The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-11

Well, and 50 did; that is ten years ago
now; and was accepted; and am the most
miserable of men
In tho first place, as soon ms was married
and n family man, l had t. st Ia work III
earnest. Good-by Ia the charad,~ ia The
Monde IlhIstre. Now had L. plunge up to
my neck i'll those revolving documents. | am
working up the question of morgucs. l am
deep in the study of dis.ecting rooms. 1t
sickens mo; IT diSlsustS me; but / have three
children AMI am only a clerk at 5,0sO francs
a year. With a view u showing myself of
In the eyes of my supcrior, aS "A clever special
lst and MAN well up III his subjcCt, | have
published several pamphlets who's titles alone
make me shulder
"Morgues, rs They Have Been, a They
Are, and rs They Ought o. Be-" in one
volume oct; or "On the Danger of Hasty
Burials, paInph IN =; and at this very mo
ment | am preparing voluminous report
on "Sulurhan Cemeteries, ami the Carriage
of Deceased Persons 10y Rail, as Much from
the Point Of View of Decen.,y of Public
Hygiene" 1, n flute player! l, Who uSed to
write SonnctS!
That reminds me Of my poor flute my
beautiful flute. 1t has not been out of its
case this many "a long day, nor my good nieer-
schaum either. Music and reVcrie, they are
all very we'll for poets and bachelors!
They are far enough away, too, those
pleasant sIunterinGs after Office hours. Now
l have To- hurry OF 10y the tramway TO the
horrid quarters where my wife chooses To
live, to hc near her parents There 1 live la
"A drcary entroSot, with a low ceiling, and
when shave in the morning before the win
dow look out on the houses that are being
pulled down, and further OF III the distance
get IA side view of n siX-storied house with
great green devil painted on II, shaking out
of cornucopia the waistcoat, coat and
trousers IF II 81 suit
1t Is not that have any complaint 10 make
of my wife; she is good, worthy creature,
except that she loves her children, not like a
mother, but like a hen, and spoils them hor
ribly. Only l shall never get used to her bad
management IL ask you, Is il bcarahle for IA
nervous man to bc continually finding, as 1
do every day, chilircn's damp shoes hanging
ON the iitc-irons and pinaforcs drying on the
guard, ami l shall never bc able To un
deIstnnd either why she will persist IN keep
ing that servant with the port wine mark on
her face, who takes away my appetite every
time | look ut her.
i could even bear with my mother in-law, "A
poor little slave, terrified Ia death by the
broad, blacl, eyebrows and white beard of her
old Neptune Of "A husband, whom she never
addressed but III manner calculated To- COM
binc respect with tenderness, as:
Monsieur Duhu, will you pass IN" the mus
tard:' Monster Dutu, viii ynu have "a little
more SOUP
1t Is he, Duhu, h., my father IN law, who
has poisoned my existence. He i IA domestic
tyrant, an odiuuS bourSeoiSic Commonplace
and pr-tcntinus, hc takes advantage of his
aust"rc and venerable appearance u give the
weight Of "A sermon to his slightest words, and
To inilict all his idiotic theories, that lac gets
a q L.,
patriarc!lnl head Of his, which looks more
like IA bust cut out Of soap, irIitatcs mo To
such an extent with Its expression OF unbcar-
able stupidity that when he talks of the en-
cruachments of the clergy | long t. enroll
myself among the pilgrims u I."ur,t'=S, and
when hc bnasts of the honorable conpu,~ts
gained 10y the bourgcoisIe, whom lac always
calls the uristncracy of labor, feel Inclined
to array myself i'll a red sash and put myself
ut the head of band OF conInunards. Hard
and close III all matters of business he con
siders charity degrading 10 tho poor, and
would not give penny to n beSgHr GA
the excuse that mcndicauts make them
selves Ur with artificial mfirmitlcS, and
that hc himself was accusted one evening 10y
n ragged wretch who was carrying a sham
baby she had made out Of "a handle nt rags.
When h,gan housekeeping | was impru-
dent enough To- trust my furnishing to this
terrible man, who declared hc could get
every thing much cheaper and better than
cnuli do, and now | hive in all the ahomiHa-
ton Of red velvet and mahogany, and my
drawing room clOck-O, my pretty cuckoo
from the Black Forest, how gayly you used
To chime out the hours of my liberty in my
room in the Hue d'Assas. My drawing room
clock i n hideouS block of marble of the color
of an Italian cheese. My beautiful prints
from Baudouin and FTngonard have long
since been eXilcd, as indecent, into the OBJ
security of n dark passage, and funeral pie
lures after Dclaroche gifts Of my father in
law-Janc Grey before the block, with
weeping exccutioncr, and Lord STAFFORD put
ting his hand through the bars of his prison
Ill Gaudy frames s:"iien the walls ~ my
apartment
Last year, on a.. WIis's birthday, | was
driven Ia brc:,i, Iutn open revolt against
NJ. Dubu, who Threatened To aduTn my dwell
ing with most terrific scene from the In
QUESTION, with tribunal of monks, execution
ers in cows, and "a naked victim writhing ON
burning Goals. My nights are not very good
rs II Is; il | have eaten anything little
manageable at dinner Jane Grey and Lord
Stanford pursue IN" in nightmare, and
dream that l am Obliged To cut off my
wifo's head ~ TINT | am kne,ling before a
grating In kiss the hand my father law
holds out 10 me between the bars
He took cruel revenge, though, for my
refusal He has hung up in his daughters
room-in our muptial chamberlain enlarged
copy OF his own photograph of himself,
Duhu, invested with his Frcemason's insig-
mia
Such Is my life! And all because l lost my
head for "a moment when Adelaide-my wife's
name l. Adclaidc-:iwcpt off the crumbs Of
bread from the tablccl"th; and, as if TO
awaken anew my ccase,-S- regret, every Sun
day evening when have dined wfoh my
fathcr-in-laW. when the dessert Is put on the
tahlr, and when | am dreaming, vaguely
fascinated ay my fathcr-in-law's long white
bard. Of MI the diSiGrecahles Of our journey
home through the rainy night, IF the heavy
children ! shall have L. carry, OF the in
tcrminahlc waiting la thu omnibus stations,
my wife gets up to sweep away the crumbs
aS she did formerly. and, thinking u awaken
"A fender remembrance. shows me the brush