Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-16
The Treasure Of FranchaTd.
By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
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Witucisms, anu Wnen the bottle OF Bass was
at length produced, far more charged with
gas than the most delirious champagne, be
filled out long glassful Of froth and pushed
1t over to Jean-Marie. Drink" hs said
drink deep.n
II would rather not" faltered the boy,
true to his training
"What" thundercd Desprez
81 am afraid Of it," said jean Marie; "my
stomachn----- =
Take it or leave it." interrupted Desprei
fercely; "but understand it once for all
there is nothing so contemplate as q pre-
cisian"
Here was n new lessoni The boy sat be.
mused, looking at the glass but not tasting
it, while the doctor empted and refilled his
own, at first with clouded brow. but grad.
ually yielding to the sun, the heady. prick.
ling beverage and his own predisposition to
be happy.
'Once in a way" he said, at last, by way
Of concession to tho boys more rigorous
attitude, "once in way, and at SO critical q
moment, this ale is nectar for the gods
The habit, indeed, is debasing; wine, the
juice OF the grape, Is the true drink OF the
Frepchman, as have often had occasion to
point out, and l do not know that can
blame you for refusing this outlandish stim-
ulant You can have some wine and cakes
Is the bottle emptyf Well, we will not be
proud; we will have pity on your glass;
AUG oee' oens ooue' 'ne oocoor cna1eo oit
,or,v ,rb;,. roor Nor,, ou,s,.A "a. ..,,o.
..T h,r, q, ~. ,,ona ho eta ,ool,,,S =. ~.
watch aCooi Cod hnu slo,, go, o.tr,
And vet to cot s,or,Iv ,,os h;s o,,,, ,ort;o,,Ior
prescrintion tbo main socret ~ ioncov;tv,
H;s mo,tyrdor, hn,,.o,,ar .oaoi.at 49,,
M last ,hs, ,,a;. ,.',s,,n,aa .la,. So. a.; .h.
bppgv and Dasnraz iaan;no. l,,.,,rio,,sI,,
bock annonnced his intention % ,,rocaeJns
10 Fontain.hlaan
.sTo Fontaine,,loop, ~ ra,,a.to, Ian, N,r;o
"Mv words ars .Iua,-s ,,,aas,,ra,, ~ saia ,ha
doctor conn
The doctor WINS driven tbropcb tho o,ades n,
paradise the air the LIGHT the shining leaves
the verv movements of The vehicle seemod
70 fall in tune with bis golden meditations.
with his head thrown back be dreomed a
sar;es Of fnnny ,,isions Ole ana rIaasnr.,
dancing IN his veins Az last ba s,ota
ct shall talecranb for casin,ir : ~, so;d
..Good Casimir, n fellow n, tb. iou,or ordar
Of intelliqence lean Maria distinct;ve,v NOT
creative not noetic. and yet h. vii, ronoy
vnnr stndv. b;s fort,n. 10 yost onJ 4, ~ an
tireIv dua 70 bis own exertinns Hs 10 tha
verv fsIlow 70 hsIn us 70 disnosa ~ onr
trinkets find ne n suitable ho,se IN paris and
MANAGE tbe details az our instoilot;on Al
noirohla Cos;mir ono 30 NV o,dast no,,,roaas,
n was on bis advice 7 NAV .da ,bot In
vastad nv IittIa fortnno I'm r,rLish honds.
when we have added tbesa snoiIs of tho mo
dinyal church 10 our stale IN tho Wohamn,a-
don amn;ra Iittla how ua shaI, ,nsit;,,aI,,
roll among doubloons, positively roilI Rean.
tiful forest " he cried "farewellI Though
called Ia other scenes I will not foroat tbea
;nauonco ~ nrosneritv 7 hacoma ditbvron,
hic lean. Marie such ia tba imnnlsa - tho
,o,rraI sorI. s,oh ,ros ,h, oons,i,,,,io,, -
nr;naval man And I-waII viii not ra
frse tha craJit--I b,va nresarv.d NV ,,outl
like n yirginity: another, who should have
led the same snoozinp. countrified existence
for these wears. another had become rusted
become stereotype: but I, praise nv happy
constitution retain the snripp unbroter
Fresh opulence and a new spbere OF duties
find me unabated in ardor and only mora
mature by knowledge For this prospective
change Jean Marie--it may probably have
shocked you. Tell me now, did it not strike
you as an inconsistency Confess--it is use
less to dissemble--it panied your
EYES," said the boy.
"You see," returned the doctor, with sub
lime faulty, II read your thoughts! Nor
am surprised-your education is not vet
complete; the higher duties of men have not
yet been presented to you fully. A hint
till we have leisure-must suffice. Now that
l am once more in possession of a modest
competence; now that l have SO long pre-
pared myself in silent meditation, it becomes
my superior duty to proceed to Paris Ny
scientific training, my undoubted command
Of language, mark me out for the service Of
my country. Modesty in such case would
be a snare. If sin were philosophical ex-
preston, l should call 1t sinful. A man must
not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to
evade his obligations. l must be up and
doing; ! must be no skulker In life's battle"
SO he ratified on, copiously greasing the
Joint of his inconsistency with words; while
the boy listened silently, his eyes fixed ON the
horse, his mind seetbing 1t was all lost elo-
ouence: no array Of words could unsettle
belief of Jean Marie's; and he drove into
Fontainebleau filled with pity, horror, indig-
nation and despair.
In the town Jean Marie was kept a fixture
on the driving seat, to guard the treasure;
while the doctor, with a singularly slightly
tipSy airiness Of manner, fiuttered in and out
of cafes where he shook hands with garrison
officers and mixed an absinthe with the
nicely of old experience, in and out of shops,
from which he returned laden with costly
fruits, real turtle, magnificent piece Of
silk for his wife, a preposterous cane for him
self, and KEPT of the newest fashion for the
boy; in and out of the telegraph office,
whence he dispatched his telegram, and
where, three hours later, he received an an
swer, promising visit on the morrow; and
generally pervading Fontainebleau with the
first fine aroma of his divine good humor.
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again. the shadows of the forest trees ex-
tended across the broad white, road that led
them home; the penetrating odor of the
evening wood had already arisen. like a
cloud of incense, from that broad field Of
tree tons. and even I'm the streets of the town
where the air had been baked all day be-
tween white walls, it came in whiffs and