The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-09-30
VIZ ITH step still valiant and
wv firm the old Able Constan.
Wv Fin walkad a1nug fhp duaty

tin walked along the dusty
road Of the little village where for
more than thirty years he had been the
cure. At the entrance of the castle
Of Longueval he stopped and mourn
fully regarded the big blue posters
fixed on the pillars.
They announced the sale of the
castle, the former home of the cures
dear old friend. the marquise. who had
recently died.
And the result Of the auctionf
The great estate bought by two en-
the strangersl
ADO you know who they aref" asked
Madame de Lavardens.
Eyes, Mrs. Scott Is an American pos
sessing colossal fortune. Ten years
ago Mrs. Scott begged In the streets
Of New York, they say. They are rich
parvenus who amuse themselves by
throwing, handfuls Of gold out Of the
window, and who will turn up their
noses at us AND care nothing for our
traditions or our life"
Such was the stony.
But when young Mrs. Scott and hel
beautiful sister arrived. to take pos
session Of the castle and called i'm
medIately upon the able. he learned
different tale. ReligiouN generous
amiable and losable they proved.
And they were certainly beautiful
particularly the younger sister, Bet
tina Percival.
At the cures little home they me
Jean Reynaud, the son of that gal
liant doctor of the village who. white
advancing with the soldiers in the wa
Of 1870 to carry on his work Of mere,
side by side with his dear old frien,
the able, had suddenly been struck b!
a bullet and killed on the spot. Jean
inherited the noble traits of his father
was beloved by the whole village.
But he was poor while the Americal
sisters were UNNECESSARILY rich.
As acquaintances and friendship
grew, very pleasing 1t was to tn
gentle, lovable old cure to learn tina
his new pensioners were most anxI
ous to extend their benefactions anon
the poor In the hamlet, asking hin
indeed, to be their medium.
They had. indeed. been poor unit
an inherited silver mine made ther
fabulously rich. Now, they had host
az admirers--Mrs. Scott because SD
was frankly flirtatious; and Bettin
because, as she realized, the forum
hunters-thlrty-four Of them sh
counted, including French duke an
a Spanish noble-sought her wealtl
And when. one day, they all WEI
over with Jean to visit the HIT
church. and Bettina at the orga
played a reverie Of Chopin, good gent
Able Constantine heart was file
with such JOY that the tears came
his eyes.
But all this left deep problem
Jeans ,mind-"which Of the two q
tiers II the prettierr' At first he vi
convinced that Il was the eoquetti'
Mrs. Scott who charmed him the NOR
then he would see Bettina, smiling al
blushlng amid the sunllt clouds OF b
floating hair, and he would declare
himself 81 was mistaken, the pretti
was Miss PercivaL"
The days went on and Jean and -
tina were often thrown into ca
others company. What resulted
best pictured In Miss Pefcivais o.
remark to her sister when one q
ne exclaimed:
HE Is the frst man, positively 7
f,rst IN whose eyes have not re
4oh. how glad I should be to mar
tat little bodys miliionsr"
Ana then ss Mrs. Scott went !
sss,rs to kiss her sleeping chiidr'
B<ttina remained long leaning on
bsau<trsce sf her balcony
TT seems to ne" said she. ina
en- growing 70 Be ve1 foaa = :
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