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nephew of the Madame's falls in love
CHAIPTER VI
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4�Y`en
Louis ' Arthur arinn.ingharn.
The Princess Meridel ,of Gratzen
and, her cousins arrive in Canada to
visit > Baron Rudi, de Morpin,' her
uncle. He had 'been employed
'by
Madame Fabre-Lusignan, who turn-
ed. the estate _ over to.the Baron in
order that he could entertain the
Princess without her knowing of his
reduced circumstances. Roger Fabre'
tot of .the Canadian. Air Force and
t;„, , H. T. RANCE
NOTARY PUBLIC
Fire Insurance Agent
, Representing 14 -Fire Insurance
Companies
Division Court Office, Clinton
with the. Princess: The estate is
turned over to the care of unfortun-
ate . children of war-torn Europe.
Pol Martin and Rosine find a photo-
graph on the Madame's table and Rudolph lifted his hands in a ges- had shot Bonhomme Fricot, but he
learn that it is the roan whom Roger turn of futility. "No, it is not that. is the same pain. We would know
has vowed to kill.' They then learn It is just that I do not see' how this him anywhere. I am sorry, madame.
that the man is Roger'stbrother. can. go on. The longer I continue I meant never to 'speak; but I—I
Roger still. does not know the eon- this fraud and let them think that could not help it”
vection between his brother and I am a great man, the harder It
the crime he is pledged to avenge. I will be for them when the fact is
revealed, when, they learn that the
baron is—is merely the ,butler."
Meridel smiled. "He had been "Psiiaw! Why think about it at
drinking some of. Jules Goujon's all?"
white wine in the inn—the Coq d'or. "Simply because the truth will be
I. met him right outside diie, door in known soon. , One day friends of
the narrow street of Gratzen and yours will come—"
he said, 'Are -you real? Is this "They shall Ile (Eajrewarned, T
promise you that. You trouble your-
self needlessly." •
Rudolph bowed, but he went away
unconvinced; Better than madame
he knew the quiet pride that under-
lay the sweetness, the •gentlechara-
"Ah," she said to Rudolph, "if.
my good man Gossec could only
have lived -to see this day, to see
his Miami with all these tiny girls;
and boys'. about her—how he would;
have rejoiced!".
Rudolph was silent, gazing mood-
ily. out at the park where Meridel
and Miss Carrick, the new govern-
'ess, were giving the children a les-
son in the shade of a great maple.
"It's symbolic," said • Rudolph
"that 'the maple should be the tree
that gives them shelter. Rut, Ma-
dame Fabre---"
"Madame Laurin, if you please.
You are becoming careless, Baron."
eir
bright silver frame. Gesner said
it was of your nephew and .that his
name was Michel Fibre, and that
he is Rigor's brother. That can-
not be, madame. Say it is not so."
Madame looked at 'themwith the
eyes of an ancient eagle. Her fin-
gers moved no longer on the knob
of her stick. She licked., her lips
slowly.
"You mean, you :little ones, that
you think—I cannot 'say it. What
is it again you think?"
"We know," said Rosine. "He is
the " one. When we say him he
wore the German uniform and there
were ribbons on his tunic and he
left the lonely cabin. "It showed
blue on the side of his chin."
"Non more of this!'; Rudolph
spoke with unwonted , authority.
"You have no right, no right ,what-
ever, you '•ungrateful children,, to
cause pain to Madame Laurin, who
has been so good, so kind, so gen-
erous to you."
Frank Fhigland, B.A., LL.B.'
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public
Successor' to W. Brydone, K.C.
Sloan Bloc& .... — .... Clinton, Ont.
H. C. MEIR
Barrister -at -Law
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
Ontario
Prootor in Admiralty. place real?' —and—and we went to
Notary Public and Commissioner the fairand after that he walked
Offices in Bank of Montreal Building ,
Hours: 2.60 to 5.00 Tuesday* up the mountain with me and then
and Fridays, he said good -by. He did not even
tell me his name—only Michel."
"Like him" nodded madame.
D. H. MdINNES "Well, if he was there when the
war came you may be sure he's in
it. There's Scotch, Irish and
French in him."
"But—but he is really good, ma-
dame? He is, not really a scamp?"
"A. bit wild," said madame slow-
ly. "But underneath tliie wildness
and willfulness, I think he is good
and strong. Onecould never really
know. It's hard to know a man
who can laugh when he is crying
insideor suffer pain with a smile.
