Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-10-24

Monsieur ana Madame Peyrollcs, or, az
they were moro commonly called In the
country, in AN afTc"tionatc familiarity,
Monsieur Nictrice and Madame Ambrosne
were in every sense OF the word, people
of the old sChoollIalc and hcartY,althouEh
very old they were married during the
rciEO Of Charles Ny, they lived on their
small income, which I'm former times had
almost seemed a fortune. Poor nS they
were, they dtd not realize their poverty
for they had grown old without demand
ING any of the luNurcs Of the now order
Of society. They werc happy in tho mnn-
ner of fiftN years ago, living in tnclr 1T
tie house on the big square. whore tho
furniture, fading slowly but surely and
the glass that grew NOR" torTiSh"d all
the time, kept for them. thanks to mem
Dry n changolcss appearance OF beng
fresh and now.
Every year whom April came around
Madame Ambroieinc, in lofty garrett
spotlesslv whitewashod and transformed
into q silk worm nursery. raised an ounce
of silk worm and when It was succcssful
she and Monsieur Pcyroll"s allowed
themselves one or two little luNur'es.
The culture Of slllt-worms Is not conSld-
cred n degrading occupation in Cantaper-
Dirk aud II is p favorite method of the
genteel poor to add a modest sum to their
income.
Eut alas, Madame Ambroisine's silk
worms had not been successful this year.
Suddenly the Monsieur Nictrice's round,
thoughtful fac" lighted up ana ne cried;
"fTow stupid we are, WHY didn't 7 think
of 1t before? You shall have II. my dear!
You shall certainly have your shawl TINS
very year. We have not collected the
rent of the farm of Brame since our poor
uncle bequcathed 1t 10 us that was two
years ago and one hundred ana htty
francs a year, the total would be three
hundred francs without counting the IN
tercst. just what you hoped to get tor
your cOcoons.'
Thercupon Monsieur and Madame Fey
ROLES burst out together excitedly:
How could we have been so stupidf
Three hundred francs, That IS q big
sum, and just think this man Mederic,
the farmer, we have never seen!
For whole week Monsieur and Ma
dame Payrolles could talk OF nothing put
their Journey. 1t was not exactly an
easy thing to reach the farm of Brame-
Faim perched way upon th" mountain
side above the village of Bntrepierres,
which was itself by no means low down.
| It would take four hours togo. as much
to come back. an absence Of a whoIe day'
| ina CINE 1t.
At last on Sunday, they We're ready.
| They had borrowed a donkey from one
| neighbor and cart from the baker ana
| in it. on two chairs solldly tied down,
| Monsieur and Madame Peyrolle were In
stalled as comfortably as possible among
all the bundles and provisions accumu-
| lated by Scholastique.
You will go straight ahead as far as
Entrepierres." directed Scholastlque,
who knew the country well at Entire
pierres you turn off from the main ROAD
! and anyone can show you the pain that
YOU must follow. You Will take the uon-
KEY out of the cart when you are haIt
wav up and eat your luncheon near a
ThpTe
I will ride upon the donkoy Do you Tor
Instance know how to beat a donkey? |
have tied big stick on the back or the
cart"
| After four good hours Of climbing,
through thicltets and over rough roads
part riding and part walking, ACCORDING
to Schoastiques directions. the travel
/ lers at length came to the farm of Brame
| Faim.
"Tt isn't very beautiful" said Madame
/ Amhroisine, pulling at the donkeys DIT
the batter to consider the ruined rackety
old house built of rough stones with
low roof through which came a thick
streak of smoke.
THE corn fields are good looking re-
piled Monsieur Victrice, Il can see crick-
cts running around in them"
! And Madame Ambroisue concluded:
Mercy sakes, even with hundred and
fifty francs n year, you cannot expect the
caSue u Wy wa, -, Is,o.r;oo NJ
WIN 'i',i l'nIp W -, "a 80 7,,,,, 70 aor+b
va me IN. fI,ouod bv tho don
anu potn ',ue an y, ,,o,,or+y CIV
hcE. but sue 49, .r, ,road ola baoTte
touiiueu ~, ~ - - tho tdeo of ask =
Ting for money.
you must explain the matter, Vic
ltrice"
NO. Ambrolsine. It would he much bet
ter for YOU to do IT,
.,.iv o,rnodL +r,o ,agpod. dirty.
40, ha,,s ,,ba r,aro ,lo,ire on a nile Of
- to,. -. ,to;, r.,s ana thalr moth
,,.o's h,,s,, e,i,,-irer ei+tinp on the
tr,,nI. ~ n iargo tree rose
"t,iS 20 " -, ,,o+ tt ,,,,. ,,,,. >ronsiouro
Sou NV v.nr. Satoe. to vistt piorre
Eo',.en 7. ,s ,or,,o, 62u.n wear The brook
~ i'' - .'.,.' ., 49,
wv, ,ra ua, V,otr,a. ,oo,,oa OF Madame
nlr.Su, nnd ,rada,,,o Arohrois,ne
,,.rL ,,o,,,,o,,, y,otrio, ,-ber tboy
i ,ookea ~ m4a ot tbo oar rac,fstv house
iooheu '.pu', a. ~ 'IG. ,.,I,, .ha,,.
ana ane ,n,r no rorEt fe ,' ham and thew
co".ass aptai '. ~, 1.. ,.Ira, ,o,. AKA
pir.e" - 60 ,,,a,, ...no Eor,ta
~ s 80 saa,,,o5 aasior and said.
..I ,,os atro,d ~ e-s, tb.t you we're
,,ons,,,r poyrol,os h,co,,so mis- farm
,a,lr 60 tbo,, ava ,a o,,o thevn tho
t =,
,rhor che oo,,oa - t.r husband.
w., oar conc o,,t ,,aJar,r they are
M. 80 onns we ora os~,id ~
Mador,o oar,o dow, t,.|,r' no sarrot fol-
,o,,,aJ ~, tba +,yo oh,i1ra,, n.bose fright
ensd eyes shonc ike s.5rs Ne nfrcred his
eu so,r9a vii, th, ,,.o-a zoo moor for
guests Some HlI!k-tu", were 100 p'pi Api