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CHAPVER VI.- (Coon:ellen ) hard hit 'within these few dayi,• one bylais
" Manborgue," he said to a trety low orifeemed um ;by his eldeat eon, the deerest
oehhieet"take are what ore do," et his children. It WAS to much for hinte
"The usurer turreed h 4 heed and Wilts. His energy was -swots way, the thiegs
• ' 'tlea. etoWect'litto were eeceplug 'Isis reason, and as
. Oliver -weld not a word snore but weot cede if to retail, hie footitig it the phormons grief
Ha was terribly role diet wile &opine under leis feet, he istretched
The eerveut wane !tech. "Will you Mealy Mit Insheeds Wagdely, twvItng luA fnegers
follow me sir 1" 'about in a nearly orazed cooditiou.
StiR whistilug in his lightnesa of heart, In a faint voice he ateminered eat,
• ontauborgee obeyed. "I dtadteltelieve, yout sIdever; no, Ismer,
"• De Bloom:flout-rem frera his arm chair on wettlde Bergeroetit,mekehhuseU BO guilty?
deeing Moo and motioned him to take He ointehed beil micl A 'imitator hp
Menbcrgee bowed and remained etending. .13e.trAecelie my eon to come heroo said,
aette.
Ile preferred the, feeling more at hit eeee. • Tbe man 'what of, came hack in five
He prevented the Marquia by atwiug ; . minutes end handed the hierquis an
“ My name is ltiontborgae. am a bueir envelope. The old man crumpled it In his
ness man he Pada, and your eldest son hastreineiitiiitin4gfisseirgtstarasl,t
no doubt; Bpakeg: to yon eboot me." , :wti
He neva hes, what reason would he Prore'Mr. Oliver," %Ad the men.
have?" The Itiarquiedisodased him, and then, trim
"Very eerieus reasous. To metter S open -the envelope. Maubergae, interested
neither more war lets -" hi
Re et"Plael eithe et Ill:melt 13trge" hbleletclat4 itenIttrp(i‘vtitie ta7ieerthslut7tter'dirgt.
meat efficted biro. Tee old mere was look- ittiiver's letter mad:
ittga hiet 'Wit" little e2rie4itY, beet '1' Iede neeles,t to Come to you father, ore -
wed with no eneasioess, ana lees: te go to a scene thab would be se pain-
witb hia w4itheard toad whir" hair, fel to me as to you. You retk me to letyou
the 'lever°, elld dignitY of his face, he know the truth iShistStthiS IlanbOWIG story.
retrelleO the high duties he had Everytbing hobas teio you, everything he
lately performed whea he prodded at the will tell you, le true."
supreme court, •The Marseille ;handed .the letter to the
seid Maubergue ts himeelf, utterer and fell beet.: ina cOair-
1151101e taveartte exrtrulear "thie N111/ rt" " InfaMy l 'he neursouredt " and lam his
'meaty," Jfather."
"1 AM lietenin t4 you air," add the oteUb403 rem tbreuthe the /iv:, at a
marqnlaoUtely.gliesoe.
" It1 hedtette, air, t L became 1alweys1 it yea eee that I bane not 'maw
feel a repugeonce to oasts peie, end I eon Teem:met-To man reereonea a tong tire
the hearer of bed oews to yea."
"Yea, • Rhein ammo -trig; SV4S
" You "
etueleed-witit.
ent strength, withoot worde, without
1
bought. ITe even SCCMCil for 4 moment to
• "And what ent I hew) in oonunon WIt151, lava forgotten the presence of Mail
you d' bergue ; 411 the events which had tree
" Nething, ettaretglauce, huow very well pired at Ilergensont for Ammo weeha
that there s on eleven a whole world betweeit overwhelmed his soul, and from arslOn
the 31311:tuts a Bargemen; er-Pretillea el them all the one gloomy. thought, wit
' our ceert of impede, deteeedeut of art %Mob preseothueut had unpirel Clotilde
ancient Voegess temily, and a man named where •the poor wozneu wee imploriug the
Maude/rpm Nvho never keew either Ms Oettotete ter tme adopted daughtere,
father or hia readier. at between the See had mitt : "1 ma certam thee title good
Marquis of Bargemout aud Meuborente there fortune et ler ear hewn is atteeheO te teete
fa aboodoeverthelese, a powerfulheod, whihthyouog ode, f min amol them awey it will
brhigetaiittateme together, which hee torme brlug ue neetertune. A otostrophe win
many feletwitlaiptt Out has broker) Atilt more cum upon /IN .1 Gould rawm it. 1 love a
prenentimeeto 1 elmout ree it. Of what
" Tee ratnY idea; s15; thte beads rt you kind1 dotet knew, Do oote fear notleloge
pieties.," The eeteetrophe hed eame. te was abut
"Monett." to break tot theta with the iumetuotIty of 4
Atni as the Marquot made 4 geeture of thunderbelt, eruehieg, overwhelming, der.
aatessishment the usurer went ore rying despeir, roomy, dieheeer, deeth.
Yellr den wad grattY ef teine follieeEn And this prezentimeetof Cletildehs fle342a
counteneoce wee very einister, remain-
ed part of the (ley shwa up he his room. In
the eveeing he again aeked alter Oliver.