And Mike Fabre was like that. • Did
you fall' in love with him?"
"I always remembered him."
"I know, child: So did I. But
I've often wondered if ' it wouldn't
be better to forget. I'd advise you
to put him out of your mind, Roger
is so steady, so reliable, so good."
"Yes all of that. ,And you would
think it best for me to forget the
other one?"
"If you can," said madame,
smiling. "I couldn't."
There wasn't much time to think
of Michel in the days that followed.
More children came, little Polish
boys, twin girls from the shambles
of Rotterdam, three more boys,
sons of an • aide of Charles. de
Gaulle. There was work, plenty of
work for Meridel, for Madame Mimi,
for Rudolph. There were lessons to
be arranged. Madame, fromher
long years on the stage, had the gift
of : tongues. The children loved her,
It. was a sight, she often thought,
that- would have sent Michel into
shouts of laughter when she stood
on the lawn with all the little ones
about her, speaking to - some in
Dutch, to others in English. In the
evenings she and Meridel sang for
them and led them in their native
songs.
Madame, with the zeal of the old
trouper, ,began at once to teach
them tricks of deportment, the
rules of elocution, all sorts of stage
business. She was equally at home
with Negro spirituals or Saint-
Saens. She was as young as the
youngest there and her strident
voice rose above their chattel' and
few were more nimble about the
games they played. It was as if
in their wide and innocent " eyes,
from which the fear had long since
faded, she found the fountain of
youth. Never in her life before
had she been so happy, so at peace,
so sure that God had put her on
this earth for a purpose.
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"When did you first begin, to think
this -this crazy thing?" Madame's
voice was flat now, lifeless, and
she looked old and tired as she
leaned back against the cushions.
"It was the day of my party, wasn't
it? The day you couldn't seem( to
eat, ;Rosine?"
"They are young, Uncle Rudi."
Meridel came quickly to their de-
fense. "They did not linow what
they were doing.. Madame Laurin
am sure, will forgive them: And
it is to you, after all, that they owe
their gratitude."
"To me'!" . For a moment, caught
off guard, Rudolph almost betrayed
himself.. "Oh, I see what you mean.
But •please take them away now,
Meridel. They have done enough
mischief for today."
When they. had gone he bent over
the old lady, who 'seemed to see
nothing of what went on about her.
"Madame!" he said earnestly
"Madame! Is there not something
I can do? Let me take them away
from here. They haves caused you
this mortal pain. It is folly, some
childish nonsense! *They play games
of pretending so much and so long
that they think the people in them
are real. I am sure there never
was such an one as Bonhomme
Fricot-"
Madame shook her head. "I pray
God you are right, Rudolph. I'd
like to think that it is what you'say
—some of their make-believe. But
I am afraid—"
"But I knew Monsieur Michel and
he—"
"You know the way he used to
talk, Rudolph: wild things he'd say
and wilder things he'd do. He had
three years at Heidelberg. And he
was so quick to identify himself
with anything , revolutionary. But,
my God, I cannot think that he—
why, his father and two of his un-
cles died in the battle of the Somme
and Roger wears the cross his king
gave him for bravery. No—no—"
"Please, madame. I tell you it
is some child's mistake, It is noth
ing."
"I shall try to think so, Rudolph:
The other thing would drive me
mad. Why, he was as dear to me
as my own—I could' never think this
of him, never."
Yet there was the gnawing doubt
And in Meridel's eyes, as she picked'
up the shattered picture of Michel
Fabre was the same hurt, terrified
look that she had seen in ma -
dame's. What a horrible thing was
this! If there were truth in it,
what ghastly truth! No, no, a man
did not turn against his own blood.
Why, he would be facing his own
brother, seeking to destroy him.
"That was the day, madame."
