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Show WINNING OOltlNNE. "I be marry now forty year an' have nice leet' family thirteen, boy an1 girt Dal'a an oulucky number you eayt Well, I don' know 'bout dat None dem bo die yet an' all do well. De four girl h'all be marry good man an de nine boy mek h'out for dem-aslf. dem-aslf. Ono dem a notalre, 'nodor a prlea', one be member Parliament, 'noder he work h'on do Government h'at Quebec, two dem, Jacques an' On-Jaime, On-Jaime, kip beeg 'olel h'on Iloston, ono 'avo got' mine at Klondak, an' w'en he come for seo me las' wlntalre he bring hoes pocket Jus' full dem nugget; nug-get; two moro 'nvo goo4 farm near 8t Marie, lleauce, an' do youngca' he lire here wit' me. Dat not so bad luck, I tlnk, m'aleu, "I bo lot you how I como to marry ma femmeT No! Illcnl Ma femrao bo de daughter of bonhomme Olngraa, lie was de mos' reech man on dese part den, wit' beeg farm an' mebba t'roo. four t'ouian' dollar h'ln da bank. Heea title, Corlnne, Jua' two year younger dan me, an' we uie' see h'each Oder at church an' dance an' all dem place. I got for lak moch. dat leet Corlnne wit' her black h'eyo an' red cheek an' nice, leet' roun' wale' P'raps you not t'lnk dat now, m'ateu, but I tol' you she waa do mo' telle) girl aa you fin' any place h'ln de whol' worl. "f waa smart young man den my-se'f, my-se'f, an' ahe come for lak mo too. Bo we 'grre for got marry, but firs', aho say, I mus' ask Pcro Olng-u. I not lak dat part, mo. Ho not h'onder-Stan' h'onder-Stan' dat Jua' for wo love h'rach oder, wo mus' be marry. He not tlnk I be reech 'nough for marry hers fllte. Well, I gone ono day for ask him dat I want for marry Corlnne. M'aleu, dat ol' Olngraa, bo Jus' dance wit mad when I sptk 'bout dst "'Wat's datT You want marry ma title? How you mak for keep wife! Tou sak for my Corlnne! I knowwhat you t'lnk. You t'lnk you got my money w'en I be die. Daptemet Not You got not'lng. You not marry her.' "I tol' htm dat I splk Corlnne already, al-ready, an' alio say yes, she marry me, an' I aay, I go for marry her anyway, aure. Wit' dat ha h'order me h'out hsca malson, an' aay If h'ever ha catch me with Corlnne he have mek me arrea' an' fine', " 'Doucemenll' I say; 'not so fas'. W'at for you not lak me for son-ln-lawt' "You got not'lng, ho say. 'You pauvre Jua' lak one beggar. Dat'a de ralson I not lak you.' I '"'lien, m'aleul' I say. 'I got my leet farm, How moch money I mus' have, too an' you lot Corlnne marry met' "W'en you havo four hund' dollar h'ln do bank I let you havo Corlnne, HI! WANT F0H BUY MA FARM, an' you not mua' como horo till dat Urn.' " 'C'est blen,' I say. 'I go got dat four bund' dollar, an' I come back den for Corlnne.' "I splk lak I fret sure I mek dat money h'ln free, four mont', but 1 sot bo feel ncsr so brave as I try for mek h'out Four bund' dollar! Dat's a lot of monoy for poor habitant to mek, You ace, in'slou, It's lak dla. We grow h'all we want for h'eat, plan-teo plan-teo patao an' grain. Wo hwo troo h'on our farm for keep good Are h'ln de wlntalre tarn. Lea moutona grow wool for mek warm clothea. No man go 'ungry or col'. We grow do tabac Can-adlen Can-adlen for smoke. Mala, m'aleu, we not be see ver moch money. "I t'lnk for long tarn how I go for mek dat four hund' dollar, B'poaa I work ma farm an' save h'all I can, It tek mo long tarn 'fore I bo h'ablo for marry Corlnne, an' I not feel lak watt for long tarn, "I have cotuln h'on Quebec smart man, same lak atcol trap an' I go for seo him. I tell him 'bout w'at bonhomme Cllnxrni say, an' aik him w'at bo t'lnk 1 mus' do. He study for while an' den he Jamp h'up. "'Ma fol,' he say. 