The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-22

one was charming. Nothing in her be-
trayed madness; drew back Mortified,
asking myself what could be the ghast-
~ business OF this household which
earned thousand francs by preparing
the selected dead. A sudden inspira-
tion flashed through my brain.
Tour husband must be an embalmer. -
L exclaimed.
And with the view of securing the
good graces of my pretty companion,
added, not with pride, Il once had the
honor OF being presented to DIR. Gan
nal, charming man."
The lady was in fits of laughter. I
felt much embarrassed.
l am laughing at your mistake she
sad as soon as she was able to speak.
shall often laugh at it."
oh, beg you not TO refrain on nv
account" | answered. wishing the earth
would swallow me.
My husband, l assure you. is not at
all what you think, Monsieur"
oh, but there's nothing objection
able IN the business"
Certainly not, and to tell the truth.
my husbands business, in another way,
40 hoe uIilht DT.TaQQaIS.
In another wayp"
Yes; my husband is necrologist."
i don't understand"
necrologist-a moral embalmer."
L am more puzzled than ever"
Mon Dieu! but it is very simple.
You must have remarked that whenever
man OF note dies all the newspapers
publish on the day of bis death a long
article about him. The next day an
other, and perhaps a third. The first
deals with generalities; his birth, his
youth, his family, his debut in life,
whether IN politics, science, literature,
or art; he share he took in this or that
affair; how he became celebrated; his
last illness and his death"
Certainly, have seen it."
The next day the anecdotcal article
appears; the manias of the man his
oddities, sayings and everything of that
kind"
"Just So"
We'll, in the third, with an account
OF the funeral comes in higher style a
panegyric or the reverse. One speaks
of the influence he has had in his day.
and the article finishes with a few de-
tails of his life only bnown before to
his most intimate friends. That's the
sort of thing, is it not?"
Exactly"
Wen, has it never struck you how
rapl lily these articles must have been
worked up and struck OFF,"
i must say that | have always looked
upon them as a real tour de force"
All, but you We're only half right :;
there Is a great deal of tour, but little
force"
"Fow?"
well, these articles which strike YOU
as perfect specimens of French facility
are lmpromptus worked up at leisure,
like those of Marscarille; they are pre-
pared mon ths-years beforehand"
Madame, [ could not doubt ANYTHING
coming from mouth so charming as
yours, but [ may be permitted to ex-
press my surprise"
Express all the surprise that pleases
you"
"How can it be that
Wait; l prefer to give you an ex-
PLANTATION of the whole thing. l know
It all from beginning to end As |
have told You, my husband is necrol-
ogist, and this is how he sets about it.
1t IS, must allow, somewhat compii-
Gated"
THAT I can readily believe
when the 'Dictionaire Vapareau'
appeared my husband at once saw there
was mine of wealth in it. He took out
all the summaries of those who had
reached fifty years, pigeon-holed them,
and posted them up from day to day."
"But how ingeniousl"
Each time he came across a fact. a
detail, pun even, relating to one of
these celebrities, it was added in its
proper place; and directly any of them
fell i'll, my husband took care that his
accounts were posted up to the very
day"
Capital Capitalr"
and it was by this that Monsieur
Guizot was SO complete, because he had
threatened several times to have done
with life, and that is why, as I told you,
his was such a good DEATH"
OF course. | see now. And which
are the bad deaths, will you tell me?"
why those who die without beat of
drum or sound of trumpet. NJ Beule,
now, went off without saying as much
as Look out so he had to wait eight
days through not being posted up"
"ls 1t indiscreet to ask for what paper
your husband works?"
But for all of them"
How can that be2'
Without doubt all the neurological
articles are by my husband; he varies
them according to the opinion of the
paper. He wrote four GulZot articles
one for the Conservative paper, one for
the Radical, one for the Liberal, one for
the Liberal Conservative"
What happy ideal'
Yes; and he wrote fifth for the
Bonapartlst papers"
is your husband the only one who
does this sort of work."
"Alasl no; he has several rivals, al
though none of them have the material
my husband has to work from"
He must make good thing out of
it?"
"Ah, if there was no dead season then
But there is always little current
flowing, isn't there"
The Academic Franchise and the In
stitut-yes; but they are far from being
all profit"
Why"
@Oh, there are so few of them cele-
brated."
of course. | had not thought of
that"
TO say nothing of there being SO
SO many-quite unsympathetic, and
then there is so much ill luck. Ra-
zaine, for example; he ought to have
broken his neck a hundred times if
once; but no-come what may, Bazaine
always falls on his feet.
May l venture to ask if this inter
esting profession was your husbands
discovery"
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