The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-03-20
THE STORY OF THE SALAD KING.

Among the refugees who, nj the time OF
the first French revolution, sought an asy-
lum IN foreign countries. there was a
Young nobleman from the u OF
France. named Henri d'Albignac. He
had been left AN orphan at an early age,
and his only inheritance was a little do
main that. under the most favorable cir
cumstances. yielded him a yearly income
of perhaps W thousand francs, which
was little more than he required for his
current expenses.
: When. therefore, one dark, rainy day,
he arrived al London. the sum total of his
ready money amounted To little more than
five thousand francs. With this sum small
AS il was, had he any knowledge of trade,
or a thorough education, he might have
earned at least a modest livelihood; but
he had received only "A common-schooi
education, and a. for his knowledge OF
agriculture. il was very inferior To the
English farmer of the time. Besides. he
was accustomed to lead an easy life. and
had luxurious habits; it was no wonder,
therefore, that before the end OF the year,
his funds were exhausted.
One morning. as he sat in no pleasant
frame of mind. thinking over his condi-
ton. his landlord. an avaricious huckster,
who even surpassed the majority of his
uncultured countrymen in inciyility. ell
tered the room. At first he glanced in
ouisitively about the apartment. and then
he fixed his eye upon his ledger with a
disdainful smile, nodding three or four
times significantly as he said:
"It's plain enough TO be seen. vi. dAl-
bignac, that your affairs are in a pretty
bad fix. and. if | might be allowed a word
concerning them. ! should say they will
not be better till you make up your mind
10 pur your shoulder earnestly TO the
Wheel
al doubt whether that would improve
them much" replied the young French
man II know of nothing that would ma
terially better my condition but one or two
hundred pounds sterling"
"Just so. Money Is what you need.
That | know very we'll" returned the
huckster, land as for working, you feel
Yourself above 1t. while you have not wit
enough TO make money in your own way"
s.Sir - cried the young nobleman. ''have
you come to insult mey'
"Come. come.- replied Cornhill. 'there
is no need of crying out so loud; IL
will not help matters any. Do you
know that you already owe me five
pounds?"
{. You will get your money" replied
Henri; :" | have thus far in life always
paid all just claims against me, and you
are one of the last persons whom
should think of honoring by remaining
their debtor
II shall be very glad; but when does
your honor think | can touch the money!"
"As o a my affairs are in a better
condition. said D'Albignac, modestly.
And till then you propose to continue
on increasing your debt. l suppose?" re-
piled the huckster. mo. no, to that |
cannot consent"
Il think the best thing | can do is to
leave your house at once" said DIAL
bignao, %springing to his feet and Selling
his hat "there are other 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 huckster. "Iou shall see that | mean
well with you"
Curious to know in what way his land
lords interest in him would manifest it
self, Henri sat down and looked him full
in the face.
81 need a trustworthy man to drive
round and serve my customers with veg
etables." Cornhill began. "Wil you be
Ina man
"wil what. are you mad?- cried
D'Albignac. in doubt whether he heard
Alright.
3what else can you do? Nothing. that
l can see,' replied the huckster, shrug-
ging his shoulders. "Ihink il 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, with
out friends and without means. Hea-
ven only knows, Besides. | shall ex-
pect you to pay me before you leave my
house."
With these words he left the room.
Henri remained for while. seated at the
window, considering what course to
pursue in his extremity then he rose
and went TO "A restaurant, where he was
in the habit Of getting his dinner. Ar
rived there he took a seat at a ta-
BILE ut which two elegantly dressed
gentlemen were already seated, and
ordered some roast beef and
a salad, which was all that the few
small coins which still remained to Kim
would pay for. The beef he found entire
ly to his liking the salad. on the contra
ry, he pushed aside as absolutely unfit to
be eaten.
Meantime, three more fashionable young
men Of the world had seated themselves
at the table. They smiled as he pushed
the salad aside, and nodded assent as he
said
"What an abominable mess they give
you here under the name of salad, With
us, I'm France, a salad l. a very different
sort of thing"
Then you are a Frcnchman. siry'
asked one of the gentlemen. in IA courtly
tone. us il true that your countrymen
are the adopts ] have heard they are in the
dressing Of salads ~
That l. one of the arts IN which they
are certainly proficient" replied the
Frcnchman.
" But the secret l., of course. not known
% everyone it Is probably only in the
hands Of professional cooks and cpl