Modern Paris; some sidelights on its inner life . hadannounced to all that as soon as his money—it wasoriginally about fifteen hundred pounds—had allbeen spent in beer and whisky, he should proceedto hang himself. In the fine forestry in that districthe had selected the particular tree and the particu-lar branch of it from which he should seek surceasefrom impecuniosity. The village believed hisstatement and took the keenest interest in theprogress of things. People used to watch the treeas they went to their work in the morning in thehope of descrying there the accursed fruit. Thesteady decre
Modern Paris; some sidelights on its inner life . hadannounced to all that as soon as his money—it wasoriginally about fifteen hundred pounds—had allbeen spent in beer and whisky, he should proceedto hang himself. In the fine forestry in that districthe had selected the particular tree and the particu-lar branch of it from which he should seek surceasefrom impecuniosity. The village believed hisstatement and took the keenest interest in theprogress of things. People used to watch the treeas they went to their work in the morning in thehope of descrying there the accursed fruit. Thesteady decrease of the mans funds was commonknowledge. He cant last much longer. Land-lord at the Pig and Whistle spoke a bit sharplyto him yestereen, was a remark one heard. Let us abbreviate, said SchoU. Did theman eventually hang himself ? No, I said. * It was the landlord whocommitted suicide. The man married his widowand took over the Pig and Whistle. Coincidence is a curious factor in life. I re-member contributing to a series of letters in The ^. THALIA.(Miss Love.)
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