The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08

self becoming deeply interested IN All
she told me.
She had been born and brought up
in one of he beautiful parishes on the
north shore of the st. Lawrence, and
her early life would have been very
happy but for the austerity of ". Iecarr,
who ruled the parish with rod ofiron
He would permit no vanities of dress,
no dancing. no cards. and above all, no
flirting or even love-making. \ young
couple seen walking together fell at
once under his scverest displeasure.
Under such circumstances | surmised
that marriage must have been rare,
but Madame assured me that the re-
verse was the ease The Young people
could not be kept apart: love found out
t le way. and they met en- c"rh"it", and.
this discovered by ". Ic r"rr, immc'i-
a 2 marriage was insisted on. ,Enr"rz-
rony,' he would say in awful tones, and
they did marry, mere boys and girls;
and thus Madame was married herself
at sixteen Years of age.
On this early married life she dwelt
f,ndly. though the young couple were
very poor and had hard struggle to
live. \ baby boy was horn.-a Young
thing weighing onl V n pound.-and of
that wonderful child Madame spoke
with great affection. 1t was duly bap-
tiscd. and all the villagers from far and
near came to see the little wonder: but
before LONG ke Lon Dien took it back to
himself Another boy was born, who
still lived. the sun and centre of her
Life: but while he was yet little, the
Young husband met with 4 fatal acct
dent. and ~ hecurc, who with bell and
| bookhad FASTENED to the spot had barely
administered the last SacramcntS when
po.r Antoine Fauchcr passed away.
\ dreary time followed for the young
widow. but on this she did not care to
dwell Her stout heart had never fail
ed her, and now things were looking
better Andre was sixteen Years of
age. and so good and willing. OF him
Madame would talk by the hour. and
in him we also became much interested,
though no more complete contrast to
| his mot her could have been imagined.
| He was Il queer. ovcr-grown, Shamhllng
lad. almost rs helpless in many ways
aS if he had been six instead of sixteen.
Some unexplained and uneNplainahlc
fatality always prevented him from
earning his own living. and. during the
two years that Madame remained con
nectcl with my household. | never
heard of his undertaking any work
but an oce:,S. .oAal job of ice cutting;
and | may add that we rather dreaded
| these times. for the fond mother drew
such vivid pictures of the misery her
! Andre endured. battling with the bit
ter cold on the frozen river, that it was
irresistible.-w all suffered with him.
IN my OWL face / icl, the fierce wind bow
Again and again | sought to find
employment for Andre but he was al
WAYS too timid even to make the nee
cssary application. His capacity for
being yrnr was unrivaIlcd. and yet his
brave. bright. energetic mother could
not see fault in him. He had the
goodness of IN angel, and. if Madame
would but descend some evening and
src his collection of birds and models
of boats. she would he aStoniShed. |
went. saw. and was conquered. lie
was remarkable boy. With no tool
but a tahIe-kniti,, he had carved Il num-
Der Of beautifully formed boats. includ-
ing a perfect model of the police steam
Yacht plving in the river. As for birds,
he had apparently rs much power over
them rs Orphcus with his lutte had over
trees and mountain tops don't know
if Andre used a lutte. or a flute. or any
other instrument. hut he had remark
himself without the least trouble lie
used to 30 out and. in localities where
:,i I In
bird, catch really remarkable speci-
mems. His f:lvoritrS lived in the neat
est of cares. all made by himself. and
tn upper room where he kept them
was always nailv decorated with fresh
Green hourhS. 1t waS Il treat to hear
thrsr birds >ing. No imported song
strrS ever poured forth swectrr mc!o
Il -, their morning performances. Mad
!, am" assured me. being truly rnviShin.
Yet | may mention thlt. having pur
chased one Of these bird~.-ra"c and
all. that nothing might he wanting tc
its comfort the united allurcmcntS OF
the family could elicit nothing more
from ii than a few SuIky chirps, and ii
WAS 50 maniIrstIv unhappy that We
We're clad to let it =" free
Ordinary .t'mm"s dr j""ra"e live in
tenement houses but it seems quite
natural to hear that Madame Fauchcl
livelia the great Martcllo tower on tn,
h lights above thr st. Lawrence
Through the influence OF Il family with
whom she had worked, She was allow
cd to live here a> carr-takcr. rent free
and no quainter interior could he i'm
a@incd than she and Andre had arrang
| ed in the lar%c round room on the
e around floor The immensely thick