Scribner's magazine . , a great influ-ence on the destiny of the boy. There was a chemist at Dieuze calledParisot, a man of considerable imj^or-tance in the place, as he was adjoint ordeputy mayor. Madame Parisot usedto employ Madame Friant as a dress-maker, and took great interest in her,which developed ultimately into a -pev-sonal affection, an affection which in-cluded her little boy The chemisthimself, being childless, treated littleFriant very paternally, and he becamelike their adopted son, a position ad-vantageous for his mental development,as M. Parisot was always ready to an-swer his
Scribner's magazine . , a great influ-ence on the destiny of the boy. There was a chemist at Dieuze calledParisot, a man of considerable imj^or-tance in the place, as he was adjoint ordeputy mayor. Madame Parisot usedto employ Madame Friant as a dress-maker, and took great interest in her,which developed ultimately into a -pev-sonal affection, an affection which in-cluded her little boy The chemisthimself, being childless, treated littleFriant very paternally, and he becamelike their adopted son, a position ad-vantageous for his mental development,as M. Parisot was always ready to an-swer his endless questions. On theother hand, Madame Parisot behavedlike a French mother with an only child,that is to say, she spoiled him, and hischildhood was rather solitary, as hisadopted parents would not allow himto associate with the ill-bred little bo^Sin the street, and not much other youth-ful society was open to him at that , he was sent to school, where. Emi!e Friant. he was listless and indolent so far asthe regular studies were concerned,but when he saw the other boys makesketches on their slates it was like arevelation to him, and he bef::an to drawwith quite a passionate ardor. Soonafterward he sketched from nature andoften escaped into the country for thatpurpose, being invariably scolded on hisreturn. Then came the war of 1870. the in-vasion, and the annexation of Alsatiaand Lorraine, including the little to^^^lof Dieuze, wliich was French no lon-ger, ^lonsieur Parisot had been deep-ly afflicted by the course of events andintended to leave Dieuze to go to live676 at Nancy, which, as the reader \s-ill re-member, is on the French side of thenew frontier in Lorraine, but before hecould carry out this project his lifecame suddenly to an end. MadameParisot, however, went to Nancy afterlier husbands death and took littleFriant with lier, his father and motherjoininu them soon afterward. The boydisliked the big tovm, and deeply re-gret
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