The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-03

He lpds lying on q sort OF sick chair or
lounge"
owed truly his fortune to that girl
who, the next day after the death of
the one whom she had piously attended,
found herself poor and isolated in lit
tie house in steep street, near the
chateau, above Blois. l felt that what
ever this unknown father left ought not
to go to distant relatives, who cared
nothing for him, did not even know
him, were ignorant Of his sufferings
and perhaps even of his existence and
who by law would inherit.
"A dying man, yesi There could be
no question about it, and Dr. Vilandry,
whom l begged to accompany me to see
my friend, did not hide 1t from me.
Revere was dying of kidney difficulty
which had made rapid progress.
ut was necessary, then, since he was
not alone in the world, that he should
think of the one of whom he had spoken
and whom he loved.
For / love her, that child whom
have no right to name. love her. She
Is good, tender, admirable. If l did not
see that she resembled me-for she does
resemble mel should tell thee that she
was beautiful. 1 would be proud to cry
aloud, "This is my daughterr" To
promenade with her ON my ARMAND
must hide this secret from all the
world. That is my torture. And it is
the chastisement of all that has not
been right in my life. All, sad, unhap-
Ply loves! That same malediction for
the past came to his lips as it had come
to his thoughts. The old workman, bur-
dened with labor throughout the week,
who could promenade on the Boulevard
de Clichy on Sunday, with his daugh-
ter on his arm, was happier than Ro-
we're. And-a strange thing sentiment
of shame and remorse-feeling himself
travelling fast to his last resting place
in the cemetery, he expressed no wish
to see that child, to send for her to
come from Blois under some pretext or
other, easy enough to find.
"No, he experienced fierce desire
for solitude, he shrank from an inter.
view in which he feared all his grief
would rush to his lips in torrent of
words. He feared for himself, for his
weakness, for the strange feeling he ex-
perienced in his head.
1t seems as if it oscillated upon my
shoulders he said. If Marthe came
and he repeated the name as a child
would have pronounced it who was Just
learning to name the letters of word
L would give her but the sad spectacle
of broken down man and leave on her
mind only the impression of human
ruin. And then-and then-not to see
her, not to have the right to see her,
that is all right-it is my chastise-
ment.
LET it be so. l understood. / feared
that an interview would be mortal; he
had been so terribly agitated when he
had sent for me that other time
"But / at least wished to recall to
him his former wish which he had ex-
pressed Of providing for the girls fu-
ture. / desired that he should make up
for the past, since money is one of the
forms of reparation. But dared not
speak to him again in regard to it or of
that trust Of which he had spoken.
HE said to me, this strong man
whom death had never frightened and
whom he had braved many times, he
said to me now, weakened by this ill
ness which was killing him hour by
hour:
"'f knew that my end was near,
would decide. But have time
"Timel Each day brought him lit
tie nearer to that life about which /
feared to say to him, The time has
come. The fear, in urging him to last
resolution, of seeming like an execu-
toner whose presence seemed to say,
To-day IL the day, prevented me- You
understand, monsieur And why not2
ought to wait no longer. Rovere's con-
fidence had made of me q second Revere
who possessed the strength and force of
will which the first one now lacked.
felt that ! held In my hands, 90 to
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