQ " tho 1ittlo Mario " WAS Madamo Lccliat. No
aoonor had sho cast eyer on the girl than she
waB of round tho village like crieaot, pokiug
hor long nose in at ovety door. and saying:
that villain Trombone las brought homo girl
| to palm GU poor Pcpin that's 10 moro like tho
little Mario than / am. shs's artful'y madc-up
enough but ono can scr tho rouge Oh l.cr checks
uud tllo dye in her llair with half au eyo."
pcpn appeared grcatly shocked by tho a1torod
appearance OF hts sweetheart. Sho was THU,
and hcr beautiful hair was short. Tho doctor
had cut It, Trombone sud, because OF her foyer.
Dut tho most distressing result Of lcr illness
WAS that her musical voice and hor power Of
npecch had entirely. loft her. For some timo
ropin rcfnsod to bolioyo that ihis was hia little
Mario, although NJ. Trombone eworo by tho
honor OF u a0ldier that it was, aud vowed
imprson % him. s Il M Io darod Se' doubt @ Tho tho
yoracity Of TutonneB Trombone. Those
tllroa.s and protcstationa Ponin quietly diste-
garsloi, declaring that the girl VIVA not Malio,
md that ho would hayo nothing to do with her
but WHEN tho girl burst into tcars aud hold out
| l1or arms to him. his iNcroduli.y vanished, aud
lie nursel hor against his breast, soothing her
| with Kind, romorsoftl words. until she s,niled
again,
Trombone insisted upon tho marriage taking
rlaco at oico 90 tI;o Young peopIo went bo
| fore tho Notary aud wore nla,e man mud w;fo.
rcpln beggod Lis aud his WIGS friends to &C.
noigl,borhood, aud spend the remainaor OF tic
,lay in approximate festivities. The Invitation
| did not e1toud to Ii, Trombone. lie. however,
had house of his own, and festivities, too, and
H. Fiounou OIL and and " tic '1 Mnrauis a' do do "ein IN
dronouillogoutlco, ALI. how tlo three wichoI
| yagabondy chucklcd aid rourcd as Tho brie
! groom crossed tho Place with tue precious brido
hey lad f9istod ;5 on himl All ve'o particularly
i,llptials with lilo Iit:lo Mario; 20 having pajl
Ills 900 liyreA, ~ agreed. ho took hs donar.u,e.
bidding Trombone como to the chateau on liz
morrow, when tls Notary would attend to rettlo
| his sharo Of the mouoy that Ind been made by
these transactions, and tllep lott J'romboue. who
| immediately went over to tlc Spleil d'Orto becip
spending LIS.
Whom two lacaueys from the Chateau do Ia
tleusolyeu to tho haDpy veteran. Thu Mar
quis desired Tronbono's attendance At
tho thho chateau instantly. trombone "'St nleaded ID
in vain to bo left In tue Soloil d'Oe
tho lacoueya llad lheir orders. md. aoeiug tia
state Nhlcl tleir guest was in. without mole
ado they look him between thom, from tho cool
retreat and llo urgent busiucsy liz WA o,,caeoa
in, 1ut into tho broiling heat Of tLe aftolnuo,,.
Tho chateau wns well Supplied with pumps. md
boueath ono OF these tho lacaueyB p1acsl II ou-
they posacssod. After suonulns n % delt:lo,,s M
o,1aytor OF an hour Lore Trombono roso c,u,-
| Goaded aud sober, aud Was uyLeroI Immediately
into tho proHcn - Of tic Marquis. II, 10 Mal-
nnartmont rintti11. tGo bo,ln md .n,asj';nr tEc
cillua-it Nus tGo custom OF tio infur,utod in
tue Inst centu,y. Wi,on ho had broken ali tho
bell-wiroy and thoro was nothing lcft to smash
Lo foil into chair and criod. Aflor tlis o1Libi-
| finn In catIoI I'rnmhnro RI h;a a;Io MI