The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-11-21

sousummstion q my journs9 49,
occur. had ct ont from Winnipeg
nlled With hatred toward th6ee klne
foik who had disowned ny father 40
LETT him to die IN NEED IN far e6u n
u. And here wss. the guest 8
my grandfAthsr and his widowed
daughter. and engaged 20 my ban
cousin, Charles.
But Tor the present the sngngsmsnt
vas To b kspt secret That ] IN
sisted upon. l determined that ! would
win the hearts Of his relatives also b.
fore allowing him % present me 70
them q his future bride. could MOI
but fear that the old comte might treat
him q he bad treated my father.
On the third morning after my ~
rival wrote TO Mary Jsnnsr. my
roommate In Winnipeg. for the hrst
time since my departure.
when I tell you that am actually
IN my grandfather's chatsau." IwrotA
you WIN open your eyes Wide. IN that
taking way you have. and BE- glad that
l am not thsre TO say. 7 told you 90
For wsre you not the rinsleadsr In the
conspiracy to keep me ct home till the
close Of the school year. when We
were to make up party to- see Du-
roper And. Mary dear. DO hope that
scheme has not fallen through. Come
to France. and royal welcome aWa1fn
you.
Have you pursued your acquaink
ance with little Mr.. Spratt? Poor lit
tie mani I have not yet glanced IN
side the covers OF the monumental
work Of his upon the Code Napoleon.
which he presented to me~sc proudly
At the moment Of my departure. Be
good to him. Mary. and mako : man
Of him. He's timid with ladies. %
don't BE- afraid to give him enccur>
agement.
And now you'll want to know about
Castle Clichy. Mary. It II the very
quaintest place-all early Norman.
with bastions and moats and battle
ments. - in the midst Of an enor
nous park. and most delightfully."- feud
al. But by the time you receive this
1t won't be in the possession Of our
family any longer, Fancy being turned
out Of your home after you have In
habited II for eight hundred yearsi
But we'ro wretchedly poor and In the
hands Of an interruptions banker, one
Magnin By name, who owns mort
| gage on IN, and unless we can obtain
twelve thousand francs-$2. 400-with
In few days. to meet the interest
Clichy passes out Of our hands forever.
This Magniff IL the most avaricious
scoundrel imaginable. except his son.
who's worse. Mary. he's agreed to pay
me $4,000 for those bonds of mine
You always laughed about. when the
safe 10 opened next week. And so
thought ! might just an well pay Oh
the interest on the mortgage out Of Il
l wrote to him, asking him to advance
me $1,000. and he CURLY refused. He
has q grudge against my grandfather
and means to turn him out Of his
homo. / went to Paris to plead with
him. and he sent out word he would
not see me. Think Of It: my GRANDPA,
Their must lose his property when, less
than a week afterward. shall receivs
enough money to have saved It many
times over! Well. I've done my best
and there's no use crying over It now.
Come to France. Mary. and all Of
you, right soon. embrace you and
salute you, a. we French say.
"P. 8. I'm quite French now!"
did not convey in this letter the
sense Of impotence. the burning anger
with which the bankers conduct had
inspired me. When% had proposed b
my grandfather that he let me meet
the interest due out Of the proceeds
from the bonds. he seemed to realize
the futility of the attempt
It's no use. my little Anne" he said
7 thank you from the depths OF ms
heart. But you will be beating against
granite wall. Magniff mems to have
Clichy. and he won't advance you
penny until the vault p opened. Then,
nothing can be DONE" ti
And. AZ / have described IN my let
ter TO Mary, beat in vain against the
granite wall Of Magnin's vindictfva
hatred. Now We were already ssttina
our Affairs In order, packing our fsw
cherished mementoes. ready to leave.
There was pitifuliy little that ~
could take with NJ. The castle was ~
dssd. - MagniR had 70 graphical1y
Dortrayed Il rs bare - houn6t
tooth" Al the furnishings Of it, -
On and forty rooms had long since a.
appeared. savs those Of The half d.
In The right wing where ~ hvod. -
tsuded only b. old servants who wood
not b dismissed. Costly pictures, 10
sstries. armor, whole sets OF sevrsa
had gone into the NAV Of MagnifI. -
ing sacziAced to NEST the evsr.rscnr
ring Indebtedness. For twenty 'yenss
Ever since the fAilurs Of the orisinal
Panama company had ruined the oomAo
-<his process Of depletion had bsos
continued. Now our sparse furnitnrV
would barely have accommodated
family In = sixroom nat.
but they shall never taks our mcno
plane" said ths chevalisr. q W slool
within The hangar and looked q ~
gigantic. graceful bird. which soor,o1
| to hoat aifi1y upon the v1ankifr ~