El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-10

sets was ill, which was lie ana
osInaHaeq iO0 francs. To obtain this
she sold her front teeth TO a travelling
dentist; then she went on the town
ana when dissolute dandy. to annoy
! her, put snow down her back. she
scratched his face and was arrested
2y Javert inspector OF police. a bru-
1 tai ana oYer-officiOus tyrant who
FAD been attached to the galleys when
Jean NalJean was there and suspected
{ the mayor Of M of being the former
I eonVlet The mayor freed Famine
Sne supposed he was the cause OF her
I misfortune and spat in his face Ho
TOOK the affront meekly and inTesti-
! gated her complaint. She was Ill of
consumption and he provided for her
/ 2ad promised TO look out for her
child
Vatican confesses.
ABOUT the same time the police ar
rested another man who three former
SonFlcts swore was the missing Jean
NnJsan. Jean Niljean's conscience .
would not allow an innocent person +
( 10 be punished in his olace. Surmount-
ing extraordinary difficulties. he went
10 Arras. where the trial took place 1
ana Just as the judge was condemning I
the wrong man. he confessed he was i
the missing convict that had robbed +
the bishop and the hurdv- zi1rdv how
The judge let him go. but Javert 4
was implacable and apprehended him
a. t.antine deathbed- He was lodged I
IL.
he broke out and returned 10 his house
le secure his great fortune. He had L
time TO hide his money in the haunted /
forest Of Montfermeil. but was cap
,iufed once more and sent to the gal
Nine months later at Tonlon he
broke his chain and saved the life Of a
Salior who was hanging head down
rom ne topmast OF a ship. but he
nlnsel1 either fell or Jumped off from {
the spar and was reported drowned
me battle OF Waterloo had taken
place and the Thenadiers. who had &
neen guilty OF robbing the dead on
the fatal field. kept a VTretched inn II
at M0ntfermeil They treated Cosette I
now eight years old. with great cru
city Christmas. 1923, was the eli {
max OF her Wrerc hedness. she was 1
sent after dark to fetch water from
a spring in the dreadful forest A
poorly dressed stranger. passing. car
RED her heavy bucket Al the tavern
ne protected her from her mistress's
threatened punishment. and the next
morning he paid Thenadfer 15o0
francs and took Cosette to Paris.
Wnere he occupied tumbledOwn
habitation just outside of the city: the
S-ooInleSt place IN all the gloomy bou-
ieNard BY day ugly, at twilight
1uguDrlOuS. and at night sinister He
thought himself secure there. but hfs
peneVolence made him CONSPICUOUS.
and the old caretaker. being full of
envy ana uncharitableness grew sus-
picious OF her ledger.
FIees With Cosette.
One day he saw Javert. He took
Cosette and again fled But Javert
was on his track Only by unexan-
pied adrOitness and BY his colossal
strength did he escape br climbing
over nigh wall He found himself
Retu Picpus. where worked pere
- ueneleEe vent, whose life IL Madeline
had saved when he was MAYOR of NJ
Inc gardener out OF gratitude, got
. -. .appolnted ms assistant by repre-
seating MIN TO be his brother. Cosette
was taken into the convent school.
she grew up into q charming girl: Z
beauty suddenly came to her like the Z
blossoms 10 cherry tree in April, and Z
: can NalJeans happy in loving her asi
MS daughter. as his granddaughter. as =
the only woman he had ever loved,
guarded her as a sacred treasure.
De mad good reason to be wary, for 2
the Inenaciers had come to Paris and s
Joined a band Of robbers: and Javert (
never forgot He had several desper-
ale encounters with tkem. On the D
one side outlaws. on the-other unde-
liaJing law personified- He took part
5aFsq gaverts life. at last winning F
-neadmiration Of that implacsble and
-ataIl5T honorable man.
The Coming Of Love-
But there was one danger from 8
Enlcn he could not protect Cosette: r
ne most beautiful thing in the world, b
: men neyerthsless seemed to him his =
worst enemy-loye
Baron Marius, the son Of a man -
nom Inenaoler had robbed at Wa
erloo and had Incidentally saved
rom a terrible death. had been turned
ut OF his house by his royalist grand :
aIher and was earning a poor livelf- Z
1000 by literature He saw her and
hey met Their love went through :
more than the usual vicissitudes. Dur
ng the instruction Jean Vii ;ean car y
led the youth through the mazes Of 2,
ne Paris sewers and brought him. :.
wounded. to his grand 81
athers house. The old man relented M
M consented to the marriage Jean
alJean gave Cosette dOWry of
bout 500 900 francs. In order to Fave u.
conscience perfectly clear he told -
rs lie story to Marius, who. not I'M h
erstanding the grandeur of the spirit M
nat had never done anything buff
-ood. allowed him to 20 away with a a,
rOken heart Thenadier however. -
anne TO the baron 10 blackmail him, re
nd unconsciously revealed what a
ObIe life Jean Naljean had led Ma II
JUS. taking Cosette, fastened TO the IA
ID mans deathbed. and gave him one -
asst taste from the cup OF happiness =,
ie died in their arms
Victor Hugo calls Les 1fiserables" b
mite. the second character is man.
I is in reality melodrama in which
re mingled scenes of history, a host
( characters from the highest to the
owest improbabilities which strain :.
mes credulity. vast amount Of rare =,
nd curious Information on all sorts y
{ subjects. dissertations on phiIoso- *
ny, science. politics and religion
Is treatment OF social injustice had y
0Werful influence on public opinion Z.
ot only in France but in many other q
ouutries- II has been an epoch-mak- b
ag book.-COpyright 1913. by Post r.
publishing Co. THE Boston Pcst.) 1.
'ublished by special arrangement =
With the Mcclure Newspaper Syndi- 81
ate. Al rights reserved. s.
sRobinson Crusoe,' by Daniel Defoe, 4
> condensed by james B. Connolly, :
Fill be treated tomorrow. a.
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