Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 144 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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er > =a Ss = ee > THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME. aw mee ee oy which he always’ carried with himein the pouch | feel about as comfortable asa cat in acocoanut-shell | she belonged 470, the hanging by his side, the sounds of a tambourine and | cap. “Tis a dad thing Ladmit, to let the gentleman | hemians, so Gastuynettes struck his ear. ’ | ~‘Tuese sounds came trom the Place du Paryis. The sorry disguise the shoulders of a Phythagorean pbil- “ol, as we have already stated, had but one window, osopher. But how can I help it, my reverend master? , France while very young by way, of ringoire sa |of the watch run the risk of belaborting under this | of Algiers, as chiet of the nation of t 'So much was certain that La‘ Esmeralda had ingary.. gdom of Algiers. The Bo- . were vassals of the King whi Moors. me to om the root of the church. Claude Frollo | The blame-rests with my old coat; which basely tor- | all these countries, the girl had vad scraps of odd a looking up n | " thdrew the key, and the next moment he was | sook me in the depth of winter, upon pretext that it | jargons, snatches of old songs, ich made her language as curio lLastily w — ea toms of the tower, in the attitude of profound ' was dropping to tatters. What could Ido? Ciyiliza- wile eheorté in which the young ladies had perceived him. | tion is not yet so far advanced that-one may go stark | wor . There he was, grave, motionless, oe ear, all thongiat: All’ Paris was at h . _. thousand spires of its buildings, and its cireular hori- | month of January is not a likely season to attempt to ~ n of yeutle hills, with its river winding beneath its | introduce. this new fashion with any hope of suc- tions, Ler dancing, and her singing. . that in the whole eity there were but two persons who hated her, and. of whom she often spoke with terror— - “pridyes, and ie population pouring through its streets, | cess. This wrapper offered itself; Ltook it, and gavé of smoke, and its mountain-chain of | up my old black frock, which, for an hermetic phil- * rdo sprightliness, her gracefulness, her ‘perso had a notion She gorelgn ideas, a ce of patch- as her dress, half Parisian and ha African. as orbed—all eye, | naked, as Diogenes of old wished to do. sides, a | the rest, she was a favorite with. the people s feet, with the | very keen wjnd was blowing at the time,.and the | quarters of the city which she those vented, for her attrac- 7 . ath ‘close upon ‘Notre-Dame, ‘with~ their /osdbpher like me,, was tar from. beiny. hermetically | the wretched recluse of Roland's Tower, who, for sums . eenntity to the Rey p- _ double n’s lace du Parvis, and among the whole niultitude but | know, tended swine for Admetus.’’ né figure, the Bohemian. * a fy é sought but one point of the pavement, the |.Genet. "Tis\an eclipse, to be sure. But Apollo, you | tians, and cursed. ; re of that look, and of the fire that flashed from it. as @ fixed lovk, but full of tumult and perturba- _ tion, And yet, trom the profound ‘quiescente of his whole body, scarcély’ shaken .now and then by a me) streets. Accordingly, when I, heard yow exclama- ehanical shudder, as a tree by the wind; from tlre stiff- | tion, 1 was struck as comical as an ass before a spit. * ness of his arms, more marble-like thun the balustrade | But what would you have, Messire?. A. poor. devil upon which they leant; froim the petrified smile which }must live one day 4s well as. another; and the. finest contracted his face, you would have said that Claude | Alexandrines that ever were penned cannot stay the zoho had nothin, alive about him but his eyes. _lungry stomach s° well as a crust of bread. You “The Bohemian was dancing; she made her tani- | Know, for