St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-20

at Paris, all three ruined by the Pan.sxc
scheme And the president rose, and in a
deep voice read the following extraordinary
sentence, which condemned NJ. Grandcadet,
the ex-deputy, to gid 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 frightful! The member of
Parliament awoke with start. 1t was Just
dawn. M. Grandcadeti recognized the hill
sides and vines of his electoral county.
Decidedly, 'civet' is not good for me-" he
thought; sit gives me very stupid dreams.
But 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 NJ jaime is
not to be feared; besides, no one knows the
story of my twenty-five thousand francs.
Come, have courage"
carriage stood waiting for NJ. le Deputy
at the station. The perfect tranquility of his
native city seemed a good omen to him On
his way home the white horse painted on the
sign board of the hotel, at which the Boulan-
gists met, did not neigh at him, and cry out,
weather vane of the church steeple sing,
"Panamap' under pretense of growing
AS soon as he reached home, his servant
Theresine, who had been expecting him,
served his cafe-au-ait, and while he was
thoroughly enjoying it,;
''Monsieur Grandcadet,'' said the young
peasant, with a worried air, 81 have some
thing very distressing to tell YOU"
'And what is it, my girl?''
elm the first place, am about to be mar
RED"
''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 mar
ried, it was necessary for me to go to confess
sion, and tell NJ. lie Cureaof a sin had COM
mitted against YOU
ga sin! And against me?'
eyes, monsieur, forgive me-, cried There
sine, bursting into a flood of tears 81 have
stolen from you, yes, for the last two years,
and I told NJ. lie Cure, and he has ordered
me to return the money which have taken
from you, and here is your money-oh to
the last penny, swear!"
And the unhappy girl, putting her hand in
her pocket, pulled out a handful of gold and
poured it on the table, in front of her
master.
''What is that you say? You have stolen
from mer' cried NJ. Grandcadet, filled with
establishment and anger.
calais! monsieur, do not dismiss me, and
tell no one,I implore you. You see, was
not altogether dishonest, as have returned
every sous to youp'
"Well, that is all right, but leave me,'' re-
piled her master, impatiently.
And left alone, NJ. Grandcadet fell into
reyerie. Do not for one moment imagine
that he for an instant. thought of making
restitution of his twenty five thousand francs
Doodle! Once for. all let:it be understood,
he considered it profit acquired and legiti-
mately acquired. No, in face of this poor
girls action, to whom the priest had recalled
her forgotten catechism,S it was a socio-
logical reflection to the statesman, which
presented itself to NJ. .Grandcadet's mind.
He dreamed for few moments. Then
gathering up the money left by Theresine
and stuffng it into his fpocket-and then
would you believe it?-he, the ardent free
thinker, who had voted for all the anti
clerical bills, murmured softly to himself:
cit is true saying. You must have re-
lgion for the poorg'
FRANCOIS .GoPPEE.