The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-03-26
A DUEL WITH RAzORS.

YOU lsuSG Scc INC MUS Oh alJNFuclllcS.
Tho omnibus leaves Saint Pierre station
every hour. On the outskirts OF the
village the road runs along the eastern
base Of the Farop. To the right and
left, the route is frightened by gardens
half roasted, and by houses three-quar-
tiers broiled.
II I tell you all this, it is because the
carry.all raises such 4 dust that you
might not gee them.
Towards the. end OF an hour, or there.
abouts, YOU enter narrow valley mois.
tened by the torrent Of Dardcnncs. I
call your Attentions 10 tho torrens, be-
cause otherwise, being nearly always
dry, 1t might fnil to catch your eye.
Arrived there, you alight. Your in
clination tending that way, you visit tho
hospitablo mansion OF Madame Bougar.
ellie, the sale dc rrrdurs, and the smilin: ::
abyss ut the bottom OF which, encased
i'll green, sings cascade.
If you make this excursion in spring
time you will take pleasure III going
across the fields TO the village OF Rcvest.
jeanne, the guide, declares the Romans
established a house there, Tor dy cling
colors. Seeing the grass all sprinkled
with poppies and scarlet ancmones,
one can believe it.
Besides, by the way OF Revest, the
road is more charming still, and by tra-
versing this delightful profusion OF
myrtle and rosc-laurel, one reaches, al
mosta rs soon, the gull OF Ragagne; 4 YER
liable gulf that, for, in times OF peace,
its waters are not less than two hun
drcd feet in depth. When storm
breaks, and the rain continues, 1t no
longer knows what it does. Exasperat-
CO, it rises-riscs, white with
foam-and brings to the sur
face huge boulders OF granite. wrenchcd
from the bed OF the Dardcnnes, which it
rciills with DEBRIS
Here, astridc the torrent, is seen the
village OF Coucouroux, d bold cavalier
proudly seated. When it rains, Cou-
couroux has water up to the waist; when
it is dry, the Coucoura,inai; who wash
their faces-you need not laugh, for
some OF them do-are obliged to- so to
Revest 10 fill their pitchers. .sr-@
Coucouroux is divided into two fac
tioRs. The pcoplc on theupper side, to
the right, are for the King and the Vir-
gin; tho people below, to the lett, arc
for the republic and rno-popcry. Those
OF Old Coucouroux?are fighters; those
| OF New CoucourouN arc fighters; the re-
suit may be imagined.
Each Coucouroux has its barber, who
is 4 beautiful speaker, q player OF the
tambourinc, singer. composer OF rhymes
and refrains, andSan expert shaver,
ready at any moment to curl an eye
lash, or, blindiolded, to cut into four
pieces pigs bris.lc.
Do not say in the uppo- village that
shaving is done better in the valley, and
vice versa, or you will have ugly work
on your hands.
1t is no longer than fifteen or sixteen
days, ut most, that FreGeri, the barber
OF New CoucourouS, conceded the idea
OF being shaved by his confrcre. Ere
deri was fine looking young man, we'll
got up, dressed in cloth throughout, and
he carried his twenty-five years as no
one else could.
"What Il holcm cried he, entering the
empty shop oil his neighbor, and strik-
ing the counter with his open palm.
Agay, the master OF the place, was
making baskets in the little garden at
the back OF the house, and, MS he was
singing hymns ut the top OF his voice,
he did not hear the call.
"Must one shoot of cannon to make
YOU hear, old singer OF psalms?" and
walking into tho house, Fredcr in his
turn began to sing
Agay ceased his religious chant, and
having arisen, seemed astonished to
find his rival at the entrance oil
the garden, with smile upon his lips,
and his hands in his pockets.
"What are you here for?"
ITO sec ii You know your trade, as
some people pretend you do"
"You have not the ability to judge,
apprentice.
";,ll the same YOU arc going to shave
nc" 2,
"You are mistaken in tho door; the
veterinary surgeon lives few stops
further on. do not shave animals"
"Ah! see, you have change OF Glen.
tdc."
Get out q here, tcll you; do. no,
provoke me-" ,I
"Bah! What have I to fear? You,
hand trcmbles like that OF 4 girl writing
her first love-lctter.
u defy you, Frederi; the hand which
shakes with anger is iirmcr than any
other in the hour OF trial.
"You are nothing but boaIter, and
] see shall have to shave myself"
''iou dare not trust your nose to me.
You are Dragging"
Zone from New CoucourouX dares all
things" said the young barber, seating
himself in the professional chair, and
!. holding up his chin to the enemy.
"Iou wish it?"
Certainly"
"Very WE'LL but will you shave me
afterwards? ?"
Willingly! One politencss calls ior
another"
Agay selected, from the linen closet
| napkin exceptionally white, soft and
pcriumed. He tied it around the necl;
Of his customer, all the while singing
in his own fashion, some beautiful verses
from Aubanal. At lcagth, from case
he took the soitest brush, and coolly
began to lather the chin OF his rival
lie took up razor.
"Listen to me we'll" said the barber
from New Coucouroux, rising from his
scat. "You understand that when one
has Il skin us delicate rs mine, he wishes
naturally, to keep it so, but he canno,
without especial care. know Il,
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