The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-10
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AT these words the poor woman broke
|into sobs. & Yeu,do not know, them she
said. " that he Is dead these three years:
| hut who IRE you, then, that you should be
Interested in him ?? / am. sure that you are
bis .towny,' the gentleman whom he Wis
tied at Paris one morning ten yeurs ago. -
And, as I nodded my bead, she added !:
"Take< q chair, then; { ought to tell you
bow the poor man died. Here, Augustine,
dress your little brothers; you know that
we shall commence in an hour"
Itook the chair, which was only tripod.
Dorotbee. seated herself on the end OF a
bench and related to me the story OF ner
husbands death In q voice broken every
moment by tears. = :, = ],
g the weather was delightful, and every
thing was going on well, when all at once
Pierre fell sick. We thoughtnothing OF. 1t.
I cared for him under the tent. But the
malaily grew worse, and I called aphysl.
Clan, TWAS the typhold-ieyer. = wished
to place my husband in the hospital, but
they refused permission under the preteXe
that be was stranger there, but tnlnk u
was because we were mounteGanks.
/ was compelled to put him 10 an ann
where they made US pay ID ADVANCE.
The malady- lasted four months, Win
improvements and relapses. Inen an
our savings were spent, ana !
sold our booth, our jack, our other little
/ effects. Think, sir-four months without
working, and the doctor, and the druggist,
and the Ipn-keeper, who always insisted on
nav in advance. Well, one morning, our
time being upand having no more money,
we were put out OF doors. Pierre nad
been getting better for some time, but ne
was thin as rail and weak as cflid.
Nevertheless it was necessary to WORK Cnat
very day to earn supper for the evening.
/ We bctook ourselves to the square. L De-
j gan the exhibition, but contributions we're
NOT forthcoming. 1t was cold, being WIN
tor. The few spectators put their hands IN
their pockets-and kept them there.
"Then Pierre, who was frelful, said TO
me that it was necessary to try the cask eX-
ercise. You know what it ls, sir. one taxes
a cask full of water, ties cord about II,
takes the two ends OF the CORDS ID ms
hands, and this burden on his back, makes
the circuit Of the audience. Pierre nao
done this hundred times, and it always
called out applause and brought sous into
my bowl; but then be was not III.
"Now, gentlemen" said he, " make up a
nurse OF thirty sous and you shall see the
with fifteen, ten, three. Good! Let us
begin" IT,,
As for me, I had something like pre-
sentiment, "You know" whispered to
him, "that you are but recovering from
sickness. In your place would not oil
the cask."
EYES," he answered, "elsc afterward
they would call me a robber."
Then he filed the cask to the brlm, ana
then, Selling the two ends OF the cora, ne
tried 10 lift 1t up, but he could not budSe
it. 49,.
"He'M lift it!' "He'll not lift it,"
cried the crowd.
Pierre tried again. The veins OF his neck
and forehead swelled out in frlghtful
manner, and cold sweat fell from his face.
During the time iibes and whistllng be-
gan. At last he planted himself firmly on
the ground and gathered his strength for
supreme effort. The cask was raised half a
foot; then my husband and his burden fell
heavily upon the ground.
Bombochou had broken his spinal COL
umn.
"Dorothee," muttered the dying man.
"the tour is not made. Return the money"