Year: 1873

FOuud entertaining unaWares-if not


An angel, yet youth IN search OF one


Naturally enough Carlno objected to this hospitality
and took himself or leaving the apartment and numer
Gus debts on the hands of the fair lady, who was thus
compelled to como down from the seat of honor on
winch she had throned herself as Clara do Mleneurs'
ana tell her true story TO her lover Thus ana thus
it was-woud he take her now or leave heri She sad
Such thing am 1: love me, love me not!


Ana he:


do love- more than ever, most for this


There a courage. rash but fine III the great Je"oF
er's son. when he said to himself:


Whatever be my ladys present past,


or future, this Is certain Of Iuy soul,


love her! in despite OF all know,


Defiance Of the much have 70 fear,


Ivcnture happiness On what hope,


Aud love her from this day foreVermOre!


Woud not such love as this have gone far toward any
woman's reeelsrali2p A. any rate II turned Clara


from false to true. Tue faithful and constant lover OF
woman outlawed by society must ordinarily renounce an
the ambitions Of his world; but L6once Miranda was
snguarly favored 10y fortune. His brother died hrst
thus making him his fathers sole heir Then MS athei
the great goldsmith went home let us hope, to the city


whose streets are paved with gold, leaving to Leonce
great riches and great freedom And next the tailor
husband of the fair Clara returned 10 Paris and made
business success there-became the fashionable tallOr
Gusave. With the prospect Of wealth before hm' DC
WAS much more anxious lest his wife should claim her
snare in his good fortune than be desrous To de-





from her bed and board-which is the hest comfort
France offers 20 matrimonial discomfort. Leouce
wonld gladly have married Clara, but the
paternal rule of his country made that lmpOs-
sible. However. from henceforth no one else had
any claim on her. Even his mother bore with him
patiently If Clara had been free to marry she would
have found no fault with her. and since his love could not
be cured she endured with what grace she might But
she could not complasant to loose management as
to loose morals aud when he tore down the old Clair
-Priory where she and her husband had passed
such pleasant contented Summers her righteous soul
was vexed within her. and she summoned him to Paris
She condemned his extravaganza she had never con-
demned his love. She sneered at


"Clarvaux restored" and asked, "What means this
Belviderel


Do you intend 90 soar 10 Heaven from thcnceF


Note this question if you please for it becomes curl
ously significant before the close Of the story Leonce


loved his mother, for he had great power OF loving,
| this young, impulseguided man. Her displeasure
greved him. bnt her TeprOaches angered him. lie flung
himself away from her at last and the tempting Seine
was near He would end it all, there. But tie cool
waves sobered him litte-they do bring the rash to
reason wonderfuy-he came out and shvered back 10
bed where he Law for a month between life and death.
Reinorse Of conscience Well either that too much
cold water At any rate when he could move again be
went back to Clara, with the rags" Of his e and She
patched them up for him. few months passed, and
then "a summons cdulct shalpJ imperative. LcOnCc
obeved it, and hurried Paris. His mother dead.
Had he killed herl His nature had a vein of supersti-


ton in Il as strong stronger than his love Of pleasure
the two ruled him by Now priest and relations
reproved him. and the cold face OF the dead looked the
reproach which the cold lips could net speak.
Surrounded by tribe OF cousins, who were
determined TO be his heirs at his death, tor
tured by remOrse he made new plan
Of life. He wOuld make over hls business
to the cousins he saidthey should inherit all his prop
erty at the end-but meantime, money enough mast be
settled on Clara her from herself week passed
and the cousins resolved to go TO Coseumst. where
Clara was waiting L6once tell her that she had lost
him. and give her the first iustallmen-moderatee enough
no doubt-of the which 10 he her security
against want While they were resolving these things,
L6once was reading over all the letters Clara had
written him letters through which her fingers tnged
ner lips kissed lie lad been taught, all his lie long
that sin must expiated by bodily suoriIs when
he had read the letters he put them back into the coer
and went and held it in the fire. holding his bands too
IN the cruel blaze one sudden epressbie cry brought
the cousins thrOngng round him. but they found him
calmly holding his hands in the burning Tatc he
said Burn, burn and purify my past" In vain they
pulled him from the tOrture-place. He broke from
them, crying still, Burn burn, and purify"
until at last they fairly dragged him out of reach
he had no hands to hurt There were three months OF
hepessness after that, in which his face smile Of
inefabe Joy; he had conquered he was purified. But
as strength began to back 10 him, he feared the
sacrifice had been incomplete for he Clara standing
all white and beautiful at his beds foot and drawing
him. drawing him forever. with her white and the
sad wonder in her eyes. Meantime, the cOusnhoOd be-
took themselves Coliseum-st, and told Madame Muh
hausen as they called her. that L6once had left her for
ever: had gone Portugal and had sent by them the
first payment of tho yearly sum which was henceorh
to make her comfortable. She opposed them not at all
but she must wait, she said II Leonce gone to
| uba uha
stay where she And after weeks L6ouce grew
strong enough, following the doctors counsel TO take


carriage and 90 out Docs II surprise you that he drove
straight to COlseumst, and that, when he returned
| 10 the cOusinhOod. Clara with hint He made a
clear and sharp bargain with these coorant relations
selling tbem not giving, the Partisan business, and
then he back to Clalryaux. and Clara had life
more in rags than ever to patch up again But hence
forth there was no thought OF parting She was
his but not more than he hers; except that he
vowed himself also TO the Virgin at La Rayssante try
ing thus 20 two msresses TO keep his on
earth and lay up ia heaven az the time
Could this be Night and day the question tortured his
loving fearing, superstous heart. Give up Clara ne
could not for he had found that she was part
OF himself; that, Danish her how he might,
her soul would stand forever beside him. her
eyes entreat hin. But not giving her up. how
could he win absolutionf For two years he
tried 10 solve the problem. lie crowned the lovely Virgin
IN the church with golden glory lac turned not his face
away from any poor man he made-and this was at
Claras entreayhs WILL bequeathing all he had 10 the
uses Of the church he prayed aud shesha she be
forgiven because she loved much iprayed constantly at
his side. And then there came morning when be was
about TO ride-a morning fair with SPRING and with
hope one would have thought, 10 the very air Clara
was somewhat III, ana must be left behind. he bade
her good by-was there something In that kiss which
thrilled her lips with its remembered sweetness In the


WHn Wlgu he had
ta farewell OF her. he went up stairs 10 the great
nannA fhere lnnkinn off lnWnrn La KnNlaannlA