Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-04

nurse. Ghe may grow up in a whole.
some atmosphere At the same time
he binds the Slasher to him for life BY
offering him his hand with the re.
mark that the convict has honor and q
heart.
Here our story begins.
Rudolph, we soon learn, has two
aims In venturing incognito into the
Nth Of Paris. The first is to dis
cover. K he can, the whereabouts Of
Mrs. Georges son, German, who has
been taken from her in his youth by u
vicious husband. The second is to
trace, II possible, his lost daughter.
who is supposed to have died in in
fancy. 1t is around these two themes
that the romance moves. In pursuing
them M. Rudolph is beset by every i'm
ag1nable adventure. He is locked up
In a subterranean cellar, where the
waters Of the Seine slowly creep up to
his neck, and from which predica-
ment the faithful Slasher rescues him.
Innumerable traps are laid for his
feet; but from each successive snare
he miraculously escapes. And through
out this series of entanglements he
never abandons his premise that no
matter how depraved the individual,
there is potential good in all human
ity, which, If nurtured, will blossom
into virtue. In consequence he be-
comes sort Of "inferior Providence"
to those whom he meets. He saves
the blameless debtor from prison, and
places an honest livelihood within his
reach. He does a thousand kind
nesses. On the other hand he does not
hesitate to bring the unworthy to
justice. Relentlessly he causes the
eyes OF a wretch who has been pitt
less to the weak to be put out, that
he may know what it means to be
helpless and the prey of the strong.
The story is a network of crimes
and their eventual punishment, and
everywhere triumphant we find the
creed that in the breast Of humankind
OOAAS q CpuIA VI TIC OlVlu6s
The portion Of the tale dealing with
the kidnapping Of Fleur-de-Marie from
her home with Mrs. George by Screech
Owl, the blinded schoolmaster, and
the imp Hoppy is novel in itself.
How these wretches wait for the In
nocent girl; convey her to Paris by
coach; and thrust her into the arms
of the police, who in turn deposit her
in prison is exciting reading. From
prison sheis released by written or
der, only to fall a victim to a band
Of hired rufians who try to drown her
in the Seine. AS she Is floating down
the river, one of her old comrades from
Saint Lazare leaps in and saves her
life. Next we see her in the great
Paris hospital, and it is at this juno
ture that Grand Duke Rudolph Of Ger
Olstein obtains trace of her; discovers
that she is his own daughter; and
bears her in triumph to his magnif1-
cent palace to be transformed from q
fugitive Of the streets to her Royal
Highness Princess Amelia. Here, for
a brief period, we behold our little
Fleur-de-Marie the idol of the court,
Ind sought in marriage by a prince Of
he realm.
But the stigma Of the past is ever
resh in the girls mind. She cannot
hake it off. Though she adores her
over, she refuses to wed him, saying
hat she cloves him too much to give
i'm hand that has been touched by
he rufians Of the city," Poor, brave
'leur-de-Marie! She at last seeks
eace in convent; and when she
les there, we have no regrets that
er blameless but troubled life is end
d.
In the meantime what Of Germaln3
We search for him through an equal
? ingenious train Of happenings. With
II M. Rudolph's wealth and astute-
ess It Is no easy task to ind this
Kissing boy who Is lost in the great
lty Of Paris. But he 10 found. Like
oualeuse, the young hero has kept
Is soul unsullied by evil. Urged to
ID his employer, he has not only re-
Used, but has given information
gainst those who plotted the crime,
lat they might be brought to justice.
9 result Of this good deed, how.
7er, he has been bounded from one
I'd Of Paris to the other. At last he
Ills victim to a monster Of crime,
acQues Ferrand, a corrupt notary,
no casts him into prison on a Hcti-
Ous charge. He is no favorite, for
7 scorning to mingle with the vicious
eatures about him he incurs their
rath and suspicion, until at length
ey dub him a spy and resolve to
urder him. From this fate he is
we'd by Slasher, who appears in the
'ison just In time to fell his assail-
it's and pilot him to liberty. Even
ally he is restored to his mothers
ms and to his pretty sweetheart,
golette, whom he now marries.
The skill with which Sue constructs
story, introducing character after
aracter, and bringing these varied
sments into a unified whole, is q
arvel Of artistry. It Is also inter-
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