Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04
liquid and shelf we'll stocked with

NAuScs
 "She only loved him the more, fas cinated, agitated, rendered eestatic by this glory of colored water, this apo theosis of sparkling glass.
 "She kept ill her memory the inef. faceable recollection of him, and when she met him the following year, back oi the sehoolhouse, playing marbles with his comrades, she hugged and kissed him with such violence that he howled with fear. Then to quiet him she gave him her money-three francs, twenty centimes-a genuine treasure that he stared at with wide-open eyes. He took it and let her caress him as long as she wanted to.
 'For four years more she poured into his hands all the money she could get, that he pocketed conscientiously in ex' change for willing kisses. It was one time thirty sous, once or twice two francs, once twelve sous only (she wept with pain and humiliation on account of the smallness of the sum, but the year had been bad), and the last time five francs, huge coin that made him laugh contentedly.
 "She had no thought but of him. He awaited her return with certain impa- tience and ran to meet her as soon as he saw her, which made the young girls heart leap.
 "Then he disappeared. He had been sent to college. She found this out by shrewd questioning. Then she used in- finite diplomacy to change the route ct her parents so that she could pass through here at holiday time. She suc- ceeded, but only after year spent in stratagems she had thus been two years without seeing him, and she hardly recognized him, so greatly had he changed-he was so tall, 50 much inn proved, and so imposing in his jacket with gilt buttons He feigne3 not to see her, and passed proudly by her. This made her weep for two days, and from that time she suffered constantly.
 "Every year she returned, passed be- fore him without daring to speak to him, and he did not even deign to turn his eyes toward her. She loved him desperately. She said to me : He is the only man I have seen on this earth {; I know not if any others existp
 "Her parents died. She continued their trade but she took two dogs in- stead of one-two terrible dogs that no one would have dared to brave.
 cone day, on entering this village, in which her heart had remained, she saw young woman come out of the Chou quet shop on the arm of the man she adored. She was his wife. He was married.
 "That very evening she threw herself into the pond near the Mayors house. A belated drunkard fished her out and carried her to the apothecary shop.
 The younger Chouquet came down in robe de chambre to care for her, and restored her to consciousness without appearing to recognize her. Then he said to her in harsh voice You are mad You must not be so stupid P
 "This suficed to cure her. He had spoken to her. She was happy for a long while.
 "He would receive nothing for his care of her, though she stoutly insisted upon paying him.
 "And all her life passed thus. Asshe mended chairs she thought of Chouquet. Every year she saw him through the window of the shop. She acquired the habit of purchasing of him supplies oi trifing medicines. In that way she saw him close beside her, spoke to him and gave him money.
 GAS I told you when I began, she died this spring. After having related all her sad history, she begged me tc take to the man whom she had loved SC patiently all the savings of her lifetime for she had toiled only to put aside anG be sure that he would think of her, al least once, after she was dead.
 "She gave me 2,327 francs. Jeff with NJ. the cure the twenty-sever francs for the burial, md carried away the rest when she had uttered her last sigh.
 "The next day I went to the house o the Chouquets. They were just finish ing their breakfast. They made me si down, and began my speech in an un steady voice, satisfied that they would weep.
 "As soon as he comprehended that ht had been beloved by that vagabond that hair.mender, Chouduet leaped tC his feet with indignation. His wife wal equally exasperated.
 "Chouquet strode about the room exclaiming, This is simply horrible Oh, if 1 had known it when she wa alive, would have had her arrested b, the gendarmes and put in prison ! ''I was stupefed at the result of m, pious undertaking, but I had my mission , to complete, and resumed: (" She charged me to give you he savings, amounting to over 1000 francs As what I have told you seems to b. very disagreeable to you, it would, per haps, be better to give the money to tn poor ?
 "The man and woman stared at me dumb with amaZement. ''I took the money from my pocket
 
 ] Then I demanded, What is your de : cision?'
 "Madame Chouquet was the first t