Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05
CHAPTER l.

~ 49,. th,7 ~..d n what *
now tLe l.I.Il little city
of Ninccuu.s 90 ... .H.I tho de-
caying rcmuan, off .H.. ualJ ,uriously
gnarlcd ciUa ....I .- tIr
Roussillou i.., -.. a. Monsieur
Roussiiluu. OBJ. fHe '....I mhI.tlut.
called H.. which u- ..H. u- Do lived uur.
fruit remarkable 49, ...puoss eft h1vor
ANA peculiar dli' w. dept. OF color.
The exact .rHf Wl.u fu. mobile old
secdlIu. from Do belle tru,c Iourl~lcd.
declined auI ui,d cannot h' certainly
pointed out for ln The rapid and happy
growth 81 Nincruncs many landmarks
once notable. among them L. ccr.,icr
de- Monsieur Roussiilon. have been de
stroycd and the spots where they stood.
once familiar O. cvcry eye iu old Vim
ccuues. are now lo-t iu th" pleasant
confusion OF tho new town
The old. twisted. gum embossed
cherry tree survived every other dis
uuculshiug feature Of what wa. once
the most picturesque and romantic
place in Nincvuncs. Just north OF 10
-tuud ZOO The early French days low.
rambling cabin surrounded ly rude
tsrandls oVcrgrowu with Eupcvncs
This WAS the Rousslllon pllo'. the most
prciru,luus home iu au the Wabash
country. lts owner was OuspaUi kous
4uIon successful trader with the In.
dlans lie was rich FOR the time aud
the place. influential to degree. "a
man OF suuc education. who had
brought vith him 10 th, wilderness a
nuudI, OF look. aud % tusiv Tor rad.
Inr
n b.. Not tunru Ju.t n'.u NIu.....r
WI. first founded but moot historians
make o., pt.u.l.. u.t, t.l 1r5 u
a., eighteenth r....l. a....u. ...
tween 1910 auI I,' lr l-Iu fn~
RoussIlIou cherry trec was tIuu.ll Dos
% distinguished na....I l...r waiter
to bc no least nut .rr.. uu. UH.rh
would MAX, th, date ul .f- planting
about 400 Ccrna,1. H. Shown us .hc
time stained family l...Id. .p.u which
This story of ours g.. Il..d DO was 90
hourishus and Wide topped tree Boo
the early -um".- u. I..~. lt. branches
loaded Co dropping 0.Ih lu.,.au. fruit.
80 low did tlr d1r, r.J clusters hnus
40 one polt Chat 'lI young rirl
standing ou thr ground easily reached
doc best Ones .uI mud, u,r lU- purple
with their u,, while She ate tH,u.
That was long u-u. mrl-ur.d Dos
what hus ,lu. Goo p.-- ,H luc gentle
swell of r,h country f".m which, Nm.
,cuu,s ov,r..u.- th, N.n.n The
u.u town GH.r .I.- u...y .ui IFS
appearance Ulr.H fNr latest |IuIi 90
prosrps- Electric cur- iu l- streets.
,Ir,u., lights boo its beautiful homes.
tu, roar 90 railway trains coming rut
eo.ug Boo au directions. bicycles whiri
ul ultucr and thtucr. the most fash
loulblc STYLES ul cqu.paEr- from
Iruusham 90 pony pA.Dtou. make the
days of nlutloyk gums aud huckskin
trousers seem ages down thc past. and
Set We arc locking back over bat %
little more than l-u years 90 see Alice
Roussul0u standing under CHEEKY
tree ana holding high o tempting y.us
ter of fruit while a short humphackrd
youth looks ny with longing eyes and
,uIuly reaches Tor H. Tho Ublcau Is
mot merely rustic; IL is primitive
Jump" the girl Is saying In French.
Jump. Jean. jump high"
Yes. that was very long ago, IN the
days when women lightly brnvcd what
the strongest men would shrink from
how.
Alice Eoussillon was tah 1.-the.
strongly knit with an almost perfect
figure Judging 10y what the master
sculptor~ carved for the form of Venus
and her fac" was comcly and winning
II not absolutely beautiful; but the
time aud place were vigorously indi.
Gated 10y her dress which was OF
coarse stun and simply designed
Plainly she was a ch'id OF the Nin'r'
lean wilderness daughter OF old YIN
cenncs on the Wabash IN the Tune that
tried mems souls
Jump. jean she cried, her face
laughing with "a show OF cheek am
pies, am arching OF ninety sA't'h'd
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