The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-02-19
"Tout de Suite"
copyright. lsas, By Daily Story Pub. Coz
r. II. LANCASTER

w the bayou and where the sunset
th1cAened in the woods '"Tout-de-Suite"
had builded. cabin of clean. new
boards, cut from the very heart of the
pines. Had rooted 1t snug and foored
it close and done one other thing no.
body knew but him. Working eagerly
by early stars and late in a fine frenzy
Of love; dreaming by day and by night
strange, sweet dreams; laboring low
ingly, until it stood in all its sweet
scented completeness where the pines
had lately stood and sung. One even
ing he had walked around it scarcely
whistling for happiness; the next, he
had locked the door, barred the win
dows and gone away.
''Pourquoi? All, mon ami. il ms a
personne sans defaut." Ard him they
call ''Tout-de-Suite.% he had his fault
as his nickname showed. He was i'm
patient? HEN. He was as impatient
as fire with wind behind it.
You see. mon ami. 1t used to be bit
OF Eden "out yondah." They had rat
In the bayou, but it was bit of Eden
for all that-no newspapers, no auto
mobiles, no appendicitis. Love for the
young, liberty for the middle-aged,
peace for the old, and plenty of hard
work for everybody. That was the way
1t was until the railroad came like a
serpent into paradise. filling foolish
heads with the notion that money
could be had without working. "a
has," you say, "a railroad to bring
such a notion" Mails arretez, mon ami.
Down at the tie camp did they not Of
fer 80 cents head for cabbages? And
was not Madam Aloysuis' garden full
Of cabbages that she had been wont to
give to the neighbors for nothing-or.
next to nothing? Now. every day she
and Cherie filled their little cart.
hitched the old steer to it and logged
leisurely into camp, there to sell doz-
ems Of caDbages for 80 cents apiece.
Think Of 1t. they had hitherto had to
depend for spending money on figs at
three cents a pound. "Ah sacre, It
tales so many figs to make pound"
Cherie had sometimes sighed, softly
to "Tout-de-Suite," when he came in
his Sunday clothes to smoke his Gig
arettes on Nine. Aloysuis' front gal
lery. Such a shabby little gallery
with rickety steps that the four
o'clocks couldn't hide, though they
crowded ever SO close. '"Tout-de-Suite''
loneed for the right to repair that
rotten roof. put new blocks under
those sagging corners and replace the
hinges on the gate tied up with cow
hide thongs. But while he waited
impatiently for the time when all
these and dearer-far dearer rights
should come to pass. the railroad came
and prosperity breathed it's revivine
breath upon madam's tumbled-d owr
establishment. The house squared it.
self with the world, new boards
cleaned from the roof, and new steps
turned snowy under Cherries energetic
scrubbing. "Tout-de-Suite" was uI
the river hauling logs when things
began to happen and his first call sci
him agape.
Mamma have a man come up f'om
de camp and fix heem," Cherie ex-
planned, with modest assumption OF
carelessness, when she saw him star
ing at the new boards. Says she
t'ink mebbe she have heem come mok
new fence some day. But, me, 1 don
know. t'ink best finish de house
first. Man say de glass window don
cost more'n two dollars, mebbe. VIVA,
you t'ink%
Tout de-Suite" thought dreadful
things. lie had not heard about the
boom in cabbages
what man is das?" he asked
harshly.
5 Cherie was delightfully."- innocent az
don know, me. 1t was mamma tall
to heem."
Another thought only slightly less
dreadful than the first came to Tout.
de-Suite," but before he could WORD
1t Cherie was telling him of their sud
den rise in riches. He began to un.
derstand that this pretty new dress
was not her very best. put on for his
especial benefit. She spoke sighting
1y of it Good enough, vas. TO- d.
house every day." and limited darkly
of things done in the way of hats
In sudden anguish the boy understood
that he was no longer the brightes
light in her girlhood heaven. and {
perfect frenzy Of fear and impatienc.
seized him.
Coula not Cherie be ready by spring
He had his ground most ready to pillow
he could work on the house wet day.
and evenings. Couldn't she be read,
by then. He was so tired of being
lonesome. and much more along THU
line for your 'Cajan lad wooes well
And Cherie was kind. VOLTA An un
limited supply Of new ribbons neet
not always make q girl cold to oil,
friends. So kind was Cherie. "Tout-de
Suite" went home whistling MY Los;
Is Like Little Bird" with heart a
light as happiness. LIE pauvre garcon
forgetting the other words Of tn
- he ho1r n, loh