Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-21
MONSIEUR.

man IN our row. Such, at least, was
Jacks opinion, and he didn't scruple to
eXp-ess il.
Jack was my brother, and he had no
-7~- of regard for him. He tM0nsieur,
not Jackl was one Of the oldest mix
-ures Won ever saw. kind Oh French
Ge-man-Jew all rolled into one. He
bad q surname eff course, but We simply
called HIM MC1s.eUr-a- least / dlc, tor
Jack. who had no more respect Tor the
lic-ties Of French pronunciation than
he had for the Freedman himself
imply DUBBED him "Messer"-old Mes
SER
People said he was on antiQuary, or
ecue-h.ng Of that sort, and IL may nave
been his passion for rummag-ng atJei
1ld-f3sh.1nei things and ancient art
eles tina. caused him 10 look INTO our
place as frequently as he did, for the
house Cccs.1ly had an an elluv-an look
about - although e wasn't really ola.
As say, Jack had no so-, OF respect
for him He had never, as l know o.
done anything to merit my brothers
i.sfavor bu.. probably for some such
reasons as acuated the individual VINO
conceived en- aversion to the society Of
DR.. Fell. Jack didn't Ike him a bit.
"Old Iessrr's q fraud, Polly ne SAID
to- me one day. and .tu come cut
sooner or later. Don't talk to me about
his aa. .quarian and scientific tas.es, and
that sCl- CT thing 81 went Cn It's all
hum1ug and won't wash. The fellow
continually pOkng his nose into other
-1ie's places n order 20 see what me
ccl lay hold CT 70 his own advantage.
His games pretty plain to any enc who
con see. He ge-s hold Of an article tor
q couple of sOvereisDs, calls e. relic,
md sells FL for fOur-fve if he can spot
% MUG. There's nothing remarkably
scientific In that. He thinks We've got
few things in that garden of ours that
he'd like TO lay his fingers on. and mats
Why he's always prying about the fence.
TT 10 him. Polly, though; mark my
words; III DO him, and put a stop to his
flrr5 ing for good
Giy brother wasn't the sort of fello0
90 say enc thing and mean another, and
quite understood when he called me
il-o the garden the day after saying
his that some scheme for thwartl5
Monsieur was in his mind.
Polly he whispered 70 me- o-o
Nessr S on the o'1er s,oe OF 1ne I5uc1,
with his ears and eys WIDE open ana
| I'm going to hUmbug him bit. Just
keep dark for minute or cwo.
We walked to the end Of the garden
where we could just see the French
mans eye through q clinlI in the p3r,.-
c1 that separated his ground from
ours jack Aeli mower p.~ ID No
13nd, ana began 20 spetH very .J"u' ~
knew a. once jlaJ ms WORDS were
Intended 20 be overheard Oy Monsieur
you don't come across talnSs IKE
/ these every day. POLY, sa-d my OrCIh-
e-, a. the top OF his yo-cee, and TaSn
YOU do J1ey re worm nn1.Ns. 4, -.--,.
rs though these eAcdVa.-on9 ~1 F0'-ly F.
VII bring some P-ecI2 5i fel. -.,.. ,..,3
/ me Market anu s----- ~ S"l l'I -.
II some fortunes are no. ma -,., 0'e. .- ~
.us. ness we --'"@- 00 Gal 0l''i --'' ~
o'-tN H. ..s..--,;5
lA iasl l3a I7-.5iloe 70 ,le aio' -,
no-' ""-- ''SN ~ O. ~, .o.iI,. 80
I ~ -,-, p'-~.1i ~ 0'''''
--. , .I.s., -,... s-..L ~, s,~,,. .,
AL i - ~ - w.. - i'd ..Tg van
g5 o. y.s.+ from he old party during
Re l7v Polly. come and call me at
~,.s Sewing w.tch De placed the
Ky mon q s5.lf md went about his
/ 5us.~e=.
The bq;t to.k surpr.s.ngly. A few
r-r~s le-sr the F~e9chms9 was at the
1 door asking FOR Jack. I babe him come
| -n. and fetched my brOtle Immediately.
"Oa. mon dear eur said Monsieur
.n his funny English. barking sra.sAt
away to- his subject ct has been inform
1 "a TO me Eat You have ~ rel-c from
/ Pompe: to your possession. Is Eat ze
\ true f3c-z2'
Jack looked AZ me Slyly and inclined
MS haa1. .-,-.-...
\ j. "0uI~ S-'T nue. ~ Nl-s- VI f-1-.5'i
TO zee 20 "o--e--ul Ems C'leu A4ou-
s-eur-
jack -o0A down me mower pot
"C1. ze beautiful re'!c, eXcl2.r7d
me frtlcAH3n i52'ufousiy' h'"
Wei .- IS preserved. IL must De near
z7 Two zousa2d years DID,
'Fcmpel has been IN ruins about
/ eignJeen hundred years said JACK ".,L
an historical ar.
( "Voadertulw echoed Monsieur, "and
Us has been zere all re t.ms! Va- as
/ sSc:a-c1s &c must have Only for to
link. IL mus. have come ze garden OF
Sallust Claudius may have touched it.
or re mighty Cicero himself have
handled g.. How beaUIful"'
-rbr~a ves o. deride1 twinkle I'm NV
b--+be-,s ava as he leaked scr7ss ~ me