The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-03-20

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bitter lettuce that grows in England"
IL fear you do our gardeners injustice {;
the lettuce they raise is good enough, 1t
only requires 10 be properly dressed
The discussion was continued at some
length, when one OF the Englishmen turned
to D'Albinac, and asked IL he would not
undertake 10 prepare a salad then and there
after the French manner.
Certainly why notg" replied Henri;
whereupon the waiter was called, and all
the necessary ingredients We're immediate
~ ordered for The dressing of salad a la
Franchise.
Then the young nobleman went to work,
answering, meantime, the questions of the
Englishmen with regard 10 his country
and his impressions of theirs. And thus
IL came that he told his interlocutors his
own story-that he was an emigre, had ex-
hausted all his means. and was ut a loss TO
know what 10 do or which way to turn.
In due time the salad was dressed. tasted,
and pronounced superb. Indeed, n of
the young Englishmen wa so well pleased
that he insisted on testifying his apprecia-
ton of the Frenchman's art by presenting
him with a five pound bank note.
Henri very naturally objected at first to
accept il. but the Englishman would listen
to no excuses and he was finally compelled
TO yield. At parting they took his adj
dress. and assured them that he would hear
from them again.
D'Albignac returned TO his lodgings ina
much better frame of mind than he had
been for many days. His first step wa TO
satisfy his importunate landlord with the
five pounds that had so fortunately fallen
into his hands; his second was to look for
other quarters. The huckster was not a
little chagrined to see his tenant leave him,
but he made no effort TO induce him To re-
main. We shall See" he thought. ''you
will be glad to come back to mt and accept
my ofier-if not to-day or tomorrow, then
later. Return you are sure to, for what
can you. friendless and moneyless, do in
London 2"
Henri found, in the same street, in the
house of "A weaver, a modest apartment that
answered his purpose. He now began to
look diligently about for some means of
earning a livelihood. and thought no
more of the salad adventure until he was
reminded of il in "A that, in his
impoverished condition, vas most agree
able.
Four or five days had elapsed. when one
morning he received a note in which he
was politely requested to do the writer the
favor to come, on a certain day, at a speci-
fled hour, TO one of the bandsomest
mansions in G%rosyenor Square, in or
der that the guests at a large dinner party
might profit by his skill i'm salad dressing.
G%rosvenor Square in those days was the
most fashionable part of London. Once
favorably known in that neighborhood,
and his fame could not fail to extend
throughout the city. The young French
man had sufficient sagacity TO see that his
skill in dressing salads might be made TO
retrieve his fortunes /, he therefore spent
the time that interviewed between the re-
ceipt of the note and the day on which he
was TO visit the Square i'm making some ex-
periments. which finally resulted to his en-
tire satisfaction.
He was punctual. and found the princi-
pal ingredients for the dish he was called
In TO prepare awaiting his arrival. In a
little box which he carried with him he
brought various condiments he deemed
necessary 10 enable him To acquit himself
in the best possible manner. He was en-
tirely successful, and won the highest
praise: but what gratified him most was
the liberal recompense he received for his
trouble, which strengthened his determin-
alton 10 reap whatever pecuniary advan-
tage from his art he could.
Henri's hopes and expectations We're
more than realized. His second so-called
Italian salad did much more toward max
ing him known than he anticipated. In a
very few days he received another invita-
ton, or rather order; soon afterward an
other, and within a month il was not con-
sidered 1.-THE thing" at "A gala-dinner TO
offer ones guests "A salad that had not
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man.
And one day, not long after this happy
turn IN his affairs, D'Albignac paid a visit
to his former landlord. who, as soon as he
recovered from the surprise the young
mans triumphant mien occasioned, asked
In his brusque manner:
"W.ll. have you come to vour senses
at last? Have you decided TO accept my
proposal and peddle my vegetables for
me?n
mo. | have not decided to peddle your
vegetables for you, but to buy Them re-
piled D'Albignac.
"Eh. what? have you lost your wits ~
replied the astonished huckster.
"A mailman would hardly come to you
with so rational a proposition returned
the Frcnchman, smiling.
"Then you are really in earncst?"
"Ay. really in earnest. True, | have
no use for all that grows in the gardens
that supply you, but | will take a very
considerable portion of ~you-namely, all
that portion that is used in preparing
the various kinds of salads-provided we
can agree as to prices"
well, | have no objections replied
Cornhill. "A fair price and prompt pay
ment is all | ask"
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provided himself with a light wagon in
which in tubs. baskets and boxes, he could
take with him a supply of the various in
gradients that enter into the composition
of the various kinds of salads. Thus pro-
vidcd, ii was an easy matter for him to
serve his patrons, and il was no wonder.
that I'm time. he came To be known through