Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1910-06-24
Which Parish ?.
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opyr ght. 1910 by American Press
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'N'"fNS shtNtNtNetb8s
deed. there Wus q point where be
could stand on q corner OF four par.
ishra jules was a sly dog and II
'rease'' BY tho bailifY to pay for things
bs hr bought from the stores 10 the
village near by would keep them In q
stalo Of uncertainty ~ 10 which par.
ish had Jurisdiction IN bis case. ne
rw . IN all and knew which parish
" stund 90 TO avoid arrest when he
y rsnw QUO Of them coming for the pur.
pore.
His daughter, Anita. was a very pret.
~ glri ot eighteen whose short peas
an, skirt displayed well turned an.
W 'of aud whUse black eye was full Of
''e1sehlef. Her father employed q
farm hnnd during the harvesting. and
Anita got all the fun she desired BY
coquetting with this person TN the
harvest was over aud 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 tho farm band.
One day Just M the harvest was
commencing hne looking young fei.
low, Antoine Perrine, came along aud
was hired. ~ 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 n better time firting with
him than any one she had ever tac-
kled. So the next day. when Antoine
with q 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 sympethizing
SzR,th him for being obliged to work In
the hot sun she went back TO the
house very much pleased with herself
and him.
Antoine wna no fool. He had heard
OF the coquetry Of the farmers pretty
daughter aud. furthermore. that when
she married she would have a very
snug dot. Indeed. he was tho son OF a
well to do former living some twenty
leagues away aud 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 I'm the usual way. An.
toine accepted her refusal and depart
cd. lie had no sooner gone than the
girl discovered that this was a very
different affair from any OF the others
and ihat she had been caught 10 her
own trap. hut unfortunately she did
not discover this ill Antoine had gone.
That night she wept bitter tears, be-
cruise even II she were not too proud
{, call him back she had no means OF
doing SO. for she did not know whittier
he had gone.
The next morning while dressing
ehe looked out OF her window aud was
81, rI1ed 10 see the body of q man
hanging from tree that stood alone
near the intersecting lines OF the four
parishes. Dressing herself, she ran
OFT to the tree. but before she got
shcre a 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. mademoiselle. To do that
fght lead TO serious complications,
have sent boy to report the fact to
the local guard. There be comes now"
The local guard came hurrying up
to the tree. which was rapidly being
surrounded by a crowd of people. He
felt OF the body aud, finding It warm,
said:
"He may be alive"
''Cut him down quickr' again cried
Anita.
"If I mistake not" said the guard.
"at this point four parishes join. | do
not think the suicide In In my parish
viii inform the special guard Of the
parish 10 which he hangs"
He went away for the purpose. and
Anita implored those standing about
TO take down the suicide in order that
II he were not dead he might he re-
suscitated But 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 walt for the special
guard OF the proper parish. After
awhile be came hurrying along with
the man who had summoned him. The
two got out map and began a spirit
ed discussion as to which parish had
legal right to attend to the matter.
At last they arrived at the conclusion
that the tree was In one parish and the
man was hanging over the other. This
led to O further discussion as to which
nf the two parishes had Jurisdiction.
The disputants finally decided that