Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-03-31

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time. He is is one Of the men elected
last July, a Democrat, and rich one,
too. He pays me 800 a month, the
same as the other. Think do pretty
well, to manage both of them But I
have never lacked in facility. wrote
for newspapers under the empire in
all kinds of veins, sometimes for the
government, sometimes against it, and
sometimes both for and against. Now
I have the most interesting Of two
party practice. You see this port
folio?''
EYES," :~'
well, both my deputies are in it.
In the right pocket Chambord; in the
left, Gambetta. The papers get mixed
sometimes, and there is pretty inter-
mingling of fleur-de-lis and peoples. 4
have filled this double position for
three months without the least fatigue.
L am forming for myself useful and
solid relations in the political and
business world, and one of these days
I shall be able to make use of my
deputies to launch myself in some
profitable enterprise"
Three months later, this very thing
was accomplished. met Mustard
riding in a carriage, hired by the
month, it is true, but carriage, never
theless. He was president of a large
electrical company to be formed at
Marseilles-but which was never
formed, might mention incidentally.
= On Tuesday, January 10, 1886, as l
was walking along a street in Paris,
about seven o'clock in the evening,
saw coupe stop few steps ahead of
me, and I heard the driver call for
the gate to be opened. I continued
to advance until had to halt to allow
the carriage to cross the pavement
just ahead of me. The gaslight fell
full upon me and just as the vehicle
was about to pass under the porte
cochere of very elegant private hotel
I heard my name spoken and saw
face at the window. 1t was my old
friend Mustard.
He leaped out on the sidewalk and
exclaimed:
$50 it is you, is It! What an I'M
gateful fellow I am to let you hear
nothing from me for two years, since
have become rich! For 1 am rich.
This hotel is mine; the coupe in which
I drove up is mine and the horses,
too. l have three more in the stable.
These valuable paintings are all mine
and I have a round sum in the bank
And to think that did not hunt you
up to thank you; you, who in my bad
days never abandoned me! I am 60
ing to pay you back all the money you
lent me this very night. 1t will be a
nice sum and I know you never ex-
pected to get it. You might as we'll
own up to it. You didn't believe me
when promised to pay you, but you
were wrong. You shall see your &C
count, and your money, too. Come,
come"
:. AS he spoke he urged me along
agAn. AS for myself, I was complete
ly bewildered. We crossed a spacious
salon, in which another bright fire
cracked. We entered library fur
nished with sumptuous simplicity, in
the center of which stood a massive
oak table covered with papers, pam
phlets, journals, etc. Mussard took
an account book out of drawer
"Here is your account. Five louis,
five louis, five louis, then seven louis,
given separately You lessened the
loans," this with a smile. '"Then five
louis again. The reply to my letter
from Plevna Just think! I was at
Plevna! What strange episode of
my life! Then separate louis again.
The sum total is IS louis. I will pay
you now"
Pc He took from the same drawer
large, black morocco pocketbook, in
which we're carefully arranged re-
spectacle number of bank notes, and
he paid me!
'And now you must do me a great
favor" said he. "You must dine with
me. No excuses, I shall keep you.
You are dressed for the evening. You
we're going to dine at some club.
Give me the preference. I have so
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my fortune, first of all. Then, too,
have some one to show you; I am
expecting a singular guest, Bolivian
general; genuine article. He calls
himself Moyabamba; he's coming to
talk over question of railroads in
Bolivia. I feel quite sure that you
have never dined with Bolivian gen.
eral" ~<r ~
"Never, indeed" found words to
reply. -~-
'.Well, you will, this evening. There
is a beginning to all things"
Mustard rang A domestic appeared
instantly. The establishment was Ger
tainly a well-ordered one. " =
s'Have another cover laid
eyes, monsieur lie comte" %@-
So Mustard was a count! Count
Mussard! -" . w..
My establishment became stupor.
must have shown my feelings, for
Mustard broke out into boisterous
E1o,rhfor - =.