Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-09-30
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LIOu. ne doctor mas Dfuclcu me D dCInI
air and rest, and cannot quite make up
my mind where to go in search Of them,
! have been shut up for some time IN a
sick room, nursing an old aunt who is
now dead, and the confinement and broken
rest, which did not feel at the time, are
beginning to tell upon me. | am low y
and nervous "a very unusual state of
things for me-and my kind and CHEEKY
doctor has peremptorily desired me to
" fly to other climesn g don't much
care where you go' he says, provided
the climate is bfacing, and that you can
be great deal in the open air. Go to
bed early, sleep and eat aud drink well,
and In a fortnight you will be looking q
different woman" and he departs leaving
me 70 solve the knotty point as to the
where by myself,
BraCing air and rest | repeat IN n
tally, a. watch his figure disappearing
down the garden walk Where shall |
find the combination ?" And run over
in my mind the names of different places
where people usually 90 to seek health,
but reject them all. One is too gay;
another too cold another too relaxing;
others too ugly, too far or too near. But
memory has started on its travels, and in
another moment has hung out picture
b. fore me, at sight of which | cXclaim:
1.-THE very place will go to the TRES
Et0ties ut St Pourcain | will rest; |
viii drink in deliciously bracing air, and
/ will sketch
So 7 ring the bell, order my box to De
packed, and in three days time find my
self in The cDgpf of the numbering dill
gence, toiling up the steep, picturesque
street OF The little Norman village, which
| have only seen once before, but which
! am destined now TO know intimately
4 yeM ago had been on a skctching
tour through Normandy with q friend ~
/ am an artist in a dllettantc amateurish
sort of p Way--and we had Tassed through
this village and been much struck by its
quaint beauty; but we were then hurry
ing home, and had only time for a pc p,
promising ourselves that we would come
again at some future time and make IA
longer stay at the little inn where we had
found ourselves so comfortable during
our brief sojourn.
| am The only passenger for St Pour
cain so The c1HdRcteur deposits me and
my box ut the I'rojS Et0GleS, ana with a
smile and "Bonjour ct bonnie sante,
Madame 50 proceeds on his journey; while
I tulu to the pleasant looking hostess,
who comes forward to meet me.
"Ah, how Madame must be tired" she
exclams. THAT diligence is of a slow
ness--ah ciel, Of a slownesS And Mad
anne has been i'll, and demands repose.'
X had 5aid so in wr,dng to engage
rooms NO. 4 is quite ready for Mad
ame-the chamber she occupied when
she and her SO charming friend were here,
there is now year And what goodness
on the part of Madame TO remember her
self OF the I'r1iS Efot'CS, and 10 come
there 10 seek for rest and flesh air Ev.
erythiug will be done to ensure Madames
comfort VIII Madame give herself the
pain 10 mount 10 No, 4?'
Madame does give herself the pain,
snd follows the volube little woman,
talking All the way, into charming
room, fresh and bright rs The hostess her
self The yine-wreathed lattice stands
open. and on the table is a bouquet of
freshly gathered flowers The bed furni.
turc Is white as the driven snow; and the
bright blue paper ON the walls, AMI the
gay clock and vases of flowers on the
mantleplrye are as refreshing to my eyes,
as the comfortable armchair into which
sink il 10 my tired body.
MADAME is quite cXhau-tcj,' says
Madame Petit. She must descend no
more. tonight. What will Madame take
before she rctircs? Perhaps ,@ Hf would
refresh Madame, and there is gJAufHs
Of the most delicious, or the wiz Of a
chicken"
I decline the tea, much to Madame Pet
it's surprise | am an old traveller, and
know what straw-colored infusion OF
scented hay would be presented 90 me.
But express my desire to t - the excel
fence OF The g1iautiHt, accompanied by
coffee. A,Q soon the table is spread with
3 snowy cloth, and | am making meal
with much more appetite than | could
have drramt of three days ago. Madame
has mot lvcr.p,aiSed the galutiEt made
BY her own fair hands, aud the coffee is -
French coffee The table is drawn INTO
ne window, whence | can look into the
sunny .LUa courtyard, with its gay flow.
ers. its v.uaawreathed windows, the lime.
lrce uua.g which stands comfortable
seat aud Us pump, the handle OF which
seems newer sull tor % moment. The
CHATTER u. 3Bbelte's wooden shoes makes
q pleasru. glick-ciack rs She goes 70 and
FRO over l.y stones between the kitchen
ana tha pump The sinking sun sends q
level gay through the open door, and /
see the copper stewpanS shining and
glintinE wadily on the wall. \ carved
goodeQ beam runs across il, dark With
sve. Il tgll oaken press stands in corner
snl tha grd brick floor makes . bit Of
warm color whore il is touched by the
sun Ii is pretty pictures and Baoette