The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-08

.,es Bravure was a striking real
If lean Vatican, the hero of
lzS4O. tIngo's Les Miserables." When
wy" tan years old he was brought
ms ne a Paris magistrate as vaga-
,ond. r.o,,,,o,, he
"a az am working for man on the
T &c. de la Bastile. He plays nddie
.,ros l Join in the chorus and
''~ 20 the passers-by: Only two sous
~ che latest songs, only two sous!'
IOt an,nloyer is always drunk. He
-4 ,. me and I ran away, so the police
o' We in MY mother is dead and I
owav before from my stepfather,
win maltreated me.
AS there was no one in the courtroom
!. lain him and the judge did not
Ian, much interested, he was sent to
a house of correction.
charles was docile and obdeient in
IT. now home. He learned the carpen-
.or,s trade. 1t was to be deplored,
.owever. that, when he was dismissed
1..r, the institution on his seventeenth
x,.+bdav he met his old comrades from
tbe penal home, most of whom were
.,oroughly depraved. Within three
r,orths after his dismissal he was sent
"a nrison for stealing an old pair OF
shoes. He was assigned to backing
The boots of the political convicts of
Saint Pelagie. Here Charles imbibed
The most radical socialism. He was
.onn,sst when he could join in the
"Marseillaise.
After he had served his years sem
tence Charles roamed aimlessly again
,brough the streets of Paris. The po-
lice had him under surveillance like
cruel children who tantalize butterflies
IN strings. For two years he managed
IN keep outside of prison walls. He
aLed ont a miserable existence on the
horse market. To make things worse
be drew a lucky number in the mill
torv lottery. A soldiers career might
have saved him. One night he was
caught carousing with a gang of bur-
glars. He denied having had anything
n do with their thefts. Nevertheless
he was sentenced to three years at
hard labor. Then followed ten years
of a criminal existence, during which
he was seldom outside OF a prison
4 cell.
In the prison of Toulon Charles was
greatly impressed by the sermons OF
4 A venerable priest, and he made up his
mind to reform as soon as he would be
released In Paris he found lodging
4 with a kind old woman. With the
4 money earned in prison he had bought
sailors outfit, and as his face was
bronzed by the hot sun of Toulon his
4 tale of having just returned from a
/. long voyage was believed. His beard
q grew long and thick, and the police
seemed to have forgotten him. He was
earning three francs per day in a car
+ penters shop and his employer regard@
ed him as his most trustworthy man.
One day there came young man to
his lodging house from the south OF
France, who sought employment in the
capital Charles liked him very much
and secured work for him in his shop,
Jean Marchand was a sober, healthy
and pure minded rustic. He found in
Charles a true friend, who cared for
him like a father. Charles and Jean
were always seen together in the shop
as well as at their Sunday outings.
There was only one thing that troubled
Charles, and that was that Jean might
4 learn something of his past.
Jean did not long remain the inno-
i cent provincial he was. One night he
4 shocked his old friend by coming home
4 drunk. He had made the acquaintance
Of rich young man in a restaurant at
4 whose expense he had spent the eve
Il ming feasting and drinking. On the
Il following morning Jean showed deep
contrition and for time everything
went well.
Charles Bravure was deeply in love