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CHAPTER IX.
Education.
It may b»- Imagined no! no one can
Imagine- will) what ferlingn I heard thin
dlscour®* between Kdm*-*- and Jh«
a« I lay concealed amid the huahea they
moved on a few pate a and then panned
again and rewimed their con vermilion
•’An oath extorted from yon under mien
condition* a* thone r.t Hoche Mau|»rat,
aald the abbe, “la not binding Human
and divine law alike have decreed that
an oath extracted under threat® of viol
ence la not valid "
••Ah'" replied Kdrnce, “but no later
than l»«t night, aa I told you. I renewed
my oath and I hi* time freely of my own
will, for there waa a wall between my
amiable aavage and me
“I know very well mat three daya
after I married Bernard I ahould have
nothing left Imt to «ui my throat But
Mince, In one way or another, it rnu®t.
come to that at last. why Nhotild I not
go on atralyht up to the Inevitable hour?
For the moat fotrl tho»r who went to
Hoche MHupiat guffered death. Ah for
me. I went there not to auffor death but
|>«' betrothed to It After all I ow. Ber
nard Home gratitude In aplte of hi® lim
itation® and condition® he gave me my
freedom and the act wan grand alinont
tnconce'.vable—on th« part of a Coupe
Jurret.*’
"He»v»» forgive me,*' ®ald the abbe,
“If l have uremed to deny the good
final it |e® which education might have
brought out In thla unfortunate youth It
t« b« imvr he hue such quuultlcs that
It wl'l be IrnpoNNiblo to make him Helen
to renaon."
“No," returned Kdmee, "he will never
consent t» be educuted and if he did
he would fall one who ha® lived a
purely animal life cannot force hln mind
to mibmlt to the rule® of Intelligence,
"I agree with you," aald the abbe.
#, Authort*e me to apeak freely with him,
tCdmee l will try and tnak- him com
prehend that he |® In honor bound t<> re
lease you from your pm mine Kit her
he tn a brute, unworthy of till enteem, or
he will feel how criminal and foollnh hln
course ha® been and will yield, honeotly
•ml wisely.
“No," replied Kilmee, “whatever Ber
nard may be l inuat flniah my duel with
him."
“You had better explain your |*»®|-
tlon to M. de la Marche and let him
fight the duel," replied the abbe.
“Ah. abb* , are you no bloodthirsty?
1 should abhor M tie In Marche If it*
challenged that poor child who only
Vtowa how to defend Itlmaeif with a stick
or a sling No, no 1 will not suffer
anyone to provoke a quarrel with Ber
nard, nr to humillata him or afflict him
He i® my cousin; he t® a Mauprat; he
in almost a brother. 1 will not allow
him to be driven from thin house: I had
rather go myself "
Kdrnee," nald tb l abbe, “the warmth
with which you ex preen your sentiments
With regard to Bernard nuggantn a
®trange thought to me Do you love
M de la Marche?
"If by love you mean confMence and
friendship." she answered. “1 do love M
de la Marche. If you mean compassion
and solicitude 1 love Bernard It re
mains to be seen which affection Is the
stinger "
“! loss, then, my laat hope of seeing
you escape Bernard," said the abb •
“Nay. my friend do not be disheart
ened Klther Bernard will Improve or l
Ihatl escape him "
“Hy what means?**
'By the door of a convent or the dt»or
%f a tomb " They proceeded on their
say and 1 remained astounded and dis
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At last I comprehended the odious
character of the part i had played. I
had Just read In the depth® of Kdmee’s
heart the far disgust with which l
Inspired her Noshing could calm my
grief; for there wan nothing that could
excite tny anger She did not love M.
de la Marche, she was playing neither
with him nor with me. She loved neither
Of UN How could 1 have believed that
her generous pity for me- that her sub
lime devotion to the oath she has taken,
wan love? I had no longer any excuse
for yielding to rn.v frenzy; by doing ho
1 could obtain nothing but Kdmee’s
Might or her death.
At the thought of her death the blood
seemed to fr*•»■/.«• In n.y vein®. My h* art
stood Him and I felN the keenest pangs
of remorse. Thla miserable evening was
to me like a revelation fro mon high.
At lae* I understood the laws of chas
tity which my Ignorance had been blas
pheming heretofore The strong and
sincere aoiil of Kdrnee stood b‘fore me
like the stone of Sinai upon which the
Unger of God had traced the immutable
truth. Her virtu*; wan not feigned. Her
knife was sharp and always ready to
wash out the contamination of my love.
From that moment my love descended
from the stormy region® of the brain
into the healthful dominion of the heart.
1 resolved the very next day to prove
my submission and tenderness. It was
late when 1 entered the house. 1 went
to the store-room and taking a piece of
bread ate It moistened by my tears. As
1 stood there Kdrnee came In and put
out her hand to take some cherries from
a dish on one of the shelves When she
saw me she gave a faint cry- "Kd nee,"
1 said, “1 Implore you never again to be
afraid of me. It In all that I can say,
for I do not know who to express my*
M«*lf but I have many things to tell
you."
“You shall tell me another time, my
good cousin," she replied. She tried
to smile; but could not conceal her fear
at