example, thub famous epithalamium which in around.on the top of her fmger, abd threw | 1-composed, for Madame Margaret jof Flanders, and cata i the air while she danced Proveticél sarabands | the city refuses to pay me for it on the vround that Ug 4 dancer had - , agile, joyous, and” not aware of the weight of | it was not good enough, as if one could turnish. trage- midable lovk which fell plump upon her head, dies like those of Sophocles at four crowhs apiece. . . The crowd thronged around her ; froni time to time | Of course, I was ready to perish with huuyer. Luck- ' @yman habited.in, a yellow and red loose coat went | ily, I ‘knew that I was pretty strong in thejaw, so + ona e cjre @ Of ctators ‘to keep théml back; he Says Ito thiv jaw—Try feats sof strengtl, and, balance then ed himself in a chair, at the distance of a ow ing; work and keep thyself.. A band of begyars, who: * paces trom the dancer, taking the head of the goat upon | «re my very good friends, have taught me twenty dif- his knees. This man seemed to be the’ companion of | ferent herculean feats, and»now, 1 give to my teeth smian ; but Claude*Frollo could not from hig | 6very night thebread which they have helped to earn guish his features. . ted her in collec » elevated s ion disti in the day. After all, I grant thatit is _asorry employ- Bete on a] net te tle archdeacon perceived this | ment of my intellectual faculties, and that man was rauge iy attention seemed to be divided between | Hot made .to biay the tambourine and to carry chairs uncer ‘and him, and the gloom which overspread | between his teeth, But, my reverent master, in order’ ance became deeper and deeper. All at sagive one must get a livelihood. . ted up, and stir shook his whole frame, m Claude listened in Silence,’ All at oncé his Vho c m ” he muttered, “till now I) hellow eye assumed an expressivn so searching and Lye. her alone !’’ ; - | So piercing that Gringoire telt that look penetrate to Le fen Gentes beneath the winding vault of the the inmost recesses of his soul. my ike dine ““spir ‘and descended. In passing the door of | ‘‘ Well, Master, Pierre; byt how happens if that you . _. the belfry, which was ajar, he beheld an Object which | are how in the company of that Egytian, Gaucing- | interested by thase particulars. 1 _ struck him: itwas Quasimodo, leaning -out at one of | git! ?” + uke | said, in niost cases, abe wrong urine “the aperttires of those slate | »entieuses which resemble | “ Gramercy !"’ replied Gtingoire, ‘‘it is because sue | in such or such @ way, to make it do what | It had been trainéd to these performances enormous blinds, and intently looking down at the Place.|,J8 my wife and Tam her husband.” ’ So entirely was he engrossed by the scene that he was | The gloomy, exe of ar priest glared like fire. “i PENS AANA BORE of his fuster-father, “Strange!” | “‘ Wretch! Is this really so ?”’ cried he, furiously grasp- 1urmured Claude. “ Can it be the Egyptian that he | ing Gringoire’s arm, ‘‘ Hast,though so completely tor- ov el K axnontle " a0net . ed to descend. me > eg f God as to become the husband of that : vip afew, on,. fu ’ sallied, creature’. , - , : “fort! pa ge ni py tp > : OF 8th a aradise, onseign ur,” answered. ae nta ti | ot tower.| ‘“By my,hope of ) Phage Wt “ae waeathd ‘the Bohemian ” he sahind, Grinyoire, trembling in every joint, “I Bweur tht’ slie allows me no more famiilivrity than if I were an utter” ; Lone of them; ‘I have but just a 4 may iniagine stranger,” , “What are you talking, then, about husband and k she is gone t6 give them a osite, from which some one wife?” rejoine a) vig P28 tx bat G apeoire lost time in relating to him as concisel as ible the circumstances with which the reader already uaipted, his adventure in the Cour des iracles, his age with the broken jug the urse of life which he ha imap soy his account, it Roped ; ‘~ Y Fw Bohem et never shown