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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-05-07

-C'est moi, madame, repondit-il
galamment, qui ii d Gus demander
pardon de ne pas metre rendu plus
tot pres de vous, j'espere que votre
maladie ne sera pas grave.
-Cest une maladie de langueur
occasionnee par les souffrances que
j'ai Ell a subir.
Tout en- causant, il s'etait assis
pres du oanape ct trait DIES papiers
dune volumineuse serylettc quill await
apportee. !,
-J'ai examine avec soin, common
G~a-t-il, toutes les pieces que vous
m'avez remises.
Eth bien? interrogea-t-elle ayec
une pointe d'inquietude bien jouee.
Pour moi, je men doute pas, lie
bon droit est lie notre cote ct nous
gagnerons notre process.
Ellie joignit les mains.
oh! que vous me faites plaisir !
Ii p%oursuivit avec feu
-Je me charge de votre cause ct
je ferai un tel tableau DIES infamies
don't vous ayez etc victime l..
Ellie rinterrompit.
-Oui, je compile beaucoup u
yotfe talent, don't on ma fait lie plus
grand eloge.
Ellie await fait I'm movement
CONNIE pour s'eloigner de lui. Ellie
Sc sentait NAL a false. Georges
riposta.
Ne parlons pas de mon talent,
je vous prize LIE talent sert aux
BONES causes, mails il est inutile
dams les mauvaises. lei c'est la
u qui portera rayocat.
-Quelle epoque voulez-vous fixer
pour eutamer lie process? Vous ates
bicn decidee a lie faire !?
Plus que jamais!
Les tribunaux wont rentrer. Nous
pourrions lancer la premiere assigna-
ton DIES lie commencement de la
session.
lie plus tot sera lie meilleur.
-VOtre mari est-il en- France =?
Il y a trois n que je mai pas
recu de ses nouvelles.
II faudrait avant tout SAVIOR oil
il est, OH il demeure.
de me charge d'avoir ce rensei-
gnement.
A ce moment, un coup de sonnette
violent Sc fit entendre au dehors.
Ellie Sc levaa demi, toute pale, efrayee.
-Qu'est-ce que celia Je n'attends
personne.
Instinctiyement, Georges s'etait
leye aussi, await recule sa chaise.
Ellie bondit du canape d la fenetre.
Puts ellie revint a l'avocat effaree.
Mon mari
Georges await fait un movement
pour Sc retirer. Ellie reprit ayec
volubilite
Nous sommes perdus sill vous
trouve la.
-Pourquoi
Ellie leva les bras au ciel.
Mon Dieu mon Dieu.
-Mais, madame, je lui expliquerai.
II ne youdra rien entendre, rien
comprendre. C'est I'm savage. lie
vous lai dit. Puts. je ne veux pas
quill sache que vous etes venu, que TAI
pris I'M avocat, que je veux faire un
process.
(Suite an proclaim aamer0.)
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-05-07
SECRET DE DANIEL
(Suite)

(Sulte)
Routan sauta vivement d terre, jeta
son fouet ct les renes au valet, lui dit
luelques mots, ct lhomme repartit
aussitot avec lie vehicule. Quelques
secondes apres, ellie entendait lie pas
rapide de son amant resonner sur les
marches de Fescalier. Son ceur
battait violemment. La porte du
petit salon OH ellie Sc tenait SQUIRT.
Andre entra. Au premier mot quill
lui dit. ellie fut fxee, ellie sut
qu'elle %n'avait plus de delai a attendre.
II est dams lie train, dit-il, il me
suit. Tout est-il pref?
Joseph a da tout preparer, nor
ami.
Roustan s'assura que SEES ordres
avaient etc ponctuellement executes.
Puts il regarda sa montre.
Nous ayons trois quarts d'heure
devant nou environ.
II remarqua lie tressaillement de
Georgette.
-Mais qu'as-tu done? demanda-t-
il. Serais-tu reellement s~ouffrante /?
