The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-10-31


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svsf tue tine nnlil htr hnsbspd's rslnrr
AT o'cloek visitor ws snEontesd- =
Capt Psul Bsoafcssfa. 90 ca'cr 10 hi
French 0aads. lie vas an latims,
frisnd OF DE 0s.tiier. ss ssll a. Of th,
lady. asd sesretiy Cay pstssd viihcu
their s'elns him.
Ny husband. Have you seen any ylhipt
Of hicf ste ssted.
/ bsrs been ~iib him oil tie morning
madame
! Where Ia be, WY ala be not rsinrr
With youf Hos has be been engssedf
Cspt Bssuresud replied 10 the lssi
question;
10 40 thir OF honor. uisdsme.
A daelf
Yes; sod be hss been wounded. |
thought IL best TO prepare you Tor the &C
cid cot
He Is dead. shrisked tbs unbsppy lady
AZ she ffli back 10 sonvuisionA. - e1a had
resd the truth In the csptsin's face.
Bsnregsrd rang the bell and left her
10 chstse oil ber msid while be vent into
another room. II wss agony bitter as the
psnes OF death TO listen TO ber walls snd
sobs aud shrieks; bnt 10 an hour Florette.
ih waiting maid. pale, frightened, with
swollen eyes, for she. too, bsd been weep
ing bitterly. came to say tnst Madame de
Grsntier was cslmer and desired TO spesk
with the captain.
The officer iound the lady white IS
marble. but strangely quiet aud collected.
Hector is dead? she half ssked. half ss
serted.
Her friend dropped his eyes The sn
swer was sufficient,
Nov tell me how this happened. said
the lady, Hector was kind and gentle and
courteous, He bad no enemy how could
be have, for be never wronged human be
ing.
Tbst did pot prevent bis having an enc
my "a mortal foe who last night public
ly insulted him and thus forced chsl
lenge from your husband.
Ay, honor compelled Hector 10 draw
the sword But the name OF that villisn
the murderer
Raoul Mitravsrs
He, the man whose hand | rejected?
Ob, ny poor, dear murdered Hector.
WY Gil We tvr meei2 Fatal was the
hour 10 which you saw and loved me. OF
ten have your lips told noe that ! have
made you the bappiest Of men. Little did
you dream tbs, would give you death as
we'll as lova.
implore you. madam. said the captain,
not TO view this tragedy 10 that light. An
unforeseen cslamity has fallen on you. and
my heart bleeis at the sight OF your dis
tress But can do more than pity; loan
and will svenge Hector. Rsonl Msltrsv
ers dies by ny hend.
Hold cried the WIDOW, with sudden
and startling energy. | forbid you to es
pouse this quarrel. have my own pnr
pose Of vers sesDce, and no msn, not even
you. shall be permitted TO stand between
me and my predestined victim. He has
robbed me OF more than life, but / will 70
quite him. l was Q fond, weak. gentle,
wing, happy girl. They who know me
henceforth will know me ss tigress thrist
ing for human blool. But no word OF
ibis to others. Be my friend 10 this ex
tremity, as you we're bis true and loyal
friend to the last moment. and conduct
The funeral rites. You see bow calm am
when | can speak these words without
,onv vnlsions.
When Victorine vas alone with her
dead she had q wild outburst OF passion
a!e grief, but it rapidly gave place to
,slmness so stern that IL would have sp
palled an observer had there been witness
D, 10 the cham ber OF death.
Hector de Gfantior. she said, address
ing the cold clay. il my Creator spares my
lie. your son, whom your eyes we're never
10 behold. ehsl be your syeDger. will
rear bin strc ng, valiant, skilliul, sod teach
him to look for no hsppines, no rest. no
III ha baa IL
Who hes robbed you OF life, me OF 3 hus
bad aud himself OF father.
Two months after the funeral the friends
D the family we're apprised that the wid
" lady was the mother OF s--dsngh
Shortly after this event she retired With
her infant child TO On estate 10 Brittany.
Sixteen years passed away snd then
Nine. de Grsntier. still wearing widows
weeds, again resumed ber residence in Par
Q. She lived 10 a fashionable qusfter.
out 10 great privacy receiving only rsls
ives. msking DO scqusintsnces. Her
laughter Cisudine, had grown up . btsnti
al girl, The pioture oi beslth "a bright
lower TO bloom 10 the slmost conventnsl
,Ioom Of her mothers bouse.
The only frequent visitor vas the young
Jhevsler de Hsuteville. cousin OF Clsud
ae. and strange to ssy. perfect imsge oI
he girl l-ihe same height, features and
The gossips Of the nsishbor
rood said they we're born for each other
md predicted . msrrisse between the
parties. Bot the servants OF the family
asserted ihat The old lady never, for some
'ssson OF her own. probably that Of pesr
,ess Of blood, permit the sllisnce, snd
hat The young people rarely. il ever. met.
L wN observed that whenever CIsndine
,sd gone TO church The chevslier US sure
10 nske bic sppesrsDcs end when be wss
q the drswIog room sbe wac always sb
'ert. Wnetber this vss arranged by the