The ooupg men heti not eetunted. Bag•
moot did oot go to bed, so elm ttght pas-
sed.
44 Perhaps he beer done astieeten himeelf,d
be murmered. Aid he saddened at the
thoughte If Oliver were dead. Ho weuld
no longer cue, but pity him. And that is
why he Added,
" My unhappy boy May necid Rader)
hiro .
But was he dead? He did not knew.
Who 12e4 told him that? /tad he ettnn
witted auleide in some reneete spot among
the mountains where hie mutilated. bodn,
torn by birds a peep., wolves and foxes,
would be fouled egion onto day 7 colt:411e
merely hidden himeelf tlereugh fear of Ids
:Atha ? Or hest he fled and mooted tiss bor-
der, only a few ranee away, end takee. Tee
fuge fo Germany?
The next deg was the last one Axed f•ar
delay by Mauborgue. He Allowed the morn.
Jew to. Peen There Were AD neWli Of Oliver.
The Marquis bad an experience of absolute
isolation now. Since the departure of hlar-
tha and Isabel, Janee had not appeared
again at the house. Clotilde shututed ay
occasion of beiog ie her husband'a preamme,
Oliver alone had been keepieg his father
company. And now 33argemone woe utterly
alone. Life seemed very hard to him. Such
seeretus halted was ieaupportable. Bet
hie pride reedited egaleet loaltiug Clotilde
his cezifident, awl so he gnewerl his own,
heart, be hie deepair And frightfol anguitah.
Re would haVe Wed his etso in the Rost
moment of leis rage, now he no !auger knew
whether he would have the connote, but the
tee of the datiger te his honour woe jest
dietleotly present with him end tot Igoe
Peril. He le yeeing, be loves gaming, ho rzpan the dertmeee et hie Imul like st Wed
lett, olt cauld not troth 1 teak year lac. et huninette point artiOnd Nobieh the wrecked
Ana paid, LI him." orees of Ma eoul rallied th:MitSiveS, aS 4
" Yon did wrong. How much t" abed ahip to the liehthesese, which to the
And the Morquit went to a safe which midat of toe temp, uolicetee the creet.
wee COace,4144 b, curtehas ire A Corner of the
room. Ile tamed the lettere, formed the
combination, and put in the key. Alan
bargee, witn an evil erode, allowed hint to
dole. Be thoueht to himeelf it the old man
fancies it is a matter of fifteen hundred
francs or ao."
"Now much I's the Marquis) aek.ed again.
" A hundred and. twenty.five thotuseud
trance I"
De Bargemont looked at him, not quite
understanding.
" A hundred and twenty five thousand,'
add the =steer, very calmly. •
The old men, white as e ghost, returned
' Wide dusk.
He frank into his Boat like an inert maim
He wiped ble damp forehead with, leis hand
mid stammered:
"Why la it you who tell me this( ? What
role do you pley m this affair ?"
"A very Nvearirsome role," answered Mao.
korgeo insolently; "the role of a man who has
lent money and stands to lose It."
"Yon were wrong to lezid it. Oliver would
die if ho Gould not pay, and dead I cornpae-
donate him."
"Dead ? Ah ! very mule so indeed COMO,
Ian you cling to Onions and itespite of the
pain it gives me, I am gain to enlignten
you, to open your eyes 1"
He drew a long hook froan hie pocket alid
laid' the Simpton Clennam papere an the
desk.
"These are forgeries. Mr. Oliver de Bar -
gement has an unusual gift for imitating sig. " tVhat time will you give us V
" Until to•morrow evening. I can wait no
longer. After to•znorrow I return to Paris,
but the forged notes •well, stay 1.12 my hands three farms, in selhog Bergemont winch is
until November SOth. I shad not leave It'd' only a mass of picturesque rocks Nvithout
offize, 47 Liffi tte Street before noon. I hope value either from an artistic hiatorio
to receive there, before thut time, a visit point of view, einee it has been rebuilt; Sew
from you or your son. Later then that' am eral times. I conM barely serape together
answerable for nothing." the two hundred thous:incl. francs which
'Until to-morroor where dull I find you demand."
yoa
"Let us say no more, let us say no morel"
“Atthe Rouge Gum:eV "But if I have not time to sell them, ' I
The usurer turned to go. cat ot lamb assign them to you. as a set off
"Mr. Maubergue, one word more." . to these notes. Yon will take your own
"1 eel otyotir service," sdi he, turniog rime to sell them, and will make well out of
back: - them be that way, while as for the, obliged
The sum you demand is enormous and to ha in a hurry, I should have to sell atee
quite impossible for me to mete. Don't ask sacrifice."
me for more than is due you, you. have no "No, no thank you: In the firat place a
right to in The law -punishes blackmail." donation from you to me, -you know the
puniehes forgery more severely." laws -would not be an easy thing. You have
Tho pile face of the old man was bathed
hi peritpiratioo. " Sir," he said, " I have children and they are cif lige. Yon owe them
an 'accounting. Theretis your wife's share.
never abased myself to supplicate any per- That would make us a heap of trouble. But
son. Do you want the Marquis of Barge-
mont to entreatyou upon his knees?"
