The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-26
THE SAINT-GABELLE INN.



Translated from the french.
70" womb nave neen very l',.una,,, Ivy
children, II you iad known my ohc,e nay",
because he alone Knew more stories than you
nave ever read. MY "nc'e oin no' hV' !"
our lttle CITY oil M'rep"'S; nc alu i,o' '1"se
i'll our large mousse with reu WINDOW s"".-
tiers, winch was the iahi,y res,"encs. ne
was an advocate ana hVea Nv fo'S, p"' III
most every saturday we would see MN con-,
ing on his morse, anu our Joyous CRIES i'''e"
him Mt distance. we were qu'te huner
ons around him, because my uncle was 'he
oldest OF family oil tnreo ch''urcn! anu we
others, tho NIUE chiidreh OF this Grua'
family, part with the'r parc,s' ana .he
rest-my sister anu myscit-"it'i our ih"r,n
mother; but courageous ana bright we WON"
look forward 10 the coming o, my ui'c,e
Bayle as one looks forward 10 hoiiuay'
seems as II L couiu zee nm no" uesceno,'s
heavily WIN his morse. inere were Vcl
hands 70 receive his riuins-"hip, zen nM"os
10 ioiu his pri"'e' ana wneh hc .o'k VII i,,e
coat six OF us scrambled 10 carry ~ 80 weak
that we were crushed WIN 'he wc'snt o, IL,
SO small that IL Always uragBco u NUS III
the dust; ana theii nc iouftea our oah
stairway, the flnest stairway III inc county,
!
around him, mounted WIN great nolse' i1l-
lowing ana preceding nm, opening inc
doors with bang ana announcing MN at a
distance ny our Joyous ia"gn'er. l WIN
always remember the respectful reception
which all our parents gave MN, AZ MS
entrance IN the sai"n, ana 'he loving an"
superior DOW Win which he rcPiieo 10 each
one, ut the same time gong toward my
ihother' 10 "hoh ne s'iu a. ,,, e,,
"dood day. my sister; sun SICK
MY mo'hor Eraspen NIB manu- ana u, '''swere"
MN WIN sn,lie' men IRON. 'n's lho". '';,,
aiter exchanging iew SERIOUS "oius WIN
ms o'o'ncIs' we ii'''9 :'l''ulon' WHY yo' hn'"
mo'ninE put 10 rove n'Ih' .ook Possess'on vi
| ohcio D"yie. ne peio.'seo w. 10 u''''r s"p
per. IL was tie tiine lor t"ik'ns over i"'hi'y
auaifs an" we were ,heil SEM 10 nc", no we
se'zed upon nm ana aVa'icu ourselves vi gu,
uncle goUaness' ana sometimes we apuse .',
IL. ne ,oliowuu III 'iie, "nu WV ~ "','
oowi, W '''o hi.olen. wv 'uo, ...'a' ~
you nave ~ yon. nu.noi o. o"' nn , t',
k!'Sn",, WIN, u hio- pi'oo iio,o .n.i Ola ,,'
nSh' i'ne i''se .'i.oso' "nl " ,'inh u, M
'"o ~, u' ':.,, " - '. NV. o"M' ,mu,,
e.ep' NV ~" '''.'o wy VIA. Iu I,, ''a,,',
ap.'. "u 80, '"s, ~, WV ri,I I,a,,I ,,i,,
l'''l'eura'e,y W sa,',e our on.,o i'Iy", WHY
grel"y INFORMED a,a,', 40 ~ ,mu S" ln
Hcn' a,ui i h;ii , raru atnS ,,;,"sI
'.S ~ ."o ,,i - ,", ,,aaI ,",,;a,, W..
IN larg" o,ia,r oi e'rvea M1Ta, wi,, ,a W.
u m Up w ."' No. .nw ",." s,a.,, -, ~, ~,
a. oob"n W ',!' s.o ,,,, ,'';',:,,, w.,
u''s o.o" ,, Wv We" ,;,., ' ,,,'';.n'.'
""'Se We ." ,1' u, n ,.', d., T;no, W..
ho oho "are" W sP''h hIs'. i'n',,'y ~.
pretty cousin, Dorothee, the most talkal'v'
n.'lo g,ri ot .,,e HUBS, anu i,"w tno gray
s"pei.oi vi .ie 'o"ven' W 'pe s's SUIT. ~ !"
oha'l'y, 'om'"''u W cry: snos' s'o'y
anu we rcl''o" Ill ''se'h'r' ieS' ghoS
s'o,y
my u"oie hoMne" an" ,oohcr o""r.
'e",'hc'.e' WIN was very mum ooi''"sc"'"''o
w'siie" W aPPe"r avso'peo III PePper'hB nel
ch'cksi PotPie' IN" s''e ,e"iiy pcpPeico =
so Wen that we were not aDlo 10 cav IL. u
was sie' III iac'' VINO hau to'' US repeatedly
the story OF ,he opec're hcs ahu 'li'
open rye, ana WHO hao urgeo "s u
make tins demand.
"There are only ioois OF rosnes VINO ne
lieve, or pretend 10 pelieVe Ill ghosts, sa'c
my uncle, III seVere tome. we III "a'tco
in silence, 30 inuch authority was there II
his words, but moment OF reflection seeinec
to calm him. we saw nm smile, as II II
himself, ana ne added, IN tone fu'l
sweetness: You want ghost story, my
children All right. l VIII relate ono Il
you which happened to me, SO that It can
not be doubted.
We gathered around him closer thai
usual; the lamp hung by chain attached t
tho mantle-piece, ana thus our uncle told III
story:
Ono autumn evening, 1t must have beef
forty years ago, because l was scarcel.
twenty years old Mt the time, l was return
ing from Toulouse. l had made goo
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