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tested my little fortune in Turkish bonds;
bhen we have added these spells of the mo
kinval church TO our stake in the Mohamme-
dan empire, little boy, we shall positively
roll among doubloons, positively ROLL Beau
tiful forest he cried, farewell! Though
called to other scenes | will not forget thee
Thy name is craven in my heart. Under the
influence of prosperity become dithvram-
bic, jean Marie. Such is the impulse of the
natural soul; such was the constitution of
primcval man. And well. / will not re
fuse the credit have preserved my youth
Ike n virEinity; another, who should have
led the same snOOang, countrIed existence
Cor these years, another had become .usted,
become stereotype; but /, | praise rYtappy
constitution, retain the spring unTrokcn
Fresh opuencc and II new sphere of duties
ind me undated in ardor and only more
mature by knowledge For this prospective
change, Jean-Maric-it may probably have
shocked you. Tell me now, did it not strike
you as an Inconsistency Confess it is use
less to disscmble-it panied YOU"
YES" said the boy.
"You see,n returned the DOCTOR with sui
lime faulty, 81 read your thoughts! Nor
am l surprised-your education is not vet
complete; the higher duties of men have not
yet been presented to you fully. A hint
till we have lcisure-nust suffice Now that
! am once more in possession of a modest
competence; now that | have so long pre-
pared myself i'll silent meditation, it becomes
my superior duty to proceed to Paris. My
scientific training, my undoubted command
of language mark me out for the service of
my country. Modesty in such "A case would
be snare If sin were "A philosophical eN-
I IL
not deny his manifest abilities, for that is 10
evade his obligations. | must be up and
doing: | must be no skulker in life's battle"
SO he ratified on, copiously greasng the
joint of his inconsistency with words; while
the boy listened silently, his eyes fixed ON the
horse, his mind sccthing. 1t was all lost elo-
quence; no array of words could unsettlc a
belief of Jeau-Marics; and he drove into
Fontanebleau filled with pity, horror, indis-
nation and despair
In the town Jean Marie was kept a fixture
on the driving seat, to guard the Treasure:
while the doctor, with a singularlv slightly
tpsy airness of manner huttered in and out
of cafes. where he shook hands with garrison
officers and mixed an absinthc with the
nicely of old experience; in and out of shol,,,
from which he returned laden with costly
fruits, real turtle, IA magnificent piece of
silk for his wife, a prcpo7terous cane for HIM
self, and II KEPT of The newest fashion for the
boy; in and out of the telegraph office,
whence he dispatched his telegram, and
where, three hours later, he received an an
swer, promising IA visit on the morrow. and
generally pcrvading Fontainehleau with the
first fine aroma of his divine good humor.
The sun was very low when they set forth
again; the shadows of the forest trees ex-
tended across the broad white road that led
them home; the penetrating odor of the
evening wood had already arisen, like Il
cloud of incense, from that broad field of
tree tops; and even in the street, of the town.
where the air had been baked all day be-
tween white walls, it came in whifs and
pulses, like a distant music. Half way home
the last gold flicker vanished from "A great
oak upon the left; and when they came forth
beyond the borders of the wool the plain
was already sunken in pearly grayncss and
Il great, pale moon came swinging skyward
through the tny popars.
The doctor sung, the doctor whistled the
doctor talked. He spoke of the woods, and
the wars, and the deposition of dew: he
frightened and babhleI OF Paris: he scared
into cloudy hombast on the glores of the
political arena All was to be changed aS
the day departed it took with it the vestiges
Of an outworn existence, and to-morrow's
sun was to inaugurate the new "Enough,"
he cried, "of this life of maceration.n His
wife still beautiful, or he was sadly partial
was to be no longer buried; She should now
shine before society. Jean- Marie would find
the world at his feet; the roads open to sue
cess, wealth, houor and po~thumous ranown.
:. \ 4 .. . : IN 4.t..
sake keep your tongue quiet, You are OF
course, "A very silent fellow: it is "A quality |
gladly recognize in you--silence, golden
silence! But this is IA matter Of gravity. No
word must get abroad: none but the good
Casimir is to be trusted; we shall probably
dispose of the vessels in England"
But are they not even ours" the boy said,
almost with a sob--it was the only time he
had spoken.
ours in this sense, that they are nobody
else's, ~ replied the doctor But the state
would have some claim. If they We're stolen,
for instance, we should be unable to demand
their restitution; we should have no title;
we should be unable even to communicate
with the police Such is the monstrous con-
dition of the law 1t is mere instance of
what remains to be done, of the mjustices
that may yet be righted by an ardent, active
and philosophical deputy"
jean Marie put his faith in Nine Desprez;
and as they drove forward down the road
from Bourron, between the rustling poplars,
be prayed in his teeth, and whipped up the
horse to an unusual speed Surely, as soon
D they arrived madame would assert her
Character, and bring this waking nightmare
toan end.
Their entrance into Gretz was heralded and
. companied by most furious barking; all
the dogs in the village seemed to smell the
treasure in the noddy But there was no one
IN the street, save three Longing landscape
painters at Tentaillon's door, Jean-Marie
opened the green gate and led in the horse
and carriage; and almost at the same mo
ment Nine Desprez came to the kitchen
threshold with a lighted lantern; for the
moon was not yet high enough to clear the
garden walls.
"Close the gates Jean-Marer cried the
doctor, somewhat unsteadily alightnS. IAN