.“ Oh, I don't want your supClications.
Stour money will do me."
• d'The delay is too short. It will be im-
poesible, imposeible I tell you. ITnderatand
it then."
Ideley he made up hist mind to
d t hours later he. was at t
OZ4ti.
thelamilord, came forward very
respectfully. He hoew the Merquie, as be gue was about to hurl him down -the de
did e•veryholy, (mi even more than be did, oneciatiere scandel,theseareh for Oliver,
mean for Bergemoot bad °aim stoma with his errett, if he dta not eecepe it by suicide,
hatred and contempt, and aeking hitnself if
he hed not better ansh the Teptile, and if,
iudeed, he would Ise commieting a ,crime
in Ess doing, '
' Zoo, di:steely,. he tamed. towards the door,
and without a word more wene out. Man-
borgue opened. the window, and despite the
ellarp cold, remadoed watching hire toe se.
long time. He closed it only when he bad
dieeppeared amid the deep shodows of the
forest. Then at length, he breathed freelY,
and said, aloud: • t
It'a all light. I feel more reassured, but
lee° mme them a Mulched theitsend francs
by tt, Alaimo he changes hie mind.° And
after a few minutes refltetion, he added,
"Md lenow whattreasorel have for
thinking that he Neill chaoge his mind."
However, as nothing eves the least cer-,
tain, peekeil hie veliste sous so be reador
th leave that evenion.
Bergemont was walking ab random in si
half eraT4d. condition, lie wars thinkimg of
nothing. head seemed on Are. " He
wolked rapidly as tf for a wager, lie
walked,welked. Hist ornetwere weir:eh:8
vvidly, his beck was bewed, breathing
laboured. People where he passed and
who respectfully bowed to him, tattled to
look at him curiously, and followed hitri
with their eyes." Two or three moiled and
aaid;
"Illion my word, one would say he -had
had. a drop tea much.'
He wandered. Into the wood at random,
telting the most out, of the way petite, mind
ing ueither thIckets zor theme nor the
enew whieh wee very de p. and on.
broken, except by the ()comma. foot-
print of some wild animal. He fed reveral
times, got up again mechanically, brushed
ar mow whiela ethek to hint and width
clexag to Ide beerel. Before Ale axed; hag-
gard eyea, there was oeither forwit with ire
ejestio treen, 4U,S: the roekee ;tor the
eerily winter leuthompe. Nothing of all
hat. He Was very tar away from it aV.
He sew only the events( that were elsaping
theauselvere and thee a word from Umber.
hint where bear hunong In the form,
" Mr. Mautorgue is a:apple% with you, I
believel"
"Yea, foravo or ab o days. He is in hie
room eew.
" Ask hint if he can ace trio?
"No need. Ile told. me you were comieg.
Go up stolen,"
" Indeed ?'
"Yes, he geld to ; Marceals will
come today, or his eon, perhems, „totepeak
to ore. Yon will tot keep them waiting.'
".AI right. (howled me,"
" 1 your lowlehip kuowa the loone.
Pirst fieer, monitor 4, aecond room to the
left in the poesege."
Mai the acetone() of whitey, He heard smite
eiitinetly . the COMMente,. the pity and bur.
prire of hia frieude, the ley of his enemiere
Magletratee mato mauy enemies in the
ceuree of their direer. Diatinetly aloe did
he read the newspaper articleot chroulelee
ill:aspired by what would forever he a rafge
celthre a Itereemout guilty of forgery. And
he felt more sheme at hiss athoztor, his
heart was the more broken became hiss 444'8
crime would mitt steile upon the othele
megfetracy.
VIM were the reatoue of blitultmetio
mid of why he stumbled ageinet tram, and
rolled int° Hoye mita With. SPOW and
11 ouldered en the sheeta of ice, A lament-
Beegarnout peinfelly meeuted the ateira. able apeetaCte and worthy of the pity of men.
115 wIte oredurglY,Yeat viderenei dragged Sometimes he stopped, lint not to name, to
bellied him the wemiet ef diahotort mad flee cue enure he owe ee boo where he
he wee ae aupplient, not Ai MM. 'was but the oetter to won his
trtiCoullorisue 1,10abilhai blta a Al mode heaven, and mieglog them le 4 gee.
thameht, and /suddenly reidog haude to
be opened the nor 'before ewe old ono ot-rage, erecapeirene cuteeety, he mem.
men had launked, tree overpoweringly mare!
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we (lea et a len allehee eame bAO; I was galte Lure that pot would tome,"
he 83itl, "Mad 1 treated tor you. • I.
" So," said he "I have hoed aright 7 drew forward the onty arm chair in
It is a lounired we'd twenty thousand trance." the room, but the Marquis refused to sib
Menhorgne, we hevo 624311, was ineece:31. down. Manborgue took up a little peper
ble to pity. from the teble which served him AM a desk.
"loot WS isee, my dear marquise let et see. "I was so auto you would come that I
Your eon borrowed from trio the uuder- prepered thiss tittle receipt for you. You
toentioued surio but thet unfortunately is will tell me if there is anythieg waisting in
not all." it. Listen-" I, the undereigned, Coleatin
any Matiborgue, acknowledge the receipt from
Notting could surprises Bergemont
the Merquia of Bergetnont of the mem of two
mare. •
• What is there still?" bemired thousand francs of Ma sum on
"In not handing sour tou. over to the WV hundred ,thad twenty five atotwand wino doe
as a forger, I deeerve your gratitude, clo I me 141r -
not 2" B srgement interrupted. him.
