Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-12


tragic death she was about to becume a
mother. Pierre and Arius vacquerlc were
tbs uncid and cousin Of Charles vaequerie,
In the year 1873 the Vacounrie family lived
on their own property, which abutted on the
seine az Nillequer. They dwclt IN large.
old-faahlcncd mansion standing In heautl-
tul Farden. laid out Ia the English fashion.
Tue family at that time consisted Of Nine.
Naeauesie, hcr son charles. bis wiio Loo
poldine. Nine. Vaccnerle's brc,her-in.law,
Pierre, and hia sou Anus. They were all
fond q boating, particularly Charles. who
bad purchased q new boat at ilonaeur. lie
bad taken a great fancy 10 thls boat, witch
bad carried on a prize 81 the hcnrcur Re-
gaita. lilo ordered the boat TO be sent to
hls home. where. In dive course Il arrivdt.
II was heauurlly nttei with sails AMI
awning. but all tho hoatmen In tho neigh
borhaod who came to SEQ II denounced Il as
unseaworthy b. reason VI TIA top.heAvinest
CHARLES, however. was, unhAppily not In
nueneed by this opinion, He was proud Of
hs choice, and resolved to malyo trial trip
50 no nYiled bis wife, his Uncle, and his
cousin % join him. The poor yourg wife
was little nervous at hrst. and expressed
Wish not TO 70. but her husband laughrd.
away her fears He said that the people
who had spoken N Of tho boat were cfcakess.
and that he was snre he Was competent to
manage t. Wedding to bis tntrtatlcg shtra.
foro. Lcopollina consented 20 accompany
him, "a did also hA uncle and his cousin
II was a eiefl0us morning In the early
autumn The sun shsno brilliantly, tAA
hires trlilsd merrly IN tho surrounding
woods; the first faint ,inu' q -od WAS dye
ing tho trees, Lishi hc..lsd and merry
EVEN AZ the birds tsat trllled 1.-THE little
PARTY Embarked Madame NaequOrlc went
@ nc river bank with inani. and wishing
nlNI ~ Iaaa ID b.. d
turn VA time for dciouner. ioopoldlne. In
spWN OF the nassiNa foar she had eAperl-
encft. was The merit cat ~ The lot She was
noted for her beauty. ana there arc those
suli LYNX in Nillcquier who roniamhar what
charming picture thc presented as she
stood ~ and waved q salute 10 her mother
in.lAw With hlt iscr handk .rnhiOi The
san wAs thcu nrstei and tho llt,le boat
scuddci down the Feline, before Hight
bsegae. shd waa soon lost 70 sight ny bend
IN the 4vcr.
Hour AFTER hour passed. ana rtil ihs boat
was Ahscnt psieunor had been W5iliug for
some ilmo. Madame Nacauorlo began to
get littlo uneaay, aud frequently she
mounted 70 a email tower on the Top Of the
house, which commanded vlle sweep OF
ihe river But ahe could zee nothlnS Of hor
loved ones, She came down agaiu nnd lrlud
10 console herself with the thought that al
was well. But her unoaslneni Increased
and once arain sac vent TO the roof and
aeauaed the river. that FILTERED in the sun
lisnl like a broad hand OF silver, She VAS
turning away with Toy. for there was the
boat eailipg proudly along, when suddenly
she heard a cty from seine one on the bank
and rushing 70 Che window 0t mo tower
again sac saw q slrn, that wcll-nlgh drove
her NAL, The lttla ctaft had almost got
abreast u the house when, Ia passing a
miniature gorge, bncWn az tho Back Of the
ANH.H Ia a. W.luu Uul illt
SAL was caught ahick. over went the boat,
aud iu f0us occupants were underneath,
A well-knnwn notary. NJ Lcmctaynr, was
passing AZ tho lime aud no Instantly raised
a cry OF alarm. In a Few minutoa z dozen
boats bod been thrust Into ,he waier by wiz
Ing nanda, and " 90 b ing towcd 20 lha re nc
N the Disaster while fcnrcs u oGciiod pea.
ris s.stA5st'i uu tnu uanRs uitennF crleh
and lamentations Tor q was soon from The
irsi that lhcre was no hope, The servants
Of the house were attending 70 Mmo. vac.
quari., who wanted 10 rush toi the river ana
throw heraelt h. In the meantime those
Who had gone ont IN tho boats 20 the zap
ul1ed craft had manngo1 TO dlsenanGle from
the sail ,hn body o. Pierre Vacquafic, and
as they hauled 10 tho a1il u hf9fEbt 10 Tho
surface tho HWoet young wife. Her hands
wcre hlledrSith The sand " the rltor bod
ana her pretty violet dress was covered With
Shiny green weeds The Other bodies vera
as the ydc had carried thcm sons Distance
away
fhn = elise causo Of tho trrflhle calamity
which Victor iiuga declared paJ many O
| wrutlA Into his faco-wt1 mover clearly re-
CO tiln d. nul Il was known that, soon atlGl
leayms The uny landing plAcs before BIZ
| m1tnfr's hauno CHARLES realized the fact thal
4 his boat was crank and, having filled for :
mila or tWd, he landed at O plc0 called eau
debdr, whnrr. un1n tho quay, wore a nunioel
| " old-taahiuncd round cannon balls, Tbtl
balls had been lying thcro Tor many yp1r
| and tho Gfags had grown OVER them, Thl
| young man rndtoi hnlf dozen az them up
| iir billnst, u u supposed that WHOM ID.
| gust o. Wind oui VI Tho gorro struck ihl
/ sail tho ronud htlh rolled 90 nnc side and
caused the Nus yofta 10 cabEsc.
For many ani many long day the ca
amIty threw gloom over tho negabpr
hood. whtro the Nacqurflen ord the huGo'
were wen known and grctily beloved Pool
/ Nine Nacquorlc mover Hmllrd Hgaln, and
| sank into an untlWoly ErayN
Otlcn ana 0fifn d'd Victor Hugo make d
| piENmlR0 10 The Quio, cemetery and ti,
1 last Hmo De ala 90 wna hut 4 abort time be-
! fop Ms death 40 was an OLD aud bowea
4 mh ,hon and De knew that Tor hn lhi
! day Was ntariy done. Fnf two hour be- aa
! upln q tombstone, aud regarded Win tear
I ful eyes the gravos Of those who had h1or
/ 10 dtar 10 him. And who shall tell hu
what 10 no sat there. the beautiful IN,
from his own Lies Mlacrables' occurred 8,
MIN;
The gratis hides, and the rain ehaeesl
Il var but a fcp mtnilis ago that ID,
writer Of these liuel aicod over the Erayca
| Then tho gfaas vas ErowinR long and RAM
about fhom. and the rain Of upward Of
| forty yelrs mad no discolorcd tho gonel
/ az 10 make the deelrhrrlur OF the inrerlp