The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-01-30

Foreign 20 Maine tnat We al lo3o NV
lily from the table, and my cousin Ad-
Olson went out at once to see what
was wanted.
For q moment OF two not a word
was said Our visitors seemed at a
loss how to make known their busi-
ness II was the young lady who
spoke first, choosing her words care
fully, and attempting to speak slowly
and very distinctly, as If she had al
ready rehearsed in her mind what she
meant to say
Good afternoon!" she said "Ees
thees the farm fere Meester Benoit
Lecharme did labor for to make the
hay four week ago?"
Yes; Lecharme worked here Ad-
Olson replied.
"Eet was then here at your school
that a seraphine was los las ween-
teri" the young lady went on slowly
to ask.
"Well-yes, We lost a melodeon,"
Addison explained; and we all pricked
up our ears, although we had never
heard melodeon called by that name
before.
'Eet ees the same, them" continued
the young woman. I'VE have bring eet
back to you"
why how did you come to have it?"
cried Addison, In establishment. you
do not live near here, do your"
mo, m'sieu We leef in Canada.
am the school-teacher at earthly. Las
spring some lumbermans bring this
seraphine to us from their camp in the
woods. They think eet ees their own.
We have eet then in our schoolhouse;
and we have play eet in our school
effery day"
well, WELL WE'LL" cried Addison.
"But now" our visitor continued,
"Benoit he com back, and he say this
seraphine, Get ees not for us. Eea ees
stole by some bad peoples. So we
bring eet back.
81 am the school-teaoher at Garth
by" she explained again. "My name
ees Marie Ladoucier. And these boys
are my pupeels. This one ees Marc
Cassandierre and this Cyrile Joig-
neaux We have EN- to bring the may
lodayon back to you"
There was no installing the honesty
and good intentions of this young
French schoolmistress and her two
pupils. We made them welcome, and
entertained them for the night. In
fact, they remained three days.
We found Mademoiselle Ladoucier a
woman, high-minded, and worthy to
be a teacher. The two French boys
could not speak English, but had a
good time, nevertheless. All the
scholars in the district came to call on
them.
We set up the melodeon, and held a
musical julibee over its return. De-
spite its peregrinations, 1t seemed to
be uninjured. Mademoiselle Ladoucier
played very well; and she sang several
French school songs.
She informed us that the young lum-
bermen who carried the melodeon to
Canada had been afraid, when they
learned that 1t was stolen, that we
might have them put under arrest If
they came to Maine with IT, They all
desired her to take 1t back to us, be-.
cause she could speak English, and
make us understand the circumstances.
During the three days Of their visit,
Mademoiselle Ladoucier came to know
all the young people Of the place-and
thereby hangs a little romance, which,
however, need not be entered on here.
So, after all the dreadful suspicious
which had filed our minds, the melo-
deon came back, safe and sound, In
truth, the world Is never half so bad
as some persons think It. Despite our
dark suspicious, the young people in
Number 9-all but one-were quite in
nocent of any wrong-doing; and these
youthful Canadians had taken great
pains to restore our property as soon
as they learned Of our loss.--Youth's
Companion.