, 1869-02-28
VICTOR AMI MADAME HUGO

poeL u scarcely Jus Interesting and rom anttc
than tho productions Of bis genius. In lllub.
sodcs In the hrls correspondence OF the
Anhr1euH Liferdy G1setts. Poets hare Often.
tnys tho writer been accused Of being bad
husbands; tim, aud nKAiu matrimony hts
been declared % state for Them. Tbs llvcs
Of Marie Foucle1 aud Victor Hugo disprove
nmoug men N,osc lives arc Of q much more
cycn tenor tim the poets career, who arc
10 foetunktc ~ to hare their af1t love
(which, 10 oihcr lore, ~ ss poetry to ptose)
returned br noman hcrsc1f tho 1Est tftac In
iose. This h1ppiues. heaven vouchn!od e
remember tao time whcn they did not lorc
each other, They gambolIed together With
lnfancy's F:1cas, millennium affection. Thcy
played HgethcF during childhood. Thsy
drew c10cF together during adolescence,
confcsacdt their love, and wero mlde Que BY
tbelr llra long they lived together, in sun.
shine. Ii storm. lu smilcs, In tears, 1t home,
te teri.y. % %MaE4mony V. 10 .bem .h:t i
shouldbc to all men Il 1llcd lilt, II antie!'
Ia.td d. sire. Il kept the heart null BY keep.
ffEne. l,cforo Mario Fouches and Victor
ungt were born, they were aflanced.. Tho
day d. Foucher was married, Major Hugo.
Hboha not long been u Rtrted, flled
alas At thc diDner;.able, md, holding II ont
ottr. drink 70 the health OF their honse-
hdd." But when the ll1ne came, their
pdcntS were opposed 10 thelr m1rhage on
te ground Of -1heir youth and poverty;
taey wtro married, however, in 1921. l be.
leve bis parents wcrs not present At the
parents separated them. Letters wete for
bIddeu them. TO communicate with her, he
wrote, Hans d dIslandA!s," which IL 6hed
with allusious none but the two lovers
could understand. They lived very happily
toEethtr, despite thela poverty. Yon may
Ballades." But where IL the cloudlcss life
Man Is born to trouble as the spAtka fly up.
ward Their children grew up. tho pride
and ornament Of theIr Ayes. Their eldest
daughter, Leopoldine, married In her eight
eenih year. Her husband Was Charles Vac
was 1ove-match. and bleased By parenA.
For seyen months bride and groom were Is
happy as her father and mother hxd been.
At Fillequles, which Is fourteen or fifteen
leagues from HarFe, there Is brick, house,
covered Tllh green vines, St the loot OF Z
mountain verdant With dense grove. In
. mont Of M the house + garden. ifom which
river. Monday. the 28th OF August, 1913
nbout 10 o'clock q. NJ, II. Charles VAcquerie
took q boat his uncle had just built, to 20 TO
Caudel.cc, where he had business. Ckude.
bee Is hall league from Vlllequier. Hla
uncle, u Vacquerie, an old sa!lor. md bis
about setting cut, he asked his young wife II
she would go With them. She refused, say
ing she was not dressed. Tho three pcrsons
ablye uaned Bet out, promising 10 return in
s5ae ms Is5 opr @5ea 1hss csS..is. e.d yse ps.
euerie thought The boat had not
ballast enough. he returned to the house
ard took two la1ge stones, which he placed
in The boat, to make It moro steady, HN
youug wife then exclaimed: stslnce you
hare como buck. 7 viii 60 With you. Walt
for me iast ~ aTs :. MINUTES, IL. @ They waited for
Madame Vaequerie, their mother, urged
them to return III TINA for breakfast, which Il
served, IN France. At noon. she looked at
tho boat gliding towards Its destination, and
! only thoue ht: :" Il IL too calm. They can.
