Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-18

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yet hts heart was fall
Hut,erx BoinyiIle continued TO give, ~ is
said g ssacsAi language, active and brill
liant impulse 10 the department" The
ministerial machine vent on hezplng up on
his desk the daily grist of reports and
papers. and the sittiugx e. the council. au-
dieneee, commissions and other official /
duties kept him 80 busy that he could not |
| end q spare hour in which TO 20 TO the |
humble lodgings near the CApuehin con
vent. In the midst Of his work. however,
his thoughts often wandered hack 10 the
| humble little dinner. and several times his
4 attention was distracted from an official
document by a vision % Claudette's bright
azure eyes, which seemed 10 ilutter about
on the paper like a pair Of blue butterflies.
When he returned 70 his gloomy bachelor
apartment those eyes went before him, and
seemed TO laugh merrily IA he stirred his
dull fire; and then be thought again OF the
dinner in the cheerful room, Of the FIRE
blazing up gayly In the delft stove and OF
the young girls merry prattle. which had
temporarily rcsnscitated the sensation %
his twenty-first year. More than once he
went TO bis mirror and looked gloomily at
his gray streaked beard. thought OF his
loveless youth and OF his increasing years.
and said with Ia Fontaine;
Have | passed the time far lovingi'
Then he would be seized with a sort Of
tender Inconsistencies which filled him with
dismay, and made him regret that he had
! never married.
One cloudy afternoon, toward the end %
/ December, the solemn usher opened the
/ door and announced:
Madame Blouet, sir
, Boinville rose eagerly To greet his visitor,
and inquired, with a slight blush. for her
/ granddaughter.
''She is very well, SIR" was the answer
. land your visit brought her luck: she re
J. received AN appointment yesterday in a
e telegraph Office. could not think Of leav
!. ing Paris without again thanking you. sir
y for your kindness to US"
e Boinville's heart sank.
d "You are TO leave Paris Is this position
d In the proviuces,"
h YES, in the vosges. OF course shall
% no with Claudette; am 80 years old. ant
a cannot have much longer TO live. we shal
le never part in this world"
lie do you go soonY'
" I'm January. GOod.by. sir; you hav,
been very kind to u.s. and Claudette begge,
eli me TO thank you in her name"
IS The deputy governor was thunderstruck
AS and answered only in monosyllables, an,
nj when the good woman had left him he "a
4 ~
n his hands
70 That night he slept badly aud the mex
III day was very taciturn with his employees
MT Toward 3 o'clock lie brushed his hat, lef
r. the Office and jumped into cab that wa
H. passing, and half an hour later he hurrie
n through the market garden of No IL Ru
re. de In Sante, and knocked tremblingiy a
n Madame Blouet's door. Clandette al
swered the knock, and on seeing the der
at uty governor she started and blnshed.
nd "Granhmother IL out" she said, but sh
its will soon he home and will he so glad I
y" see you"
nd Il have come to see, not your CRANE
i'm mother. but yourself, Mile. Claudette." b
.ss returned
"a "Mei' she exclaimed anxiously, and b
Ter repeated Eyes, you" in an abrupt tom
il and then his throat seemed TO close and
could hardly speak.
You are going away next month";"
II asked at last.
IN, The girl nodded assent.
IN. "Are you not sorry to leave paris'"
ayes, indeed, | am. II grieyes me
So think Of it; but then, this position Is
on fortune to us, and grandmother will
a able to live in peace for the rest OF h
IL days"
ait Suppose / should offer You the meal
Of remaining In Paris, at the same tin
in assuring comfort to Madame Blouetw
g, "oh, slt. eAciaihsa tne young girl u
tacc Frightening.
red "lt is rather a violent remedy he sai
III, hesitating again. Perhaps you won
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