The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
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with pain and hdmhiation on accosiat
of the smailness Of the ssuaa, but the year
had been bad5, and the last time five
francs, huge coin that made him langh
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siShs had no Thought but OF him. He
awaited her return with certain i'm
patience, and ran to meet her as soon as
he saw her. which made the young girls
heart leap.
Then he disappeared. He had been
sent to college. She found this out by
shrewd questioning. Then she used in
finite diplomacy to change the route of
her parents. so that she could pass
through here at holiday time She sue
ceeded, but only after a year spent in
stratagems, she had thus been two years
without seeing him, and she hardly rec
ognized him,.so greatly had he changed
he was so tall, so much improved aud
so imposing in his jacket with gilt but
tons. He feigned not to see her, and
passed proudly by hers This made her
weep for two days, and from that time
she suffered constantly (: t2gG
EVERY year she returned, passed be-
fore him without daring to speak TO
| him, and he did not, even ldeign TO turn
| his eyes toward her.. She loved him des-
perateiy. She said to me: He Is the
only man / have seen on this earth
know not il any others exist. at
sHer parents died. She continued
their trade; but she took two dogs in
stead of one-two terrible dogs that no
i one. would have dated to brave One
| day, on entering this village, In which
/ her heart had remained, she saw young
woman come out of the Chouquet shop
I on the arm of the man she adored. She
was his wife. He was married. That
very evening she threw herself into the
pond near the mayors house. "A be-
lated drunkard fished her out and car
ried her to the apothecary shop.
1.-The Younger Chouquet in q dressing
gown came down to care for her, and re-
stored her to consciousness without sp-
4 pearing to recognize her. Then he said
\ to her ina harsh voice: 'You are madi
i You must not be so stupidf
'fThis suficed to cure her. He had
4 spoken to- her. She was happy for a
/ long while. He would receive nothing
for his care of her, though she stoutly
insisted upon paying him. And all her
life passed thus As she mended chairs
she u Thought of Chouquet. Every year
she saw him through the.window of the
shop She acquired thu habit of pur-
chasing of him supplies of trif1ing medi-
cines. In that way she saw him close
beside her. spoke to him. and gave him
money. o1i> .'1-''.' 5t
LAS told you when began, she died
this spring. After having related her
i sad history, she begged me to take to the
man whom, she had. loved SO patiently
all the savings of her lifetime, for she
had toiled only to put aside and be sure
4 that he would think of her. at least once.
after she was dead. 2iT ss at
'.She gave me 2 1897 francs. left with
4 monsieur the cure the twenty seven
francs for the burial and carried away
the rest when she had uttered her last
4 sigh raA
'sThe next day went to the home OF
the Chouquets. They were just finish
ing their breakfast. They made me sit
down, and began my speech in an un-
steady voice, satisfied that they would
weep AS soon as hecomprehended that
he had been beloved by that vagabond,
that chair mender, Chouquet leaped to
his feet with Indignation. His wife was
= equally exasperated.- Chouquet strobe
abont the room, exclaiming: This il
simply horriblel Oh, it, Il had known il
when she was alive, i would have had
her arrested by the gendarmes and put
in prisonr l was stupefied at the result
| of my pious undertaking, but I had my
mission TO complete, and resumed:
She charged me to give You he1
savings, amounting to over Q 900 francs
AS what | have told you seems to b.
very disagreeable to you, it would, per
haps, be better to give the money to the
poorr
The man and woman stared at me
dumb with amazement. 1 took the
money from my pocket. Then l de
manded. What is your decisionF Mime
Chouquet was the first to speak. Since
8 it was the woman's last wish, she said
1T seems to me that we cannot well re
fuse to take the money The husband
!, slightly confused, resumed, We can a
least buy something with it for our chill
dren.
81 said, with anlaif of disgust. AS yoi
please. Then l handed him the money
bowed, and took my departure. Tha
was the only absolutely unselfish love
ever met with in my life, the love of tn
, poor chair nender for so unworthy
man, said the doctor in conclusion.
Then the marquise. who had tears il
her eyes, sighed:
, Decidedly, only women know how t
: loveT-Theodore de Banvine in Newarl
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