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bucket AT the tavern he protected
her from her mistress threatened
punishment, and the next morning he
paid Thenadier 1900 francs and took
COzette to Paris, where he occupied q
tumble-down habitation just outside
of the city; the gIoomiest place in all
the gloomy boulevard. By day ugly, at
twilight lugubrious, and 81 night sin
lister. He thought hi1iself secure
there, but his benevoIence made him
conspicuous, and the old care-taker, be-
ing full of envy and uncharitableneSs
grew suspicious Of her lOdger.
One day he saw Javert. He took
Cosette and again fled But Javert
was on his track. Only by uneX-
ampIed adroitness and by his colossal
strength did he escape by climbing
over a high wall. He found himself
in the garden of the convent of the
Petit Picpus, where worked Pere
FaucheIevent whose life NJ. Madeleine
has saved when he was mayor of
M. The gardener, out of his graft
tude, got him appointed his assistant
by representing him TO be his brother.
Cosette was taken into the convent
school. She grew uD into Il charming
girl; beauty suddenly came to her like
the blossoms to q cherry tree in April,
and Jean Vatican, happy in loving her
as his daughter, as his granddaughter.
as the only woman he had ever loved,
guarded her rs = sacred treasure.
He had coed reason to be wary, for
Joined a band of robbers; and Javert
never forgot. He had several desper-
ate encounters with them. On the one
side outlaws; on the other undertaking
law persOnified. He took part in the
abOrtive revolution Of 1880 and saved
Javert's life, at last winning the adj
mfration of that implaCable 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-lOve.
Baron Marius. the son of a man
whom Thenadier had robbed at 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. He saw her and they met.
Their love went through more than the
usual vicissitudeS. During the insur-
rectiOn Jean Vatican carried the youth
through the maZes of the Paris sewers
and brought him desperately wounded
to his grandfather'S house. The old
man relented and consented to the
marriage. Jean Vatican gave COsette
q dOwry of about 100000 francs. In
order to have a conscience perfectly
clear he told his life story to Marius,
who, not understanding the grandeur
Of the spirit that had never done any
thing but good, allowed him TO go away
with a broken heart. Thenadier how
ever. came to the baron to hlackmaiI
him and uncOnscioUsly revealed what
q noble life Jean Vatican had led.
Marius, taking COsette, FASTENED TO
the old mans death-bed. and gave him
ness. He died in their arms.
Victor Hugo calls lies Miserables"
ga drama in which the hero is the
Infinite, the second character is Man"
1t is in reality mclodrama in which
are mingled scenes of history, host OF
characters from the highest to the
lowest, improbabilities which strain
ones credulity. a 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
powerful influence on public opinion,
not only in France but in many
countries. It has been an epoch-mak-
ing book.
Copyright, 1919, by the Post Publishing Co.
CThe Boston PosO.