Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-12-11


ready % DO homage 90 one q the greatest
capitalists Of Paris. These associations
took hiln naturally into a world entirely
new 10 him. lie bad no idea Of the para
disc Of enjoyment gold would open to him
The cold. sordid. monotonous existence be
had led. be now looked back 20 as a erirni-
nal does 20 a prisoa life. lie hated bis
home. and. as BE- compared bis wife AMI
daughters % the brilliant womca around
him be vas ashamed oftheun. and resolved
o leave them in their ohscurity. The con-
quest b. achieved Of the beautiful and Gel
ebra,eA Madeion T-opez enti-ciy es;-zng-
ed him from his.family. lie did not desert
them. bot his days we're spent from home.
and only late AZ night. sometimes not until
early dawn. did he cross his own threshold
the stipend he had always given. was not
increased; he foarcd lest the least liberali-
~ should excite suspicion. thoush Nine.
Ducantcllc lived 50 FAR out Of the world.
thar II was utterly impossible a rsmor could
reach them.
80 two wears went BY. Nine Ducanteue
j. now almost infrn; her daughters. younr
a. they arr. Aro fading gradually; the joy-
business q youth las passed away from them
before their years have numbered twenty
DucAnteile j. still prosperous lie has in
vented distant journeys 70 excuse his ab-
scncc from hone. and lives nov in an elc-
CANT bacbelor's apartment. Rgc Talbot. ex-
c-pt on raru occasions. when he thinks Il
necessary 20 make short stay At his old
home. To say that Ducantelle WAS pros
Pc rous " a. % sas that Madelon was faith
ful-that j.. that she gave herself the trou-
b. 10 persuade him she loved him. lie
overwhelmed her with magnifoeuee mon
~ - easily gained loses its value. and IL
f,!I iu shower. from Dgncantellc's hanls
Oscr tLis Danae.
But sPeculAtions have two sides; as yet
Ducantelle hal seen but one. the prosper
Gus side. Al AZ once fortune began %
change. and Ike a ball once urged from
the top of a bill. Ducantelle's luck and
prosperity fell in one grand crash. lie was
ruined nan. lie proclaimcd IL himself
With tears and sobs % Madelon. and Mad
elon laughed AZ him. and said be- had de-
ceived her-said be was a n icked man. and
bad him 20 back 70 his old and ,irtuous
wife Ducantellc. ParAlyzed with despair
and agony. mechanically took the way back
10 has oh home. Bot. ~ the first appear
snco of its bare VAL. its sordid furniture.
~ soilrd floor. a shudder q disgus. went
through his frame lie shut himself % In
the little room called his. and there load
ing the musket with which b. had former
ly performed his service Of National Guard.
b. placed Il 70 bis temples and shot himself
dad
Hastily summoned. Max Saostic- leans
over the widow; they showed linn Ducan-
tele. bot be turned in disgust from the
nanglcd corpse, O. whom now all human
aid was vain.
"Our poor mother" said Suzanne. viii
she rccoycrs~
" Better .Se shouI die. - sail Iauue. her
lips quivering. ''than come back 90 a life
oi poverty and misery
Max Sahatier looked. and a. b. razcd on
Laurc. the hard. sar,lonic expression pecu-
liar O. bis face. faded avay. sweeping ~ith
% a. 10 werc. year. IL seemed a. if hi.
heart beat more freely-as Il youth. hope.
trust and happiness were coming back
again.
" Mademoisslle. y said b.. IN io~. gen
de voice. your mother ~ii not die: and
you. bii YOU hope and wait my return. -
A ~ minutes later the doctors carriage
stopped az tie door 20 Madeiou's villa a.
Pasy. spite Of the denial Of the servant.
be- rassed on into ihe dra-ing room. where
Dol krcv D. sioah End The misires. q tie
L....
''Malemoisclic.- ,a.Ihe. 'are vc alone /,
Can no one bear u.s~
' No ones
Then listen o. nc Madeline psp1nt.
eal'ing yourself NiIeloa Tr5pcE. I know
you
What DO vo1 mean 90
Madeline Dupoat. tol arc a thief."
''llou dare you'-
Madeline Dupont. condemned % I've
sears bard labor at Montpelier a. tbe end
of tie secoud year yoa coafrivsl 90 escape.
Maleiioe Dupont. 700 robbed an Engi.h-
uan of D. watch ani pocket-bolt. aii, r
seilcing him into sour lair. Your crimes
arc more uumcrols ihan yolr yca-s.
When you we're in Prison you g.. gnci sirs-
uess. aul sero scai to tle hospital; there
sas you. Zoo were then goiien haired /.
yoar beauty struck me thcn I have never