The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-30
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His Method
OF Revenge
BY RUTH GRAHAM

Tue i IVutu IVN OJukiOL ~ OTC NH
clair. a young South CarOIinian. went
to Germany. where he attended Il uni.
versity. He was rather inclined to
arms than to study and became pro-
ficient In the use Of the small sword
rather than writing theses. Having
finished the university course. be went
to Paris. His father forwarded him
letter Of introduction to RenJamin
Franklin. who was then representing
the new American republic at the
court Of Versailles. and young Sinclair
was admitted into the sOtiety Of the
court circle.
Sinclair fell in love with Nine.
Ocrelie de T%'Orcellers. and his passion
was returned. Her brother. the Duke
Of I.ascelles. to get rid uf the Amer
lean. conspired with the Count de
BeauvilIe. a rejected suitOr Ut his sis
ter. aud the two secured his arrest and
Imprisonment.
Having got the young man into the
Bastille. it was not difficult to keep him
there. for they gave Instructions to his
jaiIer not to permit him to cUmmnni-
cate with any one. especially the Amer.
lean embassy. Sinclair remained there
for several years. gaining his freedom
only when the mob opened the prison
by Mttering down the gntes Of the
Bastille.
One would suppose that lie had had
enough Of the France Of those times
and would 70 home at once. When he
had heen shut up the country war
peaceful: now 1t was n imiling pot.
Having been shut up by royalists. he
might now dread being gnillotined by
revOlutiOnistS. But Sinclair had only
one thought.-to find the men who had
imprisoned him and he revengcd. for
he had heard while IN prison that
Jules de I.ascellps had died.
The French rOyaliSts were only be-
ginning to get out Of France. Sinclair
learned that the Duke of L~.asrellea had
been arrested ON a charge Of being an
enemy to the revolution. hut the Count
de Beauville was still free. Sinclair
went to rhe leader of the revolution Of
that time. told him how he had leeu
imprisoned on a charge of melting iu-
surrectiOn and asked that the Duke Ut
LasrelIeS be liberated that Mr.. Sin
clair might seek revenge by fighting
him. The request was granted.
The next day a prison official an
nounced to the duke that he might 20
free. Lascelles. who had been expect
ing death by the guilNtinp. was over
jOyed. But when at the prison gate
he recognized the man he had thrown
into prison several years before be
turned pale.
"Come with me-" said Sinclair. who
led the way into a courtyard near
by. where two gentlemen were wait
ing. the one to Second LaMrelles. the
other Sinclair. I~.ascelIes. having rs.
capped death by the guillotine to meet
it by an enemy's napier. fought des-
perately. hut he was no match for
n who had chamlioned his CORPS
at Heidelberg. Sinclair played with
him for q time as a cat would with y
mouse. then with a Take that for
your villainy." ran him through.
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Beauville. He found It difficult to
find him. for the count had been pro-
scrihed. and the revolutiOnists were
looking for him as we'll as the man
whom he had imprisoned. Similar got
on his track through information CIV
en- by one who had sepn him In court
and supposed him to be a sympathizpr
mitch Tim us.S,..liot CSnx.ln{, fD,.A
hix man. hut would neither give him
up to bis enemies NJ week revenge or
Information that had been impaired
or the s%urpositiOn that 1t var given to
q friend. He proposed tn he Reau-
vile that they journey together to Bel
GUM. passing az two Americans. De
Beauville could not understand why.
since Sinclair had him in his power.
be did not turn him over to the revO-
l~utiOnists. and why the mar he had
injured should help hin, to get out of
the country was indeed Il mystery to
him. However. there wa~ nothing for
him to do but to accept the offer.
Sinclair possessed a passport. though
Of q date several years gone by. ~ All
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Beauville that he travel Ostensibly N
hix servant. and the two thus pissed
beyond the Paris gates. \ number Of
times during their journey they were
held up By revOlutionists. but every
tdme Sinclair. BY showing his passport
and ordering De Beauville about 40
bis servant. but. most Ut all. by his
cool assurance. secured 4 passage for
himself and his enemy. At last they
reached the frontier. They passed the
border In the night. and DE- Beauviile
slipped away iptO the darkness and
But Sinclair knew that the emigres
escaped bis enemy.
were gathered In Belgium. and there
he went. 1t was not long before one
night at q ball be raw lie Reauvilie
dancing with the nOblpase Of France
and. going up to him. drew his glove
across hIa face. There was no avoid
ing q meeting. and De Beauville c0n-
scented to flght.
The two men met on q field where
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