Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29
His Catherine.

"Monsleur, the Alsatian who owns
the dog with the queer name, You
know, IL downstairs
What does he WhHit'
"ilc wants to see you. Ny Wllc mas
told him over and over again that you
were dressing for the rehearsal Of
'pandophc's Vacations and must not
be disturbed, but be will moi listen to
her. lie says he must stay Inlll lie
has seen you, or something t"rrlDl"
viii happen
something terrible Will happen.
al least, that Is what we think We
can make out Of his Iargon.
"Ah! poor Apinzrlhcr, let him com"
up
ADinZclher was my shoemaker, ana
served In the same capacity that ar
tistic phAlAnN, consisting of MnfE'f,
philoXcne Boyer, A. Darjon, Bnhot,
Lambert -Thiboust, al of whom are
now dead, and many others rich ANA
celebrated today. Proud Of working
for artists, this good ApnZrlhrr waited
with angelic patience for the final set
Element of his bills until we should
have made our fortunes In the mean
time contenting himself with what
meagcr payments W" made him ON
account.
Never daring to present Il bill him
self, he rclcgalcd This duty To his dog,
which he called the Marshal, II black
sheep dog with wonderfully intelligent
eyes that had "A truly human look.
ApinHcher would take him to the
debtors door, put his finger to his lips
and the animal, which knew what that
meant, would sit down on his haunchrs
with his head and chest well up, and
open his mouth, into which his master
would insert the bill; then ApinHclher
would rap or ring at the door and
quick rush down the stairs to Ia"
floor below.
This strongest Of mnrshalS was al
ways warmly welcomed. II was inn.
possible Io avoid laughing ut lie sight
of him, aud one tOulh not but hc
touched at the master $ discretion and
the dogs mlrllIgci c", Then would
follow Il search through drawers and
pockets, ANA we always managed
somehow to bring 10 light : or ) frames
Tor The shoemaker and 4 lump Of sugar
for the Marshal, then II We were 10
lean little way over the baniStcrS we
could hear Il "Nrry EradrNnl to Nolt
SIR" from the AlSatianS lips ms he
FASTENED To credit the amount on the
bill
l'ut this mode Of pAymcnt did net
~ you may we'll suppose, enrich HIM.
aud Nh this while hc WAS in luNr viii,
Catherine Sanda'hi"r, a child of Sa
verne like himself. This Young girl,
on being left an orphan, had come 10
Paris To seek 4 servants place l'hun
il was that his native VILLAGE seemed
gloomy aud ,lrsulatr ia poor ApinXcl.
her, until one day he gathered his
traps together and made straight lur
the rnpttal
The t,rsl year was a desperate one;
finally hr uhGntrcn Il situation With Il
fashionable shoemaker, who. taking
advantages NJ his poverty aud timidity,
50 oNcrWolkrd him that he fell i'll aud
had 10 leave his plac" Ior the hospital.
where he WIS obliged to stay three
months. 1t was there that he made
the acquaintance Of Murgrr, who oc-
cupied Il urighboriug bed The authoh
of bohemian Life" Interested himself
In the poor fellow and obtained for
him his artistic hut sadly unrcmuncra-
tive patronage.
On the day that one OF ApinHrlhcr'S
customers (who in now among the
cArth's exalted made UP his mind, us
he stepped On the first rurs Of the lad
der that was to lead to his prCScut
fortune, To settle All The debts OF his
bohemian youth, the marshal dog
brought back 40 francs IN bank notes
to his master,
Apin2"lher, forgetting in his 10y
that he owned his landlord three
months rent, bought bed. Il ward
robe, six chairs Il table and Sol0e
cooking utensils and ran straight away
10 GAthertue. ~ tell her Of luis good
FORTUNE and beg her to give her mis-
trcsS 4 week $ notice WAS the anair Of
Il minute, for In such haste Was lie to
be marricd that hr wished 10 buy tire
hannS IT once.
But II 50 happened thot on his way
to carry out this intcntiou II yross,a
his mind that the ueW furnit1We ahuu.
to be brought home would hu maize
more apparent the diusiur>s II tie
room. If h did hot hur the hannS
wall panr The NAIL paper rnailea
the neces lily uf 4 coat Of paint for tile
Dashboard and the scruhhing and var
nishins OF doors and windows; aud as
one eNtravaIAnce leads 10 another. he
determined 10 paint his floor III
squares, and subjected the room which