Gunnison news-champion., 1920-11-05


4.. .--r So the igr-- aa- nuuteIulnE
rL- a rrl- l.-u BE- 0uufs~-s-t be- was
rh" Missing convict that had rUhb-t
r.- l.-a8P and the AlrIy--ur!y boy.
The judge let him go. b-r Jayerr
aa. llpiarahle aud aprr-l-ud-i him
a. Faarlus.s death bed He was lodged
10 jail. bgt having euu-u0u- strength
he broke ou, and returned N bis h0use
10 -.-rIre Llz great fortune lie had
time % hide his money 10 the haunted
forest % MnutfyrTue.l. but was cap
,urrd and sent 10 the EalIeys fgr life.
Nine months later ~ TOGl0n be
broke hls chain and saved the lie of
sailor aho vas hanging head down
from the topmast Of a ship. but he
himself either fell or jumped OF from
the spar md Was reported drowned
The ba-tla o! Waterloo had taken
place and the Thenadiers who had
teen guilty ~, rUbbing the dead on the
fatal field. kept wrctrh-d inn NJ
AontferInrN They treated C0zette,
now eight years old. with great cruelty.
Christmas. ls23 was the climax Of her
70 fetch water from a spring in the
dreadful forest 4 poorly dressed
stranger. passing raTi-d her heavy
bucket Al the tavern h. protected
her from her mistress threatened
punishment. and the next morning he
paid Th"nu''rr l-0p 'runrS ard took
C"zrtte 10 Paris. where he occupied a
tumh'"-dp~u hahrs'.ou Ju.' outside
or the rity. IL" El""ful"st place IN ~
Tie. gloomy huL.e,urI ~ iay ugly. at
iwuIght lu-4hrluI,, and % night sin
l-'rr. H. thought hl-rs"f serure
'N,~r Igr f.- hrrsNu."lc" made him
..rsrH.u1a-. and Ih.. Ola rare-raker. be-
Ing rlI - envy AMI uurharl'ablsness,
rr.S -g-r...0u, II h'r ,n's"r.
ono Lay he san Tas'r'- He took
Cus"t'- and again I'D But Javert
VA. on his ,nck. only by uner-
umpl.rl udrDtnr', nr' by his colossal
strength did b" escape by climbing
over hlp wal. II" found himself
IN the garden - ,h" convent Of the
Petit Plcpus. where worked Pere
Fuurhrleyrui. Whose. lfe VI Madeleine
has sayrd when be- was mayor OF
N The gnrI,a"r. pu' OF his graft
tude. got him appointed his assistant
by representing him to be- his brother.
Coso''c was taken into the convent
school See grew up into a charming
girl: beauty suddenly came to her Ike
the blossoms 10 cherry tree IN April,
and jean VnIlran happy In loving her
ns hls dnurh'rr as hts granddaughter.
rs the only woman he had ever loved.
guarded her as n sacred treasure.
He had good reason to be wary, for
the ThcnadInrs had come to Paris and
never forgot He had several dcspcr-
ate encounters with them. On the one
side outlaws: on the other undertaking
law pcrsOnlfed. He took part In the
nbOrtive revolution Of 1890 and saved
Javcrt's NE AT last winning the ad-
mlration OF that imrlacable and fatally
honorable man.
But there was one danger from
which he could not protect Cosette:
the most beautiful thing In the world,
which nevertheless seemed to him his
worst enemy-loye.
Baron Marius. the son OF man
whom Thcnadler had robbed al Water
loo and incidentally saved from a
terrible death. had been turned out OF
his house by his royalist grandfather
and was earning a poor livelihood by
literature. lie saw her and they met
Their love went through more than the
usual vIcIssItuhcs. During the insur-
rrctlon Jean Vatican carried the youth
through the mnzcs Of the Paris sewers
and brought him desperately wounded
to his Eruulfathcr's house. The old
man rrlvntcd and consented to the
marriage. Jean Vatican gave Cosette
a duwry ~ about COO 600 francs. In
order to have n conscience perfectly
,lrur hr told his life story to Marius,
who. not understanding the grandeur
Of the spirit that had never done any
thing hut good, allowed him to go away
with Il broken heart. ThenadIer, how
ever. came to the baron TO blackmall
him and unconsciously revealed what
noble life Jenn Vatican had led.
Narius. taking Cosctte. fastened to
the old mans dcath-bed. and gave him
one Inst taste from the cup of happi-
uess. He died In their arms.
Victor Hugo calls Les Miserables"
"a drama In which the hero is the
Infinite, the second character is Man"
II is In reality melodrama in which
are mingled scenes of history, host OF
characters from the highest to the
lowest improbahilities which strain
ones credulity, vast amount of rare
and curious information on all sorts
OF subjects. dissertations on philoso-
ply. science. politics, and religion. Its
treatment Of social injustice had a
powerful influence on public opinion.
not only in France but in many
countries. II has been an epoch-mak-
Ing book.
Copyright. 1919, by the Post Publishing Co.
Crhe Boston Post).