Ellie repondit evasiyement. IL Ia
regarda bien en- face son regard dun
entrant dams ses yeux.
Ne va pas me trahir?
Ellie repondit doucement:
-Je ne tie trahirai pas, mon ami.
Ii reprit
-Mais 81 tn trembles ainsi, 81 tn
as Get air reinforcement, tn vas tout
compromettre. Est-ce que tn voudrais
T~eculer, maintenant, au dernier mo-
ment f?
Ellie murmura faiblement:
-J'ai peur!
Roustan haussa les epaules.
Peur? Et de quot? Tu es ma
femme. Je suis ton mari. Je
surprends I'm amant chez tot, TAI
lie droit de faire justice.
&c nest pas un amant, tn lie sails
bien.
-Qui lie salt d'autre que nous?
II lui prit les deux mains.
-Allons, Georgette, pas d'enfantil-
lage, je ten prize Tu sails lie role que
tn dois jouer. II nest pas d%ificile.
Songe quill y va pour moi, pour nous
deux, de notre fortune ct de notre vie,
car je ne survival pas a ma RUNE, tn
lie sails. Je tai Anne, je tame encore.
C'est moi qui tai fate &c que tn es.
Tu n'avais rien. Tu mourais de
mis6re. Jetai decouverte. Je tai
donne l~'aisance ct meme lie luxe. J'ai
enchassees dams Tor les perles de ties
dents, les claimants de ties yeux. Cette
existence sera la tienne toujours ct tn
seras libre. Je ne tie demanderai rien
en- echange, pas meme ton amour, sill
ne te reste plus dams lie ceur aucune
affection pour moi.
Il s'etait pressure mis- a genoux
deyant ellie. Ellie lie releva. File
await DIES larmes dams les yeux.
-Tu sails bien que je t'aime, dit
ellie, que je t'aimerai t%oujoursl
Ii cut I'm geste de joie, lie mouvc-
ment de Ioiseau de proie qui sent
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-05-07

dams SEES series lie contact soyeux ct
doux DIES plumes de "a victime.
-Du courage, alors s'ecria-t-il,
ne tremble pas Sois forte!
La croyant ainsi reconfortee, il
acheva de lui bonner ses instructions
II await a peine termine qu'un roule-
ment de voiture, suivi presque aussi-
tot dun coup de %sonnette, Sc fit en-
tendre. II courut d la fenetre, re-
garda, puts il revint a Georgette, Fair
joyeux.
-C'est lui !!
Et il disparut viyement, Georges de
Fresnieres %venait, en- effet, de descen-
Dire de volture, a la porte du chateau.
En- chemin il await demande DIES
renseignements Il la chatelaine chez
laquelle il Sc rendait. lie conducteur
ne Ia connaissait pas, Ii await seule-
ment entendu parler dele. II savait
Qu'elle habitat Paris.
QUAINT a la propriete, ellie etait
restee tres longtemps inhabitee ellie
await etc acquise recemment par IN
monsieur aui Sc faisait appeler lie
comtc de Cremona. On ne ravait.
Moore jamais WI dams lie pays. Les
domestiques, que lon await interroges,
avaient dit quill voyageait. On croy-
ait que c'etait un stranger. Arrive a
Ia porte, Georges paya lie conducteur,
puts il sonna. I'm domestique Sc
presenta.
Madame la comtesse de Cremona ?
demanda l'avocat.
Mime la comtesse est tres souf-
frante. Ellie ne recoit personne.
Ellie me ecevra. Ellie m'attend.
lie porter devisagea le nouveau
venu.
-Est-ce yous qui etes l'avocat qui
Went de Paris
-C'est moi.
Dams ce cas-, j'ai ordre de vous
introduire. Eeuillez me suivre.