'I got de ver" t'lng. I know how you fcex dat h'ol' man. I t'lnk I 'ear dat dey An' somo gol' not ver' far from your farm.' " 'Oul, I say; 'dey flu' some at Pierro Doulanger place, 'bout free mile from me.' "'Pat's good1 Dat'a all correc'l I go for veoilt your farm h'ln 'bout two week. You not let h'on dat you bo know ma h'at all.' "Ho tell mo h'all w'at ho mek, an' ln 'bout two week ho como an1 bring 'noder man wit' him, Doy havo lecf nmmtr, an' go h'all 'bout my place. Dey chip h'off piece rock hero, an' piece rock dsre, but dey have oder piece h'ln ds pocket, dey bring wit' dem. Den dey" go h'on de house bos M hommo Olngraa. H "He's 'ear 'bout dat de veeitt m H farm, an' he feel curloga for know w'at, fl for dey do dat Ho h'lnvlte dem for H stay an' tek supper h'at heea place, H for try fln h'out At firs' dey not bs H tell moch. Dat mek de bonhommo H more curious as before. After a-wbllo tM dey tell him (ley's suro dere be got' IH h'on ma farm. Dey tell him dat h'ln H confl'enre, for ho bo hones' man. Dey DnH go for try buy h'all the right for mine HB h'on ma farm, Dey any he mus' not HI be tol' me dat, an' dey buy dem cheap. KI Den dey show him some dst lock dey H bo bring wlf dem, an' aay dat b H specimen quartz from ma farm. Dey H let him kip one dem piece. He ask) H how moch dey think h'all dem right bs H wort'. Dey say dey be wort' moch, Ha but p'raps dey buy de whole t'lng ton H t'ouian' dollar, for I be h'lgnorant man H an' not know de value, IH "W'en dey lef' tor home, ol' bon- H homme Olngraa laugh at dem for foot ggfl man. He t'lnk he aeo way for mtk aHal some money, an' nex' day he start H queek tor Quebec, wit' heea leet' bit H quartx. He get dat analyse an' fin' gol' H h'ln h'lt 11 "After he get back home be corns H for seo me an' want tor buy ma farm. H "'Jacques! how moch you tek for H your farm?' be aay. H "'Illent M'steu Olngrasl' I say. 'I H not be want for sell ma farm. Dat H b'long to h'our famllee for long tarn H "He try an' try, for I sell, but I H know h'all 'bout w'at ho mek, an' I H not sell h'at all. Den he say he t'lnk H mnbbe dere be h'tron h'on ma farm, H an' he want for buy de right for mine. H I aay he try for mek me Joko, an' dat H I never see h'any h'lron dere. He H h'offer mo ono hund' dollar. I aay no. H He h'offer me two hund', den fre H hund. I let him go 'head till ho h'offer H five hund', den I aay: H "M'aleul I tell you w'at I do. Yoa M bo glvo mo Corlnne an' two bund" H dollar. I let you have h'all dem tight gH Mobbe,' 1 say, 'dere be h'lron dere, X H don' know, an' mebbe dere be got' H mine.' H "He prick h'up hecs rar w'en I ear H dat an ho say be give one hund' dollar H nn' I tek Corlnne. After we talk for H while he say ho let mo marry Corlnne H and glvo me ono hund' dollar an' cow. H "Ilonhotume Olngraa waa h'ln beeg H hurry fat I marry quccck, for he bo H 'frald dem two men come back. H Well, m'aleu, I marry my leet' Cor- H Inne, an' dey's not bo como back yet H for buy dem right from Pcre Olngraa." M New York Bun. H |