The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-07-21
A FRENCHMAN's
STORY
By NORMAN GRANGER
Copyright by American Press As.o
citation. 1911.

Weaitny man. The landlord snoto
English. and when | asked him ao 0Ao
questions about how he came TO sacn.o
50 fine house for such a purpose lnto
his reply he wove story. There woO
nothing very novel in the substono" '
The interest lay rather in the tollin
by a man who spoke English indiNaes
emily.
"Thees house was occupy BY NJ
Chateau. a reech gentilhomme uhn
hat ferry fine daughter. Mile Fia"
Chateau she max fool Of herself whos
she want to marry CASTOR Lefevro :
young man ferry poor church mouss
Mademoiselle tell CASTOR she morrn
him in spite her fadder, in spite eforr
bodies. But M. Chateau he find on,
bees daughter lof poor young man
and he max arrangements for har ~
marry a reech man right off, farrv
queeck. He tell NJ. Bourbon he lot
have heem for son-in-law. NJ Rourdon
reech man, and he lax to marry roooh
woman. Marriage in France NOT loE
marriage in .Amerique French cirl
git husband through her fadder.
IN. Chateau tell NJ. Bourbon q ole
my daughter 100000 francs. How
much you gifY
4 gif 100000 francs too. That mai
100000 francs. Your daughter haf tbot
to spend on fine clothes. That max
her ferry happy
"'All right You go ask mademoi.
selle to be your wife,
IN. Bourbon he go ask mademoisellp
eef she be his wife for 100000 francs
"Mees Chauteau she say: "Yees Iak
to be your wife ferry much. Haf
glass of wine? M. Bourbon drink
glass wine with mademoiselle. Then
he go away. The next matin he 20 to
NJ. Chateau, ferry pale, and he say:
"M. Chateau, you hat done me
great honor to let me marry your
daughter. Mademoiselle 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 l no lax get married
just now. l not good enough for your
daughter
What you mean, monsieur? Didn't
you ask me for my daughter
"'Yees, monsieur
"'And didn't you ask my daughter
to be your wifeY
"'Yees, monsieur
"Then you mean to insult me, to In.
suit my daughter! By gar, l break
efery bone in your bodyp
"I not insult you; l not insult your
daughter. l not lax to die just yet l
LAX to lif' a leetle longer
"'What you meanp
"I go ask mademoiselle eef she be
my wife. Mademoiselle she kind
enough to say, you do me great hon
Or, Mr.. Bourbon" And she maxi me
happy to say she be my wife. But
she maxi me unhappy anudder way.
ask me to hat glass Of
wine. l YER happy, YER much honor,
to drink the health Of my tiancee.
tax all in de glass down at one gulp.
Then / go home.
What's that In my stomach? Eet
must be | drink in that glass of wine
hot Goals. l roll on de floor; cry;
tell Gascoine go queek for the doc
tor, The doctor come, and he put
pump down my throat and pump out
lie wine your honored daughter kind
enough to gif me. Ferry fine girl Mile
Chateau. | ferry much honOred to be
her mari, but 1 t'ink / remain bachelor
eetle while longer
m. Chateau ferry glad to hush up
hees matter that his daughter glf
Iuitor something hot in de wine. Meb-
De that be poison; mebbe it be she put
abasco in de bottle. Anyway, NJ.
Bourbon hat enough of her. He tell
Ter fadder to max his excuses to neeS
laughter and say he remain bachelor
eetle while longer.
''Then NJ Chateau he shut hees
laughter up in thees house and iocA
Ill the doors and close the windows 50
hat CASTOR Lefevre not get IN Vi
Nile. Elise get out. But when t"o
offers maxi up their minds to lote they
erry hurt to shut up so they dldn set
tut. One night robbers broke into Tue
louse, but they didn't steal anythiIs
Except Mile. Elise. One Of those roO'
'ers was CASTOR Lefevre.
when NJ. Chateau knew that nees
laughter had gone off to marry tnu'
'oor man he rave lax mailman. linen
Ie go away by himself somewhere anu
nut up papier on thees house LOT ren,'
)ne day 1 come along and see the pin'
nd go to the agent, and rent 'n0
ouse for cafe.
what wine will monsieur drlnA
81 certainly don't want the ktnu .
lille. Chateau gave her fance. lCu
idn't take any of it off her fatnef
ands with the house, did you'
mo, monsieur, no! assure HUI
ieur that mademoiselle put pepper "
omething lax that in de wine pfiH7
II my wine here" ,,o
1 ordered what 1 fancied, anu ~
rent away, saying: 81 must go h S'n
IS you Americans say, 4 hat some ISL
D fry" ..,od
SWELL" said, "when you have lli %
our fish come back and tell me anu s,a
r love story. You needn't 1rOu ,arS
ourself about the substance All %
tories are alike. You have qu T,.o-
,ay of telling yours. Then the pVn
ess of you French people is deliciVI -
We American men are deferentlai
omen, but we don't carry our ueit -
nee go far as to take of our naH
lem when they pour hot stuff into u.s.
~ (.t1 Shoulder.