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


ures. hesitate, and Monsieur Parade
sees that do. FROM that momentI an
lost. And my nephew only aids ant
abets our vOluble landlord by suggesting
that as / am fond of bathing might a.
well stay here and enjoy it until after
Eustache's wedding, and II. anything X
wanted from ARRAY we can send for il
by the boat.
frAnd the month that we were to be Al
Aurayw say to him. Butt submit tt
my nephew, as have done all along in
the course of our travels i'm Brittany, ani
consent to remain in .Belleisle. Mon
sieur ParadOl Is delighted; his little
gray-green eyes CLEAN with pleasure.
"MademOiselle and the young mon.
sieur shall not repent their decision" he
assures Us with much JUNCTION as hi
leaves us, bowling low; and Uthe dinner
that he sets before us that day is one t.
be affecti0nately remembered. There
are but few guests at Monsieur Paradol's
establishment, and his wish to retain us
as long as possible is quite natural. Still
| am bound to say that he appears strict.
ly honest, and our hotel bill is perfectly
reasonable i'm its charges.
A few more days go by very pleasant
ly. There is the bathing so much, ,ex.
tOlled by our landlord, and the drives
and the walk to occupy our time, and the
evenings ROllie improves by writing
long letters to school friends in Ameri-
ca.
But worthy Monsieur Paradol has evil
IDENTIFY an uneasy feeling lest time should
hang heavy on our hands, and one even
ing he appears at our open door with a
tray full of books, which he deposits on
a chair before speaking. 1T is but to-
day that said to myself" says the little
man retrospectiyely as he smiles gra-
ci0usly at US, 'that it might be that even
with the bathing mademOiselle and the
young monsieur might weary of OuI
Belleisle-en-Mer, and wish to leave. / am
distracted with the idea. say to myself
What shall / dOY Alas! / can think of
nothing; am miserable. say to my
sister, The Americans have seen every
thing on the island; there is nothing but
the bathing left, and it may be they will
not care to stay for that Then my sis
ter says, Auguste, you can take them
your bOOks;' and here mademoiselle will
observe that have done as my sister adj
vised. They are not many, but if''-and
he includes US both in a gracious bow
and wave of the hand-"but if you will
cOndescend to read them, they will Occu-
by the time.' flM u i III p fftH
/ thank Monsieur ParadOl for his at
tention, and assuring him that we in
tend to remain week longer it is
probable, he departs, looking much re-
lieyed. 1t is miscellaneous collection
he has brought volumes left behind by
several generations of travellers, / i'm
agine, as so many different tastes are
represented. Chateaubriand's "Atala'
is the first book / took up, then volume
of Alfred de Musset, and next paper
covered copy of the "Conscript."
eff it should rain tomorrow" say to
ROllie, 1--WE could pass the day very COM
fortably with Monsieur ParadoPs books. y
The morrow, however, proves to be
bright and sunny, and my nephew and
60 out for walk towards the city walls
Intending after dinner to have Eustache
drive us out to. the Bangor lighthouse
which we were to have visited the; day
we went to the Roman camp, but forgot
about it till too late in the day. Our
walk about the town and its massive
we proceed quite leisurely, talking mean
while first of the walls and Vauban their
builder, and then of our pleasant French
driver and his approaching marriage.
II am going to ARRAY Tomorrow
ROllie says, ito purchase something fol-
a wedding present for him; that is ii
you do not mind me leaving you for a
day, Aunt Sue" he adds.
We see no one about the passages or
the court yard as we enter the hotel on
our return, but when we appear at din.
ner, two hours later, Monsieur ParadOl
greets us with very grave grace. He
says but little, however, and we are left
to wonder what has come over our usual
ly viyaciOus landlord till after the des-
sert, when, as we are leaving the dining
room, Monsieur ParadOl says entreating.
ly, "Will mademOiSelle and monsieur
stay but for moment? II have some
thing to say" AS we pause to listen to
him he continues, addressing me: "Ah
mademoiselle, it is as if son of my
own were taken q away. Only this
morning 1 said to my sister, When
Eustache marries Jeanette Lafranc
will give him 500 francs, and will have
him to take my place at dinner; and
now, mademOiselle, it will never be,
Eustache Frentin is gone; he is dead
and tear glistens on Monster ParadOrs
red cheek.
"Dead?" exclaimed in panied sur.
prise. "HOw did it happen?"
b '"DeadY cries ROllie, his lip qUivering
~Oh, it cannot bel Monster Paradol, you
cannot mean it! Why, he was looking
forward to taking us to Bangor this al
ternOOn, and he took off his cap to us
with such pleasant smile as he drove
off with those people from Vannes early
this morning.
"But yes, Monster, it is all true. The
two ladies from Vannes wanted him to
drive to the cliffs near the camps of the
Romans: and as one of them took off hel
glove to pick some flowers near the edge
her ring came off with it, and both roll.
over the edge and lodged in q little hOl.
low few feet down. Enstache was
always so polite mademOiselle must
know that-and he said that he would
climb down and get them. The ladies
said that it was too dangerous and thai
he must not, but Eustache said it could
very easily be done. And so, MademOi
selle, it could have been on some days
for know the place, and when boy
used often to climb down q little way
to gather beautiful grass that grew
there and nowhere else; but this time 9
strong wind must have been blowing
toward the land and have sent the waves
higher up than usual, for the ladies said
the rocks looked very wet and slippery
MademOiselle sees how it must have been
with poor Eustache. Right before theil
eyes he lost his hold and fell into the
sea. Jeannettel Jeanetter they heard
him cry as he fell, and then they heard
only the noise of the waves"
Monsieur ParadOl pauses just here
much agitated, but in moment he re
covers himself and continues his sac
story: "There was no way to help Eus
tache; there were no men or boats Al
hand; and so the ladies drove back AMI
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