The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-04-15
Which Parish !?
Bv Hell OISE BROCTON
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.

deed. there was point where ne
could stand on d corner OF four par
ishes Jules was IA sly dog and II
pressed by the bailitf to pay for things
he had bought from the stores IN the
village Hear by would keep them In a
state of uncertainty as TO which par
ish had jurisdiction in his case. he
to stand on 10 avoid arrest when he
saw one of them coming for the pur.
pose
His daughter. Anita. was a very pref.
ty girl OF eighteen whose short peas
ant skirt displayed a well turned an
kle and whose black eye was full of
mischief. Her father employed a
farm hand during the harvesting. and
Anita got all the fun she desired by
coquetting with this person till the
harvest was over and he went else
where. when she would tell him that
she was very sorry, but she could not
possibly love him well enough to mar
ry him. This was very amusing TO
Anita and very hard on the farm hand.
One day just as the harvest was
commencing fine looking young fel-
low. Antoine Perrine, came along and
was hired. as usual. by the farmer
Anita surveyed him from window
while he was talking near the barn
with her father and thought that she
would have IA better time drifting with
him than any one she had ever tao
killed. SO the next day. when Antoine
was moving. she went out to him
with biscuit and glass Of wine for
his refreshment. She saw at once by
the way he looked at her that she had
impressed him, and after sympathizing
with him for being obliged to work in
the hot sun she went back to the
house very much pleased with herself
and him.
Antoine was no fool. He had heard
of the coquetry of the farmers pretty
daughter and. Furthermore. that when
she married she would have a very
snug dot Indeed. he was the sou Of
well to do former living some twenty
leagues away and had hired himself
out with the especial design of win
ming her in order to take revenge upon
her for the damage she had done his
fellow men. Nevertheless when he
saw her he thought he would like To
win her for keeps
The affair went through the usual
course. AT the close of the harvest
season Antoine declared his love, and
Anita replied In the usual way. An
tome accepted her refusal and depart
ed. He had no sooner gone than the
girl discovered that this was very
different affair from any Of the others
and that she had been caught In her
own trap. But unfortunately she did
not discover this till Antoine had gone
That night she wept bitter tears. be-
cause even if she were not too proud
to call him back she had no means OF
doing so. for she did not know whittier
he had gone.
The next morning while dressing
she looked out of her window and was
Mortified to see the body Of a man
hanging from tree that stood alone
near the intersecting lines of the four
parishes Dressing herself. she ran
ont to the tree. but before she got
there man who was passing stopped
and looked up at the body. When
Anita came up she tainted The sui
eide was Antoine.
When she came to herself the stran-
ger was administering To her necessi-
ties
Cut him down she cried in agony.
mo. mademoisele. TO do that
might lead to serious complications |
have sent boy to report the fact to
the local guard There he comes now
The local guard came hurrying up
to the tree, which was rapidly being
by crowd of people. He
felt of the body aud. finding II warm.
said:
He may he alive"
cut him down quick" again cried
Anita
IF | mistake not" said the guard.
"at this point four parishes join. do
not think the suicide is In my parish
| will inform the special guard OF the
parish in which he hangs"
He went away for the purpose, aud
Anita implorrd those standing about
to take down the suicide IN order that
If he were not dead he might he re-
suscitatpd Bur no one would take the
responsibility from the shoulders of
the authorities. Since she was a girl
and had no means of doing the work
she was Obliged to wait for the special
guard of the proper parish. After
awhile he came hurrying along with
the man who had summoned him. The
two got ont map aud began Il spirit
ed discussion as to which parish had
a legal right TO attend to the matter
At last they arrived ut the conclusion
that the tree was in one parish and the
man was banging over the other. This
led TO Il further discussion as TO which
of the two parishes had jurisdiction.
The disputants finally decided that
they were entirely wrong as to their
position and that both tree and body
were in n parish the guard OF which
had not been summoned.