The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-09-06
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Of his English friend in the following
terms:
Sir Accept my best thanks for
your very generous present-fof so I
must term what you have sent me, hav-
ing been previously magnifcently re-
munerated for my trouble, as You we're
pleased to term it. / wish you, as we'll
as your charming wife, all imaginable
happiness. True it is that to give a
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 mere 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;
lbut at some future time you will ack-
nowledge the truth Of what / advanced.
beg your attention to what am
about to say. I fear that in two years
you will repent Of having had your
leg amputated above the knee.ioint.
You will think that to have it cut low
er down would have been quite suffi.
cienk La 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 l
assert without in the slightest degree
inpugning the merit of your admirable
helpmate. In my own youthful days
1 would have, at any time given my
life for my mistress, bat never my leg,
fer the rest of my days. Had really
done so, should have every moment
said to myself, "Lefebvre, you are
madman." With highest considera-
tion, yours very obediently,
ETIENNE LEFEBvRE.
In the year 1898, during the Reign
of Terror, the surgeon of Boulogne,
having been accused of being an aris-
tocrat by one Of his younger profes.
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
Gre, with a bottle Of wine beside him,
sat portly parsonage, whose size was
so great that it was with difficulty he
could rise to welcome his visitor.
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"
II am fugitive, seeking an asylum
among you." aa
"You shall stay with me, for you are
really wise man. You will console
me. Do you know, my dear Lefebvre,
I IndbJ udN III not Deeu lOr LHlS dDOhln-
able wooden leg rendering me useless
should by this time have been Ad-
miral of the Blue. / spend my life in
reading the newspapers, and in curses
that ] am tied up here when every
body else is up and doing. Remain
here; you shall comfort me-"
"Your charming wife can doubtless
do that better than j can" .iali
"Oh, as for that, no. Her wooden
leg prevents her from gadding about
and dancing so she has, as resource
given herself Up TO cards and scandal
There is no possibility of living alone
with her; in other respects she is a
| good enough woman" a
"What, was l right, then ?" exclaim'
ed the surgeon.
"Oh, thousand times, my dear lie
febvre; but say no more on that -snb b.
ject. l was an unutterable fool. If ]
had my leg back again | would not
part with the pairing of a single nail
Between ourselves, | must have been
crazy; bat keep that to yourself
Another Sioux squaw came into the
Grow camp two days ago and said she
had met trapper who told her he
saw q Sioux warrior, who had it from