Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-17
Les IncOmprehensibIes.
by Victor Hugo.
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by Victor Hugo.l
BOOK L.
4 man sat On picket fence
flcket FENCES were invented by Charcmagne
and improved upon by Charles Ii. of England.
SUN the man sat on the fence
BOOK II.
~, me renee surrounded TALL gloomy building.
Inc building had shutters at the window. The
man was Frenchman. There were other
FTenchmen In the same neighborhood. They
were In bed. Frenchmen We're discovered by
oliver Cromwell, and subsequently patented nv
the author. They are copyrighted. Ali French
men not bearing the signature OF the author
are spurious.
1t was night; 1t was dark night Darkness
is shadow that rises from the ground when
the sun goes down.
The man on the fence was thinking. His
name was Lippiatt.
Lippiatt loved Maronette. Maronette was
girl. She knew Lippiatt. She did not know
that Lippiatt loved her.
MARQUETTE lived in the gloomy house. Lippi-
att did not tell Mar0nette that he loved her.
He was cOntented to sit On the fence in the front
OF her house. He was a quiet man. Like all
ffencnIAen, he was the braveSt man In thirt cen
countries. He was tailor. A tailor is one who
promises to have your clothes done Saturday.
and tEen brings them around week after next.
Llpplatt was poor All heroes are DOOR
BOOK ".
Maronette opened window and SHE'D an oi,;
boot at Llppiatt
is that you L1ppfatt?' she said
Yes said Lippiatt.
Maronette laughed.
My father says must marry the man who
VIII bring him the Norwegian melstrom,7 said
Lippiatt got Off the fence and walked away.
BOOK V.
Like all tailors in France Lippiatt was a
good sailor. He stole boat and started for
Norway. A fearful storm cameOn. The world
drew on heavy cloak to protect 1t from the
storm. me sea opened a thousand mouths to
swallow Iippiatt. 1t was hungry Tor him. His
beard and hair were filled 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
ior L1ppiatt. He steered his boat to avoid
A wave averages twenty feet in height. #
contains four hundred tons OF water. II is
thicker at the base than at the top. Ia that re.
spect 1t Is like pyramid. But it is not three
cor Ill It Is oval IN shape. round wave is
and bottom and slender in the middle.
Lippiatt knew this.
He was afraid of waves. He was fearful OF
WaterSpoutS
In four days Iipptatt arrived at the mel
str0nl.
at is for Mar0nette. said he.
The m9lStrom is shaped like a funnel The
lower end Is at the bottom. The mouth is at
the top. 1t is caused by the tides. The Nor
Wegians suppose it is caused by a hole in the
earth. Lippiatt knew better.
he went down In the melstrom and fastened
a rope around the lower end. To this rope he
adjusted blocks and pulleysS 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.
BOOK VII.
Having rested. Lppiatt pulled on the rope.
he plllled the melstrOm inside out. The bottom
was then at the top. 1t spun around like an
Lippiatt drove staple into it and fastened
lowed.
II shall marry Maronette," he said.
BOOK VIII.
Another man sat On the picket fence IL was
Goudenay. Goudenay loved Maronette. Marc
nette loved Goudenay.
-, Goudenay saw something coming in the har-
"What is that?" he asked.
. IL looked like an inverted funnel. 1t was
thousand feet high.
- don't KNOW" said MarOnette,
She was right. She didn't.
BOOK TX.
Lippiatt disembarked. He took the malstrom
on his shoulders Then he went to the gloomy
mousse He hung the mRlstrom on the picket
"How do you do, Goudenay?" he asked.
he knew Goudenay. He had disappointed him
about some trousers.
81 am happy" said Goudenay: "I am poinp
TO marry Maronette."
Lppialt looked at Maronette.
"Ies," she said, ~ marry Goudenay this
morning.
BOOK K.
Lpplatt went to the wedding.
ne gave Maronette silver card receiver.
MarOnette smiled.
1ppiatt went back to the picket fence. He
ate The malstrom up.
BOOK YI
AS the wedding party went home they saw a
dead Dody lying beside the picket fence. The
O Uyoo rff
mouth. O~' VI 'no
Good gracious!" said Maronette.
,. Holy smoke" exclaimed Goudenay.
1t was Lippiatt
- ~ Pasteboard window-shuttters are the
The health OF Paris is below par. Ty.
gnola lever and smallpox are the prevailing ep,.
- a recent fashionable marriage In London
SOo6 place at pm. Quite an innoyation on
English customs. -
Boston girls never blush" says the Phil
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