The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-07

into song herself" 'Catarina. while
you play at sleeping, and then Nj.
Maniera heard a voice in his right
ear (his wife was on his left saying,
Ha, ha jules not ,playing at sleep
hind Nine. Maniera Mephistopheles
ing His wife happened to be called
Julie. So M. Maniera turns to the
right to see who was talking to him
like that. Nobody there! He rubs
his ear and asks himself ii he's dream
ing. Then Mephistopheles went on
with his serenade. But, per-
haps I'm boring ycu gentlemen"
NO, no, go on"
You are too good, gentlemen, -
with smirk Wei, then, Mephis-
topheles went on with his serenade--
Name CRY, burst into song again
Saint, unclose thy portals holy and
accord the bliss, to a mortal bending
lowly, of a pardon-kiss. And then M.
Maniera again hears the voice in his
right ear, saying, this time: Ha, ha!
Julie wouldn't mind according kiss
to Isidore!' Then he turns round
what do you think he sees? Isidore,
who had taken his lady's hand and
was covering it with kisses through
the little round place in the glove
like this, gentlemen" -rapturously
kissing the bit of palm left bare in
the middle of her thread gloves.
Then they had a lively time between
them. Bang, Bang! M. Maniera,
who was big and strong, like you, NJ.
Richard, gave two blows to NJ. Isidore
Sack, who was small and weak like
NJ. MOncharmin, saving his presence
There was a great uproar. People in
the house shouted, That will do!
Stop them! He'll kill him. Then,
at last, NJ Isidore Sack managed to
run away"
Then the ghost had not broken his
leg?" asked NJ. Moncharmin, little
veXed that his figure had made so lit
tie impression on Name Giry.
He did break it for him, SIR" re-
piled Name CRY haughtily He
broke it for him on the grand stair
case, which he ran down too fast, sir,
and it will be long before the poor
gentleman Will be able to go up it
againi"
did the ghost tell you what he said
in M. Maniera's right carr" asked NJ.
Moncharmin, with a gravity which he
thought exceedingly humorous.
mo, sir, it was NJ. Maniera him
self So"
But you have spoken to the ghost,
my good Lady,"
AS I'm speaking to you now, my
good sir!'' Name CRY replied.
And when the ghost speaks to you,
what does he say?"
Well, he tells me to bring him a
footstoolt"
This time, Richard burst out laugh
ing, as did Moncharmin and Remy,
the secretary. Only the Inspector,
warned by experience, was careful not
TO laugh, while Name CRY ventured
o adopt an attitude that was positive
Y threatening
Instead of laughing, she cried in
dignantly, you'd do better to do as NJ
Poligny did, who found out for him
self"
Found out about WHAT" asked
Moncharmin, who had never been so
much amused in his life
About the ghost, of COURSE
Look here
She suddenly Gained herself, feel
ing that this was a solemn moment in
her life:
Look here" she repeated. They
were playing La Juive. M. PoIigny
thought he would watch the perform
ance from the ghosts box Well,
when Leopold cries, Let us tiy!-you
know-and Eleazer stops them and
says, Whittier go ye? well,
NJ, Poligny-I was watching him from
the back of the next box, which was
empty-M. Poligny got up and walked
out quite stitiy, like a statue, and be-
fore [ had time to ask him, Whittier
go YEP like Eleazer. he was down the
staircase, but without breaking his
leg.
Still, that doesn't let us know how
the opera ghost came to ask you for
a footstool,' insisted NJ. Moncharmin.
We'll, from that evening. no one
tried TO take the ghosts private box
from him. The manager gave orders
that he was to have it at each per-
formance And, whenever he came,
he asked me for a footStool.