The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-19

Tears, sobs, nervous cries, and
fainting fits followed ii rapid success
sion. Seineport wished to leave the
ladies alone in their sorrow, but at the
first word he said Pujol's mother
chung to him.
DO not abandon us, she said;
s'you were his friend and now you are
ours. Alas! cruel dnty remains to
be fulfilled. The body Of my unfor-
tunate son must be restored to us. =
Poor George had not thought of
this. Bring back Pujol's body to
Saint Landry. He made no objec-
tions, showed the difficulty OF the en-.
terprise and pretended that the Cam
pc Santo at Naples was the finest
cemetery in the world. None of his
arguments prevailed. Partly through
kindness of heart and partly to obey
the fatal chain of circumst ances which
henceforward weig dupon him, Seine
port himself was obliged to 20 to Ma
pies and look up a body he had seen
with his own eyes thrown into the
Red sea. At the end of a week, how
ever, he returned to Saint Landry, es-
corting a coffin that no one, happily
thought OF opening. They would have
found in it the body Of a bandit who
died at the hospital a few. days before.
Joacchino must have been slightly.
astonished at travelling for three days
under black velvet, embroidered with
silver, being watered with tears by
two excellent ladies, hearing his vir-
tues praised by high ecclesiastical
dignitary, seeing defile before his re-
mains the clergy, the inhabitants of
the neighboring chateau, the pleas
ants OF the surrounding communities.
AS for Seineport, after having been
troubled with many scruples, he
Gained his conscience by the thought
that all this display, resulting from a
first deception that was almost I'M
avoidable, did not, in fact, harm any
body. Was it not a precious consola-
tion for his widow and mother to
have coffin to cover with flowers and
battle in tears? In fact, the will and
testament of the real Pujol, found in
his trunk, left all the property to the
beautiful Antoinette.
So George concluded that he had
acted for the best; beside, more ten
der thoughts took larger place in
his heart each day Nine. Pujol was
one of those blondes whom pink rend-
ers delicious but black makes irresist-
IDLE, and tears embellished instead of
disfguring her. To be brief, Seineport
fell madly in love with her. He was
the friend of the family, and the
mother and daughter-in-law owed him
gratitude and showed. their sense
of obligation. He breakfasted and
dined with them often. But these
meals were mournful repasts, taken
upon a table with four places, one OF
which remained vacant opposite the
window. The 'tdear absent" was rep
resented by his photograph. =
Pujol-J oacchino reposed in the
middle of St. Landry park, in a
picturesque site. Seineport had been
charged to superintend the building oil
the mausoleum. He acquitted him
self of this new task as intelligently as
he did OF the others, consulting the
architect, selecting the plans, COM
posing the inscriptions, and looking
after the masons and sculptors. All
this labor secured for him q good
many breakfasts opposite the photo
graph of the departed Pujol. =
The monument was inaugurated
with great ceremony. It contained a
place for the inconsolable widow of
the first occupant. seineport COM
pleted his work by surrounding the
mausoleum with q lot OF chestnut
trees, which are known to grow quick
ly. He had no longer anything to do
at St. Landry, and yet he continued
to make frequent visits there. At the
end of the delay, wisely fixed by
public opinion, the entire neighbor-
hood was stupefied to hear the great
news. ~ g.
: seineport was going to marry Pu-
jobs widow.
BY a delicate observance of the pro-
prieties the two were married at Par
is. Then they travelled in Switzer-
land. Pujols mother remained at
Saint Landry, where each day, from
the depths of the tomb, the Neapolitan
bandit had his ears filled with bitter
complaints upon the Inconsistency of
widows. ...s.5. 4
After q delightful honeymoon the
bridal couple remembered one day
that they were the owners of a very
comfortable habitation in Touraine.
Had they been more timid or less in
love the mothe--in-law in partibus on
one side and the mortuary chapel on
the other might have spoiled their St.
Landry. But young Nine. Seineport
had already had time to acquire new
habits, and particularly that OF think
ing much less OF the dead than of the
living. So they returned home, well
satisfied to continue their courtship
elsewhere than in hotels, and if any
thing lessened their satisfaction it was
not the disappearance of the elder
Nine. Pujol, who had started the day
before to pass month with some rel
atives in Brittany.
So everything seemed to be for the
best. Rut suddenly Seineport noticed
that his wife seemed ready to faint
with terror. She kept her eyes turned
towards the window. looking out on
the park, and in spite of all her hus-
band was able to say or do, the beau
tiful Antoinette looked straight
ahead, as if she knew there was some
male actor behind the silk curtains.
HOhI GeOroe ~ aha said Uho ia there