The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-25
Winning Of
Corinne.
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81 be marry now 40 year an have
nice leet' family-13, boy an girl. OATS
an onlucky number, You say? Well, /
don know bout dat None dem be die
yet, an all do we'll. De four girl h all be
marry good man, an de nine boy mex
h'out for demself. One dem hotaire,
'noder prizes, one be member parlia-
ment, 'ncder he work hon de govern
ment hat Quebec, two dem, Jaques an
Onisime, kip beeg 'otel hon Boston, one
ave got mine at Klondak, an wen he
come for see me las wintaire he bring
bees pocket JUS full dem nugget. Two
more ave good farm near st. Marie,
Beauce, an de younges' he live here
wit me. Dat not so bad luck, t'ink,
'sieu.
Il be top you how come for marry
ma femme3 Mol Ny wife be de daugh-
ter Of bonhomme Gingras. He was de
mos reech man on desc part den, wit
beeg farm an mebbe tree, four t'ousan'
dollar h in de bank. Hees file, Corinne,
JUS two year younger dan me, an we
use see beach oder at church an dance
an all dem place. got for lax moch,
dat leet' Corrine wit her black h'eye
an red cheek an nice leet' round wais'.
P'raps you t'ink dat now, m sieu, but
toll you she was de mos belle girl as
you fin any place hin de who'll worl'.
81 was smart young man Gen myself,
an che come for lax me too. So we
gree for got marry, but frs, she say,
mus ask Pere Gingras. not lax dat
part, me. He not h'onderstan' dat JUS
for we love h'each oder we mus be
marry. He not t'ink I be reech 'nough
for marry hees file. Well, go one day
for ask him dat want for marry Co.
rhine. M'sieu, dat OF Gingras, he JUS
dance wit mad when I spik bout dat.
"'W'at's dat? You want for marry
ma fille9 How you make for keep wife 2
You ask for my Corinne? I know what
you t'ink. You t'ink you got my money
wen be die. Bapteme! No! You got
not ing. You not marry her,.
II toll him dat I spik Corinne al
ready, an she say yes, she marry me, an
I say I go for marry her anyway, sure
Wit dat he h'order me h'out hees
maison an say if h'ever he catch me
wit Corinne he have me ares an fine.
"'Softly, say, mot so FAST Wat
you not lax me for sonin-law?'
"'You got ting he say. You
pauvre JUS take one beggar. OATS de
raison not lax you
"'Bien m sieu' say. Tgot my lest'
farm. How moch money mus have,
too, an you let Corinne marry me?'
wen you have four humid dollar
hin de bak, let you have Corinne, an
you not mus come here till dat TAM
Every we'll, say. 4 go got dat
four hund' dollar, an I come back den
for Corinne.
81 spik lax I feel sure I mex dat
money lin tree, four mont, but I not
be feel near so brave as I try to mex
h'out. Four hund' dollarl OATS lot
money for poor habitant to mex. Yoa
see, m 'sieu, it's lax dis. We grow hall
we want for heat, plantee patao an
grain. We have tree hon our farm for
keep good fire hin de wintaire tam.
Les moutons grow wool for mex warm
clothes No man go 'ungry or coli. We
grow de tabac Canadien for smoke.
Mais, MI ieu, we not be see YER moch
money.
81 t'ink for long tam how go for
mex dat four hund' dollar. S'pose I
work ma farm an save hall I can, it
tex me long tam fore be liable for
marry Corrine, an I not feel lax wait for
long tam.
II have cousin hon Quebec-smart
man, same lax steel trap-an go for
bee him. I tell him bout wet bon
homme Gingrass say an ask him wat
he think mus do. He study for while.
an den he jomp h'up.
I" Ma fol-. he say, I got de YER
t'ingl I know how you feex dat Of
man. It'ink I ear dat dey fin some gor
not YER far from your farm.
"'Oui,' say; 'dey fin some at Pierre
Boulanger place, bout tree mile from
me-
Oats good OATS all correct I
60 for veesit your farm hin bout two
week. You not let hon dat you be
know me hat all.
"Re tell me all at he mex, an in
bout two week he come an bring 'noder
man wit him. Dey have leet 'ammer
an go hall bout my place. Dey chip
h'off piece rock here an piece rock dere. /
but dey have oder piece hin de pocket
dey bring wit dem. Den dey go hon de
house bonhomme Gingras
"He's ear bout dat dey veesit ma
farm. an he feel curious for know wat