"Your receipt in neatens, sir, bang no
cc: .?V-eeallit, then, we naderstanl one another. =eV* P.
Tear it u "
lilaulergue eyed the Alargume enmity,
And the gratitude of a Bargeman; pep)
well." Itghted a match and sat fire to the paper
which consumed in is second.
The margnie caught the meeting of the Thou he turned and insolently mid,
'words at °nee. "'Well, with all reapeot to you, as the
"Yotrepriee," hoseid curtly. ea.ying is, if you havo not come to bring ma
" In all two leuudred thousand." money, what have you Genie for 2"
Bargemont raised his wrinkled handl "Ire make a bat appeol to you,"
tosvarda the ceiling. Manhorgue receded, The fellow frowned.
These two bands would home crutheti "1 ahould like very well to spire
In spite of the veteran's sixty years, if he you that humiliation. Yon bring
had received their terriblelorce. no money. Wo have no further deal
"All I possess would not pay thek" he hags with ono another. I have the honour After haviog paelrid. his valise, ready do
said. "Artul that would mem utter death to with you good:afternoon." • go Mouborgue had lighted is cigar and non-
tution." sufmetionaly eznoked it through, after which
"Mr. Maubor e you (rennet demand the
"do much the worse, my deareir; so much. • gti , he had lighted and amoked another one. Re
the worm 1" •impossible, I errant= aell at a moment a no- to drawn d from h._
Di ease arm was
h distally cutrtiog the end of it when a
tice the three mow farms that belong to tne. ""'",
More time would be needed if I wished 111111" "
.e knock came to the door. Be trembled;
merely to borrow on mortgages. But I mu threw dowo the (tiger and rose up. •
not lie about the matter. In selling these
" Come in," he mid.
It Waa the landlord who handed him a
letter.
"A boy has just brought this. He sip
peered to be in a hurry. There is no ;m-
ower."
thutborgue opened the letter. Thies ia
what it said,
"If you wiah to obtain satisfaction lose
no time, but come amine to Betreemonti. Aa
this affair must be finished to•day, bring ad
the necessary papers along Nvith you."
There was no signature. The letter was
written with pencil and had evidently been
done hastily as on a pocketbook, standing,
or On a person's knee.
Maltborgue maid not make out 'whether
it mane from Oliver or the Marquis. The
writing of beth was not very welleknown•to
him. ' • • • . .
.4 7
"You said is boy brought this to me, did
you not, Bocaille
relates not all. Properties are not easily •
"Yes, he• is downstairs. Do you' Visleto
" It le truce my td, 5t15 true r
At leugth fatigue prevailed ova hie ter-
rible exeitement. Raving etumbled agabist
the root of e. treo Nvhich wits stretched :wont
the path, he rolled over mete meth, anti for
the lest time, open the mow. Ho 'bad: no
etrength to rano himself. He remelted
there, his, eye a towards the racy, gray
glimpsea of which. he caught thriugh the
brenetwo of the trews. The forint was ad
silent with, thet neyatedout same peenliar
to ad greet foheatt, and which the anew mule
oven more profoond. Abaolato stillness
reigned. Not a breath of wind agitated the
dry branches.
Soon he aaw that night was coming very
quiokly, and theta the derlamee ;meld Over
hini almpat inemedietely. He was quite
conselohe of it and odeleed. to get up but that
was imposeible for him. Was thia eleep
Was it torpor 1 Be teat consclouaneam and
nothing ()elated for hira azty longer, neither
treea, nor snow, nor the grey alter, nor
Oliver'a crime, nor the future's disgrace,
nor the lartee night birds on noiseless rapid
wing, nothiog of them all in that delicious
vaeuum into whloh he heel plunged.
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CHAPTER VW,
natures. Well, a signature imitated hy a
Bargemont is worth money. I gave him a
hundred and twenty five thousand frames.
Infonr days these are payable, irE four days
if / don't get my money, the lawyers can
' atnnse themselvea whit the case. Ana you left
friends there in the courto didyou not? It
is yonr adventare that is going to humid;
them with entertainment The son of a
whitens president of the Court of Appeal on
trial for forgery. Nice, wouldn't it be ? A
thing one doesn't see every day.
Still trembling, pale and terrified, Barge.
moot 'listened to him. That jocular voice,
these ignoble accents seemed to come tb him
from a great distance. Certainly it was not
this man before him who was speaking. By
O singular hallucinationhe did not even aim
hirn move his lipa. He recovered himself
only after is long interval.
"Von lie 1 You lie ! Yon are a coward
and wretched imposter V' " Impoetor 1
you've only th ask your soh., Miserable 1
true, for Iwant money. Poverty isno crime.
Cowardly? Not much of tbat either for
devil take me if I wasn't afraid you'd catch
me by the throat, in a -ntolnent of foolish
• anger. .:And against madmen nothing can
-
be done."
"So it'a true is it ?"
