New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-14

friend ana nDf8rI00. Inc ntOt thfnesX ~,
after going to my stall was to viaif TX
tional Library, and the Mazarin h. !.
alfe. and look at the copies Of ViIos I.
treasured. Three copies in ell, aus,t
in sheep, moth eaten; two in velism y &
mage niseing from one, but eaoH =
msc aronie style, Francois Villop. s. MI
1889, Bless8 exit. EditO j. CsnSs.
consulted all the biographies; j. ~
was not having published any but IA n
hook at BlOis, nor were his successo,s
toned, The street of the shcp ~
given. went to Blois. searched ~ n
sll the musty archives of that anoiessl !
There we're j. Caroluses, j. CsrsS
Cbasles, j. Charles plenty; - !
MERGERS, shop keepers, gold =
vine sellers, q string OF names a.
four centuries. but the Carroll booS.s
we're Ut. nor the Carroll publisher. +
not despair. i took the Carolusee M '
az far a. they were extant in the 81 z
century. The eldest and most resne., ].
branch of the n anne was the notary q. +
There were records of deeds exeep,ss
Johannes Carolus from l450 down = .
in q continuous series; Johannes Csru. !
a hundred years, then Jehan q
Charles, Chaslss, iodifferently, AIN, 4
the house No. II Rue de Tours. Az, \
this house was occupied by the FL, !
notaries still, until 1878, when it wa 81 !
down to give place to the Reetaur,st
Midi. Martin, cui-inier. l searcb1
records still further. In 1909. jean a. (.
married Jeanne Charlotte, sole daaekt,r. ]
Mai,re Jean Chasles, notary. 1t VA n.
then. that Frip:er WAS Chasles' srsca.s..
The female line. Who knew anytime 81. I
The old house No. II Rue de Toursi n
had become of the furniture, the bock, +.
rubbish? There had been an auc6op !.
Martins Old servant told me, and -
the books of Brunet, auct!Oneer Of b
part of Blois for 100 years, he and his "a
tore: in the books a page coutS.i
the sale bill of articles knocked DOM
February 9, 1918. "One lot OF bosh,
Cordonnier, Paris; one lot Of booh
B aron Vignaux; ditto. Maitre Fnpi9. 4
ditto, Mime. SaintOngf; one lot waste -
and manuscript rubbish and old vSics
P,esse." l continued my search, hm6
each lot down. COrdOnnler, an sntiquH
bookseller, like myself, had bought ~
law books, none others; Baron Vignsn
collection of songs and vaudeville, :
original music, curious, but nothing n
present purpose; Fripier fiis. Only thee
Nine. Saintonge do. Who was Hc
What did he buyl Piesse was raal
bottle man, who lived in Tours, kept -
dragged by q dog. l hunted Piesss ski
was dead, but his son lived, in . tai
down cellar in Tours, close by the h
Cher. A sot of sixty years, his fAes III
with Nantes brandy, his hand paliell
upcommunicative rogue, under the b.
the police, and fearing them. he u
tell me nothing-for money nor M
else. When at last left the house, q
tern woman, with q haggard face, foum
me around the corner, asked me If In
Piesse sny harm, what l wanted vi I
out, and would pay for information-6S
was nothing to eat in the house. SAT-
on these points, she told me to come u I
at night, af ten o'clock. "Piesse Wi
dru TX then"
When did come, the women led nj
stairs into a wretched garrett. Pier
she said, land his father, for all the vi
YOU see around you, were men OF mA1l
They kept close books. Here, on thni
is what remains of the rubbish boastt
the Fripier sale. There is q memorials
of one last will, sold to Maitre Nicoka
francs: a volume Of written verses, NJ
sold to Mere Gobriot, twenty s0ul; n
old letters, to the Toulouse Library. D
rect is before you" The rest was no6r
save-proof that was On the right t,s-
a Latin letter from Villon to j. Cnlh
written on parchment, which bought !
twenty francs.
Mother Gobriot. Who was MothaG
riotl / inquired for. the dame with -
ness. was told not to go to MefeGa
riot's-she was q witch-a bag, who IN
by herself in tall, solitary house Oh
road to Loches. kept etaghounds ~
blunderbues, and dressed like fshaA
OF Minizan. However. | determinas
have an interview with Mere Gobrioe !
lent money on pledge and mortgages
used the fact to get access to her. Tngl
hag, who undid a chained door, amin
ceived me with arms akimbA two g.
savage hounds keeping her company: '
was seventy years old, bent, with reas
under her cap, wrinkled face, dreadn
pock-marked, pilot coat on. Whist
you wantl' she shrieked. 81 am M
bookseller Il want to borrow some mn
What security! What PLEDGE VI
books, rare. precious" ''Give me mar
editions II have a princeps Villon.'a
l, On q venture, for the bag looked hhs
of our trade. She interrupted me val
shrek: what. Francois Villon-M
"Blesse exit. Edito j. Carolo," ~
You lie" she screamed, There is buis
outside the libraries, and have thatE
EIlon's manuscript, too" Il will gives
a thousand crowns for each," said 10
ture. She grinned horribly. my y
will not sell them for million. Theyt
my dot-they shall adorn my husoe
library" 81 will marry you for them,
is a bargain. Come iR-we will seai
contract with glass Of Chateau Msrsk
Would you believe it, che had the wv
the manuscript, too. and many rarVt
sides, and would not even unlock thee
until married her. Such a life as sei
me! When married abe would not
render the precious Villon; 80 l st's
don't mention thisl, and sent it to %!
loved Duke of SAINT Emilion. Wha
book was missed my accursed Nine ~
grinned eardonic smile, and said
receiver is bad as the thief. May u
light upon botLw
In months time from the Duke!
oeiving the book a lovely family
stricken with the small-pox--irst thsp
then the Duchess, then the four
angels. The Duke survived and theE
ess, ftighsfully SCARED, but the :
doves-ah. two died, and one was biz
tor lie. That nag and her book!
detected her reading the news D
Gazette de Ia Loire, and chucklipg ovs
1 threw the manuscript volume OF v
behind the fire, to express my execrana
the wretch. "Flend," she cried, ''then
10000 francs in notes under that blau
Then she fell into cenvulsions, and
ward springing up, shrieked, "Murds"
the infants of Saint Emiliop, l VIII
nounce y0u." She rushed into the o.
and fed and came here, where have!
ever since. l do not know where
woman liz, nor whether she is dead OF
A lady comes to see me once mont,
brings me books to read and bOnbons.
call her the Duchesse de Saint EmiloI
do not recognize her. She is very
but my Duchesse was q lovely woms1.,.
this ones face lie like the map of the ~ /,
sea. But don't mention it.-Le Pttt"
nal Aedico Psyehologique.
Tho Holy Land for Sale.