The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-28
THE CRAFTY NOTARY'S PLOT
n FRENCH CANADIAN COURTING THAT
ENDED WE'LL.
-Four Years Work of Napoleon to Earn
5000 aud Lir the Mortgage ON His
Farm and Win Therese-An Unerpect-
ed Obstacle-The Wedding interrupted
h. n Ehnni-ThA Ghnnt Wna RlncnIal.

Bon jour. Hsieu! I'm glad for see you hon
ma humble cdbone. Ehtyet. 81 rous Didi.
Watts dat2 Yaas. Yaas. sure: ! 'spose | be
wat you call richie mans. I'm boss ma farm.
got plalntce good stock. raise nice famiiee-
fourteen boy an 'ieven gell-got fine trotter
ohepdl wat 60 hon lie chemir two-t'orty, an
few honder dollar for loan dat draw interes'
seek cent. OATS good beez-nesse for habifdnt
farmerre wat work hecs mos POSSIBLE all de
tam for raise beeg familee. n'estce DdS OH
yaas, sure. dere DO ~rlaintee worse Teller dan
me, only you cant find heem. Beside dat. bout
seex-eight drpPnts from dis 1aison | got noder
beeR farm In full cultivate. dat's nice gceft
from ma femme. How she got dat? You tlnk
dat her dotY Ri non: her fader Reev her. wen
We max de mariee. two honder dollar. wan
COW, an fne cook stove was buy on Montreal.
tole you: ma belle Th6rese. wen she max IL
de present to me OF twelve enfdnts. de law on
Parliament geev us won honder acre Ian
becos we help out for max IT do becg popu-
late on Keebeck. Now / got wanty-nve chilrcn:
dat's more as two douEdine. fonny ting Parlia-
ment don't geev me- noder farm. Mdis. / don't
care. me; / got de mos bes' femme hon the
N'ole province.
you 'mcmberde richie ole Notaire Publidue.
vas nam M'sieu Bonville. dat die many year
ago? Was de beeR ~sceierdt! He nearly ruin
de live messed an ma Chere Thfrese. OATS long.
long tam ago mais. you want hear? am tole
you. Ecoutpz. Wen l am young odrcon. l
spark Mile. Prenevost. She was de belle hon
w'ole village st. Germain. She got nice long
black hair, chick rosee lax l nevaire see dat
before. an wen she laugh hon de eye. eet
max ma heart jomp up lax hit was frog on
ma t'roat. Ma fol. M'sieu: she was tres char
ptdnte. an we lax wan 'noder JUS de sam.
But she pere. Bonhomme Xavier Prepevost, he
. esy. wen ] AK heem for geev me hees nile for
promenade hon st. Timothee for max mar ice:
"'R non. not for noting! Wat you tink =?
Dat ! geev her to wan paurre didble dat don't
got so moche as de dot shall geey her? You
mus be crazce. young mans. for ask soche ting.
Beside. N 'sieu 10 Notaire. ma YER good frien'.
want ma gell. an he was richie man. got bedu-
coup doroenh
II say. 'M'sieu Prenevost. l got feefty acre
Ian. Dat som'tinR. M'sieu; an den 1 am
young an strong for work. AM
"'E'importe" he say queek. and he laff;
tyou not strong enuff for lift de mortgage on
your LAM
"Bagosh! C'est rrdi. ] owe four honder
dollar hon ma Ian an I don't know how
False dat. She max It ne to feel ver' dis
courage.
"'Toici.' dc ole man say to me: Ma fue marry
de notaire on non. JUS she please. ! say noting;
but she nevaire be femme pour you. ontil you
max me to see de lawyer pape dat show you
BOT no more de mortgage on rdtre propertee.'
An den you geev her q moi?' / ak heem.
"'Rd oui." an he laff encore, "eef she don't
becom' Madame Notaire before you max it de
monee.'
