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Israël Potter: légende démocratique américaine
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ISBN10: 1530839629
ISBN13: 9781530839629
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 1 2016
Pages: 70
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.15 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French
ISBN13: 9781530839629
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 1 2016
Pages: 70
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.15 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French
... La vie errante d'Israël Potter commença de bonne heure. À dix-huit ans, il s'émancipa du joug paternel. Il s'était pris d'amour pour la fille d'un fermier voisin que le père Potter considérait comme un parti peu sortable pour son fils. Poussé au désespoir par la résolution de son père, le pauvre garçon prit la détermination de s'évader secrètement et d'aller chercher une autre demeure et d'autres amis. Un dimanche matin, pendant que toute la famille était à l'église, il fit un petit paquet de ses hardes, le cacha dans un bois qui s'étendait par derrière la maison, et le soir, par une chaude nuit de juillet, il mit son projet à exécution. Il se coucha au pied d'un pin afin de se reposer jusqu'à l'aurore. Lorsqu'il se réveilla et qu'il entendit le murmure si triste du pin au-dessus de sa tête, toutes les fibres de son coeur tremblèrent, et des larmes coulèrent de ses yeux; mais il pensa à la tyrannie de son père, à ses amours déçues, et alors il plaça résolument son paquet sur son épaule, puis se mit en marche...
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