The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-12
! DO you say you have lived among the

do you say you have lived among the
Indians?" w. ~
Yes; among the Iroquois." z.'tE ~ L
who placed you there?" e, T. vti
mo one could tell me except my In
dian father; and he would not tell"
DO you remember nothing Of your
childhood?'
"Nothng.' 49,. =.
Did you ever see Beninger before?'
Il never saw him before tonight"
But 1 saw him." said Madame de Fer
rier, Sin London, when I was about seven
years old. 1t made stronger impression
on me than anything else that ever hap
pened in my life except She stopped
Except the taking off of my mother and
brothers to the guillotine." 49,.
The man who told me to call him Louis
Philippe turned toward her. with attention
as careful as his avoidance when she
wished to be unobserved. She rose. and
came around the fire, making a deep cour-
tesy.
MY family may not be unknown to his
royal highness the Duke of Orleans. We
are De Terriers of Mont-Louis; emigres
now. like many others.
Madame, 1 knew your family well.
They were loyal to their king 49,
MY father died here in America. Be-
dor4'
And with him.
"A boy
do you remember the boy well?'
Il remember him perfectly y"
| The wailing in the cabin became louder
and turned to insistent animal howls. In
stead Of a babe the imprisoned creature
was evidently a dog. I wondered that
| the potter did not let him out to warm his
| hide at the fire.
! Did you ever see the boy again?'
Il did not see him again until he was
brought to Count de Chaumont's house
last summer
why to De Chaumont? lie Ray de
| Chaumont is not Of U.s. He is OF the new
| nobility His chateau near Blois was
bought by his grandfather, and he takes
| his name from the estate. ! nave heard
he is in favor with Bonaparte
Even we of the old nobility, prince,
may be reduced to seek favor OF Bona
parte''
Heaven forbid madame 7 say nothing
| against him; though I could say much
Say nothing against Count DE Chau-
mont Count de Chaumont befriends all
emigres."
II have nothing to say against Count dc
Chaumont. He Is not Of our party; ne IS
of the new Fools! If we princes had stood
| by the emperor, we could have Killed the
| Terror"
The animal in the cabin by this time
was making such doleful cries / said TO
the potter:
Let him out. 1t is dreadful to be shut
in by walls
The potter STOPPING half over and roll
ing stiffly from foot to foot In his walk
| filled me with compunction at having peen
! brutal to so pitiful a creature, and nur
ried to open the door for him. The animal
clawed vigorously inside, and the instant
I pushed back the ill-ttted SLABS II
| strained through and rushed on all tours
to the fire. Madame de Ferrier fled back
ward, for what liberated could hardly be
| seen without dread.
1t was human being. It's features were
| a boys, and the tousled hair had q natural
wave While it crouched for warmth
| felt the shock Of seeing creature about
my own age grinning back at me- nshy
eyed and black mouthed.
| ''There!" Bellenger said, Strengthening
up in his place like bear rising from all
fours. THAT is the boy your De Terriers
saw in London"
| I remembered the boy Madame Tank
self or this less fortunate Gre
allure was the boy, my heart
went very pitiful toward him. Madame de
Terrier stopped and examined himI he
made a juicy noise Of delight with his
mouth.
monsieur" she said to Bellenger.
The potter waved his hands and shrug
gea 9xor ne,,evs madame. that 1azarre is
the boy you saw in London?' said Louis
Philippe.
II am certain Of it,
What proofs have you?"
1.-The evidence of my eyes" ="
Tell that to Monsieur!" exclaimed the
potter. -.
.sWho is Monsieur" I asked.
1.-THE eldest brother Of the king OF
France is called Monsieur The Count de
Provence will be called Monsieur until ne
succeeds Louis XVII and is crowned
Louis XVIII.-if that time ever comes
He cannot be- called Louis XVIl.'-the
man who told me to call him Louis
Philippe took my arm, and found mysen
walking back and forth with him as In
dream while he carefully formed sentence
after sentence. Because the daupnl1
who died in the Temple prison was Louis
XVII. But there are few who say he
did not die; that a dying child was sub
stituted for him: that he was srnugglee
out and carried to America. Bellenge1
was the agent employed. The dauphin':
sister is married to her cousin, the neph
ew of Monsieur She herself believe:
these things; and 1t is certain sum O.
money is sent out to America every yea
for his maintenance He was reduced tt
imbecility when removed from the Temple
It is not known whether he will ever b'
fit to reign if the kingdom returns to him
No communication has been held Will
him. He was nine years old when re
moved from the Temple; he would now b.
in his nineteenth year. When last saw
him he was smiling little prince will
waving hair and hazel eyes, holding to hi
mothers hand 49,. 5s,
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me. and that which had put away from
my mind and sworn to let alone, se1zet
and convulsed me. Dreams, and sensa
lions, and instincts massed and fell upol
, me in an avalanche Of conviction. I
was that uncrowned outcast. the kin,
!! of France! - '-,.-. . h. 2 Il.
ITO be Continued Tomorrow
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