The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-12-12
purehsr of ,he Middle Aees. His bead

affection, which had hitherto tound
 otjec. on which to txpend itself Till
 then the oaly creature that had loved him
 WIS a spaniel, which had lately died and
 about which he vas pever tired of talking
 10 me; continually asking me whether
 thought that the church would consent
 to say masses for the repose of his soul
 His dog, he would declare, was true
 Cartstlan which hal gone to church with
 h'm regularly for twelve years without
 ever barking, but listening to the organ
 without so much as opening its mouth
 and crouchipg at i;s masters feet ia such
 an attitude as to convince him that 1t was
 joining in h,s prayers. IL was now my
 'utn to i'll the void in Bourgeois heart
 1t was enough fer him that was lonely
 aud sufferer; and accordingly found
 tu him the most attentive of mothers the
 most delicate of bcnefactors in a word
 the iocsrn ation of that virtue which re- jSices in It's task. Whenever l chanced
 to meet him m the street, plying his trade
 he would throw mo glance of intelli-
 gence instinct with a mobility of feeling that defiss description, and affect the ste D Of a man who had no burden to carry
 while his face seemed to bsam with de- light at behoiding ns we!l-dressed and tn good condition. In fact his devotion 10 me was the absolute devotion of the poor the love of Lhe grisette, directed to a higher aim. It was Bourgeat who rao on all my errands, who called me at the appointed hour, trim ned my lamp, and scrubbed nay floor, with all the prompti- tude and cleanliness of an English hou se.
 maid; tbns approving himself as excel lent a servant as he was an excellent father Aye. and he was housekeeper into the bargain and pleasant sight it
 was 10 see him, like Pal y 9 nen, saving up our hrewood, and to note the sim
 plicity with which he discharged all h.s self imposed duties, while preserving bis dignity intact for he seemed fully to com prehend that the end enuob es th9 means
 When the tune came for me to qult the worthy fellow, to take up my a5ooe as resident student at the Hotel D. eu the thought that we were thenceforth to live apart threv him into sta'e of forlorn depression; but he comfored himself with the prospect of earning and hoard. iug up the money to defray the expenses ot my hnal termination, and he made me promise to go and see him whenever l had holiday, B>urgeat was proud ot me he loved me for my own sake as we'll as for his. If you took the trouble to hunt up my pass-essay, you would fad that 1t was dedicated ts him.
 During the last year of my residence at the hospital l was lucky enough to earn sufficient money to discharge all my pecuniary obligations to this worth, Auvergnat, by buying him horse and ~ater-cart He was furiously angry with me for thus roboing myself of all my gains; yet at the same time he was en- at the real z4,ion of his ardent desires. He Laughed and scolded me eyed the horse and cart, wiped away a tear, and exclaimed, You oughtn't to nave done 1t, ca, what a beautiful ctt! You were qulte wrong. Why, the horse Is as strong as an Auvergnat 1"
 Never in my life have behe'd so touching scene. Nothing would serve but he must buy me the silver-moun' ed case of instruments which you have seen ln my study, and which, in my eyes, is the most precious article that It contains Althou, h intoxicated by my early sue cesses, he never allowed himself to Nreathe single syllable or to indulge iu the slightest gesture that might seem to say, | was the making ot this man And yet but for hlm must have sue. cumbed to penurY. In fact, the poor fellow had ex erminated himself on my account. He had sunted himself to bread and garlic in order that 1 might have coffee to drink during my night work. The consequence was that he fell i'll. As you may readily suppose. sat up with him throughout the attack and succeeded in pulling him through But two years afterward he had a relapse. and on thus occasion the most assiduou, cale and all the resources of the healing art proved intellectual. Yet never was king so nu,sed and tended as he was No, BlanChon, to rescue this man from the clutches of death attempted uu- heard of experiments. so bent was on his living to witness the work of his ands and to enjoy the full froi,ioa ot all his hopes; so eagerly did long to acqui, yself of this. my one overwhelming and ,nly debt of gratitude, aud to quench
 he one flsme of teelipg which ts this very day still shoulders in my heart.
 At this point Desplein paused, visibly overcome by his emotions. Alter a while | he resumed: "Bourgeat, my second father, died in my arms. leaving me his title all, by virtue of will drawn up by ! scrivener, and dating from the year when we went to live together in tue ~our Rohan. His faith was the upques ioning faith which has passed into a oroverb, La foi du charbonnier' He owed the Holy Vlrgia as he would have owed his wife had he been married. Yet, ardent ca holic as he was, he never opened his lips to rebuke my irreligion When he felt his end appro aching, he begged me to spare no expense in pro- ,uring him the succor of the Church; and ,ftentimes when was sitting up with him at night he expressed apx ety as to ais future state, fearing that his life had , zen less holy than it should have been. Poor fellow! All his hie long, from