Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-08-16

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the top lowered, the walls contracted,
and Grandcadet, overwhelmed with sur
prise and horror, found himself before the
court Of assizes between two gendarmes
and recognized under the red sleeved
robes and gold braided caps Of the presi-
dent and two assistant judges his porter,
his hairdresser and his housekeeper at
Paris, all three ruined by the Panama
scheme. And the president rose, and in
q deep voice read the following extraor-
binary sentence, which condemned NJ
Grandcadet the ex-deputy, to gild the
Eiffel tower at his own expense from
top to bottom in six months time and
then to be impaled on the lightning rod
of the edifice.
This was too frightfull The member
of parliament awoke with o start It
was Just dawn. NJ Grandcadet receg-
nized the hillsides and vines of his elec-
toral county.
Decidedly, 'civet' is not good for
me-" he thought. "It gives me very
stupid dreams. But I must not give
into these bad dreams. am sure of my
constituents. No Socialists among them
and the only possible candidate Of the
Monarchists, the Marquis de la Tour
Prend- Guarde, the partisan Of M. Jaime,
is not to be feared. Besides no one
knows the story of my s5, 900 francs.
Come, have courage"
A carriage stood waiting for M. lie
Deputy at the station. The perfect tran
quillity of his native city seemed a good
omen to him. On his way home the
white horse painted ON the signboard of
the hotel, at which the Boulangists
met, did not neigh at him and cry out,
Down with robbersr" or the cock on
the weather vane Of the church steeple
sing, Panama. under pretense of
Growing.
AS soon as he reached home his serv-
ant Theresine, who had been expecting
him, served his cafe au lait, and while
he was thoroughly enjoying it, IN.
Grandcadet," said the young peasant,
with worried air, II have something
very distressing to tell you."
'And what is it, my gIrl?"
''In the first place, I am about to be
married"
''To Pierre, the harness maker across
the street? Well, that has been decided
upon for two years past. I know all
about that. Is it still for next week?''
eyes. But listen. Before I could be
married it was necessary for me to &C
to confession and tell M. le Cure of Q
sin had committed against you.
ga sinl And against me?''
eyes, monsieur, forgive me-" cried
Theresine, bursting into flood of tears.
81 have stolen from you, yes, for the
last two years, and I told M. le Cure,
and he has ordered me to return the
money which I have taken from you
and here is your money. Oh, to the las
penny, swearP'
And the unhappy girl, putting hel
hand in her pocket, pulled out hand
full of gold and poured it on the tabl'
in front Of her master.
"What is that you say? You hav'
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filed with astonishment and anger.
"Alas, monsieur, do not dismiss m
and tell no one, implore you. You Sc
was not altogether dishonest, as hav
returned every SOU to you"
| "Well, that is all right, but leav
me, " replied her master impatiently.
And left alone M. Grandcadet fel
into reverie. Do not for one momen
imagine that he for an instant though
of making restitution of his $500
francs Doodle. Once for all let it be un
derstood he considered it profit acquire
and legitimately acquired. No; in fac
of this poor girls action, to whom tn
priest had recalled her forgotten cate
chism, it was sociological refectio
to the statesman which presented itsel
, to M. Grandcadet's mind. He dreame
for a few moments. Then gathering u
, the money left by Theresine and stuffin
it into his pocket-and then, would yo
believe it?-he, the ardent free thinke
, who had voted for all the anticlerica
bills, murmured softly to himself: 81
| is true saying You must have a re
ligion for the poor. Francois Cocpet
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