Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-12-28
CHAPTER XIII.
wr WISH TOMORROW HAD COME"

NJ True. had not tnOuSllJ vi tIlal'
! But have, although | don't often
= her. Great heavens what would my
Peuonille say if she knew. But"
Y the grocer, as though he had sud
IN changed his mind, perhaps the
n thousand francs might make her re-
IT, ,n
Il Twill talk to her tomorrow. Where
Il she liye?"
Il the Fauborg Saint jacques; but she
4 more often TO be found ut the Point
d Michel, for you know that she is
y hundress. -"
Il We'll then, I'll undertake TO coax her
Nnsent" said Cambr0mer, with
n ue gesture.
lssonade, on his part, seemed to be
rEng very busily. lie had taken off
4 hr cap and was scratching his fore
very briskly.
a Without being too curious, chevalier,"
4 he after having continued his eXer-
for a moment, may ask what it is
YOU wish to employ me at ?'
4 wish that you should serve me on
Occasions as squires formerly served
knights Grant"
The grocer had not very clear idea
Ighat the duties OF IL squire might be,
IN he thought it fit to content himself
hin this explanation for the time being.
Bn pGnt Of iact, the prospect OF quitting
Dis business did not displease him much,
Hor it was poor one. Besides, he had a
Dyely affection for his adventurous
|eighbOr, and had a horror OF the quar-
III which his wife, Petronillc, frequently
Ehked with him.
Il Upon my word, sirw he exclaimed,
pa . somewhat lengthy pause, eve
'rIst talk il all over tomorrow; for the
7tsent think that you would do well
take little rest. Madame Mongis
\ taken charge OF the little girl; the
Monde gentleman to whom you have
. Zen up your bed is sleeping like Il log
! time you did the same, and wish
Goodnight"
How wish that tomorrow had
ne' mttered the Chevalier, continu-
i 10 pace up and down the room.
q Francis Cambremcr might well have
ri forest after SO many emotions, and
ld still have the right to say, with
Us that he had not lost his day. 1t is
Ihal his bed was occupied, but that
De blue room was free, and now or
,gT was the time to take the sleep so
4 ny earned. lie even had some desire
lake the place where the child had
and attempt TO sleep; but his mag
r0' was 50 busy that he thought rest
fO''IbIc at that moment. In order to
n Y himself somewhat, he seated him
al his great oak table and began tC
over the leaves of Il romance OF the
y Of Chiyalry.
tls was his lavOritc amusement, and
Ae same time the best remedy for the
'e' OF his eXcitable brain. When he
'Oat he was rushing ON too hastily
u some hazardous enterprise, he read
NoY Roland; or, The History OF
j. HoShtS OF the Round Table The
.IyaS exploits OF the heroes OF the
lle ages, and their marvellous sword
wis., made him feel Il contempt for the
Il "! encounters OF modern life; aut
n i III l,our or two OF travel in the past
"'h No more scnsibly ut the present
, ~a 'nll night, especially, he vainl,
Il GI'u INTO the heroic recitals. II,
m n' 9oi succeed in entirely rddinl
I,s' VI the recent realities which hat
s " rg IN the images which filled the
& ,Ullnc before him, he Mncied tina
"a n" me representation OF the struggl,
,a"n ne Intended to carry on with In,
i"or' OF the brown-hairod angel
eno AYES Of the lelonious cnch0nter
Hoa. " nun to assume the likeness o
,iSo"ucll NoloSsus Of the box with TIN
Tnss before 1t, and hc imagined tina
. s,sI a,, vouchlng Il lance and wearing
manor 'aIlnor OF the oldcn time.
N, 'ac' was, that Tor the first time il
oj T perhaps, Francis had met will
= voo s"lute such AZ he had dreamed c
d hmiHn lor he had passed his life il
4 eGy Eo 1',Sr ihe unlikely, and the I'm
lsno""uo uel lrom him with the sam,
Il IioIGuay{ as he had pursued il.
v ls NJ ' " oeeh born ut Saint Malo in th
bybo""iI ne consulate, and had spent hi
lfo, y1 o, ~ listening to accounts Of vi,
j 6o 1 wit, was waiting with impatienc
r NM ~ ,, Sse at which he could hegin I
\ w, "IGn the fall Of the empire hrougl,
hAer" " E hopes to the ground, Iii
ever" n o'aVe captain, who had cruise
- Akel u ' %9 with his priyateer, and ma
3 bs /" o nm lrom his boyhood of moth
& hi n",nncc Enghts and boarding vessel,
, nlo o'I TI'ly intended that he shout
i lal dial Ue navy Unfortunately, Ii
lmies I,S 5'A months before the allie
ldo had ,I1 "a entered France and Franri,
lNn @n 'oSl ms mother when he wn
w.; and I'a It, himself an orphan at iii
+ n yo p" Wat at the time when Inc came ,
1 iotopr.I,,,.' master Of a neat little ionur
The y Gn, won from the English.
= lagd i,"",',g HEN, not being able 10 Ggh
lgays " o' mlyeI but the IRONY Of fnte In
condemned him to remain ,