, 1875-09-19

and decide them without reference to gusts 0
feeling OF popular clAno"
TEXC0C0.
When Narcisse 1sidoro Dupont, first pupil Of
distinguished coitfaur Of the Boulevard Mont
martre, went to Mexico it waB to make his for
tune. ut is neither by luck nor the caprices 0
fortune that am to get along in the world" b
said to himself. ''If ever l want to be maste
OF pretty little property at the Batignoies, i
will be due entirely to my possessing. will
3 love OF my art, as ski1lful pair o
hands ~ can be found III ali France, ant
my curling-irons. Come, Narcisse, pioche.
And pioche, or pitch into things with will, die
Narc:sse Accident led him to the good Cit,
OF GuanajuAto, iu Mexico, because he had hea-t
that once in time French barber had made
fortune there. Possessed OF slight smatter
ing Of Spanish, acquired during q years ap
premiership in departmental town near ths
| Pyrennes, Narcisse had very little difficulty ir
mastering the language. The coldeur soor
found place in The shop OF q German barber,
and az Narclsse WAS potts, as5idQoua, and pro
| icient. he made his way rapidly.
OF all the c1tiee of Mexico. GuanojHato holds
the first rank 1t has nothing provincial about
|
there is found an ev4r-shiftiEg crowd. Miners,
| clad In their peculiar COSTUME, jostle Indians
| laden With country produce, while arr1eros With
troops OF pack mules charcoal merchants, wa er-
! carriers. and dulce sellers, are constantly MIN
| Cling in tleir TRAFFIC.
Fur four long years Narcisse toiled, and
saved bis wages. One day his employer died,
and the shop and goodwill OF the establishment
we're for sale. The whole Of Narciese's fortune
amounted to 500 pesoH. The prlce asked by
the t1e1ic.n wife OF bis late master Vas l 300
pesos. sit Was good chance, and not much
| out OF the way" thought Narcsse. Would bis
Reverence the Padte Dominique" who, as the
| widows man Of bas.nesi had tho shop for sale,
'would be take half cash aud the rest at Blk aud
twelve months, holding the place in the mean-
! time as security ?" I" No, decdad.y, he would
not They all hxd the utmost confidence. nay
esteem. TO- Ssgnor Narcisse: but such Things as
time -bargalns we're not to be thought Of in Alex
| leo. They would, however, give Signor Mar
clsse fortnight to think over it. II the bar
gain was not concluded then. why, rather thin
aoato their terms 4 reale, they would shut the
snop up, and Signor Narcisse was at Ibelty to
| 20 and open shop elsewhere"
! "Dlantre !" sad Narc,sse lsidore. Is That
| old crow. Padre Dominique, in at the bottom Of
1t. He never did Like me. He fancles have
cettain IDEAS prejndlcial to his calling He has
| told me- MAS fo!tatap, sans-culctte. more
| than once. Now, like dog in the mapger.
| rather th~ II take my Offer, he waass to keep me
aud everybody else ont OF the shop. Well, as
the widow won't accept any terms, that is an end
OF it. With what little money I hRve will niFe 3
room somewhere. Never fear, Ealcisse, you will
get along. Some OF tha Senotltas Will want yon
and perhaps Of the old cllentele viii lall
to our lot. All what gay you, my boy, to nak-
Ing iovo to the widow Dolores ADah Decency
| would require my waiting year for tnat. Then,
Madame Dolores. though still gnod-looklpg, ~
60 fas, aud am atra.l has a bad temper. DAd
not once see her throw pos of philocome at tbs
poor defunct? aud besides tnas. his Reverence
has her under his thumb. Como. old fellow. take
things IS they come. Be steady and Industrious,
snd all will be right do regret, however, that
fretty littls placa at the Bauguo1les love Of =
tiny house, painted blue, with pink rool, aud
bells hanging ali around the caves. All 1t want-
cd was thin streak OF green to relieve tho gen.
elaI effect. / should have PLANTED tree On the
ground there was am. le room for ole tree, aud
1ts foliage would have produced natural con-
1rasG- Alas I shalt have, I see, to shave many
chin, roll up many treea, bald no many wig.
sell eptoid pots OF pomatum and bottles Of e1-
tract before that little house will be-
Was rubbing his brushes together
in the burter's-rhoe. when 3 Certain
Don Miguel eutered. Don Miguel Vas one OF the
most csretully-dressed men iu Guanajuato. Tne
gentleman tcoI his place IN one Of the two chai1s,
requesting that his ha.r nughtbe refreshed Mar
ci5aa-wbo, "a became his ealing, was volublI.sy
useit-spoke Of the death OF the master, the
price Of the shop, what he would like to pay for
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