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THE RED AND BLACK.
BOI'M—BOUM.
with his eyes fixed, his beautiful his first trip out,, “for I certainly
large blue eyes which were looking owe you something!"
of , through the walls of the little room Theclown extended to the parents
! and always seeking the spangles his two hands, gentle but Hercti-
It was indeed a very bold thing and butterfly of lloum Bourn, like a lean: “Agrasp of the hand." Then
that Jacques was going to do! But | lover pursuing his dream— placing two kisses on the child's
after all, comedians will sometimes “No," replied the child, in a voice cheeks, which hail become rosy
TRAXSLATKI) FROM THE FRENCH
JULES CI.AKETIK.
I’KKSSKD I’lllLOSOl'lh.
sing and recite their pans in the
drawing rooms of rich gentlemen.
Perhaps the clown—oh, for any
price—might consent to come and
that was no longer dry, but deso- again, said with a laugh:
late, “no it is not Bourn-Bourn.” permission to pul on my
Standing near the little one’s bed, cards:
the clown gave him a grave, earn
Bo I M-ltOl'M,
say good day to Francis. No mat- j est look of infinite tenderness. He
ter, how were they going to receive raised his head, looked at the anx-
him at Bourn—Bonin’s home?
It was no longer Bourn—Bourn!
It was M. Moreno, and in his beauti
fully furnished horn, books, engrav
ings and an artistic elegance made
a fit setting for a charming gentle-
A philosopher onco divided men Into
two classes—benefactors mid malefac
tors. lie declared that every man e.ame
into one class or the other—there was no
half way. The man who was not doing
good was doing evil. This rule may not
tie true of men, hut It is absolutely true
“And of watches You can divide them all
. . . | into two classes the watch that isn't a
visiting benefactor is a malefactor.
What are benefactor watches 1 ’ They
are the ones which always got you to tile
train on lime. You never miss
man, who received Jacques in his
oflice, which resembled a doctor's.
Jacques stared at him, not recog
nizing the clown while he turned
and re-turned his woolen hat be-
ious father, and distracted mother, —
and sjaid smilingly: “lie is right, Cou.kok Pins.—C. A. Seudderhna
it is not Boum-Boum!” And ho sold must all his second order of
went out. the new college pins and will keep
“I will not see him, I will never them in stock hereafter.
see Boum-Boum again," the child - —•••••“
now repeated in a voice that spoke When you want your old shoes
to the angels. “Bount-Boum is made new with white soles and in
ntaybe way over there, where Little visible patches, send them to I. T.
Francis is going soon.” Derricotte, next door to Johnson
And all at once it had not been dye house, No. 8 Olaylon St., Athens,
, ., . ... . . ii.iiu tut limn, tt'u ufvfi iiiiwiv an (Mi-
Accrobatio Dcctor, 1 racticii.g I hysican K , |({ ,. Im , nt whcn „„,. t v , mr ,,,,point
to Little brands. 'ment by them. It is something that you
The Em*. j “grow to" and place your rontiduucu in,
.. t and it never fools you. What are male
factor watches? They arc all other
tween his fingers. The other wailed.; half an hour since the clown left— K very job guaranteed.
Then the father begged ptrdon.
What he was going to ask was
very unusu:—it was never done—
pardon, excuse me—hut indeed it
concerns the little one—a nice little
oue, Monsieur. And so bright! Al
ways the 'rst at school, except in
aritluneti licit he does not un
derstand—-a dreamer, do you see?—
yes, a dreamer- and the proof—yes,
the proof—
the door hurst open and in his black
spangled costume, his yellow crest
on It is head, the golden butterfly oil
his breast and back witli a broad
comical smile and bis good face all
whitened, Boum-Boum, the true
Boittn-Boum, the Boum-Boum of the
circus, the Boum-Boum of the com
mon people, the Boum-Boum of Lit
tle Francis appeared!
And on his little white bed, the
Jacques now hesitated and stain- joy of life in his eyes, laughing,
ntered, then he gathered up hit. weeping, saved, the child clapped
courage and suddenly said: his thin little hands,cried “Bravo!”
“The proof is that he wishes to and said, with the gaiety of seven
see you and that you are there be- years, which burst out all at once,
fore him all the time like a star kindling like a tire:
that he wants to have and which “Bourn Bourn! It’s he? It’s lie,
he looks at,” this time! There is Boum-Boum!
When he had concluded, the fa ; I-ong live Boum-Boum! Howd’ye,
ther.was very pale with great drops | Boum-Boum!"
of perspiration on bis brow. He When the doctor returned that
did not dare to look at the clown, day, he found a clown with whiten-
who kept his eyes fixed upon the 1 ed face, seated upon little Francis’
workingman. What in the world cot, who was making the little one
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laugh again and again, and who
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Now we hcII nothing hut “benefactor
watcheM." We have Hpent over twenty
years in the watch bind new, and out
judgment will protect }»u in tin* pur-
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The below com! mile which 1h now go
inn oil at our eHtahlinhinent enable* you
to get a good watch at about half what
they initially rout. Now think about till*
matter. It. I* a chance of a lifetime.
( onto and get a really high-grade, accu
rate watch from u* at the price of it
poor one. .1. I*. Steven* A Bro., .Jewel
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or At.I, DESCRIPTIONS.
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he going to dismiss him, take him was saying to him while stirring a
bit of sugar at the bottom of a cup
of herb lea:
“You know, little Francis, if you j
don’t drink this, Bourn Bourn will
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for a lunatic or throw him out of
the house?
“Where do
live?” asked
see Boum-Boum; well, he is going
to see him.”
When the door opened for the
clown, Jacques Legrand cried joy.
ously to his son: Francis, boy, be
you
Bourn Bourn. “Oh! near by! rue
des Abbesses!” “Come!" said the never come again.” And the child
other. “The little fellow wishes to | drank it. “Isn’t it good?”
“Very good, thank you. Bourn-1
Bourn!”
“Doctor,” said the clown to the !
physician, “don’t he jealous, but it;
seems to me that my grimaces do
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Why, here he is, Bourn- him as much good as your dircc-
content!
Bourn! | tions!"
The child’s face lit up with a The father and mother wept, hut
Hash of joy. He raised himself on this time it was for joy.
his mother's arm and turned his
head towards the two men who
were coming, looked enquiringly an
instant at his father's side to lee
who the gentleman in the overcoat
was, whose pleasant, happy face
smiled upon him and whom he did
not recognize, and when they said
to him: “It is Boum-Boum!" he
let his bead fall slowly and sadly
upon the pillow aud remained there
And from that day until he was
well, a carriage stopped every day
before the working man’s lodging
in the rue des Abessesa, at Mont
Marie, and a gentleman alighted
wrapped in a cloak with the collar
raised and his circa* costume under
neath, with a flowered visage.
“What do I owe you, Monsieur!”
said at last Jaques Legrand, to the
master clown, when the child made
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