Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-12
ON GOOD FRIDAY.

Bcckson, pray you, tell mamma the
story of your abbc this evening, AS we are
alone But do not skip any of it Tell it
oil.
And after obeying mamma motion to
sit nearer her armchair, as she was begin
ming to be "a littlo hard of hearing, though
She was luath to admit it, be commenced:
After your war with the Prussians |
was in Paris ANA remained there all
through the commune, from tho first gun
shots to the devastation and ruin of the
end. And this is how it came to pass: My
father, anxious that / should become n
good French scholar had placed me, as a
huardcr, just after the signing Of peace at
an institution presided over by priests, the
Bourdalouc school in the Rue d'Assas
near the Luxembourg gardens Then he
started for California, to lie gone for soV
cral months, all Lis business interests be
ing ccntclcd there My companions called
me tho American. There were only 20
Of us, all nearly The Same age \ few Of us
zinc La, ser b-ys-Voro about l. or 10.
Ito tell the truth. we were not killed
with ovcrwork There were no tasks to
DO studied after school or boys kept in for
imperfect lessons The days passed in re
Ieation, broken into by desultory studies
Of half an hours duration, during which
VIC could read or draw maps with colorcd
pencils My great forte was shading
mountains. At mcaltme we were allowed
to talk in a low voice. AID the kitchen was
not bad. In company with enc Of my lit
Tie fiji Ids we managed to escape the tc-
uiuln of the schOOlrCUm very frequently,
and VIC rgVolcd in the pleasures Lf the in
Urinary, which was presided over rs sister
GraciCusc, who fed IL on cough drops.
What games of hide aid seek and football
'9n had i'm those days! The professors vcro
not strict with Us, and in order 70 tie able
t. run with more freedom, rs they Joined
rs in our 4.nCs, they tucEcd up their long
black skirts and disclosed tL,!l L!3ck CT.
ton hose without the least Shame. We
laughed hcur,lly at them Tnc1e Was one
among them, Abbc Fontaine, whom we
ncYcr could catch All, those were indeed
good old timcsl
But one day scholar was withdrawn
from school without warning Five left
the next day, II the day after 1t was in
reality a case of protect yourself as best
You could At the end of a week only two
romaned-mysclf and the son of ship
ping merchants Then one afternoon he,
like the others, was called to the parlor
and taken away by gentleman, who
looked at his watch every five minutes, rs
though fearful of missing the last train.
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gate for them They hurried into it, and
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