The herald., 1915-07-01
Avenged
By SARAH BAXTER

There lived in Paris during the last
decade OF the eighteenth century two
friends, AlphOnse Dubois and CASTOR
Damourier. Damourier was six years
younger than his friend and d bache-
Tor. Dubois was forty-fve and the IA
Their OF girl twenty years old.
Damourier, who was passing through
middle age, cast longing eyes ON Lou
fse Dubois. who was in the prime Of
youth He devoted himself to her.
and she, tiattered by the attentions Of
an older man, accepted them.
Possibly she might have become his
wife had not Cupid stepped in and
brought about a passion between her
and a young man of twenty-three, Ar
maDd La Fevre.
The evil may lie dormant in a man
for years, then under strain break
out in all his yirulence. Damourier
gave no sign of the ranking within
him. He had not proposed to Louise.
though he was about to do so. He had
not intimated to her father that he
was a sutton for his daughters hand
On the appearance of La Fevre he
stepped back. and when Louise an
nounced her engagement to her young.
er lover he offered his impressive con-
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 as
leader of the Radicals and by his order
the guillotine was working full time
in the Place de la Revolution. The
mobiles were hunted down, put through
the mockery of a trial before some
citizen butcher or baker or sewer clean
er and hustled off to execution. Soon
1t became only necessary to send
person to death to inform on him as
an enemy TO France. The names Of
the accused and the informer were en-
tered In a book for the purpose kept
by an official of the revolution.
One morning La Fevre was with his
fiancee. Shocked at the terrible mas
sacre that was daily perpeuated, Lou
Use. in an agony Of fear, was trem-
bling in her lovers arms. The tramp
of men was heard without and an
officer appeared at the head Of file OF
soldiers.
"Are you Citizen La Fevre" asked
the officer.
81 am"
Citizen La Fevre, you are accused
of being an enemy Of 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 to Louise and assured
her that he would leave no stone IN
turned to restore her lover to her. But
Notwithstanding her fathers efforts
and Damourier's offers the young man
was sent to the guillotine.
A year passed during which Damou-
rier was profuse In his sympathies for
Louise and was again becoming so at
tentive to her as to excite comment
among her friends when one day Nine.
La Fevre called upon her and told her
that in examining her dead sons pa
pers she had found one that had been
sent to him anonymously, warning him
to beware Of Damourier. She handed
Il to Louise to read.
Love in the girl was converted by
this information into fierce revenge.
Nevertheless she concealed her feel
ings. Her first act would be to con-
firm her suspicion that Damourier had
been responsible for the death of her
lover. Quietly she began to make in
auiries as to how 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 plan.
She asked her father for 5000 francs
with which to erect a monument to her
lover. The money was given her. and
with 1t. yelled. so as not to 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 a private interview. When