The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-09-10

passage you nave just QuoLeu! ASH
Mr.. Hargraye, sir" replied the son,
with perfect GOODNESS; then turning to
Mr.. Hargrave he said: "YOu know
YOU are reputed to be the most pro-
found political student in the house,
and more intimately acquainted than
any other with the works of Boiling
broke"
Mr.. Hargrave knew no such thing,
but he was a weak man, and, seduced
by the compliment, he was afraid to
prove himself unworthy of it by con-
Tossing his ignorance Of the passage.
Vivian carried this same self-assur-
ance into politics and won many
triumphs by tactics Of the kind. He
sttached himself to the marques, and
was responsible for his entering poll
tics, spending much time at the estate
of the marques, Chateau Desir,'
with large house parties OF famous
persons, some interesting to him and
some otherwise.
Among the guests at one time. was
a relative of the marques, young
matron, Mrs. Felix Lorraine, who was
much impressed with Vivian and tried
her charms upon him, but to no avail;
then In pique. she attempted intrigue
to make trouble between the marques
and Vivian, which she came very near
to accomplishing.
Meantime Vivian kept his eyes and
thoughts for the pawns upon the po-
litical chess board, among which was
Mr.. Frederick Cleveland, who at
tracted his attention, and when the
Narauess' party was looking for
leader, Vivian suggested the name of
Mr.. Cleveland. Now it happened that
these two, the marques and Cleve'
land. had been at odds, which Vivian
did not at first realize; when he was
alone he said to himself: what have
I done? am sure that Lucifer may
know. for do not. This Cleveland is,
I suppose, but a man; I saw the feeble
fools were wavering. and to save all.
made q leap in the dark. Well, Is my
skull cracked? We shall see."
Again was Vivian's assurance to the
fore: he was certainly "all things to
all men," He had the power with his
silver tongue, Of conciliating many
persons, but not so Mr.. Cleveland.
The first great trouble came to
Vivian when, after many attempts at
diplomacy and the political game, he
estranged both the marques and Mr..
| Cleveland; the latter while under the
influence Of wine, met Vivian at their
| club and in a fit Of anger struck him
and duel was the Vesult. Vivian fired
into the air, hoping that the affair
would end safely, but Cleveland mist
| ed upon another shot; Vivian shot at
random, but his bullet pierced Cleve-
| lands heart.
A great remorse seized Vivian and
for many weeks he was i'll with fever
| at his fathers home, under the loving
care of his mother. but the human
mind can master many sorrows" and
| after desperate relapse and another
-1iraculous rally, Vivian Grey arose
| from his bed. He left England and
| travelled in Germany, visiting, among
other places, Frankfort during the
time Of the fair.
On a bright sunshiny afternoon.
| while crossing the Square, Vivian was
attracted by an excited crowd Of peo-
pie around conjurer, whose appear
ance was Of the oldest kind, and held
vivian's attention: he was called Ess-
per George Later he became serving
man to Vivian, who had offered to
protect the fellow against the crowd
he had in some way angered.
Vivian and Essper George had many
lively adventures during their travels
all OF which experiences, whether Of
political or romance, gave Vivian new
ideas of the world, and proved to be
most interesting school for him. He
one day rescued a German nOblemaI
| from wild boar, and was invited t.
| visit at his castle; while there a 70
mantle attachment between young
i German lady Of title engaged Vivian''
attention for time, but his thoughts
In spite Of himself, constantly re
turned to two Of his English friends.
| Like many knight and his serving
man Of olden times, Vivian and Esspe
George found themselves on severa
occasions in very dangerous situa.
tons; sometimes 1t was Vivian to tn
rescue and at others Essper.
i On leaving that part OF German!
where he had been entertained as hon
: ored guest Of his titled acquaintance
! Vivian passed through small settle
ment where there were going on prep
arations for wedding, and Vivian dis
covered that the bridegroom was a
old friend from Heidelberg, Eugen
Won Konongstein, and he was pei
suaded to stop and assist at the wed
ding. All was SO quiet and peacefu
i there that it set Vivian to speculatin
Z abUut his own future.
In the morning the travellers wer
on their way again the day being II
: tensely hot and sultry they Withdrew
to the shade Of the woods, and Will
resting there Vivian asked Esspe
! about his history. For time they 50
> ia quiet conversation. then were rude
lly interrupted by the approach OF
l terrific storm: during which lake o