The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-04-18

the moneyS "a bre ,Na
Gas soon as my affairs are in
better condition." said d'Albignac
modestly.,
"And till then you propose t.
continue on increasing your debt,
suppose ?" replied the huckstel
"No, no, to that | cannot consent.
T think the best thing I can a,
is to leave your house at once" sale
d'Albignac, springing TO his feet ant
seizing his hat; s'there are otbel
people in the world besides you, and
better, ones, too, | trust" '''
"Tut tut! sit down again and
let us talk like two sensible men,
demonstrated the hdckster. "You
shall see that I mean well with
you" '''3', !. ~. Y ~, 1,l, 7
!" Curious to know in what way Iii
landlords interest in him : would
manifest itself, Henri sat down and
looked him full in the face.
II need a trustworthy man to
drive round and serve my customers
with vegetables" Corhhill began.
"Will you be that man'?' we T.,
"Will what /! are you mad ?'
cried fAlbignsc, in doubt whether
he heard aright. 'i
"What else can you do? Moth
ing, that | can. see" replied the
huckstcr, Struggling his shoulders.
"Think it over-I will give you till
tomorrow evening to consider. II
you refuse you need expect nothing
more from me. And what will you
do then, in this big city, without
friends and without means. Heav-
en- only knows! Besides I shall
expect you to pay me before you
leave my house"
With these words he left the
room, Henri remained for a while,
seated at the window, considering
what course to pursue in his extrem-
ity; then he rose and went to q res
tauralt, where he was in the habit
ofgetting dinner Arrived there
he took a seat at q table at which
two elegantly dressed gentlemen
were already seated, and ordered
some roast beet and a salad, which
was all that the few small coins
which still remained to him would
pay for, The beefhe found entirely
to bis liking the salad, on the con
trary, he pushed aside as absolutely
unit TO be eaten. a.. ,.t.,a
Meantime, three more fashionable
young men Of the world bad seated
themselves at the table, They
smiled as he pushed the salad aside,
and nodded aside as be said;
"What an abominable mess they
give you here under, the name of
salad! With us, in France. q salad
is a very different sort Of thing"
%Then, you are a Frenchman,
arP" asked one Of the gentlemen,
in q courtIy tone "Is it true that
your couptrymen are the adopts |
have heard they are in the dressing
Of salads ?" a,54,b 1
t'That is one ofthe arts in which
they are certainly proficient" re-
piled the FTepchmsn. yoq
"But the secret is, Of course, not
known to everyone it. is probably
only in the hands Of professional
cooks and epicures2'' ,ae,..
- '"'Not at air. replied Henri;
"eyery child with ,ups, knows how to
dress a salad fit far a king. True,
our petit crepe isoa very different
sort Of vegetable from the bitter let
tuce that grows, ip England" i,ag
II fear you DO our gardeners IN
justice; the lettuce they raise is
good enough, il only requires to be
dressed" ls.l, ,oigs,o '.,'i., sl, |
The discussion was continued at
some length, wheg one Of the Ep-
glishmen turned to d'Albigpac, and
asked ifhe would not undertake to
a aIadthen and there after
TIE French maaneE il ,l9rst5 4
i ~Certainly! why nOts'' replied
Henri; Whereupoa the elIwsiterl ms
called, and oil thsaneCaSsalyi ingTe.
liehtd were imtnsdiatoly ordered f6rII
tlSeydrsssingSt slaa nh EsunCaihe.
Then the young .dobld@sht Wt