go STORIES FROM DAUDET

‘Gentlemen and competitors —
Gentlemen and competi . . . Gentle-
men and comp ? Then he let
the devil take the competitors, and the
Muse of Agricultural Meetings had no
resource but to veil her face.

Hide your face, O Agricultural Muse.
When at the end of an hour the people
of the Sub-Prefect, uneasy about their
master, entered the little wood, they
saw a sight that made them start back
in horror. The Sub-Prefect was lying
flat on the grass with his shirt open
like a gipsy. He had taken off his
coat, and, munching violets all the time,
the Sub-Prefect was making verses.