The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-06-10
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Louise Mi:hal is writing her memoirs.
il is mass a. inccherenccs. loosely put
together. the first chapters of which re-
late 10 her infancy. Their striking ORR
ginality and the insight they give into
the character of this singular parsonage
render them interesting reading An
extract will give a hint at the style of
the book She says. in relation to her
first proposals Of marriage:
The remembrance of two ridiculous
beings following one after the other like
geese TO demand Of my grandparents
my hand in marriage when | was only
II or IS years of age has taken from me
any idea of marriage, even if ever had
any.
The first veritablc parsonage of
comedy wanted to share his fortunes
with girl raised with good princi-
ples'-that is to say. like Agnes. 1t
was a little late to take this method
with me after all that had read.
1.-The ANIMAL One would think that
he had slept for one or two hundred
years. and recited that on awakening.
''They let me reply to him. 1t hap
pened that had been reading that very
day with my grandfather an old edition
of Moliere. The applicant appeared TO
SO nearly resemble the suitor of Agnes
that found means to recite TO him on
the occasion a great part of the scene
where he saws: The little cat is dead.
In fact, / gave him that for an answer,
word for word He did not understand
it. Then in despair of my cause L
looked him in the face with all the SIM
plicity of Agnes, and said with ef-
fronterv: Monsieur, is the other eye
glass also? (He had one glass one
My grandparents seemed to me little
embarrassed at this; he, with his natural
eye gave me a malignant look: he no
longer wished to make me his bride.
AT this epoch 1 grew rapidly, my
dress WAS too short, my apron was full
of holes. and usualE my pocket was
full of pet toads; | regretted not having
some of them at this time to pass adroit-
ly into his pocket, but there was no need
of that: he never returned.
..Moliere inspired me equally for the
second of these laughable individuals.
/ do not b iieve that they were &c
quainted, yet the two made pair. The
same idea with both-of choosing a
fancec while young and thus have time
to knead like soft wax for several years
before offering them as sacrifice.
Have You remarked how many
persons 90 two by two, three by three,
like the stars which gravitate around
one another?
..These two double stars had some
thing fantastic, but in laughing 1T them
the impression WAS destroyed.
with this one | held nearly the fol-
lowing language: You see plainly what
is on the wall there? Ut was pair of
staghorns.) Very well! do rot love
you: L shall never love you, and if l
should ever marry you l shall no more
restrain myself than Mime. Georges
Dandin: YOU shall wear them one thou
sand feet higher than those on Your
headp
.'IIe never returned. persuaded that /
had spoken the truth; but l was advised
TO be a little circumspect in quoting the
old authors.
.Some time after this my grandfather
returning in stage from Bourmont,
met a third maniac, who said to him
in pointing ont Vroncourt, which they
were approaching:
"'Y gu see that old nest of rats?'
".YeS! What of ii9'
".There is an old fellow there who
raises his grandchildren for the chain
gang OF the scaifold.'
: ...Ahi truly!
"N.s, monsieur Some time since
NV friend X. proposed to marry some
years Aence the little drolesse there if
they directed her education to his
wishes
.WGl?'
.Whaiao you t!inks They let her
reply to hire she said things so hor-
ziible that ms friend dix; not wish to re-
peat them ii [ hid daughter like
that would put her in Il house of cor
rcction A little hussy, that viii not
have the value of sou. How now!
Where are you going?
al take the road to Vroucourt; am
the old f,iloWr -