Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-07-12

But here lie and laugh as they try: go,
Shall bite at their bait . No, no: not I. ~ =
But when the streams, with raoonltebt beams
Sparkle all silver and starlight CLEANS,
Tn ts snen r, LOOK ont TOT the hermit trout;
While the tired angler dreams.
American Turf Register, lS49.
THE HOWE OF TWO WIDOWS.
Awriter in Lippincott's Magazine tells
the story related by Eustac6e, the pos
tillion, to o party who was visiting Belle
Isle, near the coast Of Brittany. He said:
Rive years ago Hubert Pichet married
FRANCHISE Albert. They were neither of
Them very young, for Hubert was at
least 80, and FRANCHISE was nearly as
old. But 1t was quite a suitable mar
rage; they had always lived in the par
lsh OF Bangor, and had known each
other quite well since they were chill
dren., Hubert had been q l0bster-fsher-
man since he was q boy, and had saved
q good deal of money to marry upon, for
he was not like some men that perhaps
monsieur has seen who never can lay by
a franc. He had brother who was q
year or two older than / was at that
time Il am % now,) and he had asked
Jeannette Lanfranc of Port Philippe to
marry him. Others, it may be, had
asked her similar questions, but Chris
tOpher PiOhet was the one she preferred
above all Others"
WAS she prettygy Rollie interpOses.
Monsieur, she was then, and is still
the most beautiful girl in Belleisle-en-
Mer;' and the glOam in the young mans
eyes tells US more than his lips.
christopher and Jeanette" he con-
tinues were to have been married six
months after Hubert, but not long be-
fore the wedding day the two brothers
went of ON a fishing trip, to be gone
two days. But the two men never came
came back and Eustache's handsome
face is quite sad as he says this. "a
dreadful storm came up and the vessel
was wrecked The other men ON board
of her were picked up by foreign
steamer, but Hubert and Christopher
were washed ashore next day at the foot
of the cliffs here below us. All, madem-
Oiselle, that was a sOrrowful day for the
two poor women! 1t was long before
they could be e0ns0fed, but after time
FRANCHISE bought this little cottage that
you s5e, and invited Jeanette, who was
an orphan, to live with her, so they could
always be near the spot where the two
brothers were found. They have lived
In the cottage ever since, supporting
themselves by knitting and such work,
which they sell at Palais on market day.
As FRANCHISE was really a widow and
Jeanette was SO soon to be married,
the place where they live is always call
ed The Home of the Two Widows"
Eustache pauseS here, but looks as Ii
he had more to say; so ROllie asks him
if he knows the two widows. OOH
'"But yes, monsieur. know them well.
Jeanette is distant cousin, of mine
and I frequently visit them to see If /
can do any little thing for them. TWAS
partly to see Jeanette that / suggested
to MONSIEUR the driving here to-day"
And Eustache bushes just a little. IF
monsieur and mademOisell must know, !"
he resumes, Il have loved Jeanette iOr
many years, even before Christopher
Pichet asked her to marry him. think
she has always liked me, but not in the
way / wished. But it is so long since
Christopher died that think she feels
differently toward me now. and 1t Is
very lonely for her here, with only Fran
Icoise for company. am not quite poor.
monsieur. Ihaye some money, and If
Jeanette would marry me we might
live very comfortably in Palais. But
last month, when / said this to her, she
said she could not leave. FRANCHISE, and
FrancOise said when she herself came
here that she should stay here always
'COuld you not persuade FRANCHISE TO
change her mind?" suggest. 1T
would not be well for her to live in this
lonely spot entirely by herself, but II
she would go and make her home with
YOU and Jeanette in Palais, do you not
think Jeanette would consent 70 marry
A pleasant light comes into the young
fellows eyes. aPerhaps, mademOiselle,' 7
he saws hopefully; and then we all get
into the earriaee. Our road leads us by
~ tSo o sstt .s wa annroach IL q
h sao ,,t;fai r;ri tn whom Enstaehe lifts
his hat appears at the door.
"That is Jeanette" he tells US lit
he 1ovs w;tb evident embarrassment.
. no on k;nSiv consent to drive for a
= ss"rt %;otamcs ALONG the road. and then
Iotnrn I cnnId ston for a few moments
at the cottage Tr.o ~
quest? Rollie cannot, at all events, and
thanks him very gratefully, and, leaving
the carriage, is soon walking up the lit
tie path that leads to the cottage door.
A short distance further on we notice
the entrance to a beautiful valley which
seems to extend across the island, and
charming that nearly an hour elapses
before we return to the cottage. As we
come i'm sight of it again we see Eus-
fache waiting for us and looking very
happy. - -..4.. II ,..,.ly
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