Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-09-14

ed form.
A former possessor OF the chateau
Monsieur Fremont-resided there
with his wife. They had 10 children
One day Monsieur T. received {
communication from the cure Of {
neighboring parish to the effect Cha
his (Monsieur F.'s) brother had dice
suddenly, and in his last moments he
had expressed an earnest hope thai
his brother would assume the charge
Of his two sons.
A reply was forwarded, requesting
that the boys might Immediately re
pair to their uncle's house. In due
course they arrived.
The elder was a fine handsome
youth, with frank, engaging manners
the younger, though handsome also was
reserved and unsociable, and the re
CARDS Of the household were quickly
centered in the former whose gayety
soon dissipated the gloom of the
chateau.
/ The younger brother, Francois, saw
with concealed jealousy, the decided
preference felt by his uncle and aunt
for the elder; nor was this sentiment
likely to have been lessened by fact
that, before they had resided a year
at the chateau, had by some means
come to his knowledge-yiz; that the
whole of the property had been left to
his brother, with tire exception of a
sum sufficient to start him Francois
in any profession he might select in
which to earn his daily bread.
To the great regret of Monsieur
and Madame Fremont, CeciIe, the
elder, conceived a passion for the ma
val service, and carrying his point
quilted the chateau, taking with hin
/ all the light and mirth it contained.
/ At first his letters were frequent
teeming with affection and merriment
then, long intervals of silence would
excite the apprehensions Of his loving
/ friends.
The second winter after his de-
parture was unusually severe, and the
health Of the old people began to fail
One sad morning, Francois, enter
/ ing with a cOuntenance of assumed
grief, communicated the heart-rending
tidings, received, he said, through {
shipmate of his brothers that CecilC
had died at sea.
Already weakened by illness, the
shock was too much for the old pe0
pie. Madame Fremont died within ;
/ few weeks anu uvfUt0 tho CLOSE o
the year her husband rejoined her il
the grave, having previously Settlec
all he possessed upon his surviving
nephew.
The latter now at the height of hi
ambition, Iorded it grandly over hi
dependents and profound was the re
gret that the kind mirthlal Cecile haC
not lived to occupy the masters po
sition
One evening Francois was sittin
alone, moody and out of sorts, sippin;
his solitary wine, when he was start
led by voice speaking without tn
window, which looked on the garden.
Advancing with caution FrancOi
1 ,,-h, +ho.,n
ut is | Francois 7 replied vote
that blanched the hearers check; hu
with trembling hands he opened til
window, and his brother, radiant wit
health and happiness, bounded int
the room.
He had intended a surprise for h
relations, of whom Francois hayin
! intercepted the correspondence o
both Sides he had not heard for man
months.
In one instant Francois compr
hended his position, and took his res
lutions.
To his brothers eager inquiries,
answered that their uncle and aun
not being quite we'll, had dined l
stairs, whittier after Cecile had 7
! freshed himself they would immed
ately proceed.
Contriving, while Cecile was dives
i, inc himself of his oyercoat to secul
- the door, Francois returned to h
o brother, and affecting the greatest j
at his arrival, encouraged him to dril
and talk until, wearied with eXcit
: ment and his journey, the latter sal
!, into temporary doze.
- 1t should be mentioned that, at tt
time, some confusion reigned at t
! chateau, on account of alteratlo
No. that were being made in the hou;
% and which necessitated the removal
" portion Of the wall of the corrid'
n During this operation most of the c
N mestics were quartered in an o.
building some distance off.
10 No human eye witnessed the ms
4 ner in which this true descendant
10 him that did the first murder co
~ pleted what was in his mind.
% presently quilted the room, lockl
wv the door, and desiring that he mig
bo be disturbed no more that night.
ON When all was still he crept fol
IN. and made his way to the master-n
son. What passed between them "
" never exactly known, but on the
No. lowing morning, the mason assist
ut by his temper, contrived to wall
as the remains of the victim where tt
bt were subsequently discovered.
al Tormented by remorSe, the form
no his brother ever before him,
wretched criminal at length dismiss
on his household, sold the chateau, a
. proceeded to Paris, hoping in t
lively city to drown the remembral
ID of fragrant guilt. But vengeance "s
= fered him not to live" A quar-
,as with the Count de G. in gam