him more kindness than she 4 e’ Om the first night. ‘’Tisa provoking thing though,” said he, as he finished hisstory; a t it is owin a strange ing J notion, Which thoseLgyptians have put in o ‘her head. “What mean you?’ asked»the archdeacon, whose agitation had gradually subsided during this narra- tive. §* * ’ ad _ * " ‘It is rather difficult. to explain my, meaning,’’ re- plied the poet. “Tis a superstition. My wile, as I am informed by an "aypt ts whom, we call among ofthe Egyptian, upon the same carpet ‘om, ban aed ernerngey PD efare she had,been cutting her i capers, the archdeacon now found only the od and yoler surtout, who, to earn in 7% 98 Of sniall coin, noved round the cir- 1is elbows against his hips, is head thrown » flushed, his neck anes and a chair s teeth. On this chair w pe La cat, which ul lent for the purpose, and which, being {’ , Was swearing lustily.. ur Lady !’’ exclaimed the arclideacon, at the - wnoment the mountebank pussed him with his Jy ‘Pyramid ‘of chair oataah + bat te Pierre Gringoire ado ere toner.” 4 Pierre pleases. So much is “ What is Djali ?’ The archdeaco thonght.. a8 le slopes of mail; ‘but in this whole’city thé’arch- | close. So here bam in mountebank’s gurb, like St. | reason or other, pate e . who Was so extremely cl had 'taken*ouly two m toyether with movable letters the word Pu Phebus!” exclaimed the priest; “ why ‘“God knows;”’ replied Gringoire. “Possibly slic “that! fn magic Virtue. She fr ay én she thinks od’ you sure,”’ inquire looky“ that is enlte wor yo“ el © name ?’ “ How should I kno “TU just tell you, Messire, w ‘These whusduces cvabeheat of alien | the siin—Dan Phebus.” “That is not so clear to me as to you, Master w? her ver at the bu implacal 1 oor dan -yirl whenever sho passed her céll, anda priest wh dhe nevér mét Witl- “ Arespectable profession truly, this that you have | out being frightened by his looks a7 Se _ It woulda haye been difficult to decide what was the taken up !"’ replied the archdeacon, | last intimation (listurbed the archde: nat | “1 allow, master, that it is better to philosophize | though Gringoire scarcely pages Ney or poetizé, to blow upithe flame in the, turnace or to | complétely had the lapse of two m¢ 3 receive it fromm heaven, than to carry. cats about the | the memory of-the thoughtless poet the singular cir- culstances of that night when hé first met with the Egyptian, and the presence of tue archdeaton ‘on “that occasion. “There was nothing else that the young reason to be airaid of; she never told tor- tines, so.that she was safe witchcraft, so frequently women. And then Gring sband, After all, the nstit if not ah a ilosop no us her bore this citi OP Pibtonio tTharriage with foe Psigation At wt PR he was sure of lode m e sallied forth from the headqu Vagabonds, mostly in company with the arvest of sm the Streets; at night he returned with her td the sane room, alowed her to lock herself up in her own. ¢ell, and slept the sleep of the righteous; “a very easy life,’ said he, “ considering all th reverie.” And then, in his soub and conscience, the philosopher Was not sure that he wast not over head and ears in love with tle Bohemian. He loved her goat almost as dearly. It was acharming, gentle, clever, intelligent creature—in short a learn There was nothing more common in the Middle Ayes than those learned animals, which excited general wonder, and freqhently brouyht their instructors to tho stake. The sorceries of the golden-hoofed er, were but very immotent tricks. explained.to the archdeacon, who appeared to be deep! y @. This n not a little, avitation: so effaced from mm prosecutions tur ted against the gipsy sa ther to her, ive junters Egy Thes a oat, Every of the tian; he coin in g8, and very favorable to goat. how- Gringoire ~ sy y the girl, hat she t, he nul ‘to teach the poat to put is word poss en cer “Why, that is the goat.” | his fingers, and for a mome # Iv" gis sone. $3 4 & .