The Marshall republican., 1911-10-26
A
STORY
By NORMAN GRANGER
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation. 1911.

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questions about how he came to secure
30 fine q house for such a purpose into
his reply he wove a story. There was
nothing very novel in the substance.
The interest lay rather in the telling
by a man who spoke English indirer.
emily.
"Thees house was occupy By N.
Chateau. a reech gentilhomme, who
aaf ferry fine daughter. Mile. Elise
Chateau she max fool Of herself when
she want to marry CASTOR Lefevre, a
young man ferry poor church mouse.
Mademoiselle tell CASTOR she marry
him in spite her fadder. in spite efery.
bodies. But N. Chateau he hnd ont
bees daughter lof poor young man,
and he max arrangements for her to
marry a reech man right OF, ferry
quecck. He tell NJ. Bourbon he lax
have heem for son.in-iaw. NJ. Bourbon
reech man, and he lax TO marry reech
woman. Marriage in France not lax
marriage In Amerique. French girl
git husband through her fadder.
M. Chateau tell NJ. Bourbon, I gif
my daughter 100000 francs. How
much you gifT
"T gif 100000 francs too. That max
100000 francs. Your daughter haf that
TO spend on fine clothes. That max
her ferry happy
"'All right. You go ask mademoi.
selle to be your wife,
an. Bourbon he 70 ask mademoiselle
ecf she be his wife for 100000 francs.
"Mees Chateau she say: "Yees, I lax
to be your wife ferry much. HAT n
glass OF winer NJ. Bourbon drink
glass wine with mademoiseile. Then
hc go away. The next matin he 10 TO
Nj. Chateau. ferry pale. and he say:
IN. Chateau. you haf done me
great honor to let me marry your
daughter. Mademolselle do me great
honor TO consent to marry me-
"'And you do me great honor. too.
monsieur
Wees. We all do each udder great
honor. but ! t'ink I no lax get married
Just now. I not good enough for your
daughter
what you mean. monsieur7 Didn't
you ask me for my dnughterY
"'Yees. monsieur
"And didn't you ask my daughter
to be your wifer
"'Yees, monsieur
Then you mean to Insult me, TO IN.
suit my dsughterl BY gar. I break
efery bone In your bodyr
"T not insult you; I not insult your
daughter. I not lax to die Just yet. I
lax to lir q leetie longer
"'what you meanr
"T 60 ask mademoiselle eef abe be
my wife. Mademolseile she kind
enough 70 say. "You do me great hon
or. Mfr. Bourbon" And she max me
happy TO shy she DO my wife. But
she max me unhappy anudder way.
Mademoiselle ask me to haf glass Of
wine. I YER happy. YER much honor,
to drink the health Of my fancce. 1
TAX all in de glass down ut one gulp.
Then I go home.
whats that In my stomachf Eet
must be ] drink In that glass of wine
hot Goals. I roll on de floor; I cry; ]
tell Gnscoine go queek for the doc
tor. The doctor come. and he put
pump down my throat and pump out
do wine your honored daughter kind
enough to gif me. Ferry fine girl Mile.
Chateau. ! ferry much honored to be
her mari, but I tink ! remain bachelor
leetle while longer
IN. Chateau ferry glad to hush up
thees matter that his daughter gif a
sutton something hot In de wine. Meb-
be that be poison; mebbe II be she put
tabasco In do bottle. Anyway, M.
Bourbon hat enough Of her. He tell
her ladder to max his excuse to bees
daughter and say he remain bachelor
leetle while longer.
Then NJ. Chateau he shut hecs
daughter up In thees house and lock
all the doors and close the windows so
that CASTOR Lefevre not get In or
Mile. Elise get out. But when two
lofers max up their minds to lofe they
ferry hurt to shut up 30 they didn't get
out One night robbers broke into the
house, but they didn't steal anything
except Mile. elise. One Of those rob
bers was CASTOR Lefevre.
when M. Chauteau knew that bees
daughter had gone of to marry that
poor man he rave LAX mailman. Then
he go away by himself somewhere and
put up papier on thees house for rent.
One day 1 come along and see the bill.
and I go to the agent, and I rent the
house for cafe.
"What wine will monsieur drink"
II certainly don't want tho kind
Mile. Chateau gave Der iance. You
didn't take any Of It or her fathers
hands with tho house. did your
mo, monsieur. mol I assure mon
sieur that mademoiselle put pepper or
something lax that In do wine. ] bring
all my wine here"
! ordered what I fancied, and he
went away. saying: II must 20 now
A. you Americans say. 7 hat some ish
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