The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-22
A FRENCEiMAN'S
STORY
BY NORMAN GRANGER
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.

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English, and when | asked him some
questions about how he came to secure
so fine house for such 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 indiffer'
emily.
"Thees house was occupy by M.
Chateau, a reech gentilhomme, VINO
hat ferry fine daughter Mile. Elise
Chateau she max fool of herself when
she want to marry CASTOR Lefevre,
| young man ferry poor church mouse.
Mademoiselle tell CASTOR she marry
him in spite her fadder, in spite efery-
bodies. But NJ. Chateau he find out
bees daughter lof poor young man,
and he max arrangements for her to
marry a reech man right off, ferry
uueeck. He tell NJ. Bourbon he lax
have heem for son-in-law. M. 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.
IN. Chateau tell NJ. Bourbon, I gif
my daughter 100000 francs. How
much you gif?
"T elf 100000 francs too. That max
100000 francs. Your daughter hat that
to spend on fine clothes. That max
her ferry happy
on mQnnmOt-
selle to be your wife,
an. Bourbon he go ask mademoiselle
eef she be his wife for 100000 francs.
"Mees Chateau she say: "Yees, lax
to be your wife ferry much. Haf a
glass of wineT M. Bourbon drink
glass wine with mademolselle. Then
he go away The next matin he go to
NJ. Chateau. ferry pale, and he say:
IN 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
"'Yees, we all do each udder great
honor, but fink no lax get married
just now. | 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, | break
efery bone in your bodyp
81 not insult you; not insult your
daughter. l not lax to die just yet.
lax to lif' leetle longer
"'What you meanT
az go ask mademoiselle eef she be
my wife. Mademoisele she kind
enough to say, you do me great hon.
or, Mr. Bourbon" And she max me
happy to say she be my wife. But
she max me unhappy anudder way.
Mademoisele ask me to hat glass of
wine. | YER happy, YER much honor,
to drink the health Of my fiancee. l
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. 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
de wine your honored daughter kind
enough to gif me. Ferry fine girl Mile
Chateau. | ferry much honored to be
her mari, but t'ink remain bachelor
leetle while longer
IN. Chateau ferry glad to hush up
thees matter that his daughter gif q
sutton something hot in de wine. Meb-
be that be poison; mebbe 1t be she put
tabasco in de bottle. Anyway, NJ.
Bourbon haf enough of her. He tell
her fadder to max his excuses to hees
daughter and say he remain bachelor
leetle while longer.
Then NJ. Chateau he shut bees
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 thew
ferry hurt to shut up so 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 NJ. Chateau knew that bees
daughter had gone off 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 come along and see the bill,
and l go to the agent, and rent the
house for cafe.
What wine will monsieur drinkY
Il certainly don't want the kind
Mile. Chateau gave her fiance. You
didn't take any Of it off her fathers
hands with the house, did your"
mo, monsieur, no! l assure mon
sieur that mademoiselle put pepper or
something lax that in de wine. bring
all my wine here"
| ordered what 1 fancied, and he
went away, saying: 81 must 90 now.
AS you Americans say, 4 hat some fish
to fry"
Wei" l said, when you have fried
your fish come back and tell me anoth-
er love story. You needn't trouble
yourself about the substance. All love
stories are alike. You have a quaint !
way Of telling yours. Then the polite
ness of you French people is delicious.
We American men are deferential to
women but we don't carry our defer |
ence 60 far as to take Off our hats to
them when they pour hot stuff into u.s."
The VIII Of DR.. Charles F. Meyers