The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-28
INDIANAPoIIs WEDNESDAY, MORNING, AUGUST 2s. ls7s
VOLTA la piece, belle ct

bonne. si uasvtsd eousrssaiI 4 rgiwo-rs
\, t..He pnt the coin I'm my hand. -,
Are you ready, brothers, cried Captain
nossAll ready we answered. Ia 20 irgosn
irspin. Down. Cover. Uncover. Face
1--WE had all come dc yn sheads.' Fsmoa 90
eDe noaveau. Spin. Down. Cover Un-
cover. Esce--tous face. l-s0 sii sng .reu
o Again we had all come dowp heads
Encore une foie. Spin. Down. Cover
Uncover. Deux face, une pile. Tails are
out. Desire, You are old man.. Desire, you
have von.r Desire you must be married.
| - How we embraced the dear boy, how we
talked nonsense and laughed ana vept over
him, yen may imagine and nee not de-
scribe. IL was glorious evening in April.
and we bad dlBed at 8 O'Clock. Toward s.
eclock Desire, observing that he felt some
what agltated, and that walk along the
Chemin de la Corniche might calm his nerves,
| put on his hat and went out. rrrL F..
| Another cigar, brotherT asked Captain
| Paul of me- h'"
~ .. 'williagly,' replied although it is
against my rule ngdr gt1od f1ss "a
ID Il think i know where Desire is gene
remarked Captain Paul, looking more know
| ing than ever '-.97t tA
81 don't think at all about it. am SIM
ply sure He has gone to ask the hand of
| Angelique Babeuf in marriage
"Deslre came back about 10, very nervous.
but radiant. ia l9sieit 70 oefl
8d"1 have seen M. PAbbe Bontemps, he
said. sb saf b. .brat. Ia III s.r...--'..-
| '. You have seen somebody else, mon gar.
con- returned Captain Paul, roughishly.
Tell us, petit. Is the ship launched? Does
she ride in fair water? Is her head well set?
Is the affair fnishedr VurEaE
"'Pour de vrai2 pour de bon? 20, si u
sin truth, and for good said Desire.
"a 'Ohe, la Mere Gigotte,' shouted my dear
old brother Paul, improyising withl his two
hands speaking trumpet, though he were
haiilng ship ten cables OF ohe, la-bas!
Four glasses and of the biggest. We are GO
| ing to drink to the health of Madame An
geliqe Bayard, nee BabGuf' id 7n- t'
la"Desire told us afterward how his woeing
| sped. He found Angelique sitting with the
widow in the twilight sadly enough,t or the
old lady's eyes were beginning to fail her,
and she was no longer able to ply her spin
mig wheel AS Desire entered, be passed on
the threshold the long, lean figure of the
| Able Verius, vinegar face, shovel hat and
| all. He looked very sourly at Desire, and
shook his umbrella at him. However, he
made no movement to re-enter the house,
| for he had often heard our brother spoken of
as one of the three incorrigible and infiexi-
BILE bachelors of the Chemin de la Corniche
and the salt sea--as Desire Sans amour as
Desire Desespolrdes .Femmes.' So he took
his grim self off.
The old lady, saying that she would see
whether Agathe, the servant, had trimme 4
| the lamp, bobbled away into the kitchen.
The twilight was deepening. Desire could
not see how pale Angelique was; but he
could see that she was trembling very much
in her chair - eltt,ao nolltc-' i'1ln ilss
4" You are come to say good by she fall
tered. You were here yesterday; and when
you come the second time 1t is always to say
farewell. You are going to sea--to thecruel,
cruel sea-agaIn. When you return there
will be no Angelique to bid you welcome or
| farewell -or a.s- -....I ,-..i
".ATe Are you going away, then"
Away from Marseilles and from your
motherr .-..-,
"I am not going away from Marseilles,
and shall see my mother sometimes
| "sYou are going to be married?
"No.' And here Ang.lque began to
weep. I shall never be married. she sob
bed. Never, never, no more than you will
be. You have told me soa hundred times
But am going to be married. SAID De-
''The glri started from her chair and stood
up in the middle of the room. She spoke;
and terror, wounded pride, rage, even, were
in her voice.
"'To whom, Desire9-to whom, Monsieur
Who is 1t that has conquered the inhexibe,
the heart of iron? Is it Aglae Plnson? Is it
Jeannette Du Bourg? Is il Louise Sainte-
Croix? Is it Amandine Theriot?-ah! If it
be Amandine, la cresturer
"'It is Angelique Babeuf,' replied my
brother straightly and stoutly as a sailor
should answer a question. / do not approve
of trlhing with young girls feelings. 1t is
Angelique, my playfellow, ma bier aimee,
my adored one. Hols! Madame Veuve
Rabeuf, he continued at the top of his
voice, will you bring the lamp quickly? /
think Angelique Is going to faint r.-l,.
"But there was no fainting about her.
He would have clasped her in his arms but
she broke away from him; and as the widow
came in with the lamp Angelique flung her
self on her knees before little painted and
gilt image of Notre Dame de la Garde."
Mere de toutes les meres, she sobbed,
thou hast heard nay prayers and my de-
spair is turned into joy. Refine des cieux,
thou hast had compassion on us poor, feeble
creatures on earth Then she was silent for
time, still on her knees Then she arose
and came to him and kissed him, and told
him that she would try to be a good and
obedient wife. And although shall trem-
BILE much on the dark and stormy nights
| when you are at sea, she sand, Il know that
Our Lady of the Watch Tower will protect
you.' Then they knelt together at the good
Old widows feet and asked her bless ing.
"'It was time, quoih the old lady archly,
as she kissed him on the forehead. aq .dl
How timer Desire asked. lrs d.
"'M. pAbbe Verjus had nearly persuaded
| Angeique. My dear daughter was to have
been taken away from me; and 1, forsooth,
under the patronage of M. PAbbe, was to-
have been received into the community OF
aged lay pilgrims.
Desire looked at Angelique.
1T Is So she replied, hanging her head.
i was in despair, bad consented to take
the vows as Seur de la MIsericorde, and to-
morrow morning i was to commence my
| novitiate.' i
There's nothing more to be said" re-
marked Captain Bayard, ''for it is getting
very late, and we had best turn in. Stay,
may as well tell you that our house on the
Chemin de la Corniche is now full of chill
dren, and that Captain Desire Is thinking of
| giving up the sea altogether and starting as
a ship broker in the Caunebiere. Bon soir,
NJ lie Passager"
Good night. captain
"a moment" said Captain Horace, halt
ing on the threshold Of his cabin; did you
4 r II