The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-07-23
From Old and New,
THE MISER OF WARSEI.LES.
CHAP Err |.
BY J. II. TEMPLE.

yes, you have been very i'll, my child"
said Madame GuYot, as she held the mug
to the boys lips.
II can only remember that seemed to
be burning up and my mouth is skill SO
dry and parched = replied jacques.
''You called continually for water, and
wculd sometimes scream at the top of your
v"ioe. But, thank Heaven, you are better
Low, dear and the doctor thinks you will
,oon be well again"
II am 30 thirsty and dc not believ.
another cup of water would do any harrn,"
said the lnd.
NO, jacques, not now" answered the
mother, soo:hlrgly. You must wait
awhile"
There was n knock at the front door.
Madame Guyot left the chamber, and found
the Doctor '7ating To be admitted. After
cvnversirs "a few moments about the invalld,
sfi- asked, rs there no means of ,Ileviat
irg his Intense suffering from thirst -
"fou may ALLOW him to drink freely
now" returned the physician.
'-But the water is exhausted, and the
authorities dole it out but once n day.
The dcsto- paused thoughtfully, and
s,id hey are compelled t" do so.
the drought continues ; and it is feared
the supply will soon DO wholly cut off. "
jean thinks the ERE last night nigh,
have been arrested but for the scarcity of
of water"
'No doubt of it" said the other, CURLY,
a. they went ~ the room in which the
patient lay
Many days passed, and Jacques was
still confined to the house. His thirst
continued unabated and at length
Madame Guyo. told him the reason she
was unable to satisfy tt. He remained
silent for long time, and at least inqur.
ed, thonghtfully, mamma. does every one
suf IT so much from thirst as do p
"a great many people 90, my son." re-
Joined the mother, especially the poor"
'Why, mamma, thought water was
free to all, ike air and light ! Do people
haze TO buy II, like houses and things to
eat -
'Not exactly" che returned, a little
puzzled. 1t was evidently Few thought
TO her. After a minute, she continued,
"Water is free, Jacques but the labor of
procuring it must be paid for. The rich
can afford to dig wells and you know a
few OF the Weather class have aqueducts,
vi CT bring water from springs or lakes in
the country. When there is q drought,
they are supplied, while the poor depend
On the public wells. and these always give
out first"
why is there no public aqueducts p
asked the lad
because those who feel the need Of j,
haven't the means to build one.''
Mamma, said Jacques, after a pause,
you once told me that papa was rich"
Eyes, dear but his factory was burned
down at the time of the great confagra-
tion, ten years ago."
why didn't papa guild an aqueduct for
the poor when he WAS able p said the
boy.
at would cost a great deal of money,
my chIld,' she replied ard We did not
feel the need of it then"
IF there had been plenty of water,
couldn't his factory have been saved p
perhaps it might, responded the mother;
flor it was believed at the time tina. the
FIRE would have been extinguished If there
had been a Sufficient supply Of water.
There had been . severe drought tina. sum
mer and autumn; and the rich were afraid
to allow the 6remen to use their reser-
voirs." AT that dine Jean Guyos entrredi
and, a. he conversed with his vile on
household matters, Jacques reclined on a
lounge By the open window, absorbed in
thought.
Jacques recorery was slow and hi.
Suffering made deep and lasting impress
ion on his mind. Finally they were com
PEELED to use water 80 muddy AMI brackist
that even the swine would hardly accept it
save il The iASt sxt.snisy. The boy'