The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-25

to bitter hatred between the two
houses.
"Gaston de Clameran 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 Verberie, 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 at her home.
The two lovers, despairing of permis-
sion to marry, kept up a secret intima-
cy, which led to Valentines becoming
a wife without the sanction of the
church or the law.
"One evening CASTOR went into a
cafe for a cup of coffee. Later, while
playing billiards, hearing Valentines
name coupled with his own to her dis
honor, he demanded Il retractiOn, be-
came embroiled 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 po-
lice were coming to arrest him, and it
was arranged that the gates should be
j suddenly opened, a servant should flee
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
pursuers 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 Verberie 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 CIa-
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 physician and maid,
Mihonne. A son was born, which the
countess Immediately sent away to be
adopted by a farmer. Subsequently
Nine. de Ia Verberie persuaded 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
ried him. NJ Fauvel afterward be-
came the famous Paris banker. The
countess 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
had not been drowned, that Valentine
had had son by CASTOR and that she
had subsequently married M. Fauvel.
Impoverished by his excuses and IN
able to find living honestly, Louis de-
termined to use this information for
the purpose of extorting money from
Nine. Fauvel. 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. Fau-
vel at once gave Louis the jewels Gas
ton had left with her at their last in
terview to be used for Raoul. Louis
soon introduced young man to her
who personated her son and received
from her large sums, which the two
villains divided. All this Nine. Fauvel
kept secret from her husband. FL
naliy Clameran, In order to facilitate
his plans, demanded that she receive
Raoul into her house. Nine. Fauvel
had cousin living at st. Remy of the
name of Layers, and Clameran, 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.
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 he
used the power he possessed over Nine
Fauvel. Madeleine discovered her
Runt's situation and in order to avert
q catastrophe consented to give up
Prosper, whom she loved, and marry
Clameran, whom she detested. Break
Ing her engagement with Prosper, she
secured his promise to take upon him
self the sole responsibility of the rup-
ture.
Meanwhile CASTOR had made for
tune in South America and returned to
France. To still the memory of his
youthful misfortunes he resolved to
engage in business and bought an iron
mill at Oloron. Louis, hearing of his
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