Et lie valet Sc dirigea vers l'habita-
ton. La demeure sembla affreuse-
ment triste a Georges de Fresnieres'
La cou n'etait pas encore enforcement
debarrassee DIES mauyaises herbes aui
l'avaient enyahie. Les volets de la
plupart DIES fenetres etaient fermes.
La maison await lair dune maison
abandonnee.
lie jeunc homme fut pris dun
sinistre pressentiment. Mails lie domes-
tique etait deja parvenu au SONNET
du perron ct il ouvrit la porte l'invi-
tant a le suivre. L'avocat entra.
Dams l'interieure du chateau, la
solitude etait plus frappante encore.
lie domestique monta deux etages,
suivi du visiteur puts parvenu Ia, il
ouyrit n porte, annonea NJ. Georges
de Fresnieres ct s'effaea pour ~laisser
passer farrivant. lie jcune homme
apereut, dams Ia lumiere qui penetrate
la piece une forme blanche sur unc
chaise Tongue. C'etait la comtesse.
II s'avanca, tout incline.
XIV
Georgette etait maintenant redeve-
nue. maItresse d'elle-meme. La yue
de Roustan, SEES promesses, l'amour
quill semblait avoir encore pour ellie
Iavaient remise. LIE sort en- Gtait
jete. Ellie etait decidee a aller JUS
qu'au bout, a jouer lie mieux possible
lie role odieux qu'elle await accepte.
CONNIE la plupart DIES femmes, l'ayen-
turlere etait II merveilleuse come
dlenne. En- cntendant annoncer celui
qu'elle deyait perdre, la comtesse So
souleya a demi. Tn SQUIRE bienveil-
liant ezra sur ses leyres pales. mails lie
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-05-07
.partie de -aos quais qui longe notre

parsie de mes quais qui longe notre
narche franeais;s oa, plutot, sur lie peu
qui en- reste, car on salt deja qu'ils Sc
sont effrohdes sur une distance de
deux filets, au moins. A certains
endroits, Teau,, qui ne rencontre plus
d'obstacle, Went battre les levees
m~inuscules que ION a constitutes, a
la hate, Tan dernier ellie s'infiltre
par dessous, ct arrive jusqu'aux trot-
toirs qui entourent les marches ct
qu'elle menace d'envahir.
Mais Ia nest pas lie plus grand
danger. Les travaux del'an dernier,
81 fable qu'ils soient, servent encore
d'obstacle 'au fiot montant du feuve
qui, arrete de &c cote, va porter, plus
bas, So fureur REIMBURSEMENT, encore
accrue par les ~resistanees quill q
rencontrees plus haut; de Ia, IN
REIMBURSEMENT de peril pour Ia partie
inferieure du Troisieme District, ct
pour la region qui avoisine les Abat-
toifs. -
ii ne suflt pas-comme il arrive a
un trop grand nombre d'entre nous
d'aller, pendant une heure GU deux,
porter nos regards distraits sur ce
triste spectacle, puts, de revenir chez
nous, vaquer, plus on moins achievement
d los petites affaires, CONNIE 81 rien
de tout &c que nous avons WI, ne
nous rsgardait. Dams toute commu-
naute-Etat on ville-il J a solidarite
entire tous ct il ne peut arriver NAL
heur a I'm district GU d une paroisse,
sans que tous les autres n'aient a en-
souffrir.
En- fait, il y a Ia un NAL grave il
y q danger public il faut porter
remede a Fun, il faut preyenir rautre,
ct, celia, lie plus tot possible, sans
perdre une minute. II est impossible,
~assurement, en- face de desastres uui
peuvent %suryenir, a chaque instant, de
dresser DIES plans, froidement, dams lie
silence du cabinet, ct de Sc livrer a un
travail bien systematique. Tout ee
que demande la communicate, pour lie
moment, c'est qu'on allie an plus
presse /; c'est qu'on evite, sill est
encore possible, une on plusieurs
terribles crevasses, dams cette region
peuplee ct fertile.
LIE premier danger passe, il sera
temps de songer q faire appel a lEtat.
ct au commencement de Washington.
