The Yale expositor., 1895-08-09

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sumed that--cousins or no cousins
Molier, at least was up to his eyes in
! love.
A mile from the hotel Adolf passed
sulphur creek, and stopped the car
riage to admire diminutivc cascade
which poured out of cedar-crowncd
! limestone cliff, and dashed itself TO
spray on the rocks below. At the base
of the cliff, under little squirting
stream, some ingenious boy had fixed
mimic water mill which lifted and
dropped by turns, a small hammer
on the bottom of an old tin pan.
Thump, thump, thump, all day and all
night long, the busy hammer struck
the tin tambour with rhythmic blows.
$50 beat my heart when the cholera
fell upou me-" said Adolf.
! Not quite so loud, cousin" replied
! Vivette.
Il am afraid, my dear Vivettc, you
left all poetic sentiment behind you
when you came to the Springs? Now
my heart is beating again;will you not
minister to it as willingly and success
fully as before?'
"Why, cousin Adolf! You are not
pale now, but blushing red! What
can do for you?" said Vivette, with n
questionable smile.
Il can bear this suspense no longer"
passionately declared Adolf Say
you will be mine, Vivctte, and end it
now"
81 can not say it,"
| C"You mean YOU will not?'
81 feel, cousin Adolf, that an honest
candor is best for both of us; and,
while it troubles me to tell you so-you
can never be my husband, Adolf
never"
His countcnance fell in sheer despair.
| He felt that these words would never
be recalled. And, assuming a self
control which he had not, he said in
reply:
THAT is straightforward at least;
and l ought to thank you. But you
should have left me to die of cnolera.
But too am a Molier, and henceforth
my lips are sealed. We will be cousins
if we never can be more"
Then, cracking his whip, he drove off
down the valley, over the stony road
| by the bridge, and round the tobacco
| fields back to the hotel Not word
was spoken bv either on the way.
"Uh, uhr' said old Winny, as they
passed the laundry, hes done got
shucked, he is!'
The hostlers looked at each other as
Molier drove rapidly by, and, through
} the evergreens, up TO the hotel door;
and one said:
"De gals shucked him, shoa!'
Gentlemen on the veranda looked
insignifcantly at each other, meaning
much, but saying nothing. Molier's
tell-tale face betrayed him almost a.
plainly as words.
On the next day after Adolf Molicr
had heard his fate with certainty, he
began to think of bringing his stay at
the Springs to an end; and, going into
DIR. Goforth's Office, was received with
unexpected courtesy. On asking for
his bill, DIR. Goforth urged him to be
seated, saying that it would be unsafe
for Mo,ier to attempt journey with
out few more days rest. Molier was
in humor to accept the doctors in
vitation, and soon found that, under
rough exterior, DIR. Goforth was really
a warm hearted gentleman.
"You thought me pretty crusty," he
said to Molier; "but you had the uni
versal panic, and 1T was necessary to
| get rid of that first of all 2"
"But DOCTOR" replied Adolf with a
smile, "do you talk to all your patients
that way?"
''Oh, no, treat each according to
his temperament. i saw you were
gentleman and sensitive to insult; and
| knew you would die ifI did not drive
off your panic. No man is big enough
TO hold two conflicting passions at
once, so / reused your indignation, and
let your sense of insult drive out panic
you understand"
Certainly. doctor. do now =
"You arc of the New Orleans Moliers,
l thinlkP'' said the doctor, interroga-
lively.
"Yes; do you know them?"
81 know of them. They stand "A
No L. But how unfortunate they
should generally be small. Now that
doesn't hurt a woman, but it is bad for
a man"
What is that, doctor? ] hav not
thought of it."
because little man never gets
credit for half he really is, and large
man gets credit for much more than ne
is, in most instances. And. phrenology
or no phrenology, there's something in
the influence of magnitude. and peo-
pie feel IL without knowing why"
~ guess that's so, DOCTOR" said
Molier.
"Of course it's so. You yourself
never get half the credit you arc en-
titled to as man of education and
strong native ability. And strange
enough, women are more controlled