The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-02-16

: do you dad il 70 innny that those gent
y men should be invited 10 Mile. Bond.
Q rsnd's wedding ?"
Tis true. almost forgot ths, 70
have Just arrived and have. IS yet. hear
: nothing Of It. II you only knew. Ah
no. le, me laugh"
There is au amusing story connecte
With the marriage, then ?"
Amusing il you wish that is, 10 tbos
who are acquainted With the parties."
"All the same tell il TO me, Fsthe
Philip, ! long TO bear it,"
: Being we'll informed, loquscious inn
keeper. Father Philip did not requir
much persuasion The wedding train an,
the crowd had disappeared. We wer,
alone on the veranda, who're travellers sip
ped their coffee. ordered two glAsse,
Of MADEIRA. and after tasting this the OLD
fellow commenced ~ follows.
II must begin by telling you that NJ.
Jacques Florent, whom you have just no
ticed. and who has married so WE'LL was
born in this neigbborhood We used to
see him when quite small. going to the
parochial school, his sstchel on his back,
and his hands 10 his pockets He was q
civil, well bred youngster. When be met
one he would politely doif his cap, aud
when school was dismissed, he would ney
or loaf about the streets instead Of going
home. His mother, who manages small
farm near by would take him TO school in
the morning when she came to town to
sell the milk OF her cows, and would call
for him in the evening, on her way home
She was widow, and worked hard to
bring her son up properly.
On Lis side, little Jacques worked hard
also. ole year he won SO many prizes
that he could not carry them all. Then
bis mother determined to send him 10
college. She found no sacrifice too great
10 order to obtain the means OF paying for
his board and lodging. She would arise
10 hour earlier In the morning and 20 to |
bed later at night, while all day long she
would toll like q slave. Poor Mother
florent How she did move about ia
hose days Luckily it was not long be-
ore the youngster was able to provide for
'imself He first won q scholarship here,
mother at college, still another in Paris
the Ecole Centrale, whero be stood at
he head OF his classes.
HE must be ph0oiI, then r.
II don't know about bis being pbn
TX, but one thing certain is, that, like his
lother he is bard worker; aud by work.
lg hard one always gets on"
Il agree with you there"
well, to cut my story short, be sue !
'eded. In Paris during three years be !
ithfully attended to bis studies. while
gave lessons here and there, and by Il
is means made money enough to meet y
mailer expenses. At last. be passed bis q
lal examination successfully, and, with
8 diploma in his pocket, be returned
'me. His good reputation had preceded
N, and on his arrival NJ. Bondnrand OF te
red him situation 10 his wooden mills +" st
"Ah, yes Now understand about
marriage. But how about those two
at you were laughing about awhile ago in
here do M. de Vauvilain, bailiff, and M.
apuis, the landed proprietor come in p
Hold on, you go too fast. In placing To
'ques Florent at the head OF bis factory, an
Bondurand had not the least idea Of vi
ting him we'd bis daughter neither
Nine. Bondurand, I assure you"
Then Mile. Celeste's marriage took SCI
ce against their wishes ?"
Never in the world" lar
4 don't understand il at all then" do
That Is not surprising. You don't Po
me time to explain things. You may WI
suppose that, with her fortune, Mile. pa.
este' who is charming young person,
ou may have noticed yourself, and all
was brought up as princess, had no trn
OF admirers. Every winter M. Bon Enl
and's psrlors are thronged with the In
society OF the town, and at their re- up
ions the richest and most distinguish.
Die are to be met. Being an engineer
ines was invited He never failed To 6
1d, but he always remem bered his NJ
e, while Messrs Chapuls and de Vau- tim,
q paraied 10 the first ranks, letting IL nm 1,
nown that they we're 10 love with from
Celeste. l believe. though, that in
we're only 10 love with her dowry. tai,
made mp his mind to win the prize IL !,
y cost, aud the conduct OF both was ia
rlct accordance With this determine .vor
The strangest part OF the whole o,lv
seding was that neither attempted .av.
into the good grsces Of the young ,;mo
who always treated them with mark to-;
ldness.
Ingular lovers. those.
hey imagined that Mile. Celeste. n.H'
good girl Of q very social disposi- ''A0
she would always comply with her -s''
t. wishes. So they proceeded 10 "0,
ege to the old folks. NJ. Chapuis ~ M
'ying an interest 10 NJ Bonduraud's ~ -
!. had no trouble 10 winning him n,,e' ,n
while NJ. de Yauvlian, by means OF ip
bility, aud by putting on the airs OF eve.
1 lord, succeeded in getting the = W.
7 to espouse bis cause TO such an lio'i
that 10 short time she promised Que
er daughters band. while on the rio''
side, her husband was making The oA.o
promise 10 his rival" VIC or
j OF course Mile Celeste protested? oi w
{ at all. She let things take their ing -
'urse. II happened tba. she occa- 'nsm ,ni
y danced With Jacques Florent and 80
nversed with him 10 the parlor. -
'nng engineers quiet. serious char 90
ni bic easy, distinguished uapuers