Nous savons bien que Ia Louisiana
est, par elle-meme, incapable de sub
yenir aux frais de grands travaux
SAoooA; qul mDLdSScIdIt Ii tongue
suite de levees s'etendant depuis la
pointe inferieure de rArkansas, JUS
qu'au Collie du Mexique /; ellie ma pas,
pour y r~eussir, les resources inan-
cieres ~voulues ellie ne les a jamais
cues, ellie ne les aura jamais, ct nous
osons %ajouter qu'elle ne les eat jamais
cues, meme avec les combinaisons.
plus gu moins ingenieuses, que ION
deroulait, ave tant dart, sous nos
yeux.
Dailleurs, la Louisiana fnt-elle, du
haut en- bas, mise parfaitement i l'abri
de toute invasion DIES eaux. que lie
probleme ne serait nullement resolu,
ct que lie danger n'aurait etc que
deplace. &c serait, alors, la partie
superieure de 10 Valee qui aurait a
soufrir, d endurer les maux que Ton
nous aurait fait eviter.
Tout celia prouve, jusqu'a reyidence,
que Ia construction, la consolidation
ct lie relevement DIES leyees du Missis
sinni ne sont mas une o:1astion local,
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The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02

Then he stopped, clutched me by
both arms, and despite his consider
ably weakened strength, lifted ME high,
until l sat upon his broad shoulders.
"Look, boy, lookv" he said; about
two points on the star-b'd bow, and
tell me ii you see anything. Your
sight may be as good as mine"
Yes, did see something. 1t was q
sail! Never shall Iforget how my poor
comrades received the joyful news.
But l had scarcely made the announce
ment when l began to grow dizzy, and
everything became black before my
vision. can just recollect hearing the
second mate exclaim, "4Ah,you lubbers,
did not tell you that help was at
hand? Then tainted, and knew no
more until found myself stretched
on sofa in a ships cabin, with
strange faces bending over me. No,
they were not all strange for that of
our faithful officer was there. AS l
opened my eyes he said, "Thank God,
the boy has survived the strain
1t was an English vessel which had
picked lis up. bound from Calcutta to
Liverpool, snd the kindly treatment
bestowed upon us by her captain ana
crew soon had us on our feet, little the
worse for our terrible experience in the
boat. The remains of our unfortu-
nate and imprudent skipper were re-
ligiously consigned to a watery grave,
and then we proceeded on our way to
Great Britain.
That shipwreck, however, taught
me valuable lesson, and it was SIM
ply the old adage, ain time of peace
prepare for war" l never allowed my
boats to be without a goodly supply
OF food and water, for a sailor never
knows at what moment he may be
called upon to use them, and con-
slider captain little short OF a MUIR
derer who overlooks the precaution OF
being thus prepared for an emergency:
This WAS my first shipwreck, and
truly it was terrible one,
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
LEARNING HUMAN NATURE.
Experiences of y Woman Who 1. obltee
to Take BOarderS.

Experiences OF oman VINO Is obliged
to Take Boarders.
A woman, driven by the vicissitudes
Of life to throw her home open to
boarders. says 'Her Point of View"
In the New York Times, finds the
experience, as most other women who
try it do, difficult, to say the least
But she says phllosophically: IL am
learning human nature. l have dis
covered that the soft-voiced, refined.
looking woman often carries tigerish
claws beneath her velvet and that the
frank-looking, we'll dressed man may
develop into a :Meddlesome Matty'
before my eyes 1 don't know why
: humanity should become brutal when
it essays boarding, but itseems to. A
woman called recently. liked my
apartments. and returned to the par.
lor to talk business, as she said. with
an engaging smile. Business meant
series of searching, relentless ques-
tions and exactions which set my
cheeks atlame and filled my eyes with
hot tears of modification. Did in.