All."
"Hide none of tbe details from me,"
e "I am at wozit orders," And so saying Man
borgue, rat, over ,the whole affair, speaking
• „ quietland omitting nothing, not evennalt-
'verei putant of himself afterlife visit the other
day. De 13ergemout listened, hie, face.buried
in his hands. One would have thewah* he
oefiq eleeping, His greelittga. conla ,L,poly, be
geessaby the'nervoite trembling which pase•
sold juse now even ata low price. People me him re •
don't want; them any longer., Money is • s' Yes, at owlet
scarce since the orasht You know atomize Five or six seconds later the boy was be -
thing about that. And then , every spring fere him, blushing under hie leathern cap,
there are rumors of war. The day after a• and with his hands thrust to th.e violets „it
declaration yowinehe Vosges here vvottIdeie the pocket's of hie blouse.
about it,"
"Your son hat lied thretienonths to think invaded, your farms, who.knows,•destroyed; " Who miser yds ' thia paper o: •
All that you see -lowers their values • There A gentlemen:"
"Bitt-I:-••1411ithd only three days." too moolensk to run end trouble to en- 'I Do you knoso him?' •
ddffitiat is a neat etweeo, you and yeti (reenter. I lent your sow a hundred ancl "No.'
ivirerity-five &bussed fre.hos bank-notee Old or yeungtt '
ortew t me neither more nor less than I treated yoor "How is it you" don?t.kitow ? How old
.ekover him. 4.1.Matibtrgde tOid.b?ierYthin And Wietalsorgue went out with great
trastraind,es,. 'angrily zautteting, While the. old.
Hertitok a bi*Ye pleasetre in phttitag the Wergi-7,
t/I' a saddeldfiush on his face, with:
ed notes unclitiethe dies of dot maceirinhe atrm O Weed leek stared at two pistols,
'tuts:dug anettretnrningte thev4 Whit i
f Fbiee gi-rnygr' • °reseed:Old t h e walibposite
" 01 with ri4he. The misfortune has
" So there is no hope Thie is indeed Our 'and gold to sae fionfdishonor. Treat 4.11 don't &tow."
• " yefrijaketryou myword on it. And it son,notwithstanding • my -name .of Maw- are you ?" • - .
Who you:yourself wished it." .• •• ' borgue, and hand aVersto me in geld Or notes , "Tet years., I did not see the gentleman's
,the two hundred thoweand „frame „which / need for he had a large cloak with cape
tints& the , etaintitest -detailat
4 -the • otrezirastenees letter w ighAtleey:etioelz come "le 'deed.° - • ...He was worthy of pitye • Hetreinbled 'rouble "
ask." . „. • •
He spoke with. his itencls in -his pocket
and hit head thrown hook; ,
Bargernentididoloe sthrover. • All hope was
lest. '
been signed. And in order theta no clorthe lay t ok, one of the pistols whitzh, were• one ceuld eesily eclivineethe anguieh anti • "Thahltsi bu't haves alreadY ,beicin Paid
•
eheteld retntairtinhfil, roted lioliaelhelhehotkitedned seie tsii etP.Vepalhaded, ana wink ae nosteoey mortal deepeix of hist aen. There was got by the gentlemtm...,
son a tel?gram sent from duro, and repeat.
step, went to Oliverti room. : , ,•. ,,..1 know hot hew mach rage, So Inti°11. the And how muoh did he give you, rater I
•
, ed it at mtavalsoseehigmceeloubt aped so w_ , o It tot ,,,,,,,,,,„„d B.,„ more formidable that it gnawed .,,mwardly, tto,o, . . • • - ,
e ocirdiblaubjearguttatc, vheiht.: i9litt:itfithe fact, . , o'orok'ir'it ,,(1 , "itmrsattivc,r,,liacteerdet.th-,4 .ttbht tOa''''t,at. 'Made* to ' burst out tiket sheetwettheth : • Tim boy pulled a piece of silvee from s
" Ask your sofi't Yon will judge for yonr- ' - • been long confined' and which in order t,o p0) 85
, • ' - • ,
els rav.aon not .in wa homy ?„ - •,:. t tes •.. •ersoupe bursts the 'Wade of the, voter which 1.; t• Teen treno,,, eh 1 That is a mans Wages
self!, ' . , • .f.i,'-, II ,..ifi.- , i -Th„-it go- n; (call la,. ars,. a, quaiblir imprisons it. , . '• - • ' ' ' ' ' • •- or, you. . .. , . •-• ••• •
"Hard• Ile he Was, and a stranger to -en . of at he oursargo- : ,J,, , .. ., ,,` . .' , - , ,‘ Ah 1 he a' Said ' Idaadeorgue et) hitters° n,
- - ctompaesion, Manborgue 'felt somewhat Felix Langevin went skitming out of the
'title eame leek aa his son !The same bleed 1 • , • • • • .
,nwE,Aniceli?1tcl, f.ame, It waS..761:3:-'cold."
