The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-24

to rebuff his advances. Lazarre decidee
he doesn't like civilization, anyway;
that he wants to go back to his wild
woods, to real people. And away he
goes.
DR.. Chantry, who knows the story OF
Lazarre's coming to this country and
of his adoption by the Indian, is more
certain than any Of the others that he
is the real dauphin, and tells Mademoi--
selle she must do all in her power to in
fuence his return to them. Mademoi-
selle and DIR. Chantry 50 to the forest,
to the lodge of Chief Williams. 1t is
q moonlit scene, very beautiful bit Of
woodland We look upon next, with La
zarre in front of his wigwam and the
faithful Skenedoah near by. Medemoi-
sells has to do some pretty pleading
before she can gain Lazarre's cs>nsent,
and in the meantime enter the villain,
an emissary from Paris, sent to make
way with the dangerous exile. The as
sassin creeps along among the trees,
but before he can work any harm to
the happy young people, enjoying the
moonlight and each other in the proper
way, he is discovered by DR.. Chantry.
La1arre, when he meets Bellenger, the
enissary, looks long and flxedly at him,
for he is the very one that brought the
princely child across the waters to this
land. AS he ga1es there seems to fall
from his memory veil, and all the past.
comes back.
AS Lazarre, his hand on his forehead,
his eyes looking, as it were, back
through the years, and beholding all
the events of those dread days in Paris,
tells US the story of his sad boyhood,
almos. we are persuaded to believe the
improbable tale. We see the attack ON
\ the palace, the insane mob, the
wretched queen, in her hour Of peril
showing the heroism that in after
years waste win her praise and mitiga-
ton Of judgment. We forget how wild
| the tale, we believe Lazarre the true
dauphin. AT Least, the Lazarre before
| us.
Act III. deals with levee at the court
of Napoleon L., where Lazarre, gotten
up in court togs, has stormy inter-
view with the great little man, and is
j forced to fee from France. Then a
jump is made to Russia, to Mitau, where
dwell in exile Lazarre's sister, the
Princess Therese, and his uncle, the
Count de Provence. The scene in which
the gentle sister welcomes himand the
selfish, ambitious uncle disowns him,
is full Of pathos. Lazarre resolves to
return to his foster brothers, the In
dams.
AS missionary to the Indians Lazarre
plans to devote his succeeding years,
hoping in jealous work to heal the
wounds he has received in his life with
the white man-and the white woman.
For the most grievous wound of all
was that dealt by that gentle lady,
Mile. de Terrier. Lazarre's bare room
in his house on the, shores of Green
Bay suggests the ifehe leads, and con-
tributes not a little toward awakening
our sympathy for the man that might
have enjoyed natural, happy life il
Civilizations complexities had never
encompassed him. While we are won
, dering what Lazarre's end is to be, who
should come on the stage but our old
: friends, DR.. Chantry and Annabel, now
the doctors wife; and with them Mile.
de Ferrier. They tell us things of i'm
portance; that Lazarre is privileged
, to return to France, and that the count
t is dead. OF course we do not rejoice
8 over the demise of the latter worthy
t gentleman, but we must say we are n OF
3 able to mourn very deeply, the way be-
: ing thus opened for Lazarre and made
| l.
/ comes Lazarre, and presently down
: goes the curtain on reunited lovers.
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