Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-02-27

blbuI 10 cure.
The door was soon opened. 1t
sufficed to spring the lock. One
entered without noise as il one
had fear of awakening those they
thought we're dead. One lifted
little the clothing. Not move
ment. One shook; one called: not
of response. Monsieur lie Cure
was absent. His gouvernante
ran and made dispense the
crowd. She looked at Marianne
Mentiot, she shook her, she call.
ed, not of response.
"'It is singular said she; the
bodies are still warm. Go seek
the clerc.'
"The clerc arrived.
"'Remain here said the gouver-
mantle. They are maybe in a
lethargy. Let no person approach.
Monsieur lie cure will come soon;
he is gone to see some one who is
ILL., And she went away.
"The clerc went to fasten the
door, but he changed his mind. To
remain there all alone near two
people who were reported dead
was not very agreeable. He went
to find his wife, who came run
ming at great gallop, and all out
OF breath. The two together felt
not much courage, seated near the
bed where les Mentiot were lying
immovable.
cit is curious, said the wife of
the clerc, 'one would say that they
were breathing. A coup sur, they
are still living =
"'Hold thee, wife; thou knowest
nothing said the clerc, we shall
know we'll soon enough. If Men
tiot had been rich, one would have
gone to seek the doctor to Auber-
chicourt. But howY There is
nothing to pay for it here, not
even of what will pay for a poor
small burial. Their lands are
rented and their house Also
"'Oui, replied the wife.
"And who is it that will pay
US for our trouble, so much time
we are losing here =
SIN speaking thus, the wife of
the clerc took in her hand the dress
and the petticoat of Marianne Men
tiot which were living there, in q
corner. upon an old, broken chair.
These are not worth much of
anything said he. But, my
faith it is we'll to use precaution
in this world, and above all with
people like these. l can put them
aside And she made a paquet.
This will be to pay us for our
trouble said she. And she hid
the paquet under the wood of the
bed.
L will come and take added
she, when les Mentiot shall be in
the cemetery
The clerc on his part, threw
the eyes upon the jacket and pan
falcons of Mentiot. He finished
by taking also in the hands.
These are not of much use,'
said he in his turn, but they are
better than nothing. L will also
make paquet which we will take
with the other
He had not finished Of pro
nouncing these last words, when,
all at once. Mentiot sat up, scar
ed, upon his bed, and cried in a
voice of thunder:
And me, thieves, what is that
1 shall put on?'
Thou, cried Marianne in sit
ting up on her side, quicker than
powder, thou wilt take the rust off
the pot, thou!'
"Then the clerc and his wife,
terrified as if they had seen a
spectre to their heels, precipitated
themselves out of the house, and
are running still.
"The poor Mentiot was obliged
to scour tie pot, and he gained SO
the good pot-au-feu that Marianne
herself served for the duchess.
He pretended that, in his life, he
had never eaten of 50 good: this
was nothing astonishing since he
had we'll earned it by his work.
From that time no person has
heard him say that the women
have the tongue too long.
81 have finished" said Louise
Lemaire; and he put his cap upon
his head, not without some trouble,
for he had the hair the most con-
trary of mankind.
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