Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-05
The aahia 1ailu eagle Sunday aorro, February 1885,

go and find Yanette at the Upper Min He
was happy: he trembled with feverish ex-
element, and never in the heavens was
there SO much ligxt as on this day. When he
was all ready he went to take Hercules from
the stable, and he put on him q fine, hand
some, stout bride, a handsome fly net and a
heavy blanket of gray wool. Hercules and
be were to present themselves together ct the
Upper Mill On the morning OF the wedding
day. And the donkey was as happy as bis
master. He danced, he kneit, he saluted
Labarthe, whom he was going to leave for
ever and he counted up to nine with his
hoof Now, just at the moment when he
was setting out for the Upper Mil, the young
spouse felt the paternal hand lying heavy Oh
his back
Listen said Labarthe, in an agitated
voice.
He drew the son toward the stables
''My son, l am an honest man, as you
know. l made great sacrifices for you
Take Hercules away. Since be is the price
Of your happiness, l consent to the seesra-
ton But" and ne waxed profane, Il VIII
never permit my competitor to make use OF
him. In two years would not have a sack
of -four to grind Go at once and give your
which | have mixed with five quarts OF
BRAN
Cadeton grew pale
''Fear nothing" Labarthe went on. 81
have foreseen everything The first symp-
toms of the poisoning viii not appear for
two hours. In two hours Yarette will be
your wife, and what's done can't be undone,
Come, be quickr'
But, papa' -
mo foolishness now. If you don't mind
me, everything shall be stopped"
Cadeton felt cold sweat start on his tenn
pies. What the good donkey, that he had
ridden SO much when he was general! the
good donkey that had carried Yanette! the
unfOrgetting friend that had brought their
love to light! "Oh, no, nor said he, keep
ing away from the trough that was filled
with the bran. But he thought Of Yanettes
large eyes, of her bright smile, of all the
radiant promise of this day, for which he
had so long waited
''Oh! my Godn sid he, burying his face
in his hands. And be heard Hercules MUNICH
ing the contents of the trough.
Five minutes later Cadeton trembled a
little as he presented himself at the Upper
Mill. Castagnet felt of the donkey, ex-
amined him all over, found that he was
sound, and put Yanette's hand into that of
Cadeton. Yanette was Respondent. She
was all in white. She made light about her
as she walked through the fields. Cadeton
trembled Coming out from the mayors
office, What is the matter with youg' asked
she of him, ''you are pale" Cadeton told
her the whole story. And in the church,
yyhan ha So nrcra r,la 1a5 rrattieSt
tune over the shining faces of the newly wed,
and when the old curate declared, in solemn
Latin words, that the blessing of heaven
would descend on Yanette and Cadeton,
they, very humbly, with great fervor in their
souls and with sweet tears in their eyes,
prayed with all their might that the good
God would accord them long life, that He
would cause great harvests Of corn to grow
in the field for them to grind, that He would
send water to turn their mill, and also that
He would keep life in the poor, innocent and
loved donkey that was called Hercules.
Alas! when they came back, arm in arm, to
the Upper Mil, Hercules gave his last sigh;
turning on his master his great despairing
eyes, those eyes so profound, so thoughtful,
50 loving, SO mysterious that they had some
times disturbed the eyes of men.
A year went by, and there came the
christening of the first son of Yanette and
Cadeton. The mayors wife having accepted
the part of godmother, and the schoolmas-
ters wife having attended the ceremony, the
young mother received heaps of flowers just
as if she had been fine lady. On the next
day there might have been seen the hand
soonest of the bouquets spread piously under
the decaying oak, which served as a boundary
mark between the lands of the two mills.
1t was there that Cadeton had buried Her
cules year before. -Translated for the Bos-
ton Transcript from the French by Jean
Rameau