The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-16

1 II crossed the EHHHUpI anu fHAHn III " wa
without difficulty TO the village Of St Arnoui
| But az for chateau, there was none. wit
some difficulty / made out the site Ii was
| plowed field, and q peasant Ina q blue blous
was driving A Eayly- eaparisoned team acres
| Il. Nothing left but the saigneurial dove cote
now q cart shed; q round tower with a comics,
| roof, the leaden pigeon on the pinnacle th
only survivor Of the clouds of birds that one
wheeled about 1t. There was a farm-ho,e
close by. where | was entertained with sou
bread and sour cider ns | sat talking 10th
people OF the farm. who knew nothing OF m.
chateau, or or any people named iIna Mott
except the grocer of the neighboring town
who certainly never lived near there. hal
never thoroughly realized before how com
pietely the new France had wiped oat the old
clearly ! should realize nothing from TIN,
plowed fields, and made for the neichborins
town Of Cauville. At once went to The prln
etpal notary and introduced myself rs al
English lawyer come to make genpalopioa
researches. Had they been geological ones
he might have helped me he said, but all his
sparehoufs were devoted to science, and HI
had no time for less serious Investigations
However, he knew exactly the man for my
purpose, and sent his clerk with me to fint
him. O certain NJ. Galet.
We found him In miserable tumble. dosvr
cottage, wrapped w In 9 dingy blanket on 9
reading a tattered old volume Yes, he was
Galet, Historian and genealogist, once In The
household Of his Holiness the Pope, and his
photographer to The most distinguished ei
the French noblesse. He had not enough
money h1wever at this moment even to b,s :
pair ~ sab0ts, and certain cash advance
had to bemade before he could come to see
me at my hotel. The man knew a good deal
about the families once existing In the neigh
borhood, but his knowledge was derived en-
tirely from books and worth little to me. He
could gveme the pedigree of the De In Notes
Of st. Arnoult from. the time Of the Con
queror down to 1893, but the few years that
followed, Of Infinitely more importance, he
knew nothing about. However heshowed me
how to get at the paroehlal records existing
before the revolution, which | found at the
prefecture Of Rouen. and from them verified
the date Of birth of the person we were In
search of. She was born on the second OF No
venlher, 1855, and baptized the next day In
her mothers name, Jeanne, the parrain aud
being M and Nine de Freville.
Here was something, at all events. to begin
with-a near view OF the cradle OF our French
girl. II we could only arrive as easily at her
gravel
But here came to standstll. Galet could
give me no further help. AS for the other
townspeople not one of them knew or cared
about anything that happened go far back as
the week before last. Even the cure. who
might be supposed to have an interest In the
ancient regime, was rs uniformed as the
rest. He knew nothing of the La Notes on
gF II ftN1htst 6ilu SsflUNl lHtUP Lpn fltlpn 0fl-
,upied with the routine of his office to care
Tor anything else. However, the Inquiries /
made bore their fruit. One day an old woman
stopped me In the street. had been asking
after the family OF De Freville. Well her
mistress could tell me something about
them certain Nine. Poehet, who lived at
5he Capucins.
Nine. Pochet was q pleaaant-iooklng old
ady IN black silk and old lace, and received
ne very courteously;. Her husband had In
lerited from M. de Freville, and some of the
amiiy archives were In her possession. For
lerself, che was bourgeoise. and cared nothing
ibout genealogies, except such az were found
n the Historic Sainte. Monsieur was quite
1t liberty to look over the papers and make
but not 30 take them away. All mol
3ut what difficulty In the matter2 Let Mon
ieur take up his quarters at the Capucins
here are plenty Of rooms for that matter
The lived In one little corner of the house
With her bonnie; all the rest was at my dis
'osal. The woman who came In TO clean
you'd do the Kitchen for me. / gladly
losed with the offer.
The Capucns, as its name denotes. was |
nee a CONVENTION, more idiomatcally a |
riary-not Of very ancient date pleasant |
lace In the summer time, with its old fash
med garden, shaded alleys, and quaint sum
ler houses looking over the sparkling river
Tut there was great chalk cliff just behind |
-nDL one StleeE GILL, OUT n succession OF white
scarpments with brushwood growing be-
veen-that seemed to give shut-up,
loOmy look to the place. Inside, too the at
losphere was chilly and vaut-llke, due to
ne narrow window spaces and thick stone
alls, except In the room where the Freville
rehives were kept This had been modern
ed as to light and fittings, and was alto
ether warm, sunny nook, with pleasant
ok-out on the river and the wooded heights
i round from Its low French windows.
At one time, dare say, the FrevIle papers
ad been arranged with due system, but now
icy were In complete muddle. The papers
ere just the kind Of highly important rub
sh that man of orderly methodical habits
for the trouble of posterity Ac-
cunts and vouchers, papers as to ancient
swsuts, the details rs to NJ. de Freville's
Tree years administration of his commune
J MARIE, copies of expired leases, eomplica-
u arrangements of farming partnerships.
felt quite bewildered in the maze
1t was . delightful relief to have. long
tier from Hornton street-a joint compiia-
% BY the three sisters. with illustrations
ON Fanny's graphic pencil Bridget was
ere IN her ntghtcap, as she alarmed the
1use the other night, having dreamt dread
u dream. A grannie, too, In turn had
'eamt gruesome dream. "And Spot, poor
y, has taken to dreaming too. and cried
teously. and kicked even; and Fanny threw
handkerchief over his dear little pate, and is
ling to wear it round her head when she
res to bed tonight, for they say that is The
~ to dream the dogs dream and Fanny
inks that Spot was dreaming about YOU.
ne result In our next" But beneath all this
nsense there was TO be seen an undercur-
mt Of excited feeling. The nerves of the
or girls Were strained to the utmost with
element and expectation. And then, Lady
was getting weaker and weaker.
ie end was coming on that side, It was to be
ared. Everything seemed dark in the
ture, and all the darker for the hopes that
d been excited. | began to feel certain that
ESQ hopes would come to nothing. / had
myself nm impossible task Time was J
ming on: / should have to own myself
aten. Only some lucky accident could
lp me- And such things rarely come to
ose who have nothing else to look for.
n kind Of dull apathy, / sat looking at l
> wearisome papers of NJ de Fievile when 9
. bonnie announced visit from Nine, '
chet, who had come to inform me that she
IS going to take short tour This was the c
It day Of October, and the following day
s All-Saints, and the eve of the fete DIES c
,rts. She proposed to visit the tomb of her {
sband and other relations In other depart {
'nts, and to return In the course of a few l
ys. Ii monsieur would consent to remain I
take care Of the house, she would leave 6
til a TRANQUIL mind The rooms excant '