Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-08
WOLF-SOLANGE.


Strict The end of our tramp foi that day
was the village of Ursay, near the bank of
the Cher littlo place huddled up in an
arm 81 taat valley which divides the forest
in two There we dined with an old friend
of mino doctor. whose small connection
was scattered over five or six nciahboring
parishes Dinner over, we seated ourselves
IN the open in front Of the house and
meditativcly smoked our cherry wood
pipes
The shadows were gathering upon The
rail- tree tops all around us with the slow
ness of june evening Hero and there
"a cloud Of swallows was to be seen. From
a little siceplc just visible above the roof
of the houses rang out the . O'Clock An
Eelus in slow measured tones, an inter
val of silence between each stroke, and in
thc distance could be heard tho barking of
the farm dogs as they called to and an
swcred each ether
\ youngish woman, dressed in short
skirt OF rcd material, with II white bodice,
came out of house close by and went to-
ward tho river She was carrying baby
in long clothes Oh her left arm and hold
ing with her right hand the chubby fist OF
IA little hoy who in turn was grasping the
hand of younger brother When she
reached the bank of the river Cher the
young mother sat down on big stone and
nurscd the bnbv. while the two boys
s,,licl;lv undressed and tumbled into tho
water, where they splashcd about and
threw water over one another with shouts
of lauehtcr
"1hcrc's picture which would have a
tremendous success in the salon. said
one OF my companions, who was an Hrtist
See how the light falls upon hcrl And
what splendid posel How wen the red
skirt show. up on the dark hackgroundl'
"Ara you locking at Sulangc,
young gcutlemony' asked voice behind
us
1t 1ves orr host. who had been detained
7nsidn nv thc arrival Of n paticnt, and who
NOW rrioi,cd MS or course we asked him
who N'nif ~nlnpro was. and how she cnmo
A1v euch a strange name, and in reply h0
nold MS III, following story:
"Woi -ulnunc. whose proper name is
SolaDnr Grjllet. maiden name Tuurnior,
was the urctticst girl all around Tronsdys
Zen vr,,Is 400 Hard work in the fields
und maternal cares have left their mark
u,non hnr Init She is still pretty fora won
an of 20. Us YOU can see
"At thc limo the adventure happencd
which earned for her the nickname Of
Wolf Solange she was still single Her
z,arenLs were tenants of the small farm Of
Rein -du Bots about eight or nine miles
from here near Lurcey- Levy Although
moor. She had no lack of suitors, even
among the well to do young men of the
Deigbborhood. but the only one she en-
couraecd was certain Laurent Grillct, to
whom she had taken fancy when she was
a mere girl and they used to tend sheep
together
uIaurnnt Grillet, was foundling. His
fortune consisted of his stronu arm only
S;oIauct.,. ,,rrnts MT scriuo tLe advisn
hiIitv of ninrrvino their dnun btor To n man
iuet ns noor as thov were csuccinllv when
sho had spvorol n,uch hotter chances. for.
I,odp S,oianoe tn meet her lover but the
Darents Injunction WAS UNDECIDED. and AS
they lived in the same village and tho for
est was close Inv the OPPORTUNITIES OF meet
inc wore numerous and easy When tho
gTournjrrs discovered that the lovers still
.z,,v racb othcr and nerccived that neither
soft words nor blovs had any effect unon
Solanao. they cnlne to a wciahty decision
they would send her out to service at Ur
say. OH the model farm of NJ Roger Du
0os. our deputy.
"Pcrhaus Won think that this step put
n stou to the lovers meeting? If so, YOU
are quite mistaken The only difference
was that tIiV had TO see OaCD GtNCr az
might AS soon as it was quite dalk the
young ucuple slipped away from the re-
spective farms on which they worked, and
taxing a short cut to save time and To
avoid the high road met in the forest, un.
known to any one
1t vas in 1879 The summer and Gu-
tumn passed in this way; then came the
winter-and terrible winter it was The
Cher yyns full of pieces of floating ice, and
finally it froze right over Tho high trees
of Tronsays bent under the weight of the
snow, line forest was deserted, the roads
having become almost impassable and we
saw what had not been seen for many Il
year-wolves
Yes, young gentlemen, wolves. They
prowled about the outlying farms of Lur
Oey Levy and Ursay, alarming the good
people who lived on those farms, and were
oven seen in the streets of Saint Bonnet
2e-Des3rt, an out of the way little place
CLOSE 70 the forest. Wolf hunts were or
sani7ed to kill them, and so francs were
paid for VOLTS head l myself saw three