"Yes, I had put the picture on
the dresser, I recall. So that was
it! But—you are mistaken, chil-
dren. That's the picture of my
nephew, of ,Roger's brother. He
could not be—"
She stopped, closed her eyes as if
cter of Meridel. • To them now she the sun were too much for her. Was
was just a girl, but let circumstances this madness, .phantasy, child's non -
change and, he knew, she could be sense? Or was there some dread
very much the ,princess. He trembled kernel of dismal truth in the whole
for himself when he thought of bizarre business? Children were
what would happen if exposure cane t sometimes mistaken, but not often,
to hint. And come, he knew in hia not very often, and these two, bred
heart, it must. t of wars and perils, were wise in
Still the days went on, joyously, their generation and astute beyond,
goldenly, at Philibert. Other little ,most of their fellows.
strangers came toddling in, seeking "You are mistaken," said Meri-
and finding the warmth,' the love del, but her own voice sounded
the sanctuary that their own world 'strange to her and there was a feel-
had denied them. In October they
received word` from • Roger. : He
was flying somewhere in the Middle
East. "I pray thatI may be home
soon -will you please all pray too.
I`have looked everywhere for Mike
but never a sign of him can I find.
Always when there is no word of
him, when he is silent so long, there
is a devil of an explosion • at the
end. And just now I feel, right or
wrong, that it's building up for a
thunderstorm—"
The day after that letter came,
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ing in her breast as if icy fingers
had closed around her—heart. "It
was some other - one you saw—some
Nazi who looked like—like Michel."
They shook their heads in unison.
Meridel's lips thinned. "How can
you be so sure? You are stubborn
children and I am ashamed of you
for causing., this pain. to Madame
Laurin. Do you not know that often
two people can look alike, so much
alike that one can be mistaken for
the other?"
"There was the same small sear
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The face of Michel was little
marred. Meridel took the broken
glass away and put the picture back
in its place.
Philibert heard the first rumblings on this one's chin," said Pol Mar- "It is not so, madame," said
of that storm. Madame was sitting tin, rallying to his sister's aid, cling- Meridel at length. "You must not
ingto her hand and thinkingof Bon -
en the' terrace with Meridel and for a moment believe this wild sto-
honune Fricot's crumpled body in „
Rudolph when Rosine and Pol Mar -
the tin came to them. Rosine was cry- the dimness of the hut and the grin
ing; Pol Martin's face was very on the German soldier's face` as he (TO BE CONTINUED) mits to buy ammunition for sporting
long. He drew Rosine by the hand
until they stood in front of ma-
dame. The little girl hung her head
and hex shoulders Shook with her
weeping.
"You must speak, Rosine," . said
Pol Martin.
"I—I cannot—"
"Now what is this, hein?"; Ma-.
dame% bony fingers were crooked
on the silver knob of her stick.
"What has happened to yott, Ro-
sine?"
"I smashed the picture." The
words were mumbled against the
frill of her dress, but :presentlyshe
lifted her chin' and looked, with .tear
defiance in her tear -reddened eyes
at madame. "I threw it on .the
floor and . ground my heel inhis
face I, did! I did! And I am 'tot
sorry."
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"I told her not to do that," said
Pol Martin, "I tried to make her
see that it is not your fault, Ma.
dame Laurin, that he—"
"In the name of the good God!"
Madame hammered the ferrule of
her stick on the tiles. "What then
is this! Have you gone mad, you
children? Speak mow. Whose p-iicture
have you smashed, Rosine?"
"His.' The one who killed Bon-
homtne Fricot."
Madame rubbed her eyes. Meri-
del stood up to take the children
away, • but madame gestured brus-
queIy and princess or•no princess,
Meridel obeyed her. But she looked'
with puzzled eyes from Madame to
Midi, who kept staring at the grass,
his fingers interwined before him.
"Where was this picture?"' asked
madame softly—far snore 'softly
thee any of them had ever heard
her speak before.
"In your roam, madames," said
Pol Martin. "It is the one in the
IIIMMINEMONIEr
THE JOY
The Joy is in the doing, not the
deed that's done;
The swift and glad• pursuing, not
the goal that's won.
The joy is in the seeing, not in
what we see;
The ecstasy of vision, far and clear
and free!
The Joy is in the singing, whether
heard or no;
The poet's wild, sweet rapture, and
song's divinest flow;
The Joy is in tllS being—Joy of life
and breath;
Joy of a soul triumphant, conqueror
of Death.
Is there a flaw in the marble?
Sculptor, do your best;
The Joy is in the endeavor—Leave'
to God the rest.
(Selected by Sunset's Afterglow)
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It was not flashed from tending
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Nor did the shattering thunder peal
that charter of the free.
'Tomas the soul of man that shaped it,
by the light that shines in dark-
ness,
In the beauty of the pine -woods, and
the silence of the sea .. .
—Alfred Noyes.
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