Arizona republican., 1892-08-28
RIQUET.

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 RIQUET.
 year l spent few days with a who is judge of the court al nthe lovely country of Provence, X g breskfasting and was retail
 av doings of Paris when a serv. erai and gave my host a very ter
 lon me-" said my friend, "I see mes from the prison and I must once."
 he had finished he seemed quite l for one who had seen many beings sentenced to death with wing the least emotion.
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 to the young lawyer who de- ra, but from his manner l think tory only amuses him. l am O speak of it to you, and for that lwrite. Pardon the liberty. Be-
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 pnoy always been the poor wretch w. In times past was quite
 was by no means-the richest Sugas when married Dilonne, as certainly the one most in love.
 so pretty! More than one gen myied me on our wedding day. re very happy. Every evening came home, tired with the days lst to see her smile seemed to
 A little girl, beautiful as the came to crown our happiness. yment was not lacking, and l with a good will. fear my Till be very long, but l must give the details.
 nd by, finding ourselves better lne cOntided to me her ambition. nted to own a donkey. She sold and eggs in the town, and the
 was long on foot. With a
 she said, Il can easily go to and take Solange with me-" We le six five franc pieces for the e of our little beast, and one ll spring morning we started at ci tO be first on the field at the fair, We walked along gayly he fresh green foliage, and l can scall how merrily the money in my pocket. After walking hour and a half we arrived at Inds. We had taken turns carry e Solange. She was four years solid on her tiny feet, but not walk such a distance.
 were at least thirty donkeys for lchose one, but Dilonne said it Tlcked look. At last, by careful We found a very small one. He 1ng and had a playful little air paved the ground impatiently s small hoofs. He had handsome ges and wagged his long ears at sound, We knew he must be for, Solange having slipped away sarer to him, he patiently allowed at him.
 owner, seeing that the beast s, asked forty francs for him. twenty-five. After an hour n bargaining we agreed upor Toward evening we started for ae good little animal following willingly with Solange on his The installation of our new pos was quite an affair, but he ap- to appreciate it all, for from ne l think he really loved us. med him "Riquet." Every morn breakfast time he used to come Nt of bread to the window: his bead framed in sweet peas and ag glogies. he would rub our hands with his nose to express his as We had planned, twice week ls went to town with her butter, ad fresh vegetables in one basket pange in the other for a counter |e l could watch them from a siance as they approached our always a little tired.
 there came a day, after three d continued happiness, when ae conld not leave her bed. My @rIins! She had the typhoid fever. came from town. They cut off |a1tiful black hair: they put ice bead, but nothing could save her. l while attempting to sing lit ls l could have wished to die was so changed for me-but was left. She was growing ast ana looked exactly like her Slndays we two-Solange and l. | go to the cemetery which sur ed our little church and stay there grave until afternoon, when we 10 take a walk, the little one |ed on Riquet. Thus we would On for a long distance, gathering Lunches of grass for the donkey's aiternoon-it was during the olive Pt-there were signs of storm, ae emaster made us work until day to finish the picking. could no; ne that day or the next, but the 'lng evening started, happy in ought of once more seeing Solange, ' great surprise she did not come ~ me, and on getting nearer oui 'se could see no light in the win