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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-03-24, Page 6«* Goodness Has a Price © $ Rafael (Sabatini Infuriated by an act of tyranny so absolute and merciless, M. de Vil morin proposed to lay the matter be fore M. de Kercadiou. Mabey was a vassal of Gavrillac, and Vilmorin hoped to move the Lord of Gavrillac to demand at least some measure of reparation for the widow and the three orphans which that brutal deed had made. i But because Andre-Louis was Phil ippe's dearest friend, the young sem- i inarist sought him out in the first ;' instance. He found him at breakfast and after embracing him, deafened ihim with his denunciation of M. de i La Toup d’Azyr. “I have heard of it already,” said Andre-Louis. “You speak as if the thing had not surprised you,” his friend re proached him. “I propose to go to BOOK It THE ROBE. CHAPTER I. He was born with a gift of laugh ter and a sen^e that the world was mad. And that was all his patri mony. His very paternity was ob- fidure, although the village of Gav- rillac had long since dispelled the cloud of mystery that hung about it. Those simple Brittany folk were not so simple as to be deceived by a pre tended relationship which did not even possess the virtue of originality. When a nobleman announces, himself ’ the godfather of an infant fetched > no man Icaew whence, and thereafter cares for the lad's rearing and educa-; tion, the most unsophisticated of j country folk perfectly understand the situation. And so the good people of Gavrillac permitted themselves no illusions on the score of the real rela tionship between Andre-Louis Mo reau—as the lad had been named— and Quintin de Kercadiou, Lord of Gavrillac. Andre-Louis had made the most of his opportunities. You behold him at the ago of four-and-twenty stuffed with learning enough to produce an intellectual indigestion, in an ordi nary mind. In body he was .a slight wdsp of a fellow, scarcely above middle height, with a lean, astute countenance, prominent of nose and cheek-bones, and with lank, black hail’ that reach ed almost to his shoulders. His mouth was long, thin-lipped, and hu morous. He was only just redeemed £rom ugliness by the splendor of a yaii’ of ever-questing, luminous eyes, po dark as to be almost black. Of ihe whimsical quality of his mind and his rare gift of graceful expression, his writings afford us very ample evi dence. Of his gift of oratory he had already achieved a certain fame for it in the Literary Chamber of Rennes —one of those clubs in which the in tellectual youth of France foregath ered ’ to study and discuss the new philosophies that were permeating social life. But the fame he had ac quired there was hardly enviable. He was too impish, too caustic, too much disposed—so thought his colleagues— i- redicule their sublimest theories for the regeneration of mankind. Him self he protested that he merely held them up to the mirror of truth, and that it was not his fault if when reflected there they looked ridiculous. All that he achieved by this was to exasperate; and his expulsion from a society grown mistrustful of him must already have followed but for his friend, Philippe de Vilmorin, a divinity student of Rennes, who, him self, was one of the most popular members of the Literary Chamber. __, __ _ ___ ______ __ ___ Coming, to Gavrillac on a Novem- to be of assistance to me in my inter ior morning, Philippe found in that-view with M. de Kercadiou.” He took sleepy Breton village matter to quicken his already lively indignation. A peasant, named Mabey, had been phot dead that morning by a game keeper of the Marquis de La Tour d’Azyr. The unfortunate fellow had been caught in the act of taking a pheasant from a snare, and the game keeper had acted under explicit ord ers from his master. „ of her uncle Etienne, had ideas very different from those of her uncle Quintin of what was befitting seign- eurlal dignity. But though tliis only child of a third Kercadiou had exer cised, ever since she was left an orphan at the eiyfly age of four, a tyrannical rule over* the Ix>rd of Gav- rillac, who had been father and moth- I er to her, she had never’ yet succeeded Ln beating down his stubbornness on that score, She was walking on the terrace when Andre-Louis and M. de Vil morin arrived, Her slight body was wrapped against the chill air in a white cloak; her head was encased in a close-fitting bonnet, white fur. Andre-Louis and M. had been known to ply, is obvious, But I am a dolt, if childhood. The three had been play mates once, and Andre-Louig—in view of his spiritual relationship with her uncle—she called her cousin. She waved her hand to them. “If you come to seo monsieur my uncle, you come inopportunely, messieurs,” she told them, a certain feverishness in her air. “He is close