The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-08-28

8H Nous 0ov0uo Ieomlrer-
= Notso" grand chsvalier.
ytoncols Beaupre-"
" ~ The spell was broken. The
N Algon ooottered. shouting, out In
&1 ~ sunshine Of the garden. But
n 1900 stood ct his grandmother's
n ~. not hearing or seeing them:
1kS1ng et the heavy panels OF the
n k door % II he beheld the figures
VI NAPOLEON and his generals pass
5: ~ Wv again, and In his child eyes
ojoersd the timer light Of seer OF
k CHAPTER u.
th The Stranger.
AT the end Of the long street OF
9IoQues, next the church. stood the
ISnse Of Francois Beaupre, the father
x - little Francois and Tomas and the
!, 49, The villagers called him lie
DsAncois" and his wife la Claire;"
\ ~ allowed them Of . certain import
4 4Guu; for one spoke a. II there were
~ others. The house was the lar
i - In the village, and its great
0ofth-6oored entry. leading at the
q Hat into the living-rooms, at the
\ ~ into the stable. was twenty feet
!. oQunPe. There. on sunahiny spring
go the grandmothsr would sit on
49, long bench against the wall, al
SGuyD With her knitting. always with
~ children about her. and the cows
'lonld Ale past and into the wide
{rWay Ct the left. switching their
.}fG(lA with mild big eyes gazing gent
evot the group. In front was the
wor garden. and little Lucie's head
oG not % tall as the patch OF red
TJo134s whose great blossoms the
4 ~Dooo tossed In one corner Of II.
II - beautiful garden II was. the fin
k04 n the village, yet this was not
& ~ pride Of LA Claire" the wife
Il lie Francois." She had two van
oav the neighbors aid her tiny
t and her garden. hut not this
Y eoon Of flowers. Outside of the
Il 2aGe, half . mile away, on the
Z ~ 70 the old chateau, were the
60rlnhed al the vegetables OF all
10 villAgers. The little houses sat
IN ne long street. the old vote Ro-
y 1ne, the Roman road built before
p Chr1stian era and still kept up.
q ~ houses were set too closely to al
ID pace for the great beds of cab
0&oD. beams. peas. turnips, parsley.
e m4ovo. chicory. carrots. So the cot
80 nestled elbow to elbow In the
noE and the sardens In the fields
0eOne might see them by look
otrotched even long fingers
&moA the valley almost to the
1[4 That led to the r1ped castle.
6 Ua1cois, the lad, liked to be sent
" - with his mothers big basket
Seg1Ag back vegetables for the fam
& II neal Il was QutUt IN the long
nGAjny;s rows Of growing things,
Y 10 the earthly smell was pleasant,
~ = boy who had much to think
1Uut could think well a. he broke
80 SEEMS OF chard or dug into the
f)o9n damp brown earth for lettuce
Z - salade." Moreover. he would
\ ~ sometimes:
Must I hurry today. mother?
N mt 60 on to the chateau for q
q ~ while?"
Ard often La Claire would smile
4 he boy and answer: But yes,
ri Francois. you may 90; there is
4 N harry
4 D4fod. Francois remembered them
NJ o1kot carefully In q safe spot at the
D ~ end Of the row Of white-grown
S kuce heads, and then he would
0re the field. brushing through the
y HONS Of scarlet peoples. higher
IA the blades OF wheat, and climb
d the steep hillside and scramble
y m the fence, and be in the old
n tle- 1t was good road. because
M DuUbl6 o. VicQues used II often
GQing 70 and from the pastures,
~ the mountain. with thet
Rs le end was gate which
~ way to wagons or cattle;
IA fsA person on foot might open
IL eeyond. Inside were the
N ~ 3A Afternoon In July In the
Y 1920, Francois, being ten.
NJ m old and dreamer. came alone
oogh the gate and sat down with
short legs dangling over an an
nc wall. fifteen feet sheer down.
mt there, quite comfortable and
||st utp. and kicked his heels. and
a sought Of his brilliant future. and
- OF the stQry OF the great do,
IA the treasure. This ruin, the an
mt chateau of vicques. had le-
ID. Each child of the yillape
~ 1t before he could remembet
ut had been so with all OF ther
n1a>=grandfathers had heard T.
~ grandiathers for hundreds o.
m. The tradition ran that age
ek, In the time of Caesar, fftye
~ after Christ, Roman COVER
IN this Gallo province had built
Drmidabie castle on this hill out
the village-"vicus," the Ro-
- called 1t simply, "the village
Nd 'Vicus." changed 10 "Vic-
Il has stayed. The castle had
~ oranaries to hold the grain
IN the goversor tortured from
yoesants and sent to Rome to
The little ''vicus' was on the
y road TO Rome, which made i,
onlont for the governor. So he
rich b. oppression, and the
Vrune from the people he piled
1nsos deep IN bis castle. When
- - - great amount he sent
- ncrth and GOT q huge dog,
~ de- 10 trained TO terrible
- that any one coming
- y the long underground
~ Wnprb 10 guarded the trea
( G1<4 - - torn In pieces