Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-04


the handsomest man In the town, yet
monsleus, the Judge, much surpassed
him in two respects. namely, In years
md In IN enormous nose. Yes. this
nose. which ever preceded the judge
like q oourtcr TO announce his APP
proach, was verithble elephant among
human noses
with this elephant. his good inten-
ton and the goblet, the Judge went on
the following morning to the house In
the midst OF the olive trees and African
acncias.
"For the beautiful Marietta" he be-
gan, there is nothing too costly. Yes
torday you admired the goblet at Vence
Allow me, sweet Marietta to lay both
this and my loving heart at your feet"
Mere Manon aud Marietta wero
charmed and amazed as they beheld
the goblet; Mere Manon's eyes spark
led blissfully. but Marietta turned pale
and said: II can accept neither your
heart nor your goblet" Then Mere
Manon was angry and crled'
Gut / accept heart and goblet. You
goose, how long viii you sro1n your
fortune? For whom are you waiting
is some count OF Provence 10 make you
his bride that you desplse the judge ~
La Napoule? ] know how 10 cure for
you better. Monsieur Hautmartln,
count 1t an honor to me to call you
my son-ln-law."
Then Marietta went out and wept BIT
terry, and hated the lovely goblet with
all her heart
But the Judge strokcd his great nose
with his broad hand, and said wise
Mere Mauon. do not hasten mat
tiers unduely. The little pigeon viii
yield at last, when she knows me bet
ter 1 am not violent 1 understand
girls pretty thoroughly, and before
rN ..r hVF Mi
into Marietta's heart"
His nose is TO big for that" whisp-
cred Marietta, who was listening just
outside the door, and she laughed to
herself, Indeed a quarter of year
slipped away. and Monsieur kaufman
tin had not entered her heart, even SO
much as with the point Of his nose
VI-THE FLOWERS.
But during these three months
Marietta had many other anoyances'
The goblet had caused her much trou-
BILE and vsxatlon. as Will be seen by
what follows.
For two whole weeks nothing but
this goblet was talked Of throughout
La Napoule. Everybody said It was a
present from the Judge and that the
wedding had already been appointed.
But when Marietta solemnly declared
to her companions that she would
drown herself in the bottom of the sea
rather than marry the judge, they only
continued to be more suspicious than
ever, and leased her by saying: How
sweet II will be to sit In the shadow OF
his nose!" This was the first vexa-
ton.
In the next place Mere Manon was
| thoroughly and cruelty determined 30
she compelled Marietta to go every
morning to rinse the goblet at the
spring and to I'LL 1t with fresh flowers
| by this means she hoped to accustom
| Marietta to the goblet and 10 the heart
Of the glver But Marietta. notwith-
! standing continued to hate both gift
| and giver. and her task at the spring
| became to her real punishment. Sec
| ond vexatlon
Then. when she came tothe spring
regularly twice a week there lay upon
! the rock nearby n bunch of the most
| beautiful flowers, neatly arranged, ana
| finely suited to the splendor Of the COB
| let. Around the stems she always found
| fastened II strip Of paper, on which
WAS written: Dear Marietta" Nov
certainly none could be foolish enough
to try to make Marietta believe thai
| mngicians or fairies were still In the
world. Consequently. the flowers anc
| the tender address accompanying then
must come from Monsieur Hautmartin
Marietta would not smell them for fea1
lest the living breath OF the Judge
nose might still be lowering abou
them. She, however, kept the flowers a.
they were prettier than field low
and tore the strip of paper Into thou
sand pieces, scattering them about tn
| place where the bouquet was accus
toned to lie. But that did not In tn
| least anger Judge Hautmnrtin, who's
love was evidently as incompatible af
ter its kind as his nose was after IL
kind. Third veNation.
| ,,,t ut NIT fterOyar11 In,
versation with the Judge that he wa
not the giver OF the flowers. Who coult
It be then? Marietta was very mucl
astonished at this unexpected discov
cry. But from that time forth sh
rather liked to take the flowers from
the rock, and to smell OF them, too
but who could 1t be that placed then
there? Marietta was what most maiden
are, OF course. not accustomed t. be-
very curious. She hit upon this and tina
youth OF La Napoule, but she wa
never satisfied that her guess was cor
rect She fingered and listened abou
the place late at night; she rose earl,
in the morning: but she heard or say
no one. And yet regularly twice a weel
the flowers were there In the morning
and wound about them the slip OF pa
per, on which was recorded u swee
sigh: Dear Marietta" Such thin
would awaken curiosity in the mos
| indluerent maiden. But CURIOSITY
length becomes a consuming torment
Fourth veXation.
VII.-EVIL UPON EVIL.
1t happened that on Sunday, Fathe
Jerome preached upon the subJec
wonderful are the dlspensations o
Heaven" And the little Marriott
thought, "wll 1t be in accordance wit
the dispensations Of heaven that l lear
who the invisible giver of the flower
Is" Father Jerome was not wrong.
One summer night when 1t had bee
very warm. Marietta awoke early, an
was unable to go to sleep again. Ac
cordingly she sprang joyfully from he
bed. just as the first beams of morn
ing broke over the blue Medlterranea
and across the Lerinian Islands to tn
window Of her little chamber. Sh
dressed and went out to battle her fac
and arms in the cool spring; she too
her hat with her that she might wal
awhile by the sea, She knew wher
there was n secret place to battle.
In order to reach this secret spot sh
had to pass over the cliff behind tn
house, and down again past som
pomegranates and palms. This tim
she was unable to get past them. Fo
under the tnllest and youngest OF tn
palms lay a young slim man-near hlI
a boquet OF lovely flowers There wa
likewise to be seen strip of whit
paper, upon which presumably anothe
sigh was recorded. How could Marriott
get by?
She remained standing and her limb
trembled with fear. She was on tn
point of returning to the hous,
Scarcely had she taken two steps back
ward when she looked around at tn