The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-07
CHAPTER XXI.
RAOUL's STORY,

"Our NJ. lie Baron was still boy" said
Justine, ''whe he and feu NJ. lie Comte
first became friends. M. RaouI and he
We're school fellows together at one of
your English schools; there was a great
= difference of age between them, NJ lie
Baron being quite a boy, and M lie
Ccmte merely dawdling on there, having
finished his studies, However, they chung
together, as compatriots will in a strange
country, and one vacation M Raoul
brought him here. Nine. Ia Comtesse
was then young and handsome and had
pretty fortune, and the young gentle
man began to pay his court to her You
should have seen NJ. lie Barons delight
When they were engaged. One would have
thought he had now nothing more to
wish for Well, they are married." said
Justine, with a sudden characteristic
dash into the present tense, as she warm
ed with her subject IN Raoul leaves
school, goes to the great university of
Cambridge (of which mademoiselIe has
doubtless heard, and, after finishing his
course there, begins to study diplomacy.
Years go by; old NJ lie Baron, the father
dies; NJ and Nine. de Treil!es install
themselves at La Pepiniere to take care
VI II TOT NJ Raoul, who is devoted heart
ana soul to his career He comes to the
chateau now and then, is received with
open arms, and goes away enchanted
an at once the crash comes. M,sieu
le Comte mas been amusing himself h.
specuiaung' and believing that he has. a
cnahce OF re-establishing his fortunes
which have suffered much from tbis
fancy of his-by bold stroke. risk ~. a.
the same time not only all he has. buf
nearly everything NJ sieu Raoul posse
ses, too
How, why? I don't understand y in
terrupted Molly. Surely NJ. de San-
vlgny was not so foolish as to abet him
In such rashness"
ON, he did not ask his leave-you NAV
be sure of that. Indeed I do not 1n.ow
exactly what he did understand moth
ing or business, moi. It appears he 1jro.e
something in M'sieu lie Baron's name
and initiated his signature, obtatninr a
large sum of money in that way--how,
as tel you. mademoiselle, I do mt
eAactiy Know tie meant to replace it,
put instead of that he lost all he had
himself Well, as 1 say, the crash comes
at last; everything is lost and Disgrace
appears certain. M'sieu lie Comte iS no
SIDE himself with terror He writes q
lull Confession to my master. and +ban
not daring to trust it to the post. sends
tor me, explaining everything to me tant
p4eh que mai, and packs me off to Lon
oon 10 lmplore M sieu lie Baron's helm
ana foglVeness. Tell nv brother-in-Io1sy
from me- he says, that 1 throw mvself
upon MS mercy. Two courses are omen
70 hlm He may either repudiate this
forged signature, and ruin me and INV
Helpless wife and child irretrtevah'v in
name and honor, as well as in nurcs y,
II he is noble and generous enongb-1Iitti'
as deserve tito stand bv mo sim ~
Keep my secret, at least my. honor and
the honor of his family will he safa
though he should share my ruined for
eGiies Wen, you may guess which was
M sleu lie Barons choice He seemed TO
Tzy1no 7
a moment before had looked 50 hand
some and blithe it was a pleasure tn see
hIh' 20 back to NJ sieu lie Comte, he
says, and tell him that he is safe with
me- but that 1 find it hard to forgive his
tredchery' An, modemoiselle is emua
~ tfulh II Is sad story, and this is
only the beginning. Back I go. giva
the message to M'sieu lie Comte who iS
nuch afrected. You know Justine 7 ala
not mean your master to suffer-it u,as
Just my cursed luck he saws. oh nor
1altenent, Msieu lie Comten saw I. Mad
anne is to know nothing. No one k,,oUJs
M my master, the Count and myself
linen the thunderbolt falls; not onIv is
M sieu Raoul's fortune SWALLOWED ~,
SAID Justine, with a slight nnixtnre of
Hlelaphores, but worse than ruin-dic-
nonor-comes upon him M'sie,I Ia Raro,,
de oauVlgny is bankrupt Eyervthin,r e.
| swept away from him at one blow For
PoSltloh career, Tor under such
circumstances he is obliged to give that
| up, 100 and even good name-and so he
becomes what he is. Well, time goes nm :.
NJ sieu lie Comte-that god NAV forgive
| hlm-dies, Msieu lives on in this solt-
tude with the widow and child he re-
solves to devote himself to the chilli.
an the love that is in him, almost goes
TO the child; he begins to take heart
| agaln, to nope little, to look after the
| property-all for the chfId's ealxa W,
see, mademolselle, M'sieu lie Baron fs 81
proud, he felt his disgrace more keenlv
than another man would have done. At