"Well, that ts is wrote What"' is -your'
" Felix Luigeviti."' •
"-Well, here are twenty create for your
o •
.11‘
troubled at geeing the change which had '` Where ditlehe go r • room with his hands upon his iteadettlecaille
aortae over the face of the old Matt. The "1 'deal' knew. , - • folliswed'him• auld Mauborgue muarkt t-mas
features were drawn and yellow, the, eyes " When will he return ?" Bargemont made two steps towards him he read his letter again, "1 was Buie they,
, ,
had great circles round themothe whole face" He did not say." • ;wth
ith .a .lodk,-so terrible that e man re- would think better of it.",
seemed sudden/y to have grown thinner and
The Marquis went back to ids own room. coiled. . „ Without losing time' he threw his cloak
-red spots marbled his cheek. The inthapPY He did not think even of hiding from any- For a minute they stared at one another over his shoulders and went down stairs
I
mane felt all the blood rushing .from hits one the weapon he carried. They looked '
hoornottrougn hi,,mottat wound.. • Twice at him with stupefaction and fear, for his
Ha 1 ha 1 these noblemen !" • t-
ladauborgue trying to brazen ite• out,Barge- where.he took thwhost suede and said, " I
mont pouting upon him fle fell glare of his want horse,
, ,
"It Is imporesible."
"I will pay whetever Yee want."
"11 yon were te give me its weight tis
gold, I amuzo. you it is imposeible. Ttere
isn'tone io the ateble,"
"Find me ote in the village"
"/Totem you, are going far, in the time
will take to took about for one, to 'gee the
omier to peke op hie mired to lend -him, to
fix the ,preee, to Peddle end bridle hire, you
could be ab your destination,"
"1 em goieg`td Bergeenone
"Te the Stone Giant ; mer faltb, the
weather la dee, Tile Or Is sharp, but the
aky as deer, It mil not snow. Take my
advice rs.nd walk ;it, stolog tied eomffig it is
oplY is matter of four heard" "
Wo11, I suppose I moat Since1 cen't de
otherwise.°
• And he eet out cheerfully, with A stout
atieh jis Ms hand,
ir wise four }mem after midday, At
that:time of the year" it was dear ot.four
noldek, but the moon was already pp and
her regeettons, mingleci with those of the
snow, made the night less obecoret
And now while thee eyeless w▪ ere tran•
seldom what had beeeme of Mertha and.
Isabel
Oa enteetag Girootegny, After the night
spout in the forest, Marhoutin(Eye-Wioker)
had telten them to hie own home, He
lived ie the ruIdst of the -Oleg°, tn, it one.
story cottege, whiele had rether a pretty
gerden
Hte wife was juat itt the act et putthee the
meat in the soup pot. Os the table ready to
jein the _mot, were the vegetables, potatoes
cerrots, and turnipe, with some laurelleaves
end 4 eprt t of savory.•
itta geeing her huebeed, enter witlx two
young girls Medonte Merlomdri was Innelt
eurprieed. 'Who were they? Where did
they come from ? And why were they with
him?
Madame Marboetin, was is very pleasiant
looking menet) of tweuteoieve, dwelt end
cheerful, with intelligent Meek oyes, 811e
was about to (location her bushend Whet: Ise
'sweetened her awl hendlog olielra to the
two gide mad ;
"Teere, my deer, there um, doidt he too
anrieue," and recounted the evet e of the
receding night, lne knew that- hiowlfe wws
led and discreet. Ile told her in confideuce
who the two girls were and why they
left Bargemont. Madame Merboutio mid
nethieg. „She was prudent. The yoeng gide
cartels:110 pleseed her at tleefiret glfulce, but
then their atory might he SO remy dee awl
She Said to herself that the weld(' go to the
Merchlonesa of Bargemont to ateure beraelf
diet if ahe helped the gide, it weuld pot be
two intipoetere ehe was mailitieg,
(TO DR OONTThlt,Rn )
The Xiszate ha had Rade.
u Rosary was jeer= starting out the
otiser everneg to see hie girl when a mewled
equiutauee etoppet hint et the front get*.
laver,
• "Ab, courtiug hot Greet thing, my boy, a
great thlog."
"Yea, I've found it ere"
" Bee a man has to be mighty careful.
"Oh, 140131P know; 1 turea hod an
troublt."
"is thia the fine aim yen 'deer 'court.
eel V'
"Yes, the only one."
"My fix (=minty," Ise eald rellectIvely.
" What do you, mean?'
"Why, I made the went inif•t deo of my
life In my lint courtiog."
“Whatolist you do; let btr go for is richer
one V'
" No."
" Lot some fellow heat your tinier
"Not Ingeb,"
"Booked out became you weremfraId to
elt her 2"
"Na drat"
"Then how in thmader dia you =he
such a dreadful miatako 7"
"Married her, my boy, vended her 1"
be aaiti disconsolately, and hurried along
with hie market basket.
—_,wiewoweeweeee.--.
NO Need to Hold Oat Long,
Once, during the war, A day was sot apar
for Campraceting John Allot to baptize is lot
of soldiers,. One of the officers had some
doubts as to the genuinences of their convert
aion, and eaid to him, "Ale,. Allen, aren't
you afraid these raen will not bold out ?"