tend purchasing new carpet for the
parlor? Were my stairs and halls
usually kept somewhat cleaner than
they appeared that dayP Were my
beds clean? Did l have two
kinds of meat for dinner? Use
homemade bread entirelyp and. finally,
Did a maid open front door, as
rulep This was a gratuitous imperti-
nence. was taking the letters from
tho c6o ha o.
and naturally received her. And then
she went away. after taking three
names as references. I insisted in
turn that she should give me one, that
of a former landlady, and it was one
of the small compensations of my lot
when she wrote me week later that
she found my references satisfactory
and would take the rooms to reply that
had found her references most un-
satisfactory aud was sure ! could not
tolerate her exactions A man came
to me the other night and, after fore
ing my price down as low as he could
asked me if my husband was Chris
tian. if my family attended church
and Sundayschool if my other
boarders were God.fearing peo-
pie and if Sunday was observed
with religious quiet by every
body in the house People ask
me to take them cheaply because they
are saving money to buy home. or
because the husband has extra Office
expenses or as one gushing creature
told me- because We want to go to
Europe next summer The more they
want the less they want to pay. Look
at the advertisement for ''board
wanted. everything unexceptiona-
ble.' and terms moderate Would
these people think of going into a
shop and saying. i want your most
expensive goods at low price!' Yet
they do precisely that with me. Sur.
roundings. appointments and service
that mean serious outlay they de-
mand and are not willing to pay for
They can not afford to keep an estab-
lishment to their liking. and ask me
to do it for them without adequate
compensat The average man or
woman seem to part with his cour-
tesy. sense of justice and humanity
when he starts out to become q
toarder."
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
WOMAN AND HER REALM.
MATTERS THAT WILL BE oF,a-
TEREST TO THE Ladies.
a Street Drsss--Tlghts and Stock
inGs--Have You Got Them--A
Rainty Chooelato--Useful
knowledge--Wom
Waists.
Tights and Stockings.

Every one knows that garters have
gone out, and girdles have come in;
but did any stop to trace the analogy
between the decadence of one and the
popularity OF the other? asks the New
York Sun. 1t is the wearing OF tights,
of course, that brings the garter into
desuetude; that is, that reduces the
number of garters worn by one-half
If you see swagger girl with gold
ribbon one inch in width clasped
around her waist you may wager
your bank account that she has its
mate clasped around her leg, just
below the knee. What for? Oh, Just
for the quaint conceit OF the thing!
1t is amusing to watch the pretty
girls shopping for tights. With the
perversity OF things mundane, the hose
counters are presided over by men,
and it is very embarrassing to have
them think you are skirt dancer or
ballet favorite. And SO the pretty
girl gets tho tights on all order from
the country, or for q friend, or her
mother, or grandmother even. Then
she hustles home and puts them on
her own slender extremities. throws
away her garters and harness of elas-
tic straps, and in half an hour realizes
that she has never really lived before.
The lines OF anxiety smooth out OF her
fair brow, the shadows of care soften
from her eyes. She knows her stock
ings won't come down, and battle,
murder, and sudden death lose their
terrors for her.
One of the most remarkable things
about woman is the way she man.
ages from little girlhood up to keep
one corner of her mind clear and de-
voted to her stocking in the midst of
the most distressing grief and anxiety.
AS q child, no matter how much she
wants to beat her brother in the race,
she has to stop If her stocking comes
down. AS a woman she may, in the
stress OF her woe, let her hairpins fall
out, che may forget to eat or sleep,
but she never relaxes che vigilance
over her stockings. The amount of
nerve force consumed in lifetime of
this constant, strict surveillance is
enormous. Now that the tyranny of
the garter is ended it is little wonder
that our girls are growing taller, and
that our women are stepping up
bravely into the worlds high places
and winning laurels in fame's great
temple.
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
A WON ANS LIFE.
Her Different Age. M Seen by an obse,

Her Different Ages as Seen by AN Observ.
| ing Feminine Eve.
