The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-19
DUKE AND MARQUISE.

4 III uHo tlIu6 OF powder anu ps.oSiISss W
silly adventure and of long lawsuits, the
Duke de Troncantique and his noble
neighbor, the Marquise of Soucheyiellle,
were disputing hotly over the possession
of a certain hazel copse.
I Which of the two belligerents had tia
best of ite twas difficult problem, truly.
Perhaps the marquise, perhaps the duke.
The misanthrope Rochefoucauld has said
that quarrel can never last long unless
there is wrong on at least one side. The
dispute of the duke and marquise kept up
seven years.
! While the most ilegible scrawls poured
in without cessation upon the two cha
teaus the two owners experienced an
equal uneasiness as to the issue of their
suit To be sure, the decision OF the
tribunal could not cause great pecuniary
loss to the vanquished, but since the
sssmour propre'' of each was involved the
rancor of the two disputants would have
been quite as great with only a pin at
stake. Indeed, SO carried away did both
become with the fear of losing as well as
with the hope of winning that they finally
bethought them of compromise
One fine day the Duke de Troncantique,
feigning, out of kindness of heart, to come
to terms, solicited the hand of the mar
quise in marriage and she, pretending to
be overcome by such graciousness, conde-
scended to grant his request. Thus the
hazel copse was to be owned by them con-
jointly.
The betrothal, hastily announced, set
everybody agog, both far and near, who
had heard of the tiresome litigation. The
gentlemen of the law turned their backs
upon tnem IN disgust.
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