Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
cadet ROUSEILE"
By THEO GIFT

ate quarrel between them over some
woman whom my uncle wanted to marry
that she died under painful circum-
stances, the nature of which 1 never
hesfd5 and that Mr.. Richard, mad with
rage, went down to the Abbey, heaped
abuse on his father-even reviled him to
his face, I've heard it said Then he
LETT the place, vowing he would never see
1t or the old man again. If that is cor
rect"
Quite correct, as far as it goes, Mr..
GARNER. Add however that the woman
was girl of IS, an orphan, penniless.
and OF good family, very lovely and inno-
cent, and living under the protection of
his cousin, Mrs. Russell GARNER, your
mother; that he had formally proposed to
her and been accepted, and that she dis
appeared one day from Mrs. Carriers
house without her knowledge-so that
lady said-and wrote to him to break off
the engagement, telling him, in terms of
, horror and aversion, that she would never
again see him or any one belonging to
linn as long as she lived. A week later
size drowned herself in a stream which
flowed through the meadow near the cot
tage where she was hiding. Both acts
her reputation of her lover and her sui
eide were directly due to a vile letter
written to her by your grand-uncle in
which he gave her to understand that his
sons heart was not really in the engage
ment-that in fact the young man had
represented himself as being forced into
1t by the necessity of saving the lady's
reputation, Feeling that such a marriage
could only lead to misery to both, he,
the father made her the offer of large
sum of money $4,000, think it was
on condition that she released her lover
from his unwilling bondage
The shock, the falsehood, the unmanly
brutality of such an Insult to a very pure
end highly sensitive girl simply turned
her brain; and when Richard GARNER ar
rived on the scene, too late to prevent the
catastrophe which robbed him of her. he
found only her dead body, and a few
blotted lines written on a scrap of paper,
saying that her heart was broken, and
that she had neither the strength nor the
desire to live. 1t was after laying her in
the grave that he sought the interview
with his father which you have described,
and Their left England for ever"
Il can't blame him." said GARNER, "but
| don't understand ii. My great uncle
may I've harsh and hasty-I think he has
been both, in his dealing with me-but
treacheTy -"
He denied that he had been guilty of
any, and asserted that he had acted sole
| ly in his sons interest, and on informa-
( ton of the most unquestionable authori-
! ty, as to the truth of the facts He would
not reveal the name of his informant;
and it was not until some years after
they had parted forever that Richard
GARNER found reason to believe that his
cousins widow had been at least will
ing assistant in his fathers cruelty and
while affecting to pity and sympathize
with the lovers, had helped to send his
betrothed to her death by confirming the
broken-h hearted girls belief in Richard
baseness, and encouraging her-nay, as
sisting her-in her flight from him.
"Well, you needn't interrupt me, sir; !
don't wish to say any more. The lady is
dead as you remind me; but she lived to
profit, and to enable you to profit, by
what had been done, for many years
after her cousins exile and death. He,
being a hard man like his father, took
pleasure during what remained of his life
in preparing a disappointment for her
and her son, which should fall all the
which had preceded it.
For in the course of his wanderings he
met and married little French danseuse
from a variety show at Algiers. He was
not in love with her-he newer pretended
1 70 be-but she was a virtuous girl, friend
less, unprotected and brutally tyrannized
over by cruel taskmaster. To marry
her was as good way of setting her free
1 al nd rko,, al l. = l..
for the 3-year-old child she left behind
her brought him fresh interest in life.
Perhaps indeed he found sort of abso-
luton in it for not having loved the
mother.
"You needn't cry, you silly girl! II
will be time enough for YOU to do that
when you realize how completely you
have undone all that your father strove
for by your folly and imprudeAce, upset
his most cherished plans, and put your
You don't understand? OF course you
don't; but you'll have to do So Listen
to me, if you please. I'm speaking to
this man now. He has played his game
to get hold of you and marry you and
has succeeded; but you shall know why
be did"
so far as Bebe was concerned. A mo-
ment previously her eyes had overlooked
at the thought OF the loving father, still
remembered, and the poor little unloved
mother, never known; but now they
flashed into sudden fire as she raised
them to her husbands face.
do you wish me to hear What garden
has to tell rue, Cadet Rouselle?" she
asked in English, slipping ner little hand
into his. Because if he is going to say
anything unkind Of you, shall not be-
leve it, and I do not wish to lister. He
does not lnow-no, indeed, garden, you
do not-how good and kind"
Hush child" GARNER spoke hoarsely.
He was touched, but he gently put aside
the loving little hand and moved a step
from her "Sit down there Yes, wish
you to listen. l am beginning to guess
what he is driving although Heaven
knows never dreamed of it before. If
had-but there, go on, sir; and, if you
will excuse the suggestion, you'll run
much less risk of interruption from this