The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-06-26

was lnplacnble and npprehcndc,I hin
at Fantine's denth.bcd. lie wus lodge,
in jail, but having enormous strength
he broke out and returned To his hous
to secure his great fortune. Ne In,
time 10 hide his money In the haunte,
forest 0f Montfermcll, hut was cap
tured and sent to the gnlleys for life
Nine months Inter nt Toulon HI
broke his chain and saved the life o.
u sailor who was hanging head dowi
from the .tOpmast of ship. hut h,
himself either fell or jumped Oft from
the spur and was reported drowned
The battle Of Waterloo had taken
place and the Thcnndlcrs. who hat
been guilty Of ro,'bing the dead on the
fatnl field. kept n wretclcd inn NJ
Montfermcll. They treated Cozctte
now eight yenrs old. with grcnt cruelty
Christmas, 1923. was the climax Of her
wretchcdness she was sent after darl,
10 fetch water from snrIng In the
dreadful forest. a poorly dressed
stranger, passing. carried her heavy
bucket. At the tavern he protected
her from her MISTRESS threatened
punishment, and the next morning he
paid Thcnndier 1900 francs and took
Cozettc 10 Paris, where he occupied n
tumble-down habitation Just outside
Of the city; the rloomicst place In all
the gloomy boulevard. by day ugly. nj
twilight lugubrious. and % night sin.
lister. lie thought hI.iself secure
there. but his bcncvolcnce made him
conspicuous. and the old cnre-tnker. be-
Ing full ~ envy nnd uncharItnbleness,
grew suspicious ~ her iodgcr.
One day he saw Javert. lie took
Cosette and again fed. But Jnvert
was on his track. Only by unex.
smpled ndroItness and by his colossal
strength did he escape by climbing
over n high wall. He found himself
in the garden OF the convent Of the
Petit Picpus, where worked Pcrc
Fauchelcvcnt. whose life NJ. Madeleine
has snved when he wns mayor Of
NJ. The gardener. out Of his graft.
tude. rot him appointed his assistant
by representing him 10 be his brother.
Cosctte was taken into the convent
school. She grew IN inio q charming
girl beauty suddenly came Ia her like
the blossoms 10 cherry tree In April
and Jean Vatican. hnppy In loving her
ns his daughter. ~ his granddaughter
IN the only woman he had ever loved,
guarded her ns sacred treasure.
lie had good reason 10 be wnry. for
the Thrnndcrs had come Ia Paris nnd
Joined n band of robbers: and Javeri
never forgot. lie had several dcspcr.
nj. encounters with them. ON the one
slide outlaws; ON the other underwriting
law pcrsonificd. lie took part IN the
nbortivc revolution ~ 1890 and saved
life. M last winning the MI.
mirniion ~ that implncnble nnd fatally
honorable man.
But there was one danger from
which he could not protect cosettc;
the most beautiful thing IN the world.
which nevertheless seemed to him his
worst enemy--love.
Baron Marius. the son ~ man
whom ThenadIer had robbed nj Water
loo and incidentally saved from
terrible death, had been turned out of
his house by his royalist grandfather
and was earning poor livelihood by
literature. lie saw her nnd they met
Their love went through more than the
usual vlcissItudcs. During the insur- |
rectlon Jean Vatican carried the youth |
through the maZcs of the Paris sewers !
md brought him desperately wounded !
n his grandfnther's house. The old |
nan rclented aud consented to the !
marriage. dean Valioan gave coseite
dowry ~ nboI. 6OO.O00 frames. In
rider 10 have conscience perfectly |
lear he told his life story Ia Marius.
Who. not understanding the grandeur
II the spirit that had never done any.
hing hut good. allowed him "a 90 away
With broken heart. Thenndier. how
'ver. came to the baron 20 hlackmnll
lin and unconsciously revealed what
noble life Jean Vatican had led.
inrius. taking Cosette, FASTENED to
he old mans dcath.bed. nnd gave him
ne last taste from the cup " happi-
eSs. tie hhd IN their arms.
Victor Hugo calls "I.cs Mls9rnbIes"
a drama In which the hero IN the
infinite. the second character II Man"
II IN reality melodrnma IN which
re- mingled scenes 0f history. hosr az
llnracters from the highest 10 the
,west, lmprobahllItIeS which strain
nes crcduity, vast amount of rare
nd curious Information on all sorts
Z subjects. dissertations on phlloso-
hy, science. politics, md religion. It's
'eatment of social Injustice had n
owerful influence on public opinion.
NJ onl, In France hut In many
II has been an epoch-mak-
Ig hook.
Dpyright, 1910, by the Post Publishing Co.
crhe Boston PosD.