The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-22
DR.. Miles Heart Cure
AT THE FETE DIEU,

Al l1E L EIE UlEU.
Once upon time In the beautiful Autu
nois there was u peasant woman VIII
wished to be richer than her neighhor
and to give the largest number of souls il
her district TO the church on the Fcte Dieu
She talked about her wish to her it'll
child, too young to contradict or under
stand 1t, but when he drummed on t.
side of his bread and milk basin, as IA sig
that it was empty and that he wante
more, she accepted 1t as sign that h.
agreed with her and would do anything il
his baby power 10 help her get tho cxtr
sous. s"
His mother kissed him. you shall e,
with me mon petit, sho cried. ',Whe;
the serpent sees you, he will rub his eye
and say: Oh, there Is "a beautiful some
thing. Its hair is yellower than the goll
guard. Its skin it, smoother than TIT
pearls l protect. Its eyes are bluer thar
the sapphiros I save. Its lirs are reddcl
than my rubies Then will scramble III
all that can of the precious gems, Will,
he starcs So hard at you, when, prestol We
shall he coming home too rich to walk
and the old serpent beating himself Will,
his own tail because his treasure was stolen
while he gapcd at a little child "
On the day Of tho great fetu the mothci
and child were ready for their visit to tn
cave starting just MS the sweet bells rant
out their Come to church. Como t,
church for the service of tho Fete Dieu.
The baby laughed, and The mother wills
pered III response, for no one must know
her splendid secret Just wait, sweet
shall lao m 81 s L..
Of Fete Dcu, with something white ant
something blue something red and yellow
too, for the service Of Fctc Dieu"
Good day, Marie, said an old man t,
her leaning across his gate as she passed
What has cheek as round and rcd u
your boys and a skin as shiny ana
smoothg''
Marie was startled. She was thinkins
only Of the jewels in the cave.
AN apple. He laughed and held on
ono polished like wax to the baby
Thanks, good Pierre, you are always thu
one IN jest kindly"
And she dropped the apple into hci
pocket and hastencd on with the happ,
baby, Quite brcHthlcss, she reached thy
hill at length, To find the stone rollcC
back from the opening Of the cave, show
ing inside the heap Of precious stones OF
which the serpent lay coiled. Gold AM
gems lay scattered ON the floor, and plail
wooden table stood in the center. The ser
pent raised its Coilcd head and stared n
the child with It's emerald eyes rs If fasci
mated Tiptocing in, the mother put tn,
child on the table, pressed Piprrc's appl,
into its tiny hand and began scramhl,
for as many jewels as were within he
reach. The serpent showed noIcsi,tancc
1t still gazed ia rapture upon tho littl,
child, who stretched cut the apple as If in
wiling 1t To come nearer.
Slowly uncoiling the serpent crawlet
toward the table, leaving unprotected IT,
bed Of gold and gems, Marie, watching
made three quick thrustS of her hand int
the precious heap. A handful Of diamonds
she thrust Into her pocket, n handful O
ruhies into her dress, and the third o
pearls she was about to hide in her aprol
when She saw the stone rolling to close I,
the mouth of the cave and shut her In
Forgetting everything but the dreadful
danger Of being buried alive in the cave
she pushed past the stone and escapet
Just as 1t bumped into place, for the FEET
Dicu service as over.
Now only she remembered her dear lit
tie child shut in the cave with the terribl
serpent tttcring sharp cry she fun
tho diamonds and rubies and pearls OF
the grass like hailstones. and wringinR ht.
hands ran down tho hill to the village be
low.
Pierre was still at the gate when sh
went past. Go tell the priest Marie
he said, as il he knew all about her trol,
BILE.
That l will, sho said, rushing on
but when the priest heard her story II
shook his bead and looked very grave, u
II nothing could be done.
Tho village people were all agog. !
thing so serious as this had never happen
ca among them lriore, and it showed wei
that one should IL contented to let othe
peoples caves and jewels alone
suddenly the priest made them n sin
To stop their Chattering. Como VIII
me" he said. I'VE viii 20 to the cave III
pick up every Jewel That the child's moth
er has scattered
Tho villagers could not hut approve tlfi
plan. They followed him up tho hillsid
To the cave, locking undur every pras
blatie and Hover h,d tur tho beautiful seat
tered jewels, and soon, because thuir eve
were 50 bright and they were so in en-
nest, they picked up every scattered r,I
and hit Of gold, which they pat IN I'll
, priests hand. Poor Marie weeping Iii
! tcrly, tried To- search also, but she locke
through too many tears To- see clearly, an
/ her hands truuiblrl 50 Violently thut Ina
she found a diamond she could not has
I picked il up
!, For a year, till the next Fctu Dieu, ii
priest kept III" treasure. Then he luye it
! the baby 5 mother telling her to take
tOthn cave and when the stone rolled bue
to go In and return II to thu serpent. Nei
early that fctc Deu day, carrying the Sc
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