"Hold out said the old mat ; "they
don t need to holdout long -they'll probably
be shot io theca weeks' time."-ELewiston
•Tournel.
o," he mid " where are eon gouts
o ve ray glrl," was the chi:arid an
The literal application in American poli-
tica of the principle that to the victor be-
long the spoils must cermet-great social dis-
turbance and inconyeniedcoe It is estimated
that when the President-elect takes office,
120,000 Democratic office -twirlers will be dis-
missed. It would be a wonder indeed if
under such is system civil service:employees
.aid not becomapolitically corrupt.
A proposition is being entertained DO Chi.
cego which would have been looked upon as
Socialistio-.nay, Anarchistic- a few years
ago. It is that every honeeholder shall be
allowed free the use of one water faucet.
This miuld allow', the smell householder all
the Wetter sufficient for .the nocessitiee of
life. The. city has lately. been introductitg
meters on A large scale and finds its revennea
increased so that ib cotild make the concert -
Dion Mentioned, ahem and still make both
endsmeet "
At new opening has been found for Al-
berta enterprise. The demand in England
for horses for army and other purposes has
induced a number . of prominent Alberta
atockmen to embark 15 ehebueipess of breed.
in horses. • tA. sample iestrload is to bp
slopped to' England. feom Calgary, and the
result of the experimett wiil, no doubt be
awaited wait outer -est. It is claimed by
Calory press that thardwhole of Albersa
from the Peace river to Montana can pro-
fitably grow horses.
it ehlittle be at• matter Of congratulation
nmongthe temperance party that the British
people arediecoming moreeteremerate. •Sot-
tietice showthee in,the last ten years the
annual revetme from the oonsumptiorr uf
spirltahis declinedirorn 21,102,611 to less
dhlin E18:00000.'"On'the other hend, the
ponstiniption of tett; and -Partieularly Indian
tea, isiuercasing. The aptead of education,
andthe force of a. More intelligent publie
opinion, are in these days we:tiding wonders
for the caem oetemperatee. '
The New Yerk TirusS'affecte to think that
the Milted States Iiiiieernment has done a -
good, stroke of burliness in bringing the Hay.
tian Republic se:quickly. to time for its Hiegel
seieuee et a vetted,. We are assured that
"the promertnernewith whigh the dignity (sic)
of die United Seaters inis been viodicoteO wffl
be apt tO raise ushs theepinien -of important
powers:" Our conteniCorery, will find that
the ooncensue of outside opinion is not favor-
able to the United -States -in thzdtriatter, and
thee many of. the tnewspapere a its own
mutery are diaposed to make fun of the in -
trident. '
The Trade of the Orient.
At the great leenquetz of the Toronto
Board of Toole, Mr, Van llorne, President
of the Canediati Peciiie Railway, made tho
following intemeting speech r -
'deem ibis high toneett, that have
been called emit est epeak rzeceed time at
anannual hattntet of .elee Board of Trade et
Toronto to the epoe of the Cornmerciel bee
termite: of Csioado." • Veer or five years, ago•
the enneereree of aseuttbdelite boiieded oz the, •
Wen by the great lakes,. • Wow it extendstm,-
the 1,4io.c-, 44.a boyowitho rapia. to Ade.
. he herszoo et Otinacitenteade his widened
more during the lest four or,Ove yeare ithan
thee Of • eley ether mto entroionr. times
for yawn,' (Cheep.), Iae..epneat, give yen,
4 bettee idea of its remid extemieo than •
by telling you whet sAW one day 140 eeP41.
Mer at the new oity of Vezicoever, .net yete
Counting itathirdareer, ooe time there
were five great ocean •stesteers reeelving mod
C1343gbaTg.MR .earge, there. On the:- neW •
. Coo...8 Were great pita 0 merehenchae, great
.quantities of teas, of dike,. .end. otrosO cote -
one packages awaiting'sbipMent ettsmaras
But bette.r •eheo alt were the .great emend,
ties of eotnin from Halifax and Reehelaga,
eheese from. Perthe floor front g4'APPellfAi
41-14 mechieerY -ft '
ete Toronto comelgoed to
• Yolscebannot Shenghait ao4 Itteeg
(Chemise. Even lied I the gift 0 worde I
Weigel not dare deecilbe the future .ef t.te
ceromeree of caned4..4S I eee Iivetild
have dated doe, years age to levee poheted,
lineginetion . the pietere I have lust dee,
• 40.400 th
et e whervee of litauceuvon. whiele
coly the dolt hesitating stela. in, the e.o.m.
mace of canoeist towerde the Orteett. (Rear,
tette) Tile, ereeateerterlea. of trade, however:,
axe 040044 day by dey,.. And eve,,ry day'
Opena Up too a :Moe merketth for oorpredo.ehist
005'memitectoree owl enr troche. 'der tritiee
ere geowing with'weuilerful
tide'of iisamtgretietneshieleelowneantegoeee
sobtrenayfroztiOntorlottatheWeeternStetese
heti
in tamed to our own, NortloWeen
wleri•re it Adds) to the .weelth et the conetTy
Lugged
et depteting it (Aponotere) The
Menem of irerogretion -froro dtreeti Britelo
nd tram Europe towerda .Cestedo stemilly
el replay. istereeeing, I no nethiog Lt
t c,ozolitiene eurromediug Mt that dote mit .
poirrt. to. cond.:moue end greet prosperity.
