The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-17
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..ere during the months Of May. June
and July. 1876. aA4 taat while taey
were here, Z daughter Was born -
them. Think again -haVe %ol 40 re-
collection OF therg or Of The eEert
The iit;le notary sat Tor some no
lnents with knitted brows. Al last ae
shooa, MS head.
That would BE- the height OF tie
season, YOU Sc. monsieur, he sad
apoiogetically. There are 8 graf
many people here. at that tine. and
taelsss. I, seemed 10 me for a II
that there WIS about the name a o-r-
tain fGEniliarity-as OF an Old tune. you
know. forgotten for years. Yet 1t must
have been my fancy merely, for have
TO recollection OF The event you men
tier. ! cannot believe that such a
birth took place az Etreta--"
There was another chance and l gave
Mr.. Royce me claw.
Monsieur Fiagert" he asked. are
you acquainted with = man by the
name OF Pierre B~ethune9"
And again the notary shook his head.
or Jasper Martingy?"
I never before heard either name.
monsieur" he answered.
We sat silent a moment, In despair.
Was our trip to Etretat 10 be of no
avail? Where was my premonition
now? II we had lost the trail thus
early in the chase. what hope was
there that We should ever run down
the quarry? And how explain the fact
that 10 record had been made Of
Frances Holidays BIRTH Why should
her parents have wished TO conceal it,
Would they not naturally have been
anxious 10 see that ii was properly re-
corded?
An hour a passed, the shops were
through the open door. People began
to pass by twos and threes.
The first train for three days IL
about to arrive said the little notary.
You see, this is a very small town.
messieurs. n arrival of a train is
an event"
Again we fell silent. MI. Royce got
out his purse and paid the fee. We
had come TO an impasse-a closed way.
we could go no farther. ! could see
that the notary was a-hunger for his
roll and coffee, With a sigh, arose to
go h notary stepped 10 the door
and looked up the street.
but it seems there was not many pas
sergers. Here is one. though. who has
finished a long Journey"
He nodded to someone who approach
ed slowly. it seemed. He wa before
the door-he passed Ont was Mar
tigny,
That is the man." 1 cried to ar.
Royce. That is Martigny. ASK who
he really is"
he understood on the instant. and
caught the notary's arm.
Monsieur Fingert, Ii is that
nam"
The notary glanced at him. surprises
by his vehemence.
That" he Sid. is Victor Fajo,ie.
He is just home from America and
seems verE III. poor fellow"
And he lives here?"
"Ot. surely; on the cliffs just above
the town-the first house-you canaus
miss In a grove of trees. He
married the daughter of Madame Alix
some years ago-he was from Paris"
And his wife is living?"
oh, surely. she is living: she her
self returned from America but three
weeks ago, together with her mother
and sister. The sister, they say. is
we'll" and he finished with a signt-
ficant gesture toward his head.
saw my companions face turn
white-I steadied myself with an eff
fort. l knew that. at last, the veil was
to be lifted.
And they are at home ow?
Il believe So" said the notary. eying
~ " iiioiS ellld more aSlOQlShfnent.
They have been keeping close at home
since their return-they will permit no
one to see the-invalid. There has
been much talk about it,"
Come, we must gol" 1 cried. He
must not get there before u.s."
But a sudden light cleaned in the
notary's eyes.
Wait, messieurs!" he cnled. "a mo-
ment But a moment. All, 1 remem-
Der it now-it was the link which vas
wanting. and you have supplied it
Holiday. a millionaire Of America, his
wife, Madame Alix-she did not live
In the villa, then. messieurs. Oh. no:
she was very poor, a nurse-anythine
to maxi a little money; her husband,
who was a fisherman. was drowned.
and left her to take care Of the child.
one a mere baby!'
He had got down another book, and
was running his finger rapidly down
the page-hs finger all a-tremble with
excitement. Suddenly he stopped
with a little cry Of triumph.
Here it is. me%ssieurs! 1 knew /
could not be mistaken! Sect"
Under the date of June 10. 1876, wa.
an entry OF which this is the English:
Holiday, Hiram W., and Elizabeth,
his wife. of the city of New York
United States Of America; from Celeste
Alix. widow OF Auguste Allx. her
daughter Celeste, aged 5 months An
claim surrendered in consideration Of
the payment of $4,000 francs"
Mr.. Royce caught up the book and
glanced at the back. 1t was the Pee
ord of A%doptions."
Concluded Next Weekly
Hopeless Either Way.