New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-10
Avenged
By SARAH, BAXTER

There Lived in Paris during the last
decade of the eighteenth century two
friends, Alphonse Dubois and CASTOR
DanlSurier: Damourier was six years
younger than his friend and a bache-
Tor. Dubois was forty-tive and the ia
ther OF a girl twenty years DID,
Damourier. who was passing through
middle age. cast longing eyes on Lou
tse Dubois. who WAC in the prime Of
youth He devoted himself to her,
and she, flattered by the attentions Of
an older man, accepted them.
Possibly she might have become his
wife had not Cupid stepped in and
brought about passion between her
and Il young man Of twenty-three. Ar
maBd La Fevre.
The evil may lie dormant in man
for years, then under strain break
out in all his virulence. DamOurier
gave 10 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 suitor for his daughters hand.
On the appearance of La Fevre he
stepped back. and when Louise an
nounced her engagement to her young
or lover he offered his impressive con-
gratulations. But 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
Rohespierre 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 trial before some
citizen butcher or baker or sewer clean
er and hustled off TO execution. Soon
it became only necessary to send
person to death to inform on him as
AIN 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 Eevre was with his
tiancee. Shocked at the terrible mas
sacre that was daily perpetrated. 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 a file Of
soldiers
Are you Citizen La Fevre?" asked
the officer.
Il am
~Citizen La Fevre, you are accused
Of icing 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 sWoO1i. 2 ii"
n. 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 un-
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-
rjer was profuse in his sympathies for
I.aaIise and was again becoming so at
fentlte to her as to excite comment
among her friends when one day Nine.
LII Fevre called upon her and told her
that ia examining her dead sons pa
T>ers she had found one that had been
sent 50 aim anonymously, warning him
to- beware Of DamOurier. She handed
it t., Louise to read
Love ia the girl was converted by
this information into fierce revenge.
Nevertheless she concealed her feel
isls.s Her first act would be to con-
firm DER suspicion that Damourier had
Beels responsible for the death of her
loves' Quietly she began to make in
asuirtes us to how during the reign Of
terrier one would secure the conviction
of another as an enemy Of France.
The information she received led her
to form q plan.
She asked her father for 5000 francs
with which to erect monument to her
lover. The money was given her, and
with it. 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
ths. interview was finished the keeper
OF saae records had her 5000 francs
asiss she had the key to the room con-
taIniag the records.
From that time she treated Damou-
riesr with great consideration. She re-
minded him how sympathetic he had
been with her in the loss of her lover.
She auestiond 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
tile scar she had received she said that
uo 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-
ment for her dead love. and as soon
as that had been accomplished she
would accede to his request