ly—oh, so very closely—engaged.” “We will wait, mademoiselle,” said M. de Vilmorin, bowing gallantly over . “Indeed, who would haste to the uncle that may tarry a moment with the niece?” “M. I’abbe,” she teased him, “when you are in orders I shall take you for my confessor. You have so ready and sympathetic an understanding.” “But no curiosity,” said Andre- Louis. You haven’t thought of that.” “I wonder what you mean, Cousin Andre.” “Well you may,” laughed Philippe. “For no one ever knows.” His glance straying across the terrace settled upon a carriage that was drawn up before the door of the chateau. The footman displayed the resplendent blue-and-gold livery of the Marquis de la Tour d’Azyr. “Why!” he exclaimed. “Is it M. de “de Kercadiou. Aline, having spent edged with do Vilmorin her from "ffllWA WHY CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST? valleys I have Perhaps I shall that I must go Arrival. Weep not when l am dead, but pray to God, Who sent fox* me, that I shall know His face When I arrive, beyond tho bounds of space, iFar, far beyond tho trod On shadowed earth. be spent From stubborn mileB alone. Perhaps the night shall hold me, strange, unknown, Amid the vastness of His firmament. • I may not see God's face; but I shall ' see A face I know—I saw Him once in tears; Ho climbed up Calvary amid a tide of jeers. / And I shall press to Him; then joy shall be, I For Ho will teach my heart again to sing z I The songs that I had lost, while journeying. I —Thomas Curtis Clark. GOOD TEA NOT CHEAPER. Because old and poor bulk tea can bp purchased to-day rather cheaply, 1 V J 1’ > ? guumuxy tho publlQ Baiould nQt thhlk they wU] satisfaction by buying it. Cheap “Is it M. de La Tour d’Azyr who is with“Why!” he exclaimed, your uncle?” your godfather, M. de Kercadiou. I shall appeal to him for justice.” “Against M. deLa Tour d’Azyr?” “I want you to come to M. de Ker- cadiou with me, and to use your In fluence to obtain justice. I suppose I am asking too much.” “I confess that’ I have not your big charity, my dear Philippe. I am touched by Mabey’s fate. But, hav ing conquered the shock of this news to my emotions, I do not forget that, after all, Mabey was thieving when he met his death.” M. de Vilmorin heaved himself up in his indignation. •“Sometimes I think that you have no heart. With you it is always the law, never equity. You are not likely hand, and the house. moment’s rippling-ly. in such a » and Girls for on Canada 0P£N TOSCHOLARS in public and separate ££^9,2^5 AND COLLEGIATES — NO EN TRANCE FEE—NOTHING TO SELL—RULES OF CONTEST SIMPLE. 4 / I s After Ifyirg W® wouldn’t »ay that Wrigky’o ha» a place at the wedding ceremony, but in timea of strosa or when you have a trying ordeal to face—u«© Wrigley*, new DOUBLE MINT-it’s tea* Peppermint. 0 ’wsjm» No. 12—’27, up his hat, clearly with the intention of departing. Andre-Louis sprang up and caught him by the arm. “I vow,” said he, “that this is the last time ever I shall consent to talk law or politics with you, Philippe. I love you too well to quarrel with you over other men’s affairs.” “But I make them my own,” Phil ippe insisted vehemently. “Of course you do, and I love you for it.” “But I tell you frankly, now that I come to think of it, that I should prefer you did not see M. de Ker- cadiuo with me.” His wrath had passed; but his determination remain ed firm, based upon tho reason he gave. “Very well,” said Audre-Louis. “But nothing shall prevent me at least from walking with you as far as the chateau.” CHAPTER II. The sleepy village of Gavrillac, a half-league removed from the main road to Rennes, lay in a curve of the River Meu. Quintin de Kercadiou, Lord of Gav- rillac—confirmed an impression that his house conveyed. Rude as the granite itself, he had nevei* sought the experience of courts. Ho left it to liis younger brother, Etienne, to represent the family in those exalted spheres. His own interests from earliest years had been centred in his woods and pastures. He kept r.o' State commensurate with his position or with the tastes of his niece, Aline • phere of Versailles under the aegis jKfil wartfi with Minard’s Liniment. I some two years in the court atmos- La Toui’ d’Azyr who is with your uncle?” “It is, monsieur,” said she, a world of mystery in voico and eyes, of which M. de Vilmorin observed no thing. He bowed low, hat in turned to depart towards Mademoiselle, after a blank pause, laughed “Now where is he going hurry?” “To see M. de La Tour d’Azyr as well as youi’ uncle, I should say.” “But he cannot. Did I not say that they are very closely engaged? You don’t ask me why, Andre?” “Since obviously you are all eager ness to tell, why should I ask?” quoth he. “If you are caustic I shall not tell you even if you ask. Oh, yes, I will. 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