The morning times., 1896-11-01
THE !. BRIDAL . GOWN
COPYRIGHT 1906


II all carne about with some hot words
al the si!oemIker's bench where Dece and
his father, Caliste Sabourin, We're working
Il can give you nothing if you marry the
girl" said the elder one gluwcring over
his spectaclcs. Had you put less silver
into the maw of the wolf and more into
your iatncr's Golfers. you might have mad
enough by now to keep wife. There IS
little in the trade for you as il is
Faith, then I'll quit it," said Dece,
driving home peg with a vicious clip. TN
go to the woods, the river-anywhere!'
And leave youF wife at home To cuddle
her spindler' said the father looking out
with a aJile SmrE through the window oI
squared pancs and blinking his last for The
nonce Ia dip pinch of SNUFF. Why do you
want to marry now? YoJ are too Young
Can't YOU wait awhiIer Wait even until the
spring, when the shantymcn come duwnfrom
the Wild Lands, and there's lots To do.
There is not more silver by now than will
tide US over winter. Tut! Shavellng! A
Maria ,:e fursunJnl BY the holy mark of the
fish, it's droil-that's what ii s-it's drolll"
u don't care, III marry Jaquette in
spite of you!'' s,-.-
II don't care So brayS the ass
$50 hrays old crooked nose -bandy-legs,
perhdps,'' said Dece. sprnging up with "A
Jerk at his apron strings. And without
another word he put on his coat and hat
and went off in huff 10 lie Loup, leaving
his parent, who alas! was il little vain of
MS bodily beauty, to Vince under this harsh,
unriIal TRADE.
When he had gone Calistc removed his
spectacleS very gravely and carefully. and
set his lips into a pucker, as il proffering
Il kiss: the chin slightly elevated, showing
the long throat. with an admirable AGani 5
apple midway. 1t was characteristic
pose no doubt inspiring among the younger
folk of the village the nickname by which
he was known i'll their monde: "old
Kiss Me-Nevcr" Yet was il IA very
sweet pose, and one much admired bycldcrly
splnSterS and ambitious widows for Caiisie
was an eligible, with only very slight
sprukIing Of grey. Then he kicked aside
the klee->trap and fCndlcd the last IN his
lap after a time-honcred metlitative Gus
tom. 1t was nasty thing for son TO
say 10 the father who had reared him,
ana been kind to him always; that was
plain.
upon pece's ingratitude for some time,
Calisle began 10 reflect upon the possible
verify of the lads words. True, an uii-
fortunate acciient of childhood had set
his nose slightly awry; but regarding his
legs lie would not admit, even TO himself
they we're not the straightcst and shaplltSt
limbs i'll the whole province OF Queoee'
THIS last was a most vile caiunInE
IA ~lt
inclination at the knees, bat that was never
noticeable. C'cst fait. He tossed the laS'
min = heap of its fellows talwaNs an cNl'
dence of brilliant inductionsi and SHOOK OH
come leather pariDgs with pleasant Co
uurttIsh gesture, Is when woman lilChS
her apron to arfrIghr chickens. = smile
budded a. his tips S-TathsrCame thcapotneo'
sis Of his purktr. Then he SaiG aloud:
well. we shall see. mon cnfant.
1t SHAH not he said Calistc was precipi
tate Hls very business had engendcreG or
cuuSDectiun and method in his bones
whatsoever plans hc had already torme'
he was determined to carry oGl in lh'
shadow of the rose. f.
Th. same rtcaIng he called urou hi
friend Tricntte. the tailor. The visit wa'
merely a friendly call. an cFIi"ncc oil g"o'
will. as it were, a commercial courtesy
After some considerable C0nEersduon Gpoi
tLegt tf.of business. Ca!istc manifested >uu
dsnly a certain genuine iuteres, in the rsil'
IF cloth TricpUte invariably paraded bcio:'
ms visitors. whether IHr"uEn tp7Ge oi hi'bl
or with inSdious designs upon their SnS
caurif,iiiricS must I.pt I've noted. At a Ger
tainpiecc CaIIste declaredhr had neverIoun'
;,uy,lilu., that So took ms fancy. ii was q
uarre t af-gravation. he declared, with time
SO hard.
When he finally Succuinhcd with every
evidence of disgust for tbs weakness, Tn
cote prepared to take tie htue man
,,,..s,lro ouicklv lest some sudden stif
cr wind should veer the vane from thi
fine unuSual cupiGi y: and somewhat eH
iti;,r;,t.d with his business cunning Whlcl
lie had come 10 regard as genius PHI
and simple. THIS last was master stroke
hethought, for Caliste was dsn"t"riousiyc close
There w..s one thing which puzzled tn
tailor not Il little, tie repeated, ANXIOUS
remark Of his frsnd-rcpcat"d even through
tie crack Of the door ut parting: BE sur
to make the trousers wide-Gidc as yo'
cam
Now a plausible reason for wearing th
forthcoming habilimcnts must lie found
and CaIiS;e very well knew TO blossom ou
suddenly upon the parish in such atur
would lie to create a sensation. Good! /
was very well-kuown railway compan.
had had laud lately surveyed III -. ! y& an
wasSeven then negotiating with a humDe
of the villagers for the purchase of il
Prominent among these was Caiiste nina
self Now lie found his plans o accGmulat
peauHluilyin Ills last inspiration. He wuul
20 down 30 Montreal on tins business @
tile railroad. Incidentally there We're cer
tain uairGreSscrs ana surgeons in that cit
wut,Sc fame had reached even such an ouI
or-the-way place as st. PyX.
So to MuutreaI went Calistc, and thong
he did not really anticipate it before star
ing readily disposed Of the land and cam
home with a snug roll of bank bills i
the pockets of his glorious new trouser
Everybody commented on the wonderfi
benefit tn, zip had been 10 the little SHOT
maker: how it had enhanced his looks an
personal appearance the hair sloe blacl
the nose exactly ordered as that of tn
Apullo Belvidere. No one could tell eA
actly what had happened, but there wa
an inurdinate flutterinG among the spl
sters and deal Of comment in certain sag
cuteries upon the dcgenerating influence
uf city life. None marvclcd 50 much as di
Decc at this great and sudden change
his parent. Even his manner and opinion
had changed, for now he regarded wit
every qualification nnd pleasure the Al
preaching nuptiaIs of his son and Jaquett
Dion. Now Il whisper ran, us whisper
will run when the pacific surface of ruSt
life is ruffIed, that Calste had ccme my
teruusly and suddenly into great goo
r-..,,.a Ia ,,-.- .in,-n.nd i..a.,.nll int 1