Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-06-12

NV tt-ht"sssy ssses- --'Df-
do no wrU.ig rc.uscl That night
shn diappar~i Next day I received
q note written by her hand She babe
me meet her in the wool nc q sccls,lcd
place known 20 us both. Invent She
was not there Il was dark. called
her ,y name Two men came up. ssiztd
n 1 gagged me. forced mo into car.
rin-c and brought me here ] am con.
demncd without trial. Ny jailers tell
me that must die OF n noble name will
be dishonorcd There IL nothing more
was permitted TO choose the manner
Of death Aid mo II you can. but give
me nlsolution now
81 ahsolved him babe him have
courage assured him that he would
b. fro In = few houx Ny guide re-
turned
"'i have heard your words. he said
'You cannot aid him. II thought you
could. you would share his fate.
"IIc tooi my hand and lei me 30 the
crrrisgc. entering with me The coach.
man whippcd his horses They galloped.
I pleaded for the poor man. My com.
panion was dumb ] threatened him
with the law. lie answered not aword
I pictured the vengeance of an offended
God lie was stone vowed 10 devote
my life to the discovery and punish.
ment of his crime Still not word
hut have kept and will keep my VOW
A faint gray light was showing In the
east when we reached the cures door
I Alightcd Apur-e was thrust into my
hand. The carriage disappeared
1.-TWO hours later the gcndArmes were
securing the country. They discovered
nothing. seven days ! passed visiting
chateaux and houses, 30 no purpo-o
Then I went 30 Caen found the home
of Jules Dcyou.t Both he and his wife
were missing. The neiahbors described
him--a very handsome man, incapable
Of committing crime. His wife. they
told me. was q BEAUTIFUL woman. with
the air of princcs~ She spoke French
with q foreign accent. dro-s-d In silk
and satin and wore valuable jewels
The gcndarme- wearied Of the fruit.
les search. but did not made my
home here succocdcd the cure. ]
mapJsd out the country and visited ey'
cry chateau. save one. within wide ra-
dius every large house Forty seven
years ] have sought . clew Come TO
the window"
Irose Father Aloysius pointed TO the
old castle % WALTON. crowning . hill
scarcely mile distant
THAT IL the chateau which did not
visit" he said ''It IL - near. and ]
travelled many miles that night There
the tomb ~ Jules Davoust was disooy.
ercd this morning have stood within
H. II IL n hole In the wall six feet high
by four wide The stones behind which
the poor wretch spoke TO me bulgcd with
the weight above. and the wOrkmen
pulled them down Tho skeleton fell
out In my pr,-enoc they r-plsocd them
One stone. Jus, the height of my heal,
was without mortar. II could have t.cn
removed easily. The two paved yards
arr thcrr. the passage bctw"n the walls.
the stone staircase, the big tagged room
have no doubt nc all II the criminals
arr living. they shall Ia brought To Jus
tice. "
Twelve months afterward met Ia.
ther Aloysius In Paris lie hal Just ~.
turncd from Poland An examination ~
the papers of the late owner ~ the
chateau hal resulted In the discovery
that his grandfather hal runt"d thu
place 20 Polish gentleman who gave
the name ~ Lub.nsh The latter took
it for year. but at tho end 81 six
months appriscd the proprietor that be-
no longer bcnded H.
THAT IL all we know. =" said the cure
"In Poland I learned nothing NOrhave
the polio. t-cn more successful
"And the mystery IL ~ far frOm Ia
ing sol,-d ~ ev.ry''
"Yes fear the truth will not L.
known until th. day 81 Judgment ]
have imaginsi many things The ~
years which have ps.ssed have b-cn fruit
ful ia curious reflections would dis
miss the matter frun my mind now "
I could hut fear that 10 impossiblo "
-Ashmor. Russan In Million