St. Tammany farmer., 1904-03-05
: Tout de Suite .
0sssfisAt. isss, by Daiiy ssor, P.e. co'
y. LANCASTER

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'ssissAs. isss, y D.ii5 ssor, P.s. Co.
WHERE the green bil,. o,,,ea -
th,c.a ae bayou and where the sunset
snsd haS @ IN the woods ''Tout-de-suite,'
hau Dulided a cabin of clean new
D;s' a1us' cut from the very heart of tho
A.s :. rad rooted 1t snug and f,oored
- .lose and done one other th,np m.
pouy knew but him. Working eagerly
~ ,ana say stars and late in a fine frenzy
=. stran I've dreaming by day and by night
suanse' sweet dreams: laboring Inv.
nsIy, until it stood in all its sweet
eu 80 completeness where the pines
au lateiy stood and sung. One even
1ns ne had walked around II scarcely
ma ,s,nns Tor happiness; the next, he
aao locked the door, barred the win
uo~s and gone away.
quoa! All, mon ami. il nv q
p,sonne ps,, '.a sans defaut." And him thew
eau Iout-de-Suite." he had his fault
na.;a'.. No s 'ckname showed. He was i'm
AAASu. he was as impatient
- nre With wind behind it.
u see mon ami, it used to be a bit
=. 1uen out yondah." They had rat
.lesnaKes IN the woods and alligator.
AZ tne bayou. but 1t was a bit Of Eden
.or az that-no newspapers, no auto
moolles, no appendicitis. Love for the
young, liberty for the middle-aged.
pesce Ior the old. and plenty of hard
worH Tor everybody. That was the way
II was untfl the railroad came like a
serpent into paradise. filling foolish
neaas w1th the notion that money
couid De had without working. "A
oas, you say, "a railroad to bring
sucn notion" Mais arretez mon ami.
Down 81 the tie camp did they not Of
Ter 80 cents q head for cabbages? And
was nof Madam Aloysuis' garden full
OF cabpages that she had been wont to
give to the neighbors for nothing-or,
next % nothing? Now, every day she
and Cherie filled their little cart.
nitched the old steer to it and logged
leisurely into camp, there to sell doz-
ems of cabbages for 80 cents apiece.
Inink OF it. they had hitherto had to
depend tor spending money on figs at
three cents q pound "Ah sacre, it
taxes 80 many figs to make pound
Cherte 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 shabby little gallery,
with rickety steps that the four
o'ci0cks couldn't hide, though they
crowded ever SO close. "Tout-de-Suite"
longed 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 its reviving
breath upon madam's tumbled-down
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 up
the river hauling logs when things
began to happen and his first call set
him agape.
Mamma have man come up f'om
de camp and az heem." Cherie ex-
plained Nth modest assumption of
careleee3ess, when she saw him star
f,.~ vii chn
t'ink mebbe she have heem come mex
new fence some day. But me, I dom
know. t'ink best finish de house
first. Man say de glass window don
cost more'n two dollars, mebbe. What
you t'ink p
.Tout-de-suite' thought dreadful
things. He had not heard about the
boom IN cabbages.
what man is das?" he asked,
harshly.
Cherie was delightfully."- innocent. II
don know, me. It was mamma talk
to heem.' =
Another thought only slightly less
dreadful than the first came to Tout
de-Suite,'' but before he could word
It Cherie was telling him Of their sud-
den rise in riches. He began to un-
that this pretty new dress
was not her very best, put on for his
especial benefit She spoke sighting
" Of it. Good enough. yas, TO- de
house every day." and hinted darkly
Of things done in the way Of hats.
In sudden anguish the boy understood
that he was no longer the brightest
light in her girlhood heaven, and
perfect frenzy Of fear and impatience
seized him.
Co,,ld not Cherie be ready by spring?
He had his ground most ready to plow.
rs could work on the house wet days
and evenings Couldn't she be ready
~ then. He was 80 tired OF being
lonesome. and much more along this
I,ne. for your 'Cajan lad wooes well.
Ard cherie was kind. VOLTA. An un-
limited supply OF new ribbons need
,ct a,vays make q girl cold to old
rr,.rds. So kind was Cherie, "Tout-de-
snite' went homo whistling my Love
Is like q Little Bird" with heart as
',ght h = happiness. LIE pauvre garcon.
,orgettinF the other words OF the
,rattv song. that they all waltzed by
d the halls .tout yondah."
= WV should he not be happy-very
as, He and Cherie had been en-
10 Ave years, now they were to be
i asrr,ad. in the spring. It was as
..a,,gh no could never get used to the
Iov 81 that thought, but must need
'oy ~, - - - his heart again and again as
-. .,.srad and fenced and dug and
.,,,,ded The busiest man on all Bayou