The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-17

doubtless secure an indictment against
the accused:
1.-TWO leagues from Tarascon, on the
left bank Of the Rhone, stood the Cha
teau Of Clameran. Here lived in 1S41
the old marquis and his two sons, Gas
ton II Louis. "A near %neighbor was
the Countess de In Nerberie, with one
daughter, Valentine, Il lovely girl of
eighteen. M. de Clamcran detested
the countess, and Nine. de Ia Nerberie
execrated the marquis. 1T was said
that under the reign of Henry Nv. a La
Yerberie had betrayed the affection of
a fair daughter of the Clamcrans. This
misdeed led to n duel, which in turn led
to bitter hatred betwcen the two
houses.
"Gaston dc ClamerSn met Valentine
de Ia Verberie at an evening cntertain-
ment, and the two fell desperately in
love. CASTOR would often plunge into
the Rhone at Clameran and rise out OF
the water at Yerberie, where he would
have n 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 at her home.
The two lovers, despairing of permits
sion to marry, kept up a secret intima-
cy, which led to Valentines becoming
IL wife without the sanction OF the
church or the law
One evening CASTOR went into n
cafe for Il cup of coffee. Later, while
playing billiards, hearing Valentines
name coupled with his own to her dis
honor, he demanded q retraction, be-
came embroiled Inc killed two men.
He fled 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 pc.
lice were coming to arrest him, and 1t
was arranged that the gates should be
suddenly opened, Il servant should flee
in II 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
pursuers gave him up as drowned.
"Escaping almost certain death, Gas
ton, who before leaving the chateau
bad placed the signal for Valentine in
his window, reached La Yerberic and
had an interview with his beloved. She
Informed him that she would soon be-
come q mother. Before parting ho
left with her the jewels given him by
his father, then fled 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-
meran Immediately and began a 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 n physician and n maid,
Mihonne. A son was born, which the
countess Immediately sent away to be
adopted by n farmer. Subsequently
Nine. de la Verberie persuaded her
daughter to attempt to forget tie past,
to consider 1t 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
ried him. M. Fauvel afterward be-
came the famous Paris banker. The
countess died in 1850.
Louis dc Clameran, after an absence
from home Of eighteen years, returned,
and from MihOnne, the maid who had
been with Valentine ut the time Of her
confinement, learned that his brother
had not been drowned, that Valentine
had had q son by CASTOR and that she
had subsequently married M. Fauvel.
Impoverished by his excuses and I'M
able to find a living honestly, Louis de-
termined to use this information for
the purpose of extorting. money 4som
Nine. Fauyel. Going to Paris, he call
ed upon her and gave her to under
stand that he knew Of her past. In
order to better serve his purpose he
told her that her son by CASTOR was
living, that he had been brought up in
London, that his father had been there
and 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. Nine. Eau
vel at ace gave Louis the jewels Gas
ton had left with her at their last In
terview to be used for Raoul. Louis
soon introduced q young man to her
who ~personated her son and received
from her large sums, which the two
4 villains divided. All this Nine. Fauyel
kept a secret from her husband. FL
nally Clameran, I'm order to facilitate
his plans, demanded that she receive
Raoul into her house. Nine. Fauyel
had q cousin living at st. Remy Of the
name of Layers, and Ciameran, 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 a small fortune,
which he ~squandered.
"Louis de Clameran now conceived
the idea Of marrying Madeleine, with
whom he had fallen violently in love.
TO force her to break with Prosper no
used the power. he possessed over Nine.
Fauvel. Madeleine discovered her
aunt's situation and I'm order to avert
a catastrophe consented to give up