The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-17

VI Liz StCIl4cRc Toward the great -talOt Ter o.
/ toward the unfortunate apostles.
'Distemper.' | said, lis term used fol
an old method of mixing paints. The
colors were mixed with wafer and some
Kind OF sticky substance, sometimes the
white Of an egg. The word is taken from
the Italian n temperd, and the French Ell
detfempc. II is very natural that it should
have confused your
ooh" said Annabel, who had listened tC
me with grave in terest, shat accounts for
1t. thought it was odd"
As she seemed more at her ease now,
fell into conversation with her. asking
what she found to employ her time so far
from the centers OF civillZat on: For"
said. II suppose you have left shoolln
mo- have not left school, she said.
! was surprised at this, for knew her tC
be nearly twenty years old.
DO you still go TO schoOlg'' / asked.
''No. she replied in the same lnatter-of
fact tone. II never went to school, so
could not leave it,"
Then suppose you study at homer
HOh, yes, continually; l seldom do any
thing else"
That must be delightful What is your
favorite studyYi
Greek"
l was excessively surprised, and looked to
see II she were IN earnest; but she ap-
pearod very much in earnest.
Il have not read much as yet,'' she said
but the very grammar is interesting, he
cause it suggests snch different stand
point There is q tense of the Greek verb
called the pGnlO post future, which of
course. refers 10 the time after the Leath
OF ST Paul A curious thing, is IL not, TO
think of q time when men looked upon a
followers of St Paul as a thing OF .he
future, the coming man, in fact, instead of
an effecte sDecimeul'
] tried to appear as il l had not noticed
her mistake, but the effort was useless, for
Ernest and his father laughed. 1t seemed
better to explain the cause Of their laugh
Ter TO her.
"PatIo and posi- are Latin words. Post
means after and paulo by little: the
tense refers 10 time a little after som e
other time.n
"a little after the death of St. Pauls"
asked Annabel
mo, it had nothing to do with St. Paul.
II means little after anything"
''Or after any bodys" asked Annabel,
lifting her gray eyes with puzzled look.
II would be hard TO tell how difficult
found it to form any answer; my ideas be-
came entirely confused.
81 DO not think you quite understand"
said
Il All the others laughed, even my aunt.
You had better not try TO teach her,
Richard, she said gently; 81 fear she is
hopclessly ignorant
THE things We do not know are always
more than those we do" replied narshly.
Annabel listened to my remark with ser
ious attention. Il assure you,'' she said,
l have the most ardent desire to learn
everything, and l thank you very much
for the help you have given me. Ernest
never explains anything TO me-" This last
was said with a very severe glance at her
cousin, which caused him TO blush and
make an effort 10 control his laughter
MIR. Thorold changed the subject of CONVEX
sation.
oid not notice what they were talking
about for few minutes, for was think
ing about Annabel. l felt per 'lexed, al
though l hardly knew why, and annoyed.
AT last observed that she was talking
again, and with the same curious COM
posture of manner and voice l had noticed
before All iD the room, including the
servants, listened to her with interest.
$50 the butcher and baker and candle
SHOEMAKER, and the barber and carpenter,
in fact all the young braves of the village,
assembled at our gate last night to calm
the wounded feelings of the ghost by un-
earthing her skeleton"
81 hope, my love, shat you were not dis
turbed my this mob,n said Mr.. Thorold
looking at his wife Rnxiousiy. ~ am sorry
/ spent the night il town.
Il did not hear Of 1t I'LL just now,n she
replied TRANQUILITY.
ERNEST and went out" said Anna5el.
1--WE heard them taking They wanted
to dig under the stones by Old Bossel's
house TO see ii he had buried his murdered
wife there but he came 10 the door with
his gun under one arm and his bull dog un-
Ger the other, and they decided to put il
off till another timen
did he really murder heran asked her
uncle "If you understand the story
wish you would explain it,"
"Once upon a time" began Annabel !;
without the slightest hesitation. "here, in
this happy, level, farming country, there
lived worthy French couple of the name
of Roi, who rejoiced in two children, girl
and boy. When they died they left their
farm, which was very large, TO be equally
divided between the two. The son, who
was much the elder, married. prospered on
the farm, and had forty-two Children
My love, forty-twol" said Mrs. Tho
rold mildly.
We'll, forty-twO more or less" said
Annabel. A dozen at any rate. There is
Jean, the priest, and Paul, the baker. and
Eugene the butcher, in short there is one
in every trade, and number Of daughters
who are well married, but all these have
very little TO do with the tale"
''Tell ii quicker" said her uncle.
Anuabel went on much quicker, but in
the some soft voice. Daughter who had
half the land, married young farmer named
Desbarrat. Desbarrat died, leaving widow
and infant 500. Sons name was Gabriel.
Here entereth the hero of the tale. Widow
married old minister called Bosse. Bose
beat his wife. Son grew up badly and ran
away. Wife remained with her husband
until ten years ago, and then made will
bequeathing her property TO him and de-
parted
Departed this life!n l asked, as Anna
bel suddenly paused.
THAT is just as you choose to think. -
she replied. Her husband says that she
went away one morning 10 ind her son and
never returned. The old doctor at St Luc
says he met her that day five miles out on
the road going to Quebec; but he is ola
and half blind. All that we know certainly
is that she is gone, ard since then
old Bosse, who lives opposite our gate,
has gathered al the stones off his
farm and made heap of them in q certain
place near bis house. He has shown @
morbid dislike TO have thesestones touched
or spoken of, and the people think that he
buried her there and ia trying TO hide the
grave If | wished TO conceal grave |
should put the stones where it was not, in
stead OF where il was; but the people here
do not seem to have thought of that''
There's the murder for you.n said Ern-
est, who WIS listening to the relation of
this tale with lively satisfaction. ''now let
US have the romance"
Annabel began again without pausing
For the romance l must lead
your thoughts backward 20 the household
OF the brother. whose name is, OF course,
like his fathers before him, Roi. Old Roi'
he is commonly called. l told you be had
many prosperous sons and many well-to- do
married daUghters, but have yet TO relate
that be has another daughter. the youngest
and fairest Of all, who still remains in tho
ola homestead, partly to gladden. the hale