Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-11
LES INCOliPREHENSIBLES.
BOOK I.
IAN sat on a nickat fanca

BOOK I.
A man sat on picket fence.
Picket fences were invented by Charlie
magne and improved upon by Charles
II. of England.
Still the man sat on the fence.
BOOK II.
The fence surrounded a tall, gloomy
building. The building had shutters at
the window. The man was q French
man. There were other Frenchmen in
the same neighborhood. They were in
bed. Frenchmen were discovered by
Oliver Cromwell, and subsequently pat
ented by the author. They are copy
righted. All Frenchmen not bearing
the signature of the author are spurious.
It was night. It was a dark night.
Darkness is o shadow that rises from
the ground when the sun goes down.
The man on the fence was thinking.
His name was Lippiatt.
BOOK III.
Lippiatt loved Maronette. Maronette
was girl. She knew Lippiatt. She
did not know that Lppiatt loved her.
Maronette lived in the gloomy house.
Lippiatt did not tell Maronette that he
loved her. He was contented to sit on
the fence in front of her house. He was
quiet man. Like all Frenchmen, he
was the bravest man in thirteen coun-
tries. He was tailor. A tailor is one
who promises to have your clothes done
Saturday, and then brings them around
week after next.
Lippiatt was poor. All heroes are
poor.
Maronette opened window and SHE'D
an old boot at Lippiatt.
rs that you, Ippiatt?" she said.
EYES," said Lippiatt.
Maronette laughed.
my father says I must marry the
man who will bring him the Norwegian
maelstrom," said Maronette.
Lippiatt got off the fence and walked
away:
BOOK Y.
Like all tailors in France, Lippiatt
was good sailor. He stole boat and
started for the coast of Norway. Afear-
full storm came on. The world drew on
a heavy cloak to protect it from the
storm. The sea opened a thousand
mouths to swallow Lippiatt. 1t was
hungry for him. His beard and hair
were filed with salt. Great grasping
hands of darkness reached down to
snatch him.
Lippiatt only laughed.
The scene grew wilder. Monsters of
water crowded against the boat. They
were reaching for Lppiatt. He steered
his boat to avoid them.
A wave averages twenty feet in height.
It contains 400 tons Of water. It is
thicker at the base than ct the top. In
that respect it is like pyramid. But it
is not three-cornered. It is oval in shape.
A round wave is water,p out. A water
spout is thick at the top and bottom and
slender in the middle.
Lippiatt knew this.
He was afraid of waves. He was fear
full Of waterspouts.
In four days Lippiatt arrived at the
maelstrom.
"It is for Maronette." sold he.
The maelstrom is shaped like q funnel.
The lower end is at the bottom. The
mouth is at the top. II is caused by the
tides. The Norwegians suppose it is
caused by hole in the earth. Lippiatt
knew better. ..'..
He went down in the maelstrom and
fastened rope around the lower end.
To this rope he adjusted blocks and pull
leYs. Then he climbed out of the pit
and fastened the other end of the rope to
the masthead. The blocks gave him a
purchase.
He rested.
Having rested, Lippiatt pulled on the
rope. He pulled the ndaelstrom inside
out. The bottom was then at the top.
It spun around like an inverted top.
Lippiatt drove q staple into it and
fastened his line. Then he set sail. The
maelstrom followed. '.'
II shall marry Maronette," he said.
| BOOK VII.
Another man sat on the picket fence.
TWAS Goudenay. Goudenay loved Marc
nette. Maronette loved Goudenay.
.Goudenny saw something coming in
the harbor.
"What is that ?" he asked.
It looked like an inverted funnel. II
was 1000 feet high.
| i don't know, 6ala MafOnette.
She WIS right she didn't.
-y%s. BOOK *.
Lippiatt disembarked. He took the
lmaelstrom ON his shoulders. Then hi
went to the gloomy house. He hung
the maelstrom on the picket fence.
Glow do you do, Goudenayw hi
asked. ->',,' :. --s-%-s,- >s
| He knew Goudenay. He had disap
pointed him about some trousers.
| II am happy" said Goudenay. 81
am going TO marry Maronette."
Eppiatt looked at Maronette.
i eyes" she said, 81 marry Goudena!
this morning" @:ss -: 4
~ BOOK Z. ~ s
4 Lippiatt went to the. wedding. -.
He gave Maronette . silver card-re
ceiyer. ..zzs.,,s.-4s--s 4.45. ,sa.,-. >.
! Mazonette smiled.
i Iippiatt went back TO the pickle
q fence, He ate the nnaelstrom up. 8. :.
BOOK H.
AZ tho wedding party went home the,
4 sSwa,dead body lying besido the pickle
fnce. The point q 10 mAelstzun. N
saioainx ont q III m01t
: .0ood aaaiolGf sla A1Eaastts.