The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-10-19

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When Il ama settlement II the
date oi tbr Ne.oiHt. ftNteu Ue II
forr uud lBuatetre Young mans
father called ueu l notary 60 look
into che tile tofie ll4srd property "
NJ thyrbNla. which consisted almost
entirely SO q tract u laH "a which thc
ohatcau stuo1 rcll Tour a,d ual elre
20 marry uiH sou % giIl who was
heir prospective I, tbs propcrl, uuics
her fathers title a. II wH. clear The
notary reported that he had traced the
title back for go years. and tie birth
aud death OF every successive uwncr
had hrcu properly uttrstcd cNeclt the
death of Armand Chrrholcs. who had
persisted an she battlefield az the opcu
ing Of the France. lrussi,u wHr lnt
his client need give him ult ~ concern
on tlis account, for Il was impossible
/ that h. hy conll have survived such
nm experience Resides. L the child
. were alive ha would doubtless have
hcca heard from.
{ De In Tour was not satisfied While
/ he had no douli his solicitor was right
/ and wh!c he Permitted the wedding
PREF arntiuns o. proceed. he found Il
/ impossible 10 GivcSt himself IL n fear
that AT some future tlm' claimant TO
( the estate w0Hld ONE forward or
I course he woJld have TO c lgUhsh his
i claim, but he Ia Tour dil not relish
tti u Ia,
lawsuit This fear, having got into his
+ head, was keeping him awake lights
! lie determined 20 make IN effort to
discover II Armand Cherbolez was
alive lie WIS aware that 10y making
the matter public he might raise up n
fraudulent claimant Therefore he
went 10 work secretly. lie employed n
detective agency Ia investigate the ease
for him
At n council held by several delcc-
lives II was con lUGel that If the baby
had been taken from the battlefield IL
had been done either by some one nj.
tachcd 10 the chateau or by Il soldier,
French or German. Three detectives
were therefore put on the work, one 10
search among citizens. another to IN
ycStigate the French army and third
to deal with German military records.
The person detailed to examine into
the French army soon reported that the
enc Hundred AMI Seyentyfyurth rcsi-
mcnt Of the line had adopted child
during the Franco-I'russian war. That
child had remained with the regiment,
had enlisted in the drum corps ana Lad
remained VITA his foster fathers until
be was sistcca wears old lIcie the
records ceased The corps had so
changed that the 'son Cf the regiment
was remembered by none OF It's present
members
The scarcher sought for some OF the
dis largel members OF the one Hun
drel and Seventy fourth aud found in
the Hotel DIES lnyalides an old man
who said that lc Nas PIE ext when,
after the battle of Crlyelottt, FoL.ior
brought into the regimcn5al lines
baby that had been found lying on its
face on the grass ut the root OF tree.
Blood was flowing from wound on It's
cheek, which appeared TO have been
caused by a bayonet thrust II was
quite a deep wound and AZ the time
the soldier left the regiment. which
was when the boy was ten years old
its scar remained.
All this was reported to NJ De Ia
Tour, ana when Lie had received II lie
at once made IN excuse to put off the
wedding For this he had several rea
sons First and foremost, the battle Of
Gravelotte was fought partly on the
Cherbolez estate: second, De la Tour
had noticed ON Lieutenant Martins
cheek a scar. Third, De Ia Tour had
learned from the young officer himself
that he was founding, and his name
Of Martin was not his real name. IIis
real name was not known to him.
One day Fanchctte was notified by
her father that the match between
her and young De In Tour had been
broken Off. Much surprised, and ut the
same time delighted, she asked the
cause. For reply, her father told her
that he desired that she should marry
Martin. She flung herself
into her fathers arms and Rugged
him.
When Martin came again Fanchetle
told him that proposal for her hand
would not be unacceptable 10 her "a
Their Astonehcd. the young man went
ut once 10 NJ CherbOlez. AZ soon rs
his formal proposal was accepted. he
asked:
why, monsieur do you give your
daughter 10 one who has no fortunc7
Indeed who does not know bis parent
age. And now that you know this
an prepared to hear you recall y0ur
gift"
you were found as a baby on he
battlefield Of Grarecftc v"rc yoH
loty"
Il was"
"rhe cytre'ae left wing n lie
french line st That battle was on tlIcpe
Premises"
THAT | did not know"
you were adopted by the One Fan