The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
WINNING OF CORINNE.
Story of tho Canadian Habitant who Owe
oRme a Rich Enihar.ln.Lnw, OhIcctinna,


came n Rich tather-in-Lnw's Objections.
IL be marry now forty year an have nico
leet' family-thirteen. boy an girl. OATS an
onlucky number you say2 Well. l don know
bout dat. None dem be die yet an all do well.
De four girl hall be marry good man an de
nine boy mex h'out for demself. One dem a
nOtdire, 'noder Il prizes. one be member Parlia-
ment. 'noder he work hon de Government hat
Quebec. two dem. Jaques an Onisime. kip
beeg 'otel hon Boston. one ave gol' mine ut
klondak. an wen he come for 500 me las
wintaire he bring hecs pocket jus full dem
nugget; two more ave good farm near st.
Marie. Beauce, an dc younges' he live here wit
me. Dat not so bad luck. | tink, m'sieu.
Il be toll you how / come for marry ma
femme? MOI Bieni Ma femme be de daugh-
ter oil bonhomme GinRras. lie was do mos
reech man on desc part den. wit beeg farm an
mebbe tree. four t'ousan' dollar hin dc bank.
Hees dHe. 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' Corinne wit her black h'eye an red
cheek an nice. leet' roun' wals'. P'raps you
not tink dat now. m'sieu. but | toll you she
was de mos belle girl as you I'm any place hin
de Who'll worl'.
y was smart young man den myself. an she
come for lax me too. SO we gree for got
49, ~ hip b'D Fuys 4 hluS uSh ftIf
Gingras. ] not lax dat part. me. He not hon
derstan' dat JUS for we love h'each oder. we
mus be marry. He not tink I be reech 'nough
for marry hees file. Well. / go one day for ask
him dat / want for marry Corinne. M'sieu, dat
oil Gingras. he JUS dance wit mad when l spik
bout dat.
Watts dat2 You want for marry ma dIe?
How you max for keep wife You ask for my
Corinne? know what you t'ink. You t'ink
No, You got noting. You not marry her
II toll him dat / spik Corinne already, an
mae Tsy h yTT sh sHs Ra SURE me- M W dat I sa Ss l h 20 for
me h'out hecs mdjson. an say IL never he
catch me wit corinne he have mex me ares
mDoYcGmsnt% Isayi'pot So fas'. Wat for
You got noting he say. You pourre jus
take one beggar, OATS de 'aiso" l not lax
Bien r~n'siru" ! say. Il got my leet' farm.
Wen YOU have four hund' dollar hin de
come here till dat tam
doila G'f an' 1 / Come ! say sy,k d, 5e 60 g, got cd dat -four hund'
spik lax | feel sure l mex dat money hin
tree, four mont. but I not be feel near. so
iar OATS a lot lot n Money !" o fr poor rS%f h 11 ! aG to
mex. You see. m'siev, It's lax dis. We grow
h,aIl we want for hey; plantee patac, an
good fir" hin de wintaire tam. Les r]noui0ns
grow wool for mex warm clothes. No man go
nngry orcol. We grow de tdbnc Cdnddien for
smoke. Mdis. m'sie,i. we not he see YER moch
t'lnk, for long tam how I go for mex dat
save hall can. it tex me long tam fore / be
liable for marry Corinne. AMI not feel lax
II have cousin hon ,~Quehec-smart man,
faI1 Sim lay sba steel t%rappman'd 60 fer see him, |
ask him vat he t'ink ! mus do. He study for
while, an, der, no Jomp h'up.
know w low }%'', You ns f say; dat i s2 R;o % man ys5' tli9 9fnk
ear dat dsy fin some COL not YER far from
0"i,T say: dey Nm some at Pierre Bou-
LANCER place. bout tree mile from me.
"'Dat's good! OATS all correct / go for
let. hon dat you be know me hat air
H tel me h'aIl wat he mex. an in bout
fT% wi Day he have soi Iaet sH Tam 51ieg a ,M9I Eo b %rn 'h wit,
my place Dey chin hon piece rock here. an
piece rock der.' hut dey have oder piece hin
hon de house bomhomme Gingras.
He's ear bout dat dey veesit ma farm. an
He h'invite dem for stay an TEX supper Tat
bees place for try nm h'op.. At frs dey not
rio 5sIi as @ Sefore Dat Ai mGk w sS iS9" Gsy sa1i b %or ss Sps
sure deere be col hon ma farm. Dey tell him
dat hin cpnfance,, for h. be homes man. Dey
farm. Dey say he mus not be tot me dat. ana an
dey buy dem fheap.. Den dey show him some
Kin one dem piece. He ask how moch iey tink
hall dem right be wort. Dey say dey be wort
moch. hut p'raps dey buy de whole ting for
tousan' dollar, for l be hignorant man an not
Wen dey lef' for home. OIL bonhomme Gin
gras laugh at dem for fool man. Het'ink he see
way Tor mex some money. nm mex day he start
Queek for Quebec. wit hees leet' bit quartz,
He get dat ~analyse an I'm gol' hin hit.
After he get back home he come for see
me an want for buy ma farm.
Jacluesl how moch you tex for your
farm ? he say.
Bien! .M,siru Gingras" I say. L not be
want for sell ma farm. Dat b'lone to hour
familee for long tam now
lie try an try, for ! sell. but I know hall
he say he t'ink mehbe dere be h'iron hon ma
farm. an he want for buy de right for mine,
! say he try for mex me Joke. an dat | never
see h'any, h'iron deere. He h'ofrer me one
humid dollar. say no. He. h'ofcr me two
humid. den tree hund', I let him 90 head till
he hotter five hund'. Den l say:
"1MSieu! l tell you wat | do. You he give
me Corinne an'two hund' dollar, | let you have
hall dem right. Mebhe.' l say. deere be hirou
dere. | don know. an mebbe dere be gol'
mine
HE prick h'up hces ear wen say dat. an
he say he give me one humid dollar an / tex
Corinne. After we talk for while he say he let
me marry Corinne and give me one hund' dol
lar an COW.
"Bonhon,me Ginsras was hin beeg hurry dat
l marry queeck: for he be 'fraid dem two mon
come back. Well. m'siPu. | marry my leet'
Corinne. an dey's not be come back yet fer
buy dem right from Pore Gingras."