, 1873-12-07

c.lvoa by Mcssrs: Rouge ntd Nolr. ho
l.to l,ntoa them with good hhto; Aso l,e
thIa proforoncc glvon to rnacala whom i,o knor
to be his ,nforiorH ,tndor Mercury. Forthwith
Ito departed from 0omnrollo with Ills troupe, and
lt,li discrimination to frllstrato hB cncmos.
fn elock IN Paris. N. Jaunc: with tho spleen,
fiomarcl,e. MeparB. louge mud Noir hastily pro.
ceodlng hlm,-Noir. with no vIs'be cycs md
moro sloghling tho village with his merryguip1
Whom tho two yagnbonca mndo their doplor-
sfllo appearance III Gomarctlo Filoubon bucano
morrsor than eyer; wl'!ht Trombone. hoarlng. Of
e'hf % s aud s IL sn 1}sFo'sh }or Of arpa pn
TO avoid Tho impending, catastrophe Moth
Ing but a miracle could saro lin from
exposure and lnfany. Happily . tl,.nmnturgiht
him ho applied In Ills atrait. rhs difficulty ho
to Filoubou, Fioubon l,imaelf removed. '
MONSIEUR" Ito said, before Turenuo'a from
Monsieur, yon hive sold your daughter and
yourself. You trl,ated your little Affair to two
inlpoBtors they profoaaod to be roguos, whore-
Oh tLoy noro simply FOOLS Trust no" to mo-
nattern 80 pleasantly TINT you sha1l got 2,o0u
livrcs from II. 10 Marquis, and another thousand
from III. l'opin. at tho Bamo time natisfyng both
rarties-what would you do Tor your bonofao-
tor?
"di4e you half tho plundcr."
"Fiftoon hun1rod lyros-agroed. Nov, from
| bono, to luHlnots. | will bo bound sCm9 OF
tho villagers, Matamo Lcchat nnd others,
31yi hs,Ie =; s'&'d what h'a become Of tbs l't''
"Thoy havo, truly
"hnd yon tad-what did you Say p
| ~ sa'd she waa i'll, and visiting my Histor At
Lea Andelles."
Coed! Say now Tint sho is conva1escent
I nH tvf1 T0n r. In In
| Solcil dor for q few days.
| ITO fetch yolr tlaagh!or,"
"bu, tue Msrluin, Inns hor locked up In his In
"Tha: III tho Two thousand livroa' danghtor.
liyrea' cliiil.'
I am bowildcrcdl"
| children In eyory ylago-more than I know
| what 10 ID with. You shall come with mo and
select ono that shall suit our pepin, anu you
shall Aslopt her, Oh 7"
Two will mako her understand. My faith!
nice little husbands aro not plcatiful that tho
girls should DO acrupulous III to how they geL
| ttom."
1t l,aa been sail and shown that rilouhon had
no principle, and Ills rroscnt nefarioun Hc!,emo
was quito consistent with hs rrae. Ice, cheating
every QUO fairly alike. II llo p'nndered man.
! would Il not DO equity to roatore? DY tue aamo
rule, IL ho Hayed Pepin from tho hands OF thtovcs
| ons day, wonll l,o not he justified in robbng
him tho ncxt2 Tins he reasoned.
| lilo day following pepnH arrival la Co.
ma"cGo. NJ. Trombone returned with his daugh.
ter. Noxt to Pepitl tho porson moyt eager to
200 " tho little Ala'io" WIS Madame Lec!lat. No
sooner had sho cast cyan ou ti,o gir than sl,o
was OF round tho vllass Hike n orloxot, pokiug
hcr long noso in at every door. aud Baying:
~ told YOU 10 1ha: barefaccd old impostor.
that villain Trombone, llas brought homo girl
n n1ttn f{tnts -
l.ttla Mario than mi. Blla's arlfulIy made-up
enough but ono can sec tho rouge on her chccks
and tl!o dse in llor l,air with half MI cyo."
Iepin appeared grcatly ahoo!cl l'y tho altered
and t'or beautiful hair was short. The doo.or
lad cut 1t. Trombona sad, because Of hcr,feyer
l3It the nloBt dt:trossing result Of hor illnoas
wa' TINT ller mnHienl yoice mud hor powor Of
1'opn refused to belioyo that this was hia llttIo
Aase, although n. Trombone sworo by tho
honor Of a0!dior. that 1t VAS mud vowed
ho h, ,>. wnall ,i ilrs' shra1h noptn' and then
tl.:cass and protostatous pori,. quietly dls1o-
ga1ae'!, daoaring that tho girl wna not hla,io
and that lo would havo nothing to do witt, lor
lut When tho +tll burst into tears, and lod out
her arms to linn. bis incrodulity yann!lod and
lo li'lrHea hor n9 inst his breast, soothing her
with kind, rcmorycful words until slo smiled
again.
Trombone insiatod upon tho marriage falling
place o. eng onco 80 Tho Young people went ho-
Pcpin begEal Ills and hts wilos frio1.ds to ac-
company lin 10 houeo ho lad engaged In tic
ncis lborh5od, mud spend the lemaindor Of tue
lay III appropriate festivities. Tho Invitation
had q house Of ha own, aud Festivities, too, and
II. IT, Fiio"bon md md - tLo aarauis s0'o do "eis il
dronoui!lcSoatloo; All, how the three wicked
groom crossed tho llnco witl, the precious bride
they Ind folated OH him! All wore particularly
pleased. Thoro WIS NOW no bar to tic Nlartuis
unptIals with tile lits1c Mario; so having paid
bis 200o ivrcs, aa agreed, le took his departure,
bidding Trombone c1,no to tho chateau on tho
morrow, when tl!s Notary would attend to settle
tho business, When he waa gone, F4loubon took
bis share Of tho nonoY that l,ad been made by
theso transactions, atd then loft Trombone, who
immediately won't over so1ho soleu d'Orto begin
spending his.
tic WAS not more than three parts inobriatod
whon two laeauays from the Chateau do Ia
Gronouilfcgonileo cntcrel tho inu aud attached
hns0yes aa esyea to Tug a9y ye0rsa Tho Mar
tho chateau insGntly' Trombone pleaded
the lacquoys Ind shcr orders, aud, seeing the
state which their guest was in, without mo1o
retreat anu tho urgent business ho was engaged
il, cut into tie broiLiny heat Of the afternoon.
Tile chateau was well supplied with pumps, and
boe boueath one Of eao , the aolaeys placea from.
they possessed After spending delicious
quarter OF Hi llour here, Trombone rose coo-
hcaded aud sober, aud was uslerol Immediately
into The prescn- q Of tho Marquis. N. 10 Aa1-
s ~as 4apng ng W sa has d9 6 ths mancGn
cl"na--it was tue custom Of tho infurlaiod in
the Inst contuty. When ho had broken all the
bel-%iren, and there was nothing loft to smash.