The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-18
Avenged
Bv SARAH BAXTER

decade Of the eighteenth century two
friends. AlphonSe Dubois and Castor
DamOurier DanO,irier WAS six years
younger than his friend and n barhe'
Tor. Dubois WIS forty five and the IA
Their Of girl twenty years old.
Damourier. who was passing through
middle age. east longing eyes Oh Lou
I've Dubois. who was in the prime Of
youth He devoted himself to her
and she. tinttered by the attentions OF
an older man. accepted them.
Possibly she might have become his
wife had NOT Cupid stepped in and
brought about u passion between her
and a young man Of twenty three. Ar
mand In Fevre,
The evil may lie dormant In man
for years. then under shHin break
out In all his virnlence. Dam0urier
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 hr
was a suitor for his daughters hand
On the appearance of La Fevre he
stepped back. and when Louise an.
noInced her engagement to her young
gratulations but he resolved that she
should I've 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.
tobespirrre got the upper hand as
leader of the Radicals and by bis order
the guillotine was working full time
In the Place de In Revolution. The
mobiles were hunted down. put through
the mockery of trial before some
citizen butcher or baker or sewer clean
er aud hustled off to execution Soon
II became only necessary to send
person TO death to inform on hin rs
an enemy to France The names of
the accused and the informer were en-.
tered in book for the purpose kept
by an official of the revolution.
One morning La Fevre was with his
fancee Shocked mt the terrible mas
sacre that was daily perpetrated. Lou
Use. in an agony Of fear. was treID
bling in her lovers arms. The tramp
of men was heard without and an
officer apps AIRED NJ the head Of a tile OF
soldiers
Are you Citizen La Fevre?" asked
the officer
II am
Citizen La Fevre. you are accused
Of teing an enemy Of France. Come.
Louise chung to her lover. and the
guard was obliged to tear him away
from her. With shrek she fell back
In a swOon.
NJ. Dubois exerted himself ut the
risk of his own life to save In Fevre.
Damourier went to Louise and assured
her that he would leave no stone m
turned to restore her lover to her. But
wthStanding her fathers efforts
and Damourier's offers the young man
was sent to the gnllotine.
A year passed during which Damon
rier was profuse in his sympathles for
Louise and was again becoming so at
tentive to her us to excite comment
anon. her friends when one day Nine
La Fevre called upon her and told her
that in examining her dead sons pa |
pprs she had found one that had been |
sent to him anonymously. warming him |
10 beware of Damourier. She handed |
II to Louise 10 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.
1uiries 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 5 600 francs
with which to erect II monument to her
lover. The money was given her. and
with It. yelled. so rs 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 n private interview. When
the interview was finished the keeper
of the records had her 5000 francs
and she had the key to the room con.
tanning the records.
From that time she treated Damou-
rier with great consideration. She re-
minded him how sympathetic he had
been with her in the loss of her lover.
She Questiond him continuously as to
what means he had taken to save La
Fevre. And when encouraged by her
gratitude he offered If she would be his
wife TO do what he could to eradicate
the scar she had received she said that
no one but an migrate could refuse.
When Damourier asked Louise to
name day for their marriage she
said that she was preparing a monu.
ment for hpr dpad love, and as scrr
as that had been accomplished she
would accede TO his request.
Louise invited her father. Damon.
rier and few intimate friends to 60