The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
Winning Of
Corinne,



81 be marry now 40 year an have
nice leet' family-13, boy an girl. Dat:
an onlucky number, you say? Well, ]
don know bout dat. None dem be die
yet, an all do we'll. De four girl hall be
marry good man, an de nine boy mex
h'out for demself. One dem a n%otaire,
'noder a pries', one be member parlia.
ment, 'noder he work hon de govern
ment hat Quebec, two dem, Jacques 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, I t'ink.
m'sieu.
II be toll you how I come for marry
ma femme? MOI Ny wife be de daugh.
ter Of bonhomme Gingras. He was de
mos reech man OF desc part den, wit
beeg farm an mebbe tree, four t'ousan'
dollar hin de bank. Hees file, Corinne,
jus two year younger dan me, an we
use see h'each oder at church an dance
an all dem place. l 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
l toll you she was de mos belle girl as
you fin any place hin de Who'll worr.
II was smart young man den myself,
an che come for lax me too. So we
gree for got marry, but fire.. she say, l
mus ask Pere Gingras. I not lax dat
part, me. He not h'onderstan' dat JUS
for we love h'each oder we mus be
marry. He not fink I be reech 'nough
for marry hees file. Well, l go one day
for ask him dat l want for marry Co.
rinne. M'sieu, dat OIL Gingras, he JUS
dance wit mad when I spik bout dat.
"'W'at's dat? You want for marry
ma file How you make for keep wife I
You ask for my Corinne? I know what
you t'ink. You t'ink you got my money
wen I be die. Baptemel Mol 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
say I go for marry her anyway, sure.
Wit dat he border me h'out hees
maison an say if h'ever he catch me
wit Corinne he have me ares an fine.
"'Softly,' I say, mot SO fas'l Wat
you not lax me for son-in-law?'
"'You got noting he say. You
pauvre JUS take one beggar. OATS de
raison I not lax you
"'Bien m'sieu!' I say. 'Igot my leet'
farm. How moch money I mus have, |
too. an you let Corinne marry meP'
Gwen you have four humid dollar
hin de bak, ! let you have Corinne, an
you not mus come here till dat TAM
very WE'LL 1 say. 4 go got dat
four hund' dollar, an I come back den
for Corinne.'
Il spik lax I feel sure I mex dat
money hin tree, four mont, but I not
be feel near SO brave as l try to mex
bout. Four hund' dollarl OATS a lot
money for Poor habitant to mex. You
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 w~intaire tam.
Les moutons grow wool for mex warm
clothes. No man go 'ungry or coli. We
grow de tabac Canadien for smoke.
MATS, m'sieu, we not be see YER moch
money.
Il t'ink for long tam how I 20 for
dat four humid dollar. S'pose I
work ma farm IN save hall I can, it
me long tam fore I be liable for
marry Corrine. an I not feel lax wait for
long tam.
Il have cousin hon Quebec-smart
man, same lax steel trap-an 1 20 for
Gee him. I tell him bout wat bon
homme Gingrass say an ask him wat
he t'ink I mus do. He study for while.
an den he jomp h'up.
Ma fol, he say, 4 got de YER
t'ingi / know how you feex dat Of
man. It'ipk I ear dat dey fin some col
not YER far from your farm.
"'Oui.' ! say; sdey fin some at Pierre
Boulanger place. bout tree mile from
me-.
Oats goodl OATS all correct 1
30 for veesit your farm hin bout two
week. You not let hon dat you be
know me hat ALL
II tell me hall wat he mex, an in
bout two week he come an bring 'noder
nan wit him. Dey have leet' 'ammer
" 80 hall bout my place. Dey chip
l'of piece rock here an piece rock dere,
mt dey have oder piece hin de pocket
ley bring wit dem. Den dey go hon de
'ouse bonhomme Gingras.
Hes ear bout dat dey veesit ma
arm. an he feel curious for know wat