New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-17
THE FOWL IN THE POT.
AN EPISODE ADAPTED FROM THE MEMOIRS
OF MAMMALIAN DE BETHUNE,
Dr1KE OF STTJY

DUKE OF SULL1.
What am going to relate may seem TO some
merely to be curious and parity with the dl-
yerting story of NJ Bosrose, which have SET do%h
in an earlier part of my memoirs. But among tne
caiumnies of those who have never ceased 10 at
tack me since the death of the late king, the state
ment that kept from his majesty thlngS wh 1
should have reached his ears has always haa g
prominent place; though thousand tunes reluteo
bu nv friends and those who, from an intimate
acquaintance with events, could Judge now taltn-
fully l labored to deserve the confluence Wi WIN
which NV master honored me. Therefore, take
IL in band to show by example, tr1ilng IN ltSel'
the full knowledge of affairs which the KING naa,
and to prove that in many matters Wcn 0r W.T. If
never permitted TO become known to the ldleFs OF
the court he took a personal share, worthy DIS
much Of Haroun as of Alexander .ho.o.
1t my custom, before enterea upon %in 'I teS
negotiations with the Prince Of Condo wmch Ter
minated in the recovery Of the estate OF VlleDon;
where now principally reside, to spend part ol
the autumn and winter at RoSny On THESE t oGca
Considerable train of Swiss, pages yalets ana
erooms, together with the maids-of1ho11or . ana
dinner at Poissy and generally contr1yed 70 reaen
Rosny toward nghtfal, so as to sup ~ tne mgh'
of fambcaus, in . manner ehyCSai9iSH have veO ever
manfained and enjoined upon my cmldren, d "'
once the privilege and burden OF rank - sou
At the time of which am sPehs nria which the
Duke of Mercoeur presented to me Win view s, 70
my good offices St The time 9r sns e bis
Majesty in accordance with principle iala oown
IN smother place The ling insisted on returning Il
it to me- and for several yeaTS What rO%e as more S re-
marLable was that on each Of these occasions
II east a shoe about the middle OF Ine ai hort
isen,,e Of the village Of Aubergenyllle Ihough IA
never had with me less than nan SOU " sorrei
horses, bad such an aneeu 10 a lo sbod rather
that preferred TO wait until 1t was snoa r" o
than accommodate myself TO nag oil less easy easy
paces and would allow my housenola 10 cerS
ne staying behind myself Win at inoSo s""-N
.l.&o IL
OF Two' my at AnberrenSiIe was kept by smith
NJ some skill "A cheerful fellow, whom always
remembered TO reward, conAaerln3 ny ooId livre
His ioy at receiving what was to hm inc income o
of year was great and never 1aied 10 Islas-
bnrse me- in addition to which took some pleais
me- in mnbending and learning from this simple
peasant and loyal man what tne yv felt
saving of me and my reforms--a duty Always iei'
oweo ~ ~ breeding it would i'll become me TO
sst down the homely truths thus Learned. INC
conversations Of the vulgar are NIUE ;sb
a nohleman's memoirs; but in this dlsunguisn
between the Duke of Sully and the hngs minister
and IL is in the latter capacity that re aIe VIVA.
passed these divertng I oor man as he
oame bowling and trembling before me- no" soeS
Badly he would answer. very badly until
your lordship came this way.
And how is that little man%
@Oh, it is the roads," he always replied snaHlh1
his bald head as he began to set about ms DuS
Surveyor-General are so good that not one morse
IN hundred casts shoe; and then there are so lew
highwaymen now that not one robbers pIates. 10
replace in a twelvemonth That Is where III is'
At this was highly delighted.
Still since began TO pass this way u q nave
not been so bad with you simon non YOU'D answer
No, thanks to St Geneyieye ana your ioro-
shin whom we call in this village the poor man
friend have fowl III tne t tSs repeated it to
The king. 1t tickled his fancy also, and for some
wears il was a very common remark OF thai good
and great ruler Stb 'naf FOWL in nG lis pot '
But why" l remember once asked TINS honest homes.
feIIow-it was on the last occasion OF the sorrel
falling, lame there 90 you 'hAhk D" 0oHe-
. She is nv patron SAINT he answered.
sThen Won are ParisianY"
sYour lordship is always right" q, ,
Certainiy. BY your lordshp's leave. My wife
prays to her and she oosens the nails In the sorreIs
shoes
an fact she pays off an old grudge," ! an
swered for there was time when Paris nked
me little; but bark ye, master smith, l am noI
With Madame Genevieye against the comfort OF
the kings minister What think you, you raS-
cal; can you pass the justice elm without
This threw the simple fellow into great fear,
which the sight Of the Ivre OF gold speedily con,
verted into Joy as stupendous. Leaving nm Stlll
4 W
had gone some little distance the aspect oil his
face. when charged him with treason, or my own
unassisted discrimination suggested e clew TO the
phenomenon.
aIa Trape.D / said to my valet-the same who
was with me at Cahors-" what is the name OF the
innkeeper at Poissy, at whose house we are ac-
customed to dine ?"
Andrew thought so! exclaimed, shifting
nv thigh Simon and Andrew his brother! An
swer, knave, and, If you have permitted me 10 DC
robbed these many times, tremble for your ears.
Is he not brother TO the smith at Aubergenvliie
who has just shod my horse p
but groom, who had stayed belnad with me,
having sought my permission TO speak, SAID II
was So adding that Master Andrew had risen in
the world through large dealings IN hay, which he
that he did not now acknowledge or see anything
OF his brother the smith, though il was believed
that be retained a snealdng liking for him.
On receiving this confirmation Of my suspicious
my vanity well as my sense OF justice led me 10
act with the promputude which 1 have exhibited
in greater emergencies. / rated La Trape for bis
careessness of my interests in permitting this de-
ception to be practised on me; and the main body
Of my attendants being now IN sight, ordered
him 70 take two Swiss and arrest both brothers
without delay. IL wanted yet three hours Of sun
set and judged that, by bard riding they might
reach Rosny with their prisoners before bedtime
spent some time while still ON the road in
considering what punishment l should intiict on
the cc,ssits. and finally laid aside the purpose
an LIN in6iction they had richly deserved~n favor
of a plan which / thought might offer me
some amusement. For the execution of this
I amended upon Maignan. my eQuerry. who was
a man Of lively imagination, being the same who
had of his own motion arranged and carried out
fhe triumphal procession in which was borne u
Posny after the battle of Ivry. Before ! sat down
to supper I gave him his directions: and as had
expecfed. news was brought to me while was al
table that the prisoners bad arrived.
Thereupon Informed the duchess and the com
pany generally. for, as was usual number OF my
connfry neichbors had come to compliment me on
INV return that there was some sport Of a rare
Kind ON foot and we adjourned, Maignan. followed
by four pages bearing lights. leading the WAY, tc
avenue. Here score OF grooms holding torches
aloft had been arranged IN circle 50 that the
imprompfu theatre thus formed. which Maignar
had ordered with such tastes was as gnt as In tn'