, 1877-07-29

the remedy. The Scapegoat Of Israel itself
would hardly have changed places Wlth nun.
The real fun Of the wedding did not oeg1h
until dinner. Gayety and tati-coat are CON- eo1n.
patible in the gaslisht; but, in tho tnll glare are
OF day, the attire OF ceremony has melanchoiY
and danlpcning effect on the spirits "nE tn's
should be, leave to psychologists to decade'
That it is ! think few will venture to deny.
II Perc Barrels deieteaerS are not altogetneI
irreproachable,
are excellent. Nonc Of the objectionable nut.
ton,-none OF the stonach-terttfyln@ Ju!cs "
Argentcuil! Roast fowl, lamb, aud peas drove
all Ear}lc-dayored memories from mint: anu 1 W.
drank to their utter oblivion IN honest BOT
deaux and passaole haleira. Oh! perc bafe'
treats his customers well when he ikes: ~
glass or two Of The Bordeaux set tongues
wasging. and felaxsl tue s. scHo''ty se,'o lad =
good story to tell brought it out ior Tor, tne
benefit Ut the company Those who had u"
story cracked ioke, -t,ftcu ol douotlui nlu
.'ricty, to he sure, one or two, Win neltAo'
Jokes to e1slck NOR stsries to rciatc tf"H rc'uSe
in ttirtation. Fortune placed me beside merry
little oarriers from Bellcyilc,-the br'el'lgst'
wtticst, brstrtenpereu neighbor in tile woFsn
tue very type vi u parsicnne,-rcady 10 !ausu,
ready to Try, and. alas! realcr to dry 'cf eyes
again. Slc was In high gcv ut getting away
from tie .l.,l1y fancy-work 1t was treat to
look ~ her, with e5es sparkling WITH n'asta, a,,,.
French malice" mind yo,,,--she let her tongue
rattle along from o1c saucy speech 10 as'ot.es,
accompanying the whole with Il clear happF
Mile. Eulalic they called her. rea tue na'is .:
guests place ut table. She lives in
close, il-sunelling street behind the theatre,
ut Bcllcvite, aud works every day from III t''e
Morning to or 10 at night. How do people
KEEP their gool tenlpers undcr such condtiot1s'
l wolllcrt forget 10 tell yoH tlsat the laus III
gray and yellow h,d brought II numerous prog
Guy Of small children to the feast: a ron'i:MM
Oil bachelor sitting OIL Mile. Eulallc's r'eht,
took the whole Of them untleE Ills wing ne
foudled them, and he dandlcd them on h's
knee. Then he'd get up every now a',t1 tfet'
and carry them round the room ptek-a-hack' u
the huge .rstitlr.ltion Of the maternal heart
Knowing looks wcre exchanged by tle elderly
foges at cach fresh benevolent cxcurs'o't' ami
ths TWO nlothcrs-u-law- might have been seen
gluncing from the gentleman tn ms pretty
neishbor, aud from Mile. Eulalle back to the
benevolent gentleman, with specoliAttqe e1-
prrssiou plainly meaning,
WILL THEY BE THE NEXT:
Dinner WIS cleared away, and coffee served
without any speecll-lnaking. En reva1lchc, we
had something much more agreeable III Inc
shape of u visit from the bride. whom we were
all allowed to kiss on both cheeks. Rattchon,
sct-ofT, went round to and embraced all tue
la'iies. Then tables were pushed aside.
fortorn, middl..-agcd female, wearing ancient
gloves and Il dress that was once fresh, took her
stat at II WHY lNstrutlellL III tue c0FHcl VI IAC
room and struck up Il qlatlrille. It was warm
work; SO the gentlemen hud permission to re-
licye themselves OF their supcrduous
-drcss-coats- The fun waxEd fast and
furious. / have confused remembrance
Of Mile. Eulale dancing wildly with
the benevolent gentleman in shirt-sieeyes; Of
sexagenaria1i ebicies. obsng with i capcancsque
ets .euf. souvenir ot youth storrnier than his
spouse might have liked to think oil once, good
soul, before she grew indifferent and obese; Of
rompins through a mad qltadrillc myself with
the bridesmaid in blue. 1t n1uy have been : In
the morning when N. and Nine. Ratichon jeh'te
gave the signal for departing. There WAS an
other and a last embracing of the bride, aud five
minutes later VIC were out in the chill starlight,
on the road to Bcleyille, La Vilcttc, or whcr-
ever clsc our yrtuous couchcs lay, and the
wedding board was being prepared for the re-
ception Of the next victims.
HARRY ST. MICHEL.