The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1883-12-22
HoBON:

Jacques Pierrot, who was born and
brought up in this city of Bordeaux,
France, bought him dog, and mar
ried him wife, in the reign of the
Sixteenth Louis. His dog was large,
brown, shaggy creature, which many
called ugly; but nobody ever applied
that epithet to Pierrot's wife, who
was young, sylpb-like, pretty and fas-
cinating. Jacques loved two creatures
so he said. at least-his dog and his
wife. We mention the dog first, be-
cause he always did, and it was one of
his two loves which he first pro-
cured.
Now, though Jacques loved both
dog and wife, and the dog seemed to
love both master and mistress, the
wife, for some reason, did not love
both husband and dog, but disliked the
latter exceedingly, perhaps because she
fancled he divided affections that should
have been all her own.
jacques, she would frequently say
to him, "now do sell that ugly brute.
if you can find anybody fool enough to
buy him-or, if not, give him away.
He is only in the way here, and eats
as much as you or L."
"Now, my dear Jeanette" Jacques
would reply, ''you'd be one of the
sweetest and most reasonable little
beauties in the world, if you'd only
appreciate poor Bobon, who's a dog
that knows as much as either of
u.s."
"Speak for yourself, Master Jacques,
and not for mel It's no great COM
pllment to the dog to say he knows as
much as you. But II he knows ten
times as much, of what use would he
be to us? for he takes all out, and
brings nothing in"
"But like company, Jeanette"
"Well, haven't you me2"
"Yes-but you can't follow me all
about tie city as Bobon does"
81 wish could, and make nightly
report for your benefit"
Eyes, but 1 don't want any report,
and so prefer the dog, who's always
discreet and keep civil tongue. And
then, jeanette, you know he guards
the house at nightl'
"Guards fiddle-sticks, Jacquesl Why,
we've nothing for anybody to steall'
'But the thieves don't know that,
my dear, you see. And then, if some
of the rascals should happen to hear
you talking so sweetly to me, who
knows but they'd carry you off, and
leave me to break my heart in solitudep
You see 1 got Bobon for some pur-
pose--I don't exactly know what-but
It'll turn up some day az sure as Pm a
prophet"
''Pshawl you're fool, Jacquesl"
81 know it, but 1 can't help, it, any
more that you can help being so sweet
and pretty"
swell there, jacques" Jeanette
would generally wind up, with kiss,
''you are dear, good soul, so you are;
and il you'd only promise to love me
best, you may keep Bobon as long as
you like.'
This kind of colloquy generally took
place as often as once, sometimes
twice, week-Jeanette beginning
with a firm determination to get rid of
the dog, and ending with permission
for him to remain as long as he and
his master might think proper.
The subject of this familylbickering
WAS very sagacious animal, VINO be-
haved himself as all gentlemanly dogs
snould. His master did not stretch
the truth a great deal when lie SAID
Bobon knew as much as himself or
wife-for the dog was II remarkable
dog, and would seem to comprehend
many things like a rational human
being. For instance, during the
wrangle about himself, he would steal
sorrowrully away under the bed or un-
der the table, and there, with his
large, bright, noble-looking brown eyes
fixed earnestly upon the contending
parties, would seem to listen anxiously
for the conclusions; and then, if favor
able to himself, as it generally was,
he would come forth wagging his tail,
and look up cheerfully, almost hnman.
ly, into the faces OF both.
Time rolled on. France became as a
troubled ocean, and perfect tornado
of human passion swept madly over
the ship of state. The good but vacil-
lating king master was put under
matches, and monstrous and bloody
insanity took the helm, and ran the
old, leaky, and crime-laden vessel upon
the breakers of faction, where she
speedily BECAME wreck, and engulfed
hundreds of thousands of human beings
who had embarked in her for the VOC.
age of life.
Speaking without figure, the bloody
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