The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-03-07
THE %CHIFFONNIER.
A Little Chapter Of Lih Trans
latod from tho French.

How often have We read stories ~
poor old mi.rr. who have dicl sur
rounded by ihject poverty and who
have lcn .oarctrd In odd >tuekiug and
out Of the way places immense wca no.
opp0Hunely discovered after their De-
mise' How often have uc,r rrllte.
hem di,hci up ty romanrcrs m the
SHAPE Of rraiY little .kc.chc, and been
eagerly dc,ound by the noycl.rcadug
public
NO matter how often. cvcldm, the
impatient reader IT you've got q story
% t,il. go head with IT, and leave of
your dull ,P~eoulatiou.
Vel, my dear sir Cor miss), we have
got a little chapter Of lie 70 relate, bat
its In French; however as your cdu.
cation has been sadly neglected On and
your school-day learning OF that unique
language has long been forgotten. We
don't mean 10 put YOU TO the trouble of
hunt NJ mp your "keetel, or n the
modification Of showing your Ignorance
before your younger brothers and SIS.
ters By allow ng your doting parents a
chance 10 Request that YOU will please
translate this French humhug for us.
my dear SO we give Il to You in plain
Sav0n.
Sufette Bovnc was one Of the many
Suzcites " b. found in the great city Il
Paris. \ very go1dlooking female Of
about twenty summers, an orphan from
childhood, and ind bted for her bring,
Ing mp 10 AZ usly old uncle said rcla.
tive was a che lounicr-we beg pardon
"A rag picker. ard q Judge by appear.
ancr, b. had followed that means OF
getting MONEY al hs lie.
>zfee4 earliest rccollections wcrf
thnec q bring perchcd upon a heap Of
r1r . hr snce : garrett aud PLAYING
wta Mssrr a large BACK tom ca, thai
oil t'fn-2-v aAd kepf 5y him from tim,
mrem1raA Niserc and Gregory wcr,
saoa-a AXE - te brothcr.-h you car
nsrre such 4 phenomenon botl
enag ang. lank and lean. with larg,
s1arH. eges and a general grizzly ap
rearance. They had even fought foi
each other, for many an intrusive cul
had been driven yelwng away from "a,
vicinity oi his masters premises b.
Mlscrc. AMI many q -crapc had the 81,
cat got his master into with his thiryinl
p%ropensitic, and midnight sernadrs
Once the house took lire, and these tw.
friends, wokc up by the noise and ron
fusion. rushed outside their garnet doc
and iumblcd down three pair Of sta
together. amiXei comb nation of huma
bones. cat fur and old rags. Landin
ut the bottom Of the third hight, An =,
cited member Il the firr-polIce stuir
st the hobgoblin apparition with hi
axe, and poor Misere lost his caudi
%appendag, while Gregory was here
Of three toes. The old man was take
10 the hospital aud the old eat nurse
herself; both recovered. and ha,in
been fellow sufferers were. no dnuh
mon fond II each other ever after.
At another time the house was il
Nadcd by geHs farms in search oi .
escaped prisoner, and while poking oy,
old Grcgory rags thcy were sci, upa
BY the infuriaicd feline. who used b
claw. with such yigor as nearly
scratch the eyes out Of two Of them b
fore be could b. hagged and flung OF
oithe window This iatterp iece ofcne.
maddenod the aged ng-picker 10 -,
degree that he struck Que Of the ID
diers. and was ANONYMOUSLY led od
prison. Misere. landing on his iect wi
q triumphant howl. wen, hack 10 Il
dingy garrett and kept quart over
content. I'll his master returned fro
dufancc vile. Here was another Gu
thai bound them together. 80 YOU .
hov. Il cams about That the Old felf
loved bis cat about a. well a. be- dd /
niece.
Suzeiie bad now grown to b.
woman. and was quite tired Of the a
life she was leading a. n rag-pickef .
sistant. A good-natured girl she vi
and moderately fond Of her uncle.
what charms had such = life for n,
'W must XVI NNt INTO wv MnIll. 4
Annette. wife of Daddy Publlre, "
kept the little bake shop over the ".
FULLY agreed with her on this import,
point. In fact. little Annette was 4
enough to offer her a position bch
her W counter.
"for you sec. mon cher" she :
TO her spouse. In private. "SuEe,te +,
attract customers with her pretty n
while you. Henri. and myself can
tend to the ovens"
All. yes responded the anna
Daddy, with \ knowing lecr, 'sh
do. Not q bad match for our n,
would that BE-. for saver vous. | IN
thai old uncle Of hers has money SO
awayf'
go along. you old wretch - ropi
y replied Annette, "you men are
Tor money and nothing else"
10 nuzntia hrusrhed the subject Ia
guardian. and after a good deal
grumbling and a consultation with
81. he allowed her 10 take the "A
sen n Daddy rnhlice's bake .hop
sezstte .ens Kzyly % her nsw .pL,
- 1pun hocame 4 proficient 4.
@1No q tkat Nti~ srsfs
- s<eaun1s a TIE uelrhhoxi