A wee mother is carefully putting
her favorite doll to bed. With tender
solicitude she carefully removes each
dainty garment and fastens on the tiny
nightgown. Then with fond kiss.
she hugs her treasure to her and
places it in its little cradle. After
patting it gently she tiptoes out Of the
room as the twilight peeps curiously
in.
A fair maiden stands before her
looking glass adding the last touches
to her evening toilet Her lover will
soon be here! Her eyes are full of in
nocent lovelight She looks eagerly
at her reflection in the glass! How
glad she is that she is pretty! She
frowns a little at crimp that will not
stay just as it sho lld A ring comes
at the door and she hastens away to
meet her beloved.
A young wife sits anxiously watch.
ing for her husband. At each ap-
preaching footstep her heart beats
rapturously, and then grows heavy
with disappointment She will not go
indoors, it is so sweet out there! The
creeping shadows cheer her trembling
soul so she waits and wishes, and the
shadows lengthen into darkened night
A mother is rocking her baby to
sleep. He looks at her gravely while
they move to and fro, as if asking
how the bright sunshine must leave
and the ugly shadows hide her dear
face from him. There is wealth of
wisdom in his great. sweet eyes. He
holds tightly to her dress as if to
keep her near him. When. at last
his eyes are closed she disengages the
loving hand kisses him lightly-as
he must not be awakened-and arises
to put him into his crib Then she
sinks back into her chair and begins
to rock again. 1t is SO pleasant to
restin the twilight and he is so sweet
to nurse.
A woman kneels by fresh made
grave. The head board stares coldly
at her and seems to say over and over
again the words inscribed upon it.
He was her only child and she was q
widow. With tear-laden eyes she
bends lower and lower. till her lips rest
upon the earth. She longs to kiss the
quiet form it is hiding from her! And
the twilight seems to hurry past and
lose itself IN the darkness
A careworn old woman sits watch
ing the shadows come, they are friends
to her-friends that she Welcomes for
they always sing the same old song to
her. 'One day nearer home" And
she smiles on them her thanks She
too repeats ''One day nearer home {"
And so life-woman's life-goes on in
the twilight till rest comes to her
weary body and joy to her aching
heart-till her spirit reaches its home,
where never a shadow can fall upon
it-New Orleans Picayune.
The Dickinson press., 1892-01-02
A Christmas Cake.

A pound each ofsugar, butter, citron
and currants; two pounds of raisins,
seeded; one and one-half pounds Of
-four two. thirds of a cup of currant
jelly, twelve eggs, one teaspoonful
soda, the same of salt; one dash each
cayenne pepper and black pepper, and
one cupful OF molasses. Divide the
flour into two parts; into one part
put one teaspoonful OF cinnamon; one
nutmeg, grated; one-fourth teaspoon
full OF cloves and two thirds teaspoon
full OF allspice. Mix fruit with the
other half OF flour. Cream the butter
and sugar, add the eggs, we'll beaten;
dissolve the soda in warm water, and
stir in the molasses. Mix all we'll to-
gether, and put in pans lined with
buttered paper. This will make two
large loaves. Bake in moderate oven
for two hours. The result is Christ
mas cake which will delight the heart
of good housewife and please the
palates of those who eat it,.
useful Knowledge"
If the feet become frost bitten, soak
them for onehalf hour in strong solu-
tion of alum water; and if ono
application is not enough, two will be
a cure.
Remove oil spots from marble by
covering them with a cream of cal
cined magnesia and benzine, and
brushing off the former after the dis
sipation OF the latter.
Never bite or pass sewing silk
through the lips, aslead poisoning has
been known to result from such a
habit, as it is soaked in acetate of
lead to make it weigh heavier.
To make good lotion for the face
and hands, CRATE a fresh cocoanut and
put in q cloth and squeeze out the
milk. Then wash the face in this milk,
and rub the skin briskly for quite q
few moments, and wipe off with a soft
flannel cloth.