Richland beacon., 1873-02-08

treasure. L must come and dine here
again. E
While his father had a word with Mad
/ ane Ferouelle, Raoul cOntrived to wills
per to Nannettc to meet him that eyen-
ing; and then with light heart, she
| watched the two down. the hill, and
\ along the road which leads toj lirque. =
Nannettc could only steal little time
| for these meetings with RaOul, OH ac-
| count of which she got many 4 scoldn@
| from her couSin: so, rs was her custom.
no sooner had she stolen out of the house.
! than she began running 80 flst "a She
could through the porte. past the church,
and ,lp the steep bit which leads To the
back of the castle. There was no moon,
so she could not see Raoufs face. lie
was already there aud waiting; but the
moment he spoke. Nnnettc's heart sank.
ana she asked with trcHIblng voice what
| had cone wrong. For a little minute
RaOul tried 10 deceive her, and then lac
| told AL & cir trouble. md why his father
had asked him to walk that evening.
After they had parted, the poor child
turned towards home with heavy heart.
She stopped by the gateway over which
stands Our Lady, and tried to ask her
help; but the lanterns light showed
the bic ssed mothers face happy and ra-
liant with JOY, and Nannctte felt that
perhaps she might never be nappy again.
! for Marcel Nanier was stern man, ana
| lIe had sworn All oath that Raoul sh0uld
never marry Nannette.
! Now, Marcel Nanier was greatly per-
picked how, TO act for the best. Raoal
ab;olntcly refused to go to the C'outicrs'
house. or to say anything to Eulaiie
which might be twisted into olove-making.
Without doubt, if this were told 10 Pas
chal Cloutier, he would resent it and re-
tlse the addresses which Marcel deter
mined sooner or later his son should
make. Alter wOrk-time. he strOilcd down
| to the bridge. where he knew he should
| find Paschal, and told him that as he had
| a large order for horse-shoes, which mast
be ready before the 18th, he should say
nothing about Eulalie TO RaOul just then.
for fear it would take all his thoughts of
his work. Paschal nodded his assent. al
though he did not give entire credit 70 his
! neinhSor's excuses.
Dav by day Raoul and his father
fought wordy BATTLES. Which grew mora
and more bitter anl hard, until Marcel
went to .Jeahne Ferouelle. aud told her
All his grievance aud got her to promise
that she would keep Il strict watch on
Nannette, and so prevent her meeting
Raoul. For IL time this survcill0ncc sue
cee,!ed, but one morning, on account Of 4
word VIII ch the old sol :ier Brisac brought
/ to her, Nannette, was UP by break OF day.
! and stealing down into sthe yarI she
found Raeul waiting there looking deS-
I perate, with little bundleAin his hand,
as if for going away.
"Yes." he said, "Nlnncttc, have come
to say adieu. cannot live under the root
I Of nv father. eat his bread, and listen To
the words he speaks of thee and me.
lie will give me no proper wages he calls
me at best an idle dog. who willnever
earn enough to fill my own mouth. SO
leave him, Nannctte; aud more, L leave
thee. nv weli-.,eloved. but only to gain
enough to call thee mine in face of all the
world, Brisac tells me that in England
land America they value smiths more thar
any trade going. and pay them as much
in a month as in Cacn or Rennes one
would get in year, so | shall 20 t.
Granville, and find some ship to, tahe me
there; and m a year thou Wit be mine
Nannette."
...Wiu nothing do she groaned, "bul
that thou must 90 from me?
1T is best, Nannette 4; indeed ii is said
poor RaOul. down whose cheeks the tears
were rolling. "If | stay, | know not
what may happen. Each day my father
grows more violent. In his rage he threat
ens to do things of which thou coulds'
never dream he makes vows. takes oathS
until think tiretlevil MNself must have
4 got INTO his sin md be speaking to me
Be brave, Nannette, for my sake. lie
member it is my love for thee which gives
me courage for this step.
When it was discovered that, without ;
. word of what he meant TO do, or wher,
| .x>no,,+ 70 ero Rao,,. had loft his homo
Marcel Vanier. feigned to say that he wa
well rid of the young rascal, thOugl
srtwould not be long before he was bacl
again, cap in hand, begging for forgive
I ness.p And he added that she wOul
: kill the fatted calf for the wedding feast.
The reason for ALI this was, tina
n he felt sure that Raoul had gone TO
: good customer of theirs at Rennes; an
thither. thinking he should find him en-
;, ployed i'm the sInithy, Marcel pretendc
+ he was forced to go; but when he wa
: told that his son had neither been seen
e heard of. he set off for MOrtain, and, III
r anxiety increasing, he even went to CaeI
p at all of which places he supplied nal
u and horseshoes, but no tidings could !
$ get. Then at last he was fiin TO come
y Eannetues and, sizing to see her alone, y
n itntfored her, If she knew anything abOl
q his boy, to tell him.
!! All that Nannette had to tell she told
a ! and the very next day the diligence too
- Marcel to Granville, where, after ml'
= search, he learnt that some WeekS,Defo
y RaOul had left for Canada on board a We
7. SSh Wi,i1H Gas sS,ssfntS6uf eh ftfehd :BfsS
p So there was nothing for it, but tn
- Marcel Vanier should return to Wire, al
J., make out of his sons departure the be
~ ~ story he could. He pretended that
~ Thought II no such bad thRg for youl
- fellow t, see little of the world.
b snd oIS When S fie caii,s fSas he'd have lear
an ed to know wine from cider;l People
Y, kpan tS wonderwhy it wss, that, eye9il
IA ~ after evening, he was always to De m
Ve walking down the valley towards I
!, phOuse of Monsieur Fourcher, who
NE NE then ageut to the paper mills there; q
~ az last it came to be, whispered aorot
:. that Monsieur FOucher could put peol
~ i'm the way of making fortune SO elsi
ho that you had but to give your money
iio some one in Paris, whom ne woulI /,
,or you of, and it was doubled and trepieu
col no time.
"" money to give him, but the old ones sno
4, their heads, and said no good ever ca
,r ,r. of new ways, and only fools trusted M
~ ey out of sight and reach. i7I. u -
.,r Nannette often sighed over the
,Ss ports of Marcel's growing riches, ioi
'ue them she only saw a fresh barrier be'"'
=, her and Raoul.
.J "well. madame, at last the weary y
nee came to an end. The great tete was 0'
en- en- and ,theday sp which, Rapulr should y
h q returned TO Wire past month sli
;sf- Reports would cone occasionally I
o;al some one had seen some one else, VINO
trv seen sailor at Granville, who III
nm. RaOul, Vanier. and who said he was
tie, Anu Was SclInS oN - IA th.t
ntO ahouler '.'iie ~ wo"iu po i,i ',,' ON ho
she ther tnc Ansen4ue, nor ais en- oc,s;rS
i tbe vessel. answering her in every way,