The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28
(CopvrteAe N Atestca by BremfdNo's.
TO b publish I'd IN book Iorm.)
Will. Continued.
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The M Sf q large square During
ths daytime the square lights up the
ale and at night tie cafe lights up the
SQuare. During tfe day the place Is
nfgayS pleasant and comfortable and
IA the evening no ONE passes It with
out feeling inclined to go In. Although
typdoaiiy provincial. this place has all
tho charms Of an old homestead. with
it, mtrrored walls, fits painted ceilings
with cupids flying all around, Its old.
dflnpidated billiard table and its two
black cats who remain motionless al
most all day long with al expression
of supreme contempt for men. their
drinks Ind their talk.
Ihoee two animals, however. had no
efYece on Gaspard.
He would generally enter the place
huansm1ng a merry song and his favor
ito tune concerned a certain young
lady VINO had broken her wooden leg
while jumping on one Of the horses of
merry.go-round:
m 50 casse ga Jamie de fois,
Sa Jamie de bois.
On montant d'ssus les ch'vau1 d'bois,
Ellie a casse ga Jamie.
Sa Jamie.
Ga Jamie de bois!
Tho owner Of the place. who was a
clswer business man. always rushed
TO the door to greet Gaspard, knowing
we'll that not only was the soldier a
GOOD customer. but he generally at
tnct4d others to the place.
"Ah, here In M'sieur Gaspard! AL
WAYS happy. M'sieur Gaspard. How
Af Nl.- r.,
Whnk would you like to drink. M'sieur
GsSpard?"
I'm have a vermouth cassis .
and served by Mam'selle Annette"
He made nc secret of the fact that
n found Madeinoiselle Annette very
much to his liking. She was a typical
ltotle cafe waitress. hardly 20 years old,
faar and childish. but with pretty eyes
and tempting lips. Gaspard's eyes fol-
bowed her all around the place as she
won't about her work n she never
came near him without being caught
either by the arm or the waist. This.
however. was not altogether to the lik-
ing Of the cafe wner h girl had
been placed In his are and he was
anxious to avoid trouble of n de-
scription. At night he generally locked
her in her room and during the day
time he objected to her being the OBJ
ject Of toO much attention o. the part
Of the customers.
A month before. while still in the
hospital. Gaspard had seen his wife,
his Bibiche. He spoke of her in rather
unkind terms. saying:
"Oh. ! like her we'll enough. hut she
0ata nm ynv parx-es homo cbc
won't come back for some time. She
couldn't stand her eternal complaints.
! sent her home. She
kept on looking for my missing leg
although l told her many times to look
at the one that is still there.
IL couldn't keep her quiet.
The way she carried on would he
q. enough to get on any ones nerves:
Ny " darling . my poor
darling . what are you going
10 do? . What's going to be.
come of your business?
should worry about my business
. aren't there six hundred
thousand other lines OF business? II
I can no longer walk. well. then.
will become a Cabinet Minister, he
AUS they have carriages to drive
them around"
CauIng Nyademoise,o ANIMATE m hi.
side he u,en. nm.
.Nam,se,le Anno.+e 7 nm oo;pg >,
rsr a divorce wan, IN morr,
you and we'll have a fine time to
ether Af,er which bc resumed hi,
sineinu
Nam'sel,s Anne,, oucbod an,
looked nj the others. while Gnsnar.
threw her Kisses which co,,d no hear
ali over tho nIace Tive oyvner didr,
carr much fo, This g, bo nron,n,l,
came over tn change tho convereatIor
~ see NTsieur Casn,rd tb,t Won
,er M longer bur,s"
.Ny loo, ~, ,o,bor ,.,,h ~,
,ev 7, has hotherad mo ornu,b =,
80. was eAd 10 ro, rid 90 ~"
"Was +, in had shane
"Wbv so had ma, II made mo sic,
wher The surgaon asled mo 10 7 wa
u,Il,uy IN haye I, romn,od to,d hir
that n ! had had nv knife 7 wo,I
have dane 4, long ago rvse,f witbou
hi. assistance. WHY. I WA
berinninr TO he afraid ,ba, they wouI
newer take !, or"
The though, made him angry IN,
n. vent on.
..Tbe worst ot Il all WAS thai, n
.urpeon came nm one dav IN NV Inc
ana said in a smooth voice. "r.i, m.
nv brave young man. would YOU min