The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-05

four volumes OF which the entire work
was to consist, and which In a few
weeks would occupy a prominent place
in the book stores.
/ H.
1 He was reused from his revery By
the sound of the door, which some ono
4 was opening: and seeing who IL was.
he quickly rose to his feet. 1t was the
hero's grandson who had entered the
i library. His visits at first rare, hal
become more frequent as Alfred Boyer
progressed with his task. Not that the
Prince had taken the trouble to give
any advice or to make any suggestion
to the compiler, but he now and then
| asked him to read one Of the pages
which had been written or dictated by
his grandfather. Moreover. he Sc
lected the same pages several times
for example. those in which the Mar
shall told how he ran away from his
home The was the son OF physician
| at Combronde) In order to become a
soldier, how he fought at Hondschoote
4 this being the first battle in which he
| took part; how he bore himself during
his last campaign. and how he badc
farewell to the Emperor before the
charge at Waterloo. The manner In
which he listened to these stories--for
he covered his face with his hands and
4
Marshafs grandson was deeply Affect
ed. Indeed. 1t soon became manifest
that a religious sentiment, amounting
to worship of his ancestor, had taken
possession of this solitary and rough
| man. whom Alfred Boyer pitied. though
he did not fully understand him.
He surmised that the reasons why nc
had shown so little energy and had
lived such a duh life for so many years
were because he was oppressed by the
weight of hts great name. and also be-
cause he had been ruined By his father
and knew In his heart that 1t was Inn
possible for him TO better his condl-
tion. Being. therefore, utterly discon-
tented with his lot he had given up
his rank in society as we'll az his pro-
fession and had become a mere clod-
hopper: moreover, since the death OF
his wife he had not paid any of that at
tention to his personal appearance and
surroundings which is one of the char
acteristics of gentleman no matter
how small his income may be.
Still. he loved his daughters. as was
clearly shown by the mournful look
which he sometimes cast on these pref
ty girls, who were doubtless doomed to
become the wives of ordinary, squires
in this obscure corner OF Auvergne.
since they would only have small mar
riage portions, as the relics OF the fam
lily estate did not amount to more than
S,000f. annually. How could prince
support himself and his family in
proper style on such q small incomef
In this lonely country place. where so
many things reminded one OF the great
Marshal the money went further than
1t would do anywhere else, and that
was why the warriors descendant lived
there with his children. This, at any
rate, was the way in which Alfred
Boyer accounted for the solitary lif0
which was led by the owner Of the cas-
tie, and his ever increasing admiration
for the Marshal caused him to SYM
pathize with the man who, amid the
wreck OF his own fortune, still paid
homage to his famous ancestor. That
the glorious career of the grandfather
had made a deem impression on the
grandson was evident. For this rea-
SON the enthusiastic editor of the me-
'moirs" felt as though he was on In
innate terms with his taciturn' en-
ployer. and, naturally. therefore, he
was quite glad when he saw him enter
the library. At last he could have
the pleasure of showing him the
proofs of the great work, which had
just come to him by mail. and so. af-
ter greeting him. he handed them to
him. saying:
IT was about to pay you my res
volume is printed"
IT am not good Judge of this
kind of work., replied the Prince of
Augsbourg as he looked through the
proofs, but 1t seems to be well done"
Then he looked through them again
more slowly than before, stopping at
certain passages which he remember
ed, and the more he read the more
gloomy his countenance became. much
to the surprise OF Alfred Boyer. AZ
this moment his likeness to his grand
father was especially marked. one
would have said that 1t panied him
even to hold in his hand this book,
which was in some measure his work.
since he had paid Boyer a salary dur
| ing the two years that he was COM
piling it. Finally he returned the
proofs to the young man and said:
| Indeed, It is very well done. But per-
haps you still have some notes which
you would like to add to It, Yes" he
continued earnestly after moment 9
| hesitation, "I received this morning a
letter informing me that certain docu-
| ments are about to be placed at my
disposal, and 1 intend to go to Paris
for them. My object in calling on you
now was to request you to accompany
me. Thank YOU" as Alfred bowed his
1 assent, II was sure that you would
| grant me this favor" again he hesi-
tated for a few moments, and then said
in a constrained tone: "of course. you
have heard people speak Of the Ouch
ess a. IvreaT'
The Duchess dIvrear' repeated the
young man. Il thought that this title
was borne only by the Princes OF
Augsburg"
ut is borne by the widow OF my
younger brother" interrupted the Col
onel. who then added in a curious tone
You are right All the titles of a
family should belong to the eldest son
My uncle, however, was known as the
Duke d'Ivrea and my brother natur-
ally assumed the same title. AS you
have been studying the history of the
Marshal for the last two years I am
surprised that you were not aware OF
that fact. It is true" he continued
with a bitter smile. that we are NOT
very interesting compared with him
ANYHOW, my brother and did not
visit each other and / do not know
his wife That ls why l have never
spoken to you about her. She has now
sent me word that she is very Ill, In.
deed at deaths door. and that she
wishes 10 place in my hands certain
family papers which she received from
my deceased brother. I rely. therefore
on your assistance In the matter
Among the papers the most curious are
certain letters which were written BY
the Marshal to Moreau during the lat.
ter's soJourn In America. These let.
ters were offered for sale some years