Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-03-24
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Whcn awoke nc1t morning u was - won
dlr hat cath D. tia hour q day. ieit "a
N hal slrpt nfiicicntly, AMI 30 thc light in
tho room socm~i strangely dina IL might
have l..n Early mnruing
| ic.kod acr,-s the r,om "a the corner in
Vii h stool RaCuls trucke.bni. opfssiie ml
own. Raoul stlil sicpi. anl aoundiy, to Jul.f
from M. dep. n,sular hr,aihins ! inrl
that D. must have hsn late The night l-f0rr
/ hal fallsn aslssp lrfcrr b. re'urusi
rr-ntly bard the heavy fp1t - ferc
Our hnilori ani .rrvant In or. mounting
IN stair. AMI tl,rn his knsck ai tn daor.
Ia that you. n.rrvr
III al. with litter for MousiaIr, ani on'
aiao for NJ Ciranir
lwas about D. ri-e to almli him, ulea
notioe,i that iho hey VA nnt IN the lr- 90
ths door. Eviirnilv Raul hsll NE sc .rd
ths door hchind him La, night, a. u va a.
habit to IA
Inter. ticn, the hey Il "a yuur shis. is II
notr
"Ah. u ktrlef- Sest mlnute h. hsd en.
tsuoi The rooui. AMI ooIhng b. any n'sl4.le,
hanisl uc the tvo letier.
What o'ci1sk l. ii. fisfrvr
"tt II haif pat cirvcn. Mondcur
"iiowi Half past clryeni Why, u 4
vcriiahle twilight In this roomr
II Monsieur looks Rt IA. window ~ ~iil
~ the roas n that
Ilooko,i ~ the window in t,le ceiling ~ eur
attic room. snd saw that u val oovefgi with
noa
"What fr.gLtful weaihcri You vii dnd
two fa,,,uis In the cloct, flrrrc. have tn
goodnes a. light frr, AMI hang thl-e l.1.hr'
hofnro a. And make A. little nni.o af 80
s.hie. II yea Pleas. N. Girarl sill is1,.'
NJ Girarl Was very late last night r.
marked ncrrc; "a was after tNO vhen 10
him In
-, late A. that r | aid. surprised iianul
coald not then have gone a. yiit Mme. Du-
maine and eaLricilc; h. mover siaYesl tlarre
after n AZ lais-s. Whcrc hal h. ts..ni
While Herrc was making up tn FIR,
reni the litter le hal brought me II was
from my father, In answer o. an APPEAL for
moncy-a dssTsrafe apIsal AMI u-rl'rs, a.
hal expected Unlike myzsh, my father was
a nan u principle and ono n his Trinciplfa
the one l found rsrs1ually most incon-
yculent-wus this. Not sou I'll quarter day.
lie male me a god allowance. which. IN those
DAYS Il Md and thoughtle.s youth, l was
accustomed D. sTsnd with raTiiity. Raul
a few days. then plunged into frightful fos-
ertv. owing to nay Iarcnts stern resolve
never % anisiais supplies. | had alb M
nerous cr,slitors, AMI had become prolc.oni
In the Art q .'douhling a cnpe that a, slip
ming ruund a stre.t cornrr " hcn ofle q tho
aprsarcl. II was my custom, ~hcn tie funds
l.s,an % sink, 10 leave my oouramusciy
luxurious nom In the Rue de h0iics,
with their pleasant vicw over tho
Luxembourg garicns, and install myself M
RAouls garct, amd tho din and -luAlor
II the Rue Dauphine. Ills oomIanionship
more than made up for the disoinfort, the
coli ami the OCCASIONAL pinch a hunger We
wcrc fast friends. tnancci In oumnnn and
hal no secrrts from each Other. haoul va'
very Different from mo-frugal, Industrious.
indulxing in few pleaures, but always frank
and CAV, however empty his poskets We
wcre both stuslonts q Law And cur final en-
animation was now not far on l had never
regretted my improyhlenoc until now. But,
when saw how a little rsafy money would
have enabled Raoul ami my-,lf to leave
asiie ali other worx and give ourselves b our
law books, dii rcyrct H. And therefore,
somo days ago. had written that litter ~
nv father, suarccly cspccting any more fav-
orable answer than The escc~iingly curt and
decidcd one rcceivei-
Pierre hal by this time kindl~i tbs ire, and
was arranging before n, On tho hacks 81 The
two chairs our attic boaEtcf, haouis damp
cloths- AMI mine All at onos he uttered an
exclamation q surprise, which startled ma
from my study q the parental letter. How
look then nj the coat q NJ Girardi 1hs
sleeve l. ripTcd up night 10 the shouiierr
swhati the sleeve rippd up. do you ayr
"Torn completely, Monsieur But what h
10 10 donei Monsieur has but One coat al
pre-rnf, and until IL Il rcrairud-"
He cannot leave this rootn, o. cour-e IL
Il very awkward How can he have done itr
III Monsieur dsire>, I viii take the c1ak
downstairs 10 NAnnetts, who VIII ssw Il aifii-
Gently well. Monxeu doubtls~s remember
what The little tAllor st the corner ays-tht
Ne viii do absolutely nothing more for Mon
sicur until his bill Il pAidr
at n true, P.sre; rcoollsct the " stis oi
shs little wretch ny sll mans. take u
coat TO Madame. and give hsr my thanks In
advance"
Pierre def~rssd, taxing thu co~f with him
1bcgan turning over the pages % the Engii>h
boa, rcading . passage here and ther-, and
trying 10 reckon the time Il would take us TO
translate n Raoul waz IN excellcnt English
scholar; I could rcd that language fairly.
We had dons this hind Of work oocs o.
Il rV. - s.--st-.ll