Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-08-06
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offering him his hand with the re.
mark that the convict has honor and a
heart.
Here our story begins.
Rudolph. we soon learn, has two
aims in venturing incognito into the
filth of Paris. The first is to dis
cover, e he can. the Whereabouts OF
Mrs. Georges son. German, who has
been taken from her in his youth by a
vicious husband. The second is to
trace, If possible his lost daughter
who is supposed to have died I'm in
fancy. 1t is around these two themes
that the romance moves In pursuing
them NJ Rudolph is heSet by every Inn
aginable adventure. He is locked up
in Subterranean cellar. where the
waters of the Seine slowly creep up to
his neck, and from which predica-
ment the faithful SlaShcr reScues him.
lnnumerable traps are laid for his
feet; but from each successive snare
he miraculously escapes And through
ont this series of entanglements he
never ahandons his premise that no
matter how depraved the individual,
there is potential good in all human
ity, which, If nurtured. win blossom
into virtue. In consequence he be-
comes a sort of "inferl0r Providence"
10 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, thar
he may know what If 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 fad the
creed that in the breast of humankind
burns a spark of the Divine.
The portion of the tale dealing with
the kidnapping of Fleur-dc-Marie from
her home with Mrs George by Screech
owl, the blinded schoolmaster and
the imp Hoppy is a 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 she is released by a written or
der. only TO fall a victim to a band
of hired rutiaus who try to drown her
in the Seine As she is floating down
the river, one of her old comrades from
Saint Laz0re leaps in and saves her
life. Next we see her in the great
Paris hospital. and it is at this juno
ture that GRIND Duke Rudolph of Ger
olStein obtains trace of her: discovers
that she is his own daughter; and
bears her in triumph to his maguiii-
cent palace to be transformed from
fugitive Of the streets to her Royal
Highness Princess Amelia. Here, for
brief period, we behold our little
Fleur-de-Marie the idol Of the court,
and sought in marriage by a prince Of
the realm.
But the stigma of the past Is ever
fresh in the girls mind. She cannot
shake it off. Though she adorcs her
lover, she refuses to wed him, saying
that she cloves him too much to give
him a hand that has been touched by
the rufiians of the city" Poor, brave
F9eur-de- Marie! She at last seeks
peace in a convent; and when she
dies there, we have no regrets that
her blameless but troubled life is end
ed.
In the meantime what Of Germain?
We search for him through an equal
y ingenious train Of happenings. With
an VI. Rudolph's wealth and astute-
ness It IS no easy task to find this
missing boy who is lost in the great
city of Paris But he Is found. Like
Goualeuse, the young hero has kept
his soul unsulled by evil. Urged TO
rob his employer. he has not only re-
fused, but has given information
against those who plotted the crime,
that they might be brought to justice
AS "A result Of this good deed, how
ever, he has been bounded from one
end Of Paris to the other. At last he
fails a victim to Il monster Of crime.
Jacques Ferrand, a corrupt notary.
who casts him into prison on a iicti-
tious charge. lie Is no favoritc for
by scorning to mingle with the vicious
creatures about him he incurs their
wrath and suspicion. until at length