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1.-TWO leagues from Tarascon, on the
left back of the Rhone. stood the Cha
teau Of Clameran. Here lived in 1871
The old marquis and his two sons, Cas-
ton and Louis. A near neighbor was
the Countess de la Verberie, with one
daughter, Valentine, lovely girl Of
eighteen. NJ. dc Claneran detested
the countess. and Nine. de la Verberie
execrated the marquis. 1t was said
that under the reign of Henry ". La
verberie had betrayed the affection of
fair daughter OF the Clamerans. This
misdeed led to a duel, which is turn led
to bitter hatred between the two
houses.
"Gaston dc Clemeran met Valentine
de la Verberie at an evening entertain
ment, and the two fell desperately in
love. CASTOR would often plunge into
the Rhone at Clameran and rise out of
the water at Nerberie, where he would
have a secret meeting with Valentine.
In order to facilitate these meetings
CASTOR would place a light in his win
dow Immediately before starting which
could be seen by Valentine ut her home.
The two lovers. despairing of permits
sion to marry kept up a secret intlma-
cy, which led to Valentines becoming
q wife without the sanction OF the
church or the law.
zone evening CASTOR went into
cafe for cup of coffee. Later while
playing billiards, hearing Valentines
name coupled with his own to her dis
honor he demanded a retraction, be-
came embroied and killed two men.
He fed to the chateau, where he con-
fessed TO his father his intimacy with
Valentine, declaring that he wished to
marry her. His father urged him to
fly from the consequences of the muir
ders he had committed and, having no
money to give him, supplied him with
the family jewels. Meanwhile the DO
lice were coming TO arrest him, and it
was arranged that the gates should be
suddenly opened, q servant should fee
In one direction, Louis in another and
thus misleading the police give CASTOR
an opportunity to escape. CASTOR
would have got away had not Louis
purposely tripped and fallen. The po-
lice, thus discovering the ruse, pushed
on after Castor, who, to save himself,
jumped into the Rhone. The current
was at the time so swollen that his
Pursucrs gave him up as drowned.
Escaping almost certain death. Gas.
ton, who before leaving the chateau
had placed the signal for Valentine in
his window, reached La Nerbere and
had an interview with his beloved. She
informed him that she would soon be-
come a mother. Before parting he
left with her the jewels given him by
his father, then fed the country, going
to South America. That night the old
marquis died, Louis. assuming that his
elder brother had been drowned, took
the title and the estate. He left Cla-
mcran Immediately and began life
full Of ignominy.
valentine confessed her condition
to her mother, who took her to Eng
land, where she provided for her
daughters secret ACCOMPLISHMENT under
the care of a physician and a maid,
Mihonne. A son was born, which the
countess Immediately sent away to be
adopted by farmer. Subsequently
Nine. de la Verberie pursuaded her
daughter to attempt to forget the past,
to consider it buried in oblivion and to
marry. A young engineer, NJ. Andre
Fauvel, spent some time at Beaucaire,
where they lived, and fell in love with
Valentine, who, urged by her mother,
accepted his attentions and finally mar
fed him. Nj. Fauvel afterward be-
rame the famous Paris banker. The
rountess died in 1859.
Louis de Clameran, after an absence
from home of eighteen years, returned,
and from Mihonne. the maid who had
been with Valentine at the time of her
confinement, learned that his brother
mad not been drowned, that Valentine
had had son by CASTOR and that she
had subsequently married Nj. Fauvel.
Impoverished by his excuses and I'M
able to find living honestly, Louis de-
lermined to use this information for
HE purpose of eXtortlng money from
hme. Fauyel. Going to Paris, he call
I'd upon her and gave her to under
Jtand that he knew of her past. In
order to better serve his purpose he
lold her that her son by CASTOR was
living, that he had been brought up in
London, that his father had been there
Ind found him, that Castor had died In
poverty and had asked him Uouis) to
apply to her for means for the mainte-
nance Of their son Raoul. Mime. Eau
vel at once gave Lous; the jewels Gas
ton had left with her at their last in.
terview to be used for Raoul. Louis
soon introduced a young man to her
who personated her son and received
from her large sums. which the two
villains divided All this Nine. Fauvcl
kept secret from her husband. Fl.
nally Clameran, in order to facilitate
his plans, demanded that she receive
RaOul into her house. Nine. Fauyel
had a cousin living at st. Remy of the
name of Layers, and Clamerau, partly
by persuasion, partly by intimidation,
induced Nine. Fauvel to announce her
supposed son as her nephew, Raoul de
Layers. This was done, and Raoul
having constant access to Nine. Eau
vel, soon extorted small fortune
which he squandered.