The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-02-09
WHAT A MOTHER WILL DO.
THE LATEST SENS ALTON IN
P1RIS.

An Incident that Was More Dramatic
than tho Most Of Drama5 tic Plays.
A rather interesting Paris lawsuit
has come to most sudden and
sensational ending. Tho suit was
interesting mainly because tho
parties to it were of high rank.
The denouement is-but I had
better lot your readers Judge for
themselves. The Judgment of the
court, rendered only few days
ago, had been TO name M. T..
Chovandior de Valdromc, ex-NIinis-
ter of tho interior, guardian of the
young son born Of his dead broth.
cr's marriage with y Mile. Dcfodon,
from whom he subsequently sepa-.
rated. The boy was placed in the
Dominican Seminary ut Arcueil, and
there the mother was to be per
mitted to sec him twice Il week,
whilo on holidays, and during
vacations he might visit her, but
only by the authorization and in tho
custody of his guardian. On Mon
day (New Years Eve) little Armand
was sent in charge of priest to
visit his mother, who was informed
that the child might remain with
her for four hours and no more.
This said, the worthy priest retired
into tho waiting room of Mmo. de
Valdrome's dwelling to wait till the
time allotted for the visit should
have expired.
Hardly were the mother and
child alone than the little ono threw
himself into her arms sobbing,
"Mamma, savo mo; take me away.
They said I should never see you
again. I heard theln. SO take mo
away-far away" .
Probably tho mother had had
some such idea in her own mind,
1t was u desperate chance; for
should it fail, no second opportuni-
ty would be allowed hor; but how
could sho resist the little ones
pleading? "You wish to go?" she
said.
eyes, mother" said the child.
or th,E wa will o.- .,>l>
exile for many years-that T am not
rich-that your fathers family will
never forgive you-that we shall
bo followed"
"Lct lis Co." said the child.
"We will go" said the mother,
kissing him; (amiable hypoclitc y
she went to the priest and said:
"Fathcr, the time you leave my boy
with me is very brief. When my
husband WAS alive the judg ment of
separation gave mo half of Armand's
time-his guardian should be as
kind rs the court was"
"But my orders arc imperative,
madam, said the worthy ccclcsias-
tic.
81 do not wish you to disobey
them" she replied, ''but will you
not return to Arcucil, and in my
namo beg tho Superior to leave
Armand with me few hours longer.
A little time is triho to him-not
to me"
The worthy ccclesiastic could not
resist the fearful appeal and set off
on his errand. AS he turned the
corner Nine. dc Valdrome hurried
her boy into carriage and drove
to her lawyer, Maitre Allou. eff T
carry off my son" she said to him
rs soon as they wero alone, "can
they put me in prison 2"
"For heavens sake, don't do any
thing Of the sort, cried the lawyer.
"We've lost tho case here, but we
can't fail to have tho decision re-
versed in tho higher court" And
he went on to give his reasons for
this comfortable belief. But the
woman broke in again, "Can they
they can't?"
"Why do you want to know?"
asked the lawyer.
because if they could and should,
I could do nothing moro for my
boy. Can they-yes or no?"
''fhey cannot-positively."
"That is oil I wished to know,
and now my mind is made up"