Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-23

stropgheld:ot the government, strong
~ ruled by one OF its most inexorable
mobiles; Since his appointment many
Years before 10 the post, my lord, the
governor of the rock, had ever been
rsgslaeai as, a man who conceded
lotH4lg to the people and pursued
oriHthe set, tenure Of his way. Dur
Ing the long, period of his reign he
dgthmitted. but one indiscretion; gen
orally regarded as a man confirmed
ir sanattiy; for the gentler sex, he sud-
denly, swhan already past middle age,
Neddedi. Speculation concerning
STEP. so Jun looked for was naturally
tffAhEa'Ss ~.
san howell and hut was it whispered
tns: bride Claire, only daughter OF the
Gbi1tesse:a de la Mart, had wept at the
ahariT}bht that her mother had ap-
pesTea :;comp1acent, as well she might;
for the Governor Of the Mount and
Gle Surrounding country was both rich
and powerful; his ships swept far and
wide, even to- the Orient, while the
hlhber5of :metayers. or petty farmers
that; paid. him tribute, constituted a
large com nIanity. Other gossips, bend
ing over. pest! fires within mud walls,
affirm ed beneath their breath, lest
theisspiss;, ot the well-hated lord OF
tte::Nopth might hear them!-that the
more popular, though impoverished
ssfgheur :; Dessurac. had been the
favored sutton with the young woman
hsfself,., bit, that the family of the
hride,ha found him. undesirable. The
t;4saplfac if6itilne,, once large, had sc
WaMea that little remained save the
rsob 4th0nsip heavily encountered lands
and. in theSheaHs Of the forest. time.
Erorn, crldnbling ,casf1e.
-Tbus at, eamesto pass the marriage
Ct The lady to, the Governor was cele.
b2ated fhe:jeweled Gothic church
crowning aimediey OF palaces, chapels
aad moIasterXon the Mount; that the
,aiegad. Sseign eur. Desaurac, gazing
ecr.#si thQ, stfip-pf sterA7for the tide
was sts4gt fu4l; s eparating the rock!
ioftgsss. from the land, shrugged bis
Sh@p laafp 5ahglsly and c6htemptuous
j,s;;ssnd s4hat.pot many; moons later
az T,te9 Show. disslai1.:of: position ant
t,t!%Snok 10 h.s!shosae an orphaned
rssSani,zlass. : That assintp1e, churcl
cer672 my, hsG4 prqeeded, this: step was
18th saHiTaaed and: denied ii!e s.: hearSay de
5c$!EEliiaEaaaF laage ,at dIahneiehborini
!:4 IS. iiiDrpie9; ma ttiousigoasip dis
.,.!ihd.H'Ei:G. b 5,af,AIk! A won
a,,;;x'% Ass!i .aijtat :M3Fealat Eeustbm for
:2a,'Es. lHi;ots, that the proper Sort o.
pA:at kn >sHad' been tied. -.
'hia' az: It. may for a time the
s:1!ay. Eek. broFn young. woman pre-
81 9Se;, the :Seigneurs fortunes
r.::i' 2Xamrary care and patience
So 'c7.ri hem in chaotic condI
'5.g. 'aula had either been allowed
t.; -. - waste, or were cultivated b,
=. gs,r'- shat SO long had forgotten
t. a1. INC 1!etayage, or owners due
...-- 'a3 ono 10 regard the acres a.
- - -. ,--- = de!usion this practica
i..tf=A"'" you'd speedily have dis
I'm l., 6@No that the Seigneur him
g.. ,,o%d"d for them and would no
..;,sa'i. = the poor people beins
III .i-".. Nhcreupon she made IN,
. 9n ahbmalous' situation, ant
80. ~ernc'. might have continued
~ -. "a''GtactorilT enough untt
ms ,ea. hen unfortunately al
- ~. ..,r... occurred in the chair
- Instances. In presenting tho
S-.s.l: y'h child, half-peasant
..--. ,,.', IL mother gave up her owl
'.r "i@ rosterity.
-. CT .hercafter, the Siegneur re
-..i' - 2 r2ol,lse; when, however, {
i~c rad gone by, the peas
10. sc" ':d settled in greater mum
.... 1a~"gnouts, even to the verge
. g. .raGt- noticed that he grad
.a'.r ~. 90 from his solitude, ven
....-.- SIC .hr ~"rld at large, and oc
rs, all T2a seen in the vicinity o.
.. lime. Tris prediction foi
-. ..fG -iearIy led to his undo
~: ~. Q1nrring he was founr
81, -. .0 the back, on the beach a
g.. 100 - h. Mount.
-.I@ai home, he related how b.
H. t-.~ ~ upoN ny band OF mis-
ai-an... gui.h 'ater, coming to tn.
G."lf" "a 'ra, fcl 20 an attempt t.
J. - .hs 3s~afI1ntS among tht