The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-12-06
O. about my own age, WITH q ltdhr
tnd winning countenance. He wa,

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"Ihis ynnu4 man" sai8 |. lti'jG
nv nana- 10 nrayHu, was ."it < /
axe lis iite--his own precious lii
II, forth" sake o' worthless Jiit.'
Isl, ~ he cried.
Poor, silly fool" I went IN, con
nuuing with myself aloud. "h
Tou!I undertake 10 defend her. A
oycIs are II" same. VIII you,'
Continued, take my advice-th
tivire OF wei; wisbcr? Just ieav
hat cord there Git was a stcut I Iop
han mine, I bad observed and x
| quietly nome like good fellow
When You are yourself You vii
hank n" for having given you sucl
good advice. ~
He shook hs lead gloomily. ."
!esire to de- he mu,tered.
Don, lei yourself be goaded int,
taking a step that il YOU were aliv,
! you would roget 10 morrow well
On, with 4 benevolent persistence
you see, the fellow had pre-emptel
he only really eligible bough ia tn.
wOods.) "When you are dead it vii
De too late TO change Your mind"
You speak to me without knowing
what misfortune las, happened t
me-"
II can guess il"
mo, you cannot guess it. Sir.
woman that l loved; "a woman FOL
whom
And he went on TO tell me this sto
~ which, singularly enough, was
precisely like niue. The co;nci.
,!ence made me pause a moment tl
collect my thoughts.
Il see," said Charles Che had told
me in the course Of his painful story
that his name was Charles), "thal
your silence justities me-
by no MEANS" cried, you will
observe that it wouldn't have beer
dignified for me to abandon at once
my former position on the subject OF
suicide.) ''There is nothing what.
ever in all that you have told me to
justify you in taking your life. Come
my triend." said ]. becoming really
interested in his case, "come, let Us
reason the matter out. Why should
you complain because you have been
unfortunate in love? Don't you
know what the poet says?
THE lot of girls was to deceive
Since winter first was snowy
Women has been false to their lovers
from all time; women will be false to
their lovers to all time"
But no woman has ever been so
false to her lover as this woman was
TO me-"
Lots OF 'em have"
''NO; none could be-"
''But | tell you thousands OF 'em
have. know one whose conduct to-
Wards--tOWards an intimate friend of
mine was Why should you
kill yourself because ono pretty wO.
man has played You false? Seek
another One--a prettier one"
In vain, in vain," he groaned;
"she was the only woman in the
world that I cared for; the nandsoM.'
est woman in all Paris, sir"
''Oh, bosh. I know OF a hundred
baudsomer and more tender than
she ever could be. You may think
in the first moments Of soreness
that there are no other women ii
the world, but il a month from now
you'll be prepared 10 admit how
silly 1t was To entertain such a
thought" 49,.
VI.
My eloquence seemed so convinc.
ing and my position so sound that It
was a pleasure to mo to listen to my
self. l went on:
what coed will it do you to hang
yourself Tell me, If you can, what
useful purpose will be subserved.
Either the woman has a heart or she
has not. II she has no heart
''She has lOne-- none"
"Of course she has none. There
fore your death will only be agreea-
bic to her will only tiatter her. It
Is big advertisement for a woman
to have a man kill himself on her
account. What will the public say
the boys? They'll say. Charles was
an ass q silly ass Yes, Charles,
every body will say you were a silly
ass and everybody will be right In
saying 500
/ waxed eloquent; In point of fact.
Tor some moments it had occurred to
me that Was arguing my own case,
pleading for my own life. / heaped
TACT upon fact, added argument to
argument, with such earnestness and
closeness OfreasoDiDg that my friend
Charles ut last fell into my arms and
cried. You are right, you are right
bid me do whatever you would aud
l will obey YOU"
"All right" said I, ."let US go and
get some breakfast"
VII.
I brought him back to the Golden
Liou. was terribly hungry.
The table at which We seated our
selves was neatly set, and aided ones
appetite by its snowy linen, it's gilt.
teriDg glassware, Its golden. brown
lOaves, lis yellow butter.
When q thick and juicy steak with
potatoes had been served up to US,
tapping our prisoned nostrils In the
elysium OF its appetizing odors and
staining our knives with its vermeil
esfence, and we haa tasted the first
glass of some remarkably particular
Bordeaux, We were rapturously 81.
lent, but our speaking eyes said
nay, shouted, "Well. Life isn't such
q had thing, after ALL"
IF I hadn't met YOU" said Charles,
reaching across the table to squeeze
my hand.
III I hadn't met him. / thought,
as returned his cordial grasp.
ut was the most remarkable piece
OF luck l ever heard Of" Le cOntin.
ued; Il don't suppose that q human
being goes through that cops twice in
a month. -
/ remained discreetly silent.
But. say, you know" he went
IN cod l.,> l;rrhS had Hochnh