%? ony f me as of her mistress." some he Dip @ nam the poet. oin n ‘hi * a nder- we ; piercing ’ Be he priest.) : cebus hat Djali is cree s. ® *F ne te! h Tam thinking. 8, aud worship ““ At ahy rate, ‘tis a point which I care very little abont, Let her mutter h Rh L tain, } she ost as ‘ a we eee n the ointa of on the 4 st in -Gringoire » : : : ern yoice of the rehdleacon threw r fel- | ourselves the Duke of Egypt, is a child that has been ’ . ‘ . low into sv -- notion at he. at the ance of | either lost or found, which is the same thing. She Gicnea 2 ae ony ld t | get mover his edif cecneiedtt Gaal and. cat tumbled pell-mell | has acharm hung round her et iy they say, “What @ woat?” aiked Gringoire P xg e zpon the heads of the persons nearest to him, amidst will some day canse her to find her par a, but which as eo. ”. ee ting “yy oe _ the ines able laughter of the rest. | eee Ca ne renaes Sate her “ SBR amie i aiebes Vhdateaatee? 7 “ian alprobability Master Pierte Gringoire—for sure | ,, pte i wn Mp ae ro te'y Sea hee . ‘Mas ; Oerre a ff egy eh olson alone with h Se : @uough it was he—would have had ans uglyaceount to} UP mere’ a 4 ®, er ‘| «kyery evening for afull hour.” > : -that-this creature is ydt virtuous?’ . | bas a: See ‘+ settle with the mistress-of the cat an'l the owners of all [°° "" | le ge ~. ae | Dom Cl knitted his . pont Solus cum the bruised and scratched taces around him, had he “ What chance, Doi Claude, can a man have against) sola non cogit we Pater ah not availed himself of the confusion to slip away to the} 4 cytes joie % This, t tell you, ts what-éhe has got’. yon my life, Emight say the | nw x ow. can 71 oe. , keeps itself intact among those Bohemian females, who che.weuMiiake & Rar’ Haglos of " » aud The cathedral wag already dark and deserted, and the | are not remarkable for that quality, asa very rare cir- | Tit 1, earns me. Pig of a ueps._ i chapela began to twinkle like stars amidst | cumstances indeed. But she has three things to mote Swear to.meDby.the soubor ee PT ey eo oo , ' ; lhér; the Duke of Egypt, who. ken her un his ae Y. ny “ Cried tho a all r ndow of the front alone, ; ign 4 eth ¥ aréhdeacon,” _ yehemence at thou iis safeguard; her whole tribe, who hold her in extraordi- Sahel this c with the tip of th ier," nut " > 4 «+ a F ; nary veneration, like mes Notre-Dame; and a cer- ‘tain little dagger, which the hussy always carri von about her somewhere or other, notwithstandi ordinances of the provost, and which is sure to be in her hands if you but el her waist. She isa saucy wasp, [can tell you.” " . The archdeacon pursued his -cross-examination of | Gringoire. In the estimation of neralda was @ handsome,.fascir creature, the exception of her; a simple warm-b rant, and exceedingl things of daneing, of noise, of human bee, having inyis ‘and living in & rpetual ¥ cae ers ted, ‘ingoire had contr , ond aa far as y; tie it up by a ray of the hori- n dark ea cluster of dia- az ng reflection m the further need ia few s ps from the en- ing short w 8 back against rat ag yt In tl Ten it no sa c or ical; and pone The archdeacon Master > Pierre. , There -are any * ts ; ae . n Dom en 6 | seen you for | mero the public half red and half “it is in- n which I oe t -eadiotm, “ ow. all | fare. Let me tell you, thie lay a hand on that Egyptian, f come the vassal of eo e “T am ready to swear it b o. But, my reverend taster, allow me to ask a qu gation my turn,’’ I take n, oach one |’ eried the ast ae . . = « “ How can this concern you?” | e pale face ofthe archdéacon crimsoned Jike th latter, Fs- | cheek brs bashful irl. He Pause fora moment a. offensive | fore he replied, with visible Bt Jo Master Pierre Gringoire. ¥ gly igno- lost, as far 0)(0)(6) y the body of my father » ¢ ** you 7 ent: “Listen, yet eternally mom the r wel- ) aU t you but of the A, -- * . wNislec J devil,