The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-25
GhegnteIlgenter.
THE GRATEFUL TExooco.


Hv!pyard MOntmHrtt, went u NtA'CO II
w,. 10 make his fortune. at is neither
70, nck or the caprice. OF fortune that
am 10 20, along in the world he said To
himself. III ever want to he master Of
&, prr,ry little piece Of property at the
p,,rpollr., it will be due entirely to my
,,..,.,inv. with love Of my art, as skill
mi .plIr Of hands as can be found in
,l France, aud my curling irons. Come
y,rsi,.c piochc." And pioche, or pitch
in,nthins. with will, did Narcisse. Ac-
riirat led him to Gnanajnato, because
bio. bad heard that once on a time u
E,urb barber had made fortune there.
p,..c..rI u slight smattering Of Span
II, N,f,i..r had very little difficulty in
mastering the language, and, rs he was
m',,rr. a.,ilnou. aud proficient, he made
i..,.r lpidly, For fourycars Narcisse
and ,ayci his wages. Ono day his
,mpuyrr died, and the shop and the
,"'IWll Of the establishment were for
ii, The whole oi Narcisse's fortune
,wm,prcI to 500 pesos. The price asked
"a, ,b, Mexican vile OF his late master
"a. 1000 pesos. at was q good chance
and mo-. much out Of the way" thought
Slr,i,,r Would his reverence the
Padre Dominique" who, as the widows
man ii business, had the shop for sale,
,w,ull he take hall cash and the rest at
i, and twelve months. "No, decidedly
he would not, They all have the utmost
confidence, nay esteem, for SignOr Mar.
,i,,c hut such things as bargains
were not to be thought Of in Mexico.
Thcy would, however, give Sign0r Mar
ci.,t fortnight to think over il. II the
bargain was not concluded then, why,
rather than abate their terms real, they
would shut the shop up, and Signor Mar
else was at liberty to 90 and open NshoP
rIscwhcrr,'
pian,rcn' said NarCisse lsidOre.
"rmr old crow, Padre Dominique, is at
the bottom Of it, lie never did like me,
lie iaucics | have certain ideas pre-
judicial to his calling. lie has told me
wa. a VoIlairian, u suns Culottc, more
than once. Now, like n dog in the mangcr,
rather than take my offer, he wants to
keep me and everybody else out OF the
shop. We'll, as the widow won't accept
my terms, that Is an end Of it. With
what little money have | will hire Il
room somewhere. | do regret, however,
that prctty little place at the liatignOlleS;
love OF tiny house, painted blue, with
pink roof, and bells hanging all around
the caves. All it wanted was u thin
streak Of green to relieve the general
effect. | should have planted a tree OH
the ground; there was am pie room Tor one
tree, and it, foliage would have produced
natural contrast. Alas! | shall have,
see, to shave many chin, roll mp many
a tres, build up many wig, sell untold
pots oi pomalum aud bottles Of extract
before that littla house will be mine !"
Nlrri,.c, in Il meancholy mood, was rub
biUs his brushes together in the BARRIERS
shop, when certain Don Miguel entered,
Don Miguel was one Of the most carefully.
dressed men in Guanajuato. The gen.
tlcman took his place in one Of the two
chairs requesting that hiS hair might be
refreshed Nnrclsse-whO, Us became his
calling, was wIubility itself--spoke Of
the death Of the master, the price Of the
shop what he would like to pay for ii,
aud his regret at not becoming the pur-
chaser.
"Ah" said Don Miguel, "you have five
hundred pesOs2 Quite nice little sum.
Now listen, would you double III"
"Doublc it? oicOnrse that is, by honest
means"
Nothing easier. let on my black
gnme.cork; have wagcrcd no end Of
ounces on him lie assure to win. Don
Rimon's cock will run away before my
Cidh
Thanks, siguorc, for your offer; but
cock fighting is not in my line. See you,
an accidental peck might carry away the
fruits Of u great deal Of labor" replied
NarCi5se.
"IOu have no heart, no courage" con.
tinucd Don Miguel. "Pray, as a capital.
iN, do you keep your money At the
bankers? Bankers fail sometimes"
"No, do not keep Il at any bankers"
"Iou don't carry it about you, do your
inquired the gentleman. What Nnrcissc
might have answered. ~ he tapped in.
voluntarily on his brccches pocket, was
never heard, because just then slight ac.
cidcnt happened. TexcOcO, the Indian
water carrier, had drank too much
pnlquc, or his foot slipped, for he upset
fully agallon of water on Don Miguels
SnOw.whitC panlaloOns, 30 that quite Il
little cataract poured down on his white
silk stockings and lcluged his neat glazed
leather pumps,
"AwkNrdbeastl lRit.handCd scoundrel
Stupid lOut! Low hound Of n pconC"
shouted the man in the chair, rs, In u ter.
rible rage, he seized his cane aud struck
the water carrier over the head. The
Indian cringcd under the punishment
like eur, and the blow was about being
repeated, when Narcisse interfered.
COME, come, signorc; this poor devil did
not do it on purpose. lie is very sorry
for it, 1t might have been my fault. !
might have told YOU to take the other
chair Pray, now, do not strike him any
more. In fact, cant allow ii.
81 would have you know, my barber
friend said the gentleman with u sncer,
that administer punishment whenever
! please, and to whom please, and no
man may say nay to me-" Now, Narcisse,
who was NJ peaceful rs II lamb, had some
peculiar ideas Of his own. lie would
have looked on indillcrcntly when two
men were fighting II ont neatly with
swords, hut the idea Of striking any one
with stick was brutality, according to
hi' notions. Then, again, there was
something about the tone Of Don Miguel,
which Narcissc did not relish. NHrcisse,
though determined, was very respectful.
MY dear sir, one blow Is sufficient, and |
am quite decided that n second one will
be supcriluous. Pray put down your
stick hut Don Miguel, with the wet
trousers and damp stockings, was re.
mot'cIcss, aud whirling his stick in the
aIt Wa about bringing ii down second
Tine On the wNler-CarrierS head, when
Nirc''c cutchcd n short brass rod In
which curtain hung, threw the bit OF
iaied calico before TexCoCO, ns il TexCocO
hal been bull at the COrridas dc TOrOs,
and hy a neat turn Of the wrist disarmed
Don Miguel whose stick flew to the other
'IIe Of the room. NarcissC was handy
with the foil, having had many bout
WIN the soldiers when he worked nj
rnbcs,