"Gor'l l GO way. an I feel YER bad. I say
to ma mind. Ma goose ees cook She's plain
tee hard ting. M'sieu Sand. beeos' you be
poor man. dat you lose nice femme. De ole
Notaire hees gold get heem de femme she's
han: but / t'ink l kip il de heart. But dat
don't geev me moche pleasurement. l feel
lax geev 1t h'upd de Job. MATS non Igot est wan
good plan. VOLTA! owe four honder dollar. an
] got four year tam for pay de note. Eef
Therese wait for me l do dis: l go hon dc lum-
Der shaintee hon de McLachiin limit Tor
work five months on de winter an
eariAg. I get twanty dollar a month an
ma board. work dat h'out on ma cad m es-
sell. moan l fin she max wan honder dollar
h'evsry year. On de sommer l work ma farm
for ma levin an max 1t som Improvement.
] do dat four year-dst's long tam. M'sieu. but
she pass tres uite. l not so moche h'educate.
but I fn' OATS four honder dollar. Toild! An
den de interes' on de note for four year. Wall.
get dat som way. FL Therese low me LAX l
beleev' it she do. she wait vile 1 work,
"C'est bien! Wen l ak Th6rese eof she do
dat. she laff an'cry on de eye all sam tam. an
She cay: Non cher 'Poleon. l hate M'sieu Bon
willie an love you! l wait wan honder year
tuu ueHe! ~ ihu kcll IL . idCo. All i say.
'Dat's pretty long tam for wait But I walk
away lax l got it som egg onder ms feet. an I
bnap eet ma feenger an l say: 'M'sieu Notaire
Publiaue. bsdamme! l bet you An ~plaintee
&loub' for win ma petite
wall. for four year on h'every Novem' I 60
On de lumber shaintee. You tink' de Notaire
bay nothing all dat tam Sure. yaas, M'sieu ;
he try hall de bes' wat he know for win. but he
not capabll to do som'tlng, Therese write to
1919 49, -
better look h'out; but l max 1t de laugh. for
h'on dat Marche ! got eet ma four honder
hiollar. Hooraw! l buy me de ole man hees
Vile. But. sapre tonnerre! dat ~interes'! for
get dat. After vile l max IL h'out. She's
pinety-seex dollar. I be beeg fou an Therese
mus wait 'noder year.
Dat delay was max me seek. But, mon
pieui Dat note com due on Angus. I cannot
wait wan yearl Dat troub' max me to have
Eole chill on ma back. Wat shall l dop Wan
bcole mite de las Marche I sect on ma bunk an
8ead by de light Of de shaintee camboose wan
Retire from Th6rase dat I read forty, seexty tam
before. Igreeve on ma inside. an I can spik
DO word for feel 80 bad, wen ma bes' frien'
Pierre Labord put down hees fddell wat he
NEas play. an he say to me:
ma frien' Napoleon he say. wat kin for
kroub' you I'm on dat lettre2 Eef do CELL don't
want you. let her wentl You FIN some plaintee
rnoder.'
Den ] an tole neem de whole blz-nesse
ybout de interes'. an dat in few days wen de
Hamp break h'up for de winter. l got no chance
Tor max some more d'dr0ent.
"'How moche more you want p he h'ask me.
'Ninety-sesI dollar. mus geev de man
On de bank S496 hon mid Angus. Onless | dc
Hat. I lose ma CELL. an mebbe ma propertee he
4orclose. Itink M'sieu Bonville. de Notalre on
St. German. was watch me-
1--WE beat de raseale an we save h or de CELL
laughed Pierre. 'Bedamme! Restez tranQuiNe
OATS easy ting eef you want work hard
xeoutez. Boss shaintee man want two more on
Ne ganR for 60 down hon de log drive on Otta,
IVA Reever. De Ice break h'up on all de lake
sure by lat Avril. Den we start. I t'ink / go
We get down to de sawmeel hon tree an har
mont. We get $50 h'every month. OATS good
~tfnE-she's sos. We get on st. Germain bout
feeiteep Juliet. an eef you want for go on drive
an get ~Plaintee mon-ee for pay dc bank
B l don't geev Pierre chance for say
come ting more. L'erIan! Hees max nue. tc