Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-03-03
Avenged
b. SARAH BAXTER

There lived In Paris during the last
decade Of the eighteenth century two
friends. Alphonse Dubois and CASTOR
Damourier. Damonrier was six years
younger than his friend and bache-
lor. Dubois was forty-five and the IA
Their Of girl twenty years DID,
Damourier. who was passing through
middle age. cast longing eyes on Lou
he Dubois. who was In the prime Of
youth He devoted himself to her.
and she. battered by. the attentions Of
An older man. accepted them.
Possibly she might have become his
wife had not Cupid stepped in ard
brought about passion between her
and young man Ut twenty three, Ar
mand La Fevre.
The evil may lie dormant In q man
for years. then under strain break
out In all his virnlence. Damourier
gave no sign Of the ranking within
him he bad not proposed to Louise.
though be- was about to do SO. He bad
not intimated to her father that he
was a sutton for his daughters hand
On the appearance Of La Fevre be
stepped back. and when Louise an
nounced her engagement to her young
ef lover he offered his impressive con-
grstulat5ons BIZ. he resolved that she
should be his wife.
France was then entering upon the
throes Of revolution. Dubois and Da-
INQUIRER became advocates Of reform.
though they deprecated the reign Of
terror.
Robespierre got the upper hand a.
leader OF the Radicals and by bis order
the guiliotine was working full dine
In the Place de la Revelation. The
mobiles were hunted down, put through
the mockery Of a trial before some
citizen butcher or baker OF sewer clean
er and hustled OF to execution. Soon
It became only necessary to send q
person to death to inform on him AZ
an enemy TO France. The names of
the accused and the informer were en-
tered in q book for the purpose kept
by an Official Of the revolution.
One morning La Fevre was with bis
fancee. Shocked at the terrible mas
sacre that was daily perpeuated. Lou
ise. In an agony Of fear. was treD-
bling in her lovers arms. The tramp
Of men was heard without and an
officer appeared at the bead Of die OF
soldiers
"Are yon Citizen La Fevre?~ asked
the officer
Il am"
-Citzen La Fevre. you are accused
OF being an enemy VI France. Come.
Louise chung to her lover. and the
guard was Obliged to Tear him away
from her. With a Shrek she fell back
in a-swoon.
NJ. Dubois exerted himself at the
risk of his own life to save La Fevre.
Damourier went 10 Ionise and assured
her that he would ieave no stone an
turned to restore her lover TO Der. But
Notwithstanding Der fathers effori'
and Damonrier's offers the young man
was sent 10 the guilloune.
A year passed during which Damon
rier was profuse In his sympathies for
Louise and was again becoming 30 at
tentiye to Der as TO excite comment
among her friends when one day Nine
La Fevre called upon Der and told Der
that In examining her dead sons pa
pers she had found one that bad been
sent 10 him anonymously. warning him
70 beware Of Damourier. She banded
II to Louise 10 read
Love In the girl was converted BY
this information into a 6erce revenge.
Nevertheless she concealed her feel
ings. Her frst act would be to con-
frm her suspicion that Damourier bad
been responsible for the death OF Der
lover. Quietly she began TO make In
quiries as to bow during the reign OF
terror one would secure the conviction
of another as an enemy Of France.
The Information she received led her
to form a plan
She asked her father for 500 francs
with which TO erect monument to her
lover. The money was given her. and
with IL yelled 50 as not u be known.
she went to the office OF the official
who kept the records of those who
persisted as enemies OF France and
asked for Q private Interview When
the Interview was finished the keeper
Of the records bad her 5000 francs
and she had the key 10 the room con
tanning the records
From that time she treated Danoo-
rier with great consideration She re-
minded him how sympathetic be had
been with Der in the loss of her lover
She questiopd him continuously as TO
what means be had taken to save La
Fevre. And when encouraged by her
gratitude be offered II she would be his
wife to do what be could to eradicate
the scar she had received she said that
DO one but an migrate could refuse
When Damourier asked Louise to
name a day for their marriage she
said that she was preparing a monu-