The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-12
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
For several days Pierre Iaur;ers
suicide was the engro->ing sub ,ect of
conversatio II at Mcntc Carlo. Men dis
cussei it over their wire and cigars,
and women used the day OF the month,
his age, and the number of letters in
his name for lucky numbers at the
gambling tables. Clcmcnce Villa was
very proud of her work.
Il shall soon be a fam us woman"
she remarked, If men go on KILN.
themselves for me 1T thi, rate. That
makes two inside OF twelve months
Not bad. Now, if De V gncs will only
follow suit. what 4 record that will be .
All Paris will be talking of me-
Madame said DR.. Davidotf, in slow
and measured tones, As he was taking
leave Of JAG lue>. several days after
Pierre Laurier's suicide. the mystery
OF life Is as deep to-day Us it was six
! thousand years ago. in plain words,
we know nothing about it. Don't smile
incredulously when tell you that 70. T.
son has been cured. The terrible hnrt
which his mind has received has
turned nature thoughts away from
: the mere physical weakness and he
will now get we'll. Foo the moment
nature is bewildcrcd and stunned: but
| in a few days She will tie the broken
threads, adj arrangements, level in
cqualities and then Jacques Will awake
| to Il new life. Don't be alarmed at any
paroxysms of grief; encourage them
rather Keep his thoughts on Pierre
talk to him of his dead friend"
| DavidOff was right. In II few we ks
jacques de Vignes began to show
! yy,say nj IF +,
spent most Of the day on the ter. ace in
fine weather with Juliette b; his side.
reading to him from Fierre's books or
listening to long tales of their school
lie.
! Nine. de \igncs moved about as if in
u dream Of bliss at sight of her sons
returning health and in his mantle t
pleasure in her wards society. 1t was
almost too much TO hope for. and ten
times in a single day she descended t.
the terrace to satisfy herself that ii
was not all the Pigment of her magma
ton. Davidotf was delighted when he
was tod of the pleasure which Jacl ues
took in listening TO the reading OF
| Pierre's !avorite authors: but this did
not satisfy the it,l> sian physician: he
determined to max. several expert
ments in order to satisfy doubling
minds of the truth of his theory. For
as far q, he was concerned himself, he
was firmly persuaded that the soul OF
Pierre laurier hal passed into De
\ignes body, or to make the statement
seem less audacious. that the death OF
Pierre LaurIer, occurring under the
peculiar circumstances which it q d
would have deep. lasting. and power
full influence up II jacques dc \iyncS
| fnl
| \ignes was et into the secret of tn,
proposed experiments. for Davidot
was DESTROYS of having them occur a
the villa, and that .'aclu should b,
kept. is far a possible. in ignoranc, o
them. These experiments consisted o
two kinds. one addressed to the mini
and the other to the boIy: that Is
1nenta! and Il PHYSICAL test
Hitherto De \lgne> had richly mer
tied his sobriQuet OF st aight Lin.
jacques. TO- there was an utter ab
sence OF the poetic and 4 sthetic IN
stinct in him. He was color blind
could scarcely distinguish one melcd
from another. and preferred tie hare
and aHguar figure OF the athlete I,
the graceful outlines of the fcmal,
form. But now. however. the inten
tlonal discords in color groupings
wnlcn Mime. de lEne>. or Jul cite. a
Davidson's suggestion. were guilty o
in their costumes. were at once no
tioed and condemned by Jacques: no.
did he stop here. for he not only no
ticed the error. but directed lhow i
might b, cured. Hi, ear likewis, be
gan to show wonderful acu eness il
detecting fall note in music or cal.
ing attention to a voice singing off tn
key. The carved ne no longer OF
tended him. and he half unron>ciou>l
laid aside the magazine OF outdoo
sports for the art journal.
knowing his repugnance TO severa
kinds of wine. notably sherry and TIC
kay. and to any di b containing eve
the sill hest sus picion of garlic. David
OF caused careful experiments to b
made and found in each case that tn
nerves OF taste had undergone a