not sill. We shall breakfast too late.' The
Not leaf ttembled on the trees. However
| slight breath Of wind did occasionally CONF
| TO swell the SAIL The boat moved slowly,
but 1t did more. They reached Caude.
bee. They went to sec the notary, to whom
II. Charles Vaequerie had something to "a,
about business connected with his father
estate. Ills father had recently died. The no
| taty tried to persuade them not TO return By
| water. Not that be fosc6Aw or feared tht
least DANCE his only fesr was they woult
| move too slowly IN the absence Of wind
he offered to send them back TO V!lleaulel
| Ing 1t was not late, and they would get back
| In time moreover It Was 10 amusing and
| agreeable sailing on the water, And the nv.
| er's ahorts were 40 beautiful. They got in
the boat and turned It's face homeward
Charles uncle sat At tho helm bis son
looked AZ the water tlppl1nK husband and
wife sat hard In hand, and enjoyed the At
| nosphcte Of happiness which snrroundei
them. Leopoldfne Hugo was still that
graceful young Rirl We hAve seen grow up in
| Everything In life seemed he5s: She wss
eighteen. She had Just married the man ah'
loved. and BY whom khe Was Adored. sht
came to briuE joy in dectmAted faulty,
which. on tho 29th Of August, was in mourn
ing for eevcu members Of It: Charles Vac
old. For three yeazs before he had devote
all bis lie to the hope OF happtncss he nov
enjoyed. For three years his fdendssaw hiu
collect curious furniture and precious object
''ior her when she is MY wife" Homewar
between two bills, without any indication d
It's arrival, fell 90 The nail. and 1t
ruptly turned over tho bolt. Pcusnts O.
The tight bank Of tue river saw Charlie
Vacqrer1e rcappcar on the surface OF th
| water aud scream then dive aud dlaspp:ai
sgain disappear. si1 Tines TGey thought b
| Wss 'amuslng" hlmsclrl lie dtved aud trio
10 pull away h4 wiSo from the boat. Sh
was under water, md held on to the uptt
boat aa The drowning hold on 10 object
Hcr poor little hauds were stronger than iro
were unsuccessful. l}c then dlved Il,
| timc, and rcmAlued With her. Ch1rlt
Vacaucrlc WAS All excellent swimmer. Nc
body would have been ntonishod had be be
70 cross. twenty ., Thirty timcs. tho sPAe
wS VITA separated ,s1e s,S from e, sns lie eh,I S
vaceuerto did everything bra7
devoted. A,norou,. man could do I
save his witr, and then. when ho found
could nct hffue hcr beck With him to lilc. I
reinalncd With her Ia death. Poor Madatr
yacquctic. a. sn!t t'mc, stood vs!!log 9
xind r Al laa. shc took = spY.glsss At
lookod toward Cart,ebtc, Tier cyes boetu
tlmmtd. hto called = pilot aud asld to hin
"fouk. Quick d. not zee elesrly, but
theIr hoat." Then. ~ 10 had o!..tnctlY aet
1t WAS their boat, 4o ran In Aaste. With al
conrntca, to Its hasltt&nct. II was too Ia.
lle brought iouF cnrpses to Madame Vacquci
ui that same stAlrcasc where. three hou
,, t,eto,e, her son. dAnShte, lo;l.x, brother. a
and all tmila. 1here werc, n Vllleqult
!. four corIses In the church, hnt m iugenuo
tcnderncas had united the young mas7,t
!. pair III the eAme coffin. Ths church =
!, Alled with people, who wept aud prayed Il
+ yently; nearly ali OF these weepcrs =
c prayers were nelehbon. This loss Was
heavy blow 10 the p&rtntt, and the won
q they received EA4 ono from which they ne1
entirely recovered.
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Q Strange Clubs In Paris.
Avery extraordinary book might be Vt
; tco on tho s>crct societies Of Paris. FRI
J time 70 time gossip speaks Of this or Il
q eotsrie formed for aonc strange purpoe<
u come for Investigating marvels, others