The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08

his possessions to the sky was Ike the
lifting OF a lid of box IL was done so
quickly Then the carpenters went away
Narlet saw that he vas In for siege
and be made preparations accordingly. lie
got. possibly bought, piece OF thick can
vas and stretched IL over his bed, so that
he would uot get wet nights when D.
rained no was summer. and he mentioned
to the concierge that he was glad the roof
was of. 10 was so cool OF nights. b was
like being out in the country Would she
not thank the Landlord for him. The room
was now worth what IL rented for.
All during the summer Narlet was tri-
umphant But the landlord bided his time
waiting patiently for winter and hoping
it would be unusually severe. Meantime
the house was vacated by the other ten
ants and the repairs begun and completed,
save. OF course. that the roof was not re-
stored over Narlet's room AT length il
began TO grow cold and the Landlords
spirits rose. lie inquired of the concierge
il Narlet looked cold. Had she noticed
him coughing any? He hoped IL would
snow soon. and before leaving instructed
the concierge to keep "A close watch on
Monsieur Narlet to see IL exposure had be
gun TO have any effect upon his abnor-
mallE strong constitution. He must come
down himself some morning and have
look at Mouslcurs blue nose. what
pleasant thought 10 conceive him SILVER
ing a nigh under thin bedclothing and
cursing his landlord, and how fortunate
that he had no money to buy coal, Was
the concierge sure Narlet had no coal? in
quired the landlord.
Valet stood il as long as he could but
when the fancy seized him that the con-
ceirge could hear his teeth rattle at night
he began TO weaken, and one cold day,
when the thermometer was falling rapid
~, he moved out.
Narlet never had much Of a standing in
the quarter, and none at all after a rab-
bit supper he gave The next day a neigh
Dor missed her cat, a large. fat specimen
of the Angora breed. and dark stories
hOated about. The one American that at
tended the supper was made the butt Of
many jokes by his compatriots, but to the
very last he denied that he had eaten
any of Narlet's rabbit" an uncommonly
large and fat one.
After years of successful dealings with
landlords Narlet madeira holder play and
got into a hotel. Day by day he grew
more intensely eXpectant of money arriv-
ing, but the manager ordered him 10 leave
might take his things with him. too. they
were not worth having NaTlet left
promptly and silently, and II was not un-
til the next day that the discovery was
made that he had taken with him most
of the furniture Of the room. The mana
ger went TO the police station. and Varlet
went there, too, a few days afterward,
bornly refused to be convinced that he
had seized an innocent man. The COM
missaire sent Varlet where he would not
have TO pay for either food or a room
and the Latin Quarter lost one of its
characters. He was released in three
months. but from that time on he was
seen less and less frequently in the quar-
ter until he was missed altogether. Now,
once in a while student asks a party in
a cafe: II wonder what has become of
Narlet?" but no one present is able to
answer.