The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-07

! and Immediately young girl, bare
foot and shOrt-skirted, scrambled hur-
! riedly and bhndly down the ladder and
landed among us.
She was so5bing, and a little blood
/ was flowing from cut in her lip; and
/ she trembled all over. At sight of the
/ blood and her tears the woman seemed
/ to be transported. Snatching up a
! saucepan she Sprang toward the lad
der with gesture of rage, and in a mo-
ment would have assembled if her hus-
! band had not followed and dragged her
back. The girl also, as soon as she
could speak, added her entreaties to
his. while Maignan and La Trape
looked sharply at me, as if they ex-
pected a signal.
All this while the bully above con-
tinued his maledictiOns. Send that
slut back to mer' he roared. DO you
think that 1 am going TO be left alone
in this hole? Send her back, or -
and he added half dozen oaths Of
kind to make an honest mans blood
boil. In the midst of this, however, and
while the woman was still contendinS
with her huS band, he suddenly stopped
and shrieked in anguish, crying out
for the salt bath.
But the woman, whom her husband
had only half-pacified, shook ner fist
at the ceiling with d laugh Of defiance.
s9-AA4N2As SAS, SOeA may iI4CA- SOQ IldS
Shrek, you wretch" she cried. you
must be waited on by my girl, must
you-no older face will do for you
and you beat her? Your horses must
eat corn, must they, while we eat
grass? And we must buy salt for you,
and wheaton bread for you, and are
beggars for youi For you, you thiev-
ing wretch, who tax the poor and let
the rich go free; who"
Silence, woman her husband cried,
cutting her short, with a pale face.
Hush, hush; he will hear your
But the woman was too far gone in
rage to obey. What! and is it not
true?" she answered, her eyes glitter
ing. Win he not tomorrow go to lie
Mesnil and squeeze the poor? Ay, and
VIII not LescautS the corn dealer. and
PhiIppon the silk merchant, come to
him with brides, and go free? And de
Fonyelle and de Curtin-they with a
de, forSoothi-plead their nobility, and
grease his hands, and go free? Ay,
and.
silence, womanr the man said
and from me TO my attendants, who
were grinning broadly. "You do not
know that this gentleman is not
"A tax-gatherer?" I said, smiling
mo. But how long has your friend
upstairs been here?''
Two days, monsieur" she answered,
wiping the perspiration from her brow.
and speaking more quietly. He is
taking OF sending on a deputy to LIE
Mesnil; but heaven send he may re-
cover, and go from here himself
We'll, l answered. lat any rate. we
have had enough of this noise. NV
servant shall go up and tell him that
there is gentleman here who cannot
put up with a disturbance. Maignan ,,
l continued, see the man, and tell him
that the inn is not his private house
ana that he must groan more softly.
put do not mention my name. And LET
him have his brine bath, or there viii
be no peace for anyone"
Maignan and La Trappe Who
knew me, and had counted on a very
different order, stared at me.
wondering at my easiness and com
plaisance; for there is a species of
tyranny, unassociated with rank.
that even the coarsest view with. in
dignaton. But the woman's stare |
ment, which, despite its wildness and |
her excitement, 1 saw. no reason to |
doubt, had suggested to me a scheme
or punishment more refined; and |
which might, at one and the same |
time, be of profit to the kings treas
ury and a lesson to Gringuet. To |
carry II through [ had TO submit to
some inconvenience, and particularly
to night passed under the same roof |
with the rogue; but as the news that
a traveller of consequence was come
had the effect, aided by few sharp
words from Maignan, of lowering his
tone, and forcing him to keep within
bounds, I was able to endure this
anu. overlook the occasional outbursts +