But notwitlusteeding diet touch heti been
done, serne thing% remain to he done, I dose
moat leeppy to beer What the hottourable
goutlentan who Suet pteeeded zue brea,w4
About the ititellticons. of the Govertement In
regard to an Atlantio etemothip vervice.
(Hear, beer.) I heti ehe Wooer of ?eying
semetelhg on thee tutjeet hear et Vow' hitt
anuusil dinner, We nave been conteet isp
to dela time to depend moon our ueighbount
-to USO our oeightetuthe reilwetet our nelgle-
hour?* aestparte and otownehipet where welled
cgmign to crates the Atientito We how* latt
itimearro reortneile, muco of kfur freight,
We bete permitted. ate to deprive nu ot the
greet uuterel edvantagee. weogrepoy has
mete Tide not eameteteue with the
itxprtic4 of Cartede to day, It le toe eon,
t with netionel p.ri4e; and motional
•the. 'first eerwootai to tottlenel exist,
(Heer, hoar, ) It is the very tom"
detion 'el oationality. W6 eanuot be very
proud ao long as we are obliged to depend
upon horromng ear neigttheurts waggon-
ghtert-eend he-side:re our neighbour has
yen Ud a pretty etroug Iodination, or
reateeed. le little while see not to lend. no
bbs weggou any Imager, (Laughter.) fit. pri-
vate lite I doe% thick you world dnd any
of you give him an oppertunity to do thee
aecond onte-(boar, heart -snit to c.eeine to
me time thee. Celled% took hold of this
Atlantic atearriettfp sometime, And whatever
it might coat, to previa* ameniship servioo
en the Atlantic; equal if not imperil= to the
boat acrvice to New York. dunk it shonld
he done. (Hee; bear, lied ebeene) It was
o happy Thought that .ciot plod with. the
toast to which_ I have the bones= to speak
Butianti description of the ancient city of t
Tyre. Tyro, although inaignitiemet.geograph. '
'featly, was t,he greeter= city of her time 'bet
mum her merehrinta were the- most enterprig-
'lig. They controlled the trade of the' he
world, Ansi so Canada, -oath Tyre in her'
mind, ihould not hesitate to etteMpt cone -
petition. with leer
140 ITEX0111101t tT TUB SOU=
simply because be is big. (Hear, hoar.) She
can beat on the oceau aa well as on the
land. And above all, these merchanta of
Tyre were patriotio, and 1 feel very aure
that when a proposition was on foot to ea-
tablish a lino of fast ships to Carthage or
aomdwhere else,' that these merchants of
Tyre never kicked againse it -(great laugh -
tet) -because the depth of water required
the ships to land it few miles from her
gates -(renewed laughter) ana I feel sure
that you, gentlemen ot the Toronto Board
of Trade, will be equally petriotio-(hear,
hear) -and that you will nob kick againse
whatever may be necessary to be expended
on. Chita proposed Atlantic service, simply
because nature requires the steamships ...to
land at Wontreal, at Qaebeo, or at Halifax.
•(blears hear, laughter, and cheerio)
•
Sir John and Prof Wiggins.
An amneing incident occurred in the course
of she Governor -General's reception at Ot-
tawa on New Year's day. After Prof. Wig-
gins had been introdueed to his Excellency
and was passing the Crown Ministers with a
bow, Sir John efecdoneld a epped. nimbly
forward and, lifftring hie hend, add elond :-
" Why, Wiggins. e on go by like a comet."
This created at suppreseed loner, in which
his Excellency joieed, but the professor was
(creel to the occesion, for he said :-"Comets
always go s willy by the ann." Sabsequently,
he remerked thee he was greatly obliged to
the Prime Miuitzer for catching him at peri-
[Montreel Gazstte.
' • , .r,•••
•,.•.. •
The':Ga. d Rijn the Earth.
, .
Tourist (to Dokota citizen) -4' Da you
knew ,a man Around here by the name,of
James Crow 74;
Dakota 0itlz-m-" Jim Crow! 'Yeas, I
knotved film vt=sy well."
Thhrist.-;" Ceo you tell me where Pll find
him ?"
Dakota C'ilfzeit lodrithet, he's pante
down ther ethr river,"
• "Teceier--“ Dead ?" • •
Dakota 01tiz :73,-"Talts, he jumPed Ole
Tufilinson's claim. Ile seemed to tisorteir
want the •.arth els' he got ib.'.. -(San Fran-
cisco
A Tale of Love in F With-
Pharmy PhOwler hph,Oncied Phelio Phul-
ton. Peelle phelt phasidy phainished phor
l'hanny. Phaviny phished phor phellow
Phrom Philadelphia ,• phinally phetching,
Mello • phroin pholid phriends. Phials:
Phelio, phiance ; Phaeny,,phiancee.
Phalle otieund phaee phright•
fully phluslied. • , •
Phanny," phrom Phelix, •-" phather
phurnishes phunds phor phlat."
Phanny phrouned.
"Phelix, phergete, phorget Phanny.
Phoolish phollow. Phly 1 Phanny Phowler
Phorswears Phelix PhuIton-phlcs 1 11
Phanny phainted.
• Phelix phlew.-[N. Y. World.