The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-08-07

worthy notary. He, aghast and per-
picked, waited for the deaouenient,
MADAME" said M. Pierre Lavalles,
''allow me to speak"
Monsieur" said Nine. Pierre Laval
les, 81 insist
"But, Madame, it is N.Y.
"But, Monsieur, | say l will"
"And yet l will"
"But no.
"Madame, / shall"
"Then be careful what you do. NJ.
Perron, M. Lavalles is mad"
Then the lady, having thus emphat-
ically declared herself, resigned the
right of speech to her husband, who
began to jerk out in disconnected
phrases a statement of his case. Seven
days ago he had annoyed his wife by
some incautious word, she had annoy
ed him by an incaution answer; he had
made matters worse by bitter reply.
This little squall was succeeded by a
cool calm, and that by sullen ST.;
lence, until some sudden friction
kindled new flame, and finally after
successive storms and lulls, there burst
forth furious contlagration, and, in
the violent collision of their anger, the.
seven-months' married pair vowed to!
separate, and with that resolve had
visited M. Perron. Reconciliation,
they declared, was beyond possibility,
and they requested the notary to at,
once draw up the documents that
should consign them to different
homes, to subsist ON divided patri-,
mony, in loveless and unhappy mar:
riage. Each told tale in turn, and,
the manner of relation added fuel to
the anger of the other. The man and
the woman seemed to have leaped out
of their nature into the accession of
their passion. Pity that a quarrel,
should ever dilate thus, from cloud
the size of a mans hand to thunder
storm that covers heaven with its black
and dismal canopy. /
Neither would listen to reason. The
duty of the notary was to prepare al
process by which they were to be sep;
rated.
Monsieur" hesaid, 81 will arrange
the affair for you; but are you acquaint-
ed with the laws of France in this re-
spectP"
81 know nothing of the law" replied
M. Pierre Lavalles.
MADAME" said the notary, "your.
wish shall be complied with. But do
you know what the law says on this
headP"
II never read law-book,"
sharply calculated Mmo. Pierre
Lavalles.
..Thoc ros,o,o5 tLo no+oru
"the case is this: You must re-
turn to your home, and l will pro-
ceed to settle the proceedings in the
judiciary court at Paris. They are.
very strict. You must furnish me
with all the documents relative to
property"
81 have them here" put in
the husband, by way of paren-
thesis.
"And the whole affair, inclu-
ding correspondence, preparation
of instruments, etc., will be
settled in less than three months.
"Three monthsp"
''Three months. Yes, in less than
three monts."
"Then 1 will live with friend at.
the village until it is finished" said
Nine. Lavalles, in decided, peremp-
tory tone, usual with ladies when
they are a little ashamed of them
seives-or anyone else.
k.Oh, very well, Madame-Oh, very
we'll"
'Not at all well, Madame; not at
all we'll, Monsieur" SAID the notary,
with a solid, immovable voice. "You
must live as usual. If you doubt my
knowledge of the law, you will, by
reading through these seven books,
find that this fact is specified"
But the irrltated couple were not
to undertake the somniferous
task and shortly left the house, as
they had come, walking the same way,
but at distance of yard or so one
from another"
Two months and twenty-seven days.
nad passed, when the notary issued
from his house, and proceeded toward
she house where M. and Nine. Laval
es dwelt. Since the fatal night have
described he had not encountered,
hem. and he now, with bland face
md confident head, approached the
iwelling.
1t was a pretty place. Passing
through the sunny vineyards, where
he spring was just calling out the
caves, and the young shoots in their
ints of tender green were sprouting
n the warmth of pleasant day, the
rotary entered garden. Here the
lowers, IN infant bloom, had prepared
he earth for the coming season, for
ummer, in her gay attire, was tapping
rom the south, and, as she passed,
nature wove garlands to adorn her
lead and wreath about her arms.
Carly blossoms lent sweetness to the
breath of the idle wind that loitered
n this delightful spot, with other
towers of spring the most delicate and
oftly fragrant, that come out to live
heir hours in modesty and safety,
While the earth affords them room,
nd before the bright and gaudy
loom of ripper season eclipses their
eauty, bidding them, blushing, close
heir petals.
Early roses twined on either side
he porch; and as the notary entered,
othing struck him more than the
eat and cheerful appearance of the