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

there lived with his mother and his
wife, for the unfortunate man was
married. For two years the exiles
led hard lite. From January to
December 81 they were unable to
sleep on account of the heat and the
mosquitoes; they lost their appetites
and they ruined their purses by the
purchase of artificial ice.
One day they learned that the ad-
miral had died, leaving Pujol all his
fortune and his chateau Of Saint
landry, one of the most elegant in
sTouraine. It is needless to say that
the three sailed for France by the first
steamship that called at Saigon The
vessel was crowded. A cabin was
found however for the two ladies; as
for the new millionaire, he was glad
to share a stateroom with a young
gentleman who came from the neigh
borhood Of Saint Landry. The traveller
was named George Seineport, and he
had just made a pleasure trip around
the world. ": ~
The voyage began badly. Pujops
wife Antoinette, was taken i'll and the
ships doctor advised her not to quit
her berth during the passage. The al
most constant attendance of her hus-
band, the devoted care of her mother
an-law and occasional visits from
Selneport, who was an agreeable COM
panion, rendered her sequestered ex-
1stence bearable.
During the short stay of the steamer
at Alden, Puiol and his new friend
George went on shore and dined with
the French consul. They returned
about II o'clock ands,the vessel, hay
ing misunderstanding, continued on her
voyage. ...-.a %, s....- ~.
The next morning seineport, who
occupied the lower berth, prepared to
get up, and in the movement he made
his cheek grazed Pujol's hand, which
hung down from the upper berth. The
hand was icy cold. 6eineport was
startled and called out to the sleeper.
He got no reply, for poor Pujol had
died during the night from heart dis
ease. s
The captain and the doctor were at
once notified. ErE ~ i
F'What are we going to dor" asked
George, anxiously. i
eve have no choice" replied the
captain. Everything must be over
with by the time the passengers begin
to come on deck" ~
GLOW so?" said the young traveller,
who did not quito catch the captains
ameaning. ~
"We have terrible responsibility"
explained the doctor. eve are now
y entering the Red Sea, which is pre-
eminently the country of cholera; we
grees OF heat; there are sick persons on
board. Under these conditions to
keep corpse an instant longer than
is absolutely necessary would be Grim
:2nally imprudent. Besides, it's the
rule"
"Ah! T understand. Poor Puiol!
But how shall we notify the unfortu-
nate wife and mother?"
ave must keep the news secret I'M
til all is finished. 1t would kill the
young widow in her present feeble
state to be present at preparations
COZ the burial. All, if she could learn
Of her misfortune only on landing in
France!"
Seineport protested against this
plan, but the captain and doctor con-
WINGED him. An hour later Pujol re-
posed at the bottom of the sea with
200 pounds of lead about his feet.
The sad ceremony had been accom-
plished with such secrecy that scarce
4y any passenger on board suspected
the drama that had taken place.
Pale, but affecting a smiling air,
related that his companion had
anissed the steamer. The captain
declared that, seeing one of the two
friends on board, he thought the other
had also returned. He made all sorts
OF excuses for his thoughtlessness.
Besides, he added, Pujol would simply
have to pass g. week with the consul
at Alden and would return to France
by the following mail steamer. The
two women were in great distress,
but-were obliged to make the best of
it. w. r.
eve shall have telegram at Suez,
at Port Said or at Naples said
Antoinette to console herself.
But in neither OF these ports, nor at
Marseilles, did they find the expected
dispatch. From hour to hour Seine
port became more anxious. When he
found himself upon the quay at Mar
settles with two sick ladies on his
hands and the mortuary certificate
of his friend in his pocket he cudgeled
his brains to think how he should
made known the frightful truth to
them.
He decided that he must, first of all.
! send the two women to Saint Landry.
He make all the arrangements for
their journeylwith touching solicitude,
and quilted them only at the depart.
ure of the train.
II shall remain at Marseilles," he
said, "and look out for Pujol. Have
no anxiety about him. Leave every-
thing to me. Tomorrow or the day
after, at latest, / thall certainly be
able to telegraph you something 9
AND in fact, the second day afterward
Eeineport telegraphed to the two lad.