The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-11-13

1eeC ana OhSneu al lne. " lGu HIS !hcc ClOSc
to mine, pouring forth burning words, he was
feeling for something at his side, his knife,
no DOUBT which he habitually Wore, sailor
fashion, hanging from his waist. A glance,
however, showed me that the knife was not
there. Gown, too, had arrived at the same
conclusion. The knife had been there few
minutes before-it must have fallen on the
grass We were both searching the ground
with our eyes, and I felt sure that if Gown
could get hold of it before me that stood
good chance of deadly wound. We held each
other by a hand, ready to wrestle for possess
DO Jour, pere Gown! Now you viii make
me a little boat See, pere Gown, hereis your
knife. you have dropped it,"
It was Oracle, who had picked the knife
from the grass and placed it in GOWNS olsen
gagged hand; Oracle who had comcup behind
us unseen.
L Gown snatched the knife from her; saw it
CLEAN in the air. Then he threw it far from
him into the hedge. E
"This time spare thee, for the child's sake,
but have not done with thee. miserable cow
ard savage! assassin!" 49, ##1'
And he limped off to his cottage, turning
back every now and then to repeat the triplet
of epithets. ssg5 @aEs- {.assfieIsa+:.
''Hallo! What the dickens is the natter?
It was the Professor, who, it seems, had &C
companied Oracle Us the cour, and who, not
SO nimble as the child, had been distanceed
in the ascent. ~ ls IS Us.
"He has some cause to abuse me; I have
cut open his foot with my scythe." .lS@&
"In fracas ?" a''t y. .t@"'t
"Something of the kind" 3ss -E.s<fl% r. ~
'sBy Jove" cried the Professor, "what an
awkward thing, and in this country, where per-
sonal violence is punished without respect OF
persons. Ill show YOU the section in the Penal
code " r. l''5 -.E 81 s's:: jssEA& -'@A27 =
II had no intention to hurt him." sssa
"That will be judged by the attending cir
cumstances. If there has been a quarrel,
high words, you will find that justice will
hardly take the most lenient view. But even
Involuntary wounding is punished with i'm
drove into town and went to the Office O:
the principal huissier, an official who COM
bined the functions of usher and bailiH of the
local court, collects debts and bills, and re-
covers them if necessary, by legal process,
is the aucIioneer, valuer and factotum IN all
affairs Of jud gment or execution. 1t was bet
ter to take the bull by the horns, and get
the huissier and were already in friendly
relations, as had bought furniture of his
sales and had done other business with him.
The huissier listened with grave face to
my story. He had nothing to do with Grim
inal cases himself, they rested with the po-
provocation had received, Kindred from
cutting the grass in the cour had paid for.
"As far as that went," remarked the huis.
sier, "the man was probably right. The
cour attached to a house was generally re-
served for pastures only; The man was only
defending the rights Of his proprietaire." -,
"a likely thing, when he has jusS come out
OF prison for wounding him." ~
"Ah! is that %" said the huissier, bright
ening up. "ln that case, accompany me, if
you please, to the gretfier, and we will ar
range the affair" .... .-..-r. ...
II now appeared that Gown, luckily for me,
was on the official black books. Only lately
acter, It was hardly likely he would venture
to the gendarmerie, or be listened to if he
went there. A man with an evil reputation
who might be expected some day to commit
desperate crime. ~,
"Bring process against him, then," sug-
geated the huissieur. ..atg ~ T. .s.st
"Yes, bring a process!" echoed the greffier,
a stout, jovial-] looking man. The preliminary
process IS termed a ''~onciliation." trusted
that Gown would consider it conciliatory, but
l feared otherwise. A5l a. 49, f:j =
However, nothing happened till the day
audience. when presented myself at court
supported by the goodly person of the profes
sOr. ''5'- i'a s&'ss'3
"Otez vos chapeaux,' cried the huissier, and
the little Judge entered in state in his robes.
with the Calvinistlc-looking velvet cap and
the stout groffier behind him with the book.
Barton ct GOWN" drawled the greffier,
popping his head out of the door:
The Judge heard both stories, and then, eye
ing Gown, severely, told him that he had a
very bad opinion of him, and that he would
not advise him to come before the court too
often. But in the meantime he had left his
cours,o Monsieur Anglais and received the
money. Had he paid his rent to his pro-
prietor? .ssE> "a r.rl:t -%l&S-s
Gown admitted that he had not. No, not
for han Int ir,oa
they had together when the proprietor ran
against the point of his knife.
"Ah!" said the Judge, shaking his head
sagely, "what did say?" And then he an
nounced his decision briskly. Let the
Monsieur Anglais take GOWNS cour and house
Gown to haye month in which to remove
his furniture, and then to make himself scarce,
and betake himself to neighborhood where
he may be better appreciated because not SO
well known" sa'- isss,5 saFg g.a-
A verdict that dissatisfies both plaintiff and
defendant must necessarily be based on the
immutable principles OF justice. They were
there, no doubt, these principles, although we
could not see them. s@& = G'24rr IN -sFa1
"But my foot!" cried Gown. a.. 81. 9sl.
Served you right for putting it in the way
ola scythe." r. -
"And the areas of rent-why should pay
them |" l argued. 5<4 -. re-
| "Consider what might have happened from
your want of care and Judgment" t:.1
We left the court at the same moment ts
| "And this is coLciliation," murmured.
| Gown gave me one sidelong glance fnl Of
malice. We're we 5reconciled? It hardly
! seemed 80. sstE @4.,r d. s.ls ez7 81. l.sz sf4:
| My new proprietor" seemed quite satisfied
with the decision of the court, as well he
might be-. In fact, like every one else, he had
been afraid of Gown. Even when the, latter
was in prison he dared not to evict him. But
now it was different thing altogether.
was the animal selected to bell the cat
Whatever steps were taken to evict Gown,
that individual would give me the credit of it
all ,1@ss yGF rj% i~sla 2.s " yErsHst s.5fet n
But at the end of the month he, had
disappeared; the house was locked up and no
vestage of occupati IN about it. We gave him
plenty ofgrope but at the end Of another two
months, legal steps were taken for his eviction.
The Judge, the Mayor, the Grefier-all the
officials were in attendance. The cottage
was summoned to surrender. It made no re-
| ply. Thereupon, after three several demands
! for admittance, the door was broken open.
There was nothing inside but worm eaten
oaken buffet" and q pile Of fishing nets. The
i place was cleared out and the nets deposited
at the marie; and now thought should be
able to let the cottage, and thus diminish the
cost of the cour., Already had had several
4 applications for IT, hOl1ses hainp in great de-.