The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-09-06

your very generous present-fof so | |
must term what you have sent me, hav- |
ing been previously magnifcently re-
munerated for my trouble, as you were
pleased to term it. l wish you, as well |
as your charming wife, all imaginable |
happiness. True it is that to give
leg in exchange for beautiful, tender
and virtuous wife is not too much, pro-
vided the happiness endures. Adam
sacrificed one of his ribs to become
possessed of our common mother Eve,
and more than one man has laid down
his life for the sake of his beloved.
Notwithstanding all this, allow me to
adhere to my former opinion. For
the present you are doubtless right.
for you are now in the honeymoon
hut at some future time you will ack-
nowledge the truth of what l advanced.
beg your attention to what l am
about to say. l fear that in two years
you will repent of having had your
leg amputated above the kneejoint.
You will think that to have it cut low
er down would have been quite suffi-
cient. In three years you will be per-
suaded that the sacrifice of foot would
have answered all purposes in four,
that Of the big toe in FIVE, the little
one and, at last, you will have con-
fessed that to have parted with nail,
without necessity, would have been a
piece of egregious folly. All this /
assert without in the slightest degree
inpugning the merit of your admirable
helpmate. In my own youthful days
| would have, at any time given my
life for my mistress, bat never my leg,
fer the rest of my days. Had l really
done so, should have every moment
said to myself, "Letebvre, you are a
mailman" With highest considera-
tion, yours very obediently,
ETIENEE LEFEBvRE.
In the year 1893, during the Reign
\ of Terror, the surgeon Of Boulogne,
having been accused of being an aris-
tocrat by one of his younger profess
sional brethren who envied him his
pra actice, was obliged to take refuge in
London, in order to save his neck from
the guillotine. Being without employ
ment or acquaintance, he inquired for
the residence of his former patient,
Mr.. Oxley. He was directed to it, and
on arriving at the house he sent up his
name, and was Immediately admitted.
In huge armchair, seated before the
F Gre, with bottle Of wine beside him,
sat portly parsonage, whose size was
so great that il was with difficulty he
could rise to welcome his visitor.
F "Welcome, Monsieur Lefebvre," ex-
claimed the huge Englishman. "Do
not be offended at my receiving you
in this manner, but my cursed wooden
leg won't allow me to do anything.
You have come, no doubt, my friend,
to see if in the long run you were not
, right"
81 am fugitive, seeking an asylum
among you"
"You shall stay with me, for you are
I really wise man. You will console
> me- Do you know, my dear Lefebvre,
! that, had it not been for this abomin-
! able wooden leg rendering me useless
l should by this time have been Ad-
p miral Of the Blue. / spend my life in
+ reading the newspapers, and in curses
q that l am tied up here when every
body else is up and doing. Remain
\ here you shall comfort me-"
"Your charming wife can doubtless
2 do that better than can."
ooh, as for that, no. Her wooder
q leg prevents her from gadding about
q and dancing so she has, as resource
> given herself up to cards and scan dal
j, There is no possibility of living alone
a with her in other respects she is &
n good enough woman"
"What, was right, then ?" exelaim
,. ed the surgeon.
a "Oh, a thousand times, my dear lie
!. febvre; but say no more on that sub
:, iect. / was an unutterable fool. If
had my leg back again | would no
!. part with the pairing Of a single nail
n Between ourselves, | must have beer
y crazy; but keep that to yourself
. Another Sioux squaw came into the
. Crow camp two days ago and said she
had met trapper who told her hC
saw a Sioux warrior, who had it from
y a Piegan scout, who heard a Com
e manche say he was told by Shoshont
D. that he saw Gros Ventres who tOlC
J him that Kiowa who learned it from
y one of the Towiacs, said that an Ar
"a "a rapho told him he saw Pawnee whC
u didn't believe there had been mucl
u fighting, unless it had come off sine
= y he left Sitting Bulls camp.
e. 81 always didelove to gaze on tn
If children in their sports" said Potte
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