, 1879-05-03
SIGIsBERT LANC1NET'S LUCK.
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| I.
"My FRIEND" said the notary to sigisber
Laucuct, there are the $500 francs willed III,
bcqucalhed to you by your uncle. The lcgacy
| duty, stamps aud fees have been deducted
Put the money carefully away in yonr rockct
be careful not to let any sharp-looking strange
brush up against you, aud get home Us soon a
poss1ble.''
"Worthy sir, your excellent advice shall b.
| followed" said Sigisbert Lancnet, squeezing
the good notary's huad and leaving the Ollie.
| With the dignity OF q man Who does not have
! U,50O francs in his pocket every day Of the week
| For Sigispert Lancuct, Bohemian both by dis
position nnd profession had never hitherto bcel
| the owner OF ten francs Of Lis own.
II.
When be was in the street Sigisbert Lancinet
soliloquized half aloud:
"What IN old ass that notary was! To fancy
that IL Of all peopic-wou1d be silly enough
to let anv Que get away with my wealth. Sup
pose drove homc-no, that would look like d
cvwaraly concession to the notary's fears. Be-
sides, am not sorry at the prospect OF showing
myself to my acqualntances In my new role OF II
bloated capitalist.W ::
So saying, Sigisbert Lancinet approached a
shop-window IND took an a4miriug glance at t1,
image reelected in the great mirror.
'' 49, .ist ~ h,,o sta. .lns paes @ ~ ~
~ 11.a ,.a ~, X 44spne oe
n4sa1. ii aAu t ae - ho e. ~ soay Ms
, 10y h. ~ .ora;tna "iaa ~ ~
not lose an instant III shooting this tile, which
makes me rcdden as much as it rcddens ITSELF"
He went to the matters and bought him hat,
and when he came out he rcspired more Joyous
" and said to himself: s.Now tint is more like
the thinu-i do not quite So closely resemble a
but holu On! On letting my gaze run to my
other extreme am mortified to observe that the
soles OF my boots are not waterproof, and TINT
tie uppers are libel upon shoenlanity. Let me
not hesitate one sccond-''
He entered the bootmaker's.
III.s'.
"Rv .rovo ~, hc sotd. m rcpainfnc fhn stroct
"tl,ai iob's OF nv hallds: bit. oh? The friel,t..
tuI f1iscordanrc. The immacnfate varnisi of
NV hoots mnEes nv oon,aioons ink fen vears
oder py contrast. Willie beside nv Dazzling lat
mvcoef tnsas tho f"w nrSfansions - rcsGertas ~
b1ifty whirh IL for1nerIumosscsscd To nnnear
in such guise would be riSleulousl
He crossed the strcts1.ul ,entcref1 a readv-
robed mud crowned. he~ior he had tasted since
pcrtinr-,n fine and hot3 uot m ,1nusnailv early
So as to be ut tic notary's office betimes-feit
the inner man assert itself. lie found himself
at that moment at the Palajs ROYAL,
<sAnd to think.,' solilouuizcd the ,,ourenu
riche, .1that not once in nv brief lie have set
font within tho n]ate-rIass doors of thrse
opuleut restaurants in tic windows whereof are
heaneti fa,cinoting tronhies of game and fruits
Of Tantalus! Yaf had alwuys honed-and. in
deea. whv 6honid mt rrutify myself inst for
once. Onc doesn't pet lceacy erery dny.
What st1,nn,ng tru1T4csI, ~
1ri
,.-'s: H. ., IT,
oaSs Us ne nau paeeu US natu ~. upon ', eme
handle OF the aoor some one tapped hlm upon
Tie shoulder.
=. nl, Sls'soert!
;, mullo, a., sAdolpne!"
.TTo1ng III TO prcaklastEdon't you seer"
rorta; gnsne u d 20 ,ebe, pbea1fI9o = 1nere
"oh, nolnins' Only II wo1la ~ ia; De graeeinl nct
On your part 10 ihelte ~ ule " Jo!n nou, sec'nS
That you arc nush anu t'.ae nS pocAe1s aEe as
enpLy aS IhF slolnaeu'
~ ~ by al means come nl. along .s,l - ....,
l1ey oIcah1asieu. lucy oSeau VIII Dur
rundy and continued with eiaret' and the waiter
" axed so eloquonk ~ plal,e 'a ~ peeqI1l5 Ane
aao url cuaiupasue 4oi nntLu t9e uouse ny nas
noteq 1has {leS ~ auu 1o,,ore po'''o ~ ta' 1nen
they had couee anu nQuers, e.-
Lancnct @ was saI the d friend Of tie who Whole human
race wlthoat eAcept'og. -
Adolphe with the pilot's wary e5o marked his
tilends growing eoou nonH1' a ~, aI9 mnlspe!eu u
M u'u3 eeu1!3' ,rnod 1saa'.+a aa hamafe
5aris Sie,shert Lanciuetwas the man. For YOU
.re n rood hearted rhap. as YOU knows
81 shon]l hone. old boy. TINT wouldn't po
,acl m friend' Il he will allow me- to call Inn
~
..0f course rnu wou1dD't. know vou will |
;to1e an "1d friand of yours who only wants 3oE1
n;corahlo nattv francs iii nert Tuesday to-,
s.Ncvar Pr,in', wJ,at von want them Tor: that
8 nonc If nv business. Here arc your 301 |
roncs So ,o1,o< os Siuisbert Lancfnet has shot
n tba ocscr be will not steel lis ear against the
'nnno,s ~ fricndshin- Take nv arm anri let ,1s |
~ 'for vail. j,
Y.
Tn the Ga3orie d,0rlcaus some one aecosted !
,,1:,. - 49, o"'eA4~ o"'~AA9 Wv ~~o'D00
''E E9oe4t' -
N. Lanclnet, am Elao 10 sec you looking
o well. About eighteen montnS ago you prom
sed to pay me bill"
Tive hundred francs.''
''tive hundred trance,-whom do owe o0u
fancs Loi
:. 1o me kecp tue restaurant 1a,3 A.
;not - 1 ibn, n ~ r. sr ~ o u;nbf ~ ma
ud. If hc owns t. # shnli he maid instantly-n y
A little further on he met Cyilalisa, ptguante
title brunette for whom sigishert Lancinet's
eart @lsco 70 peat lke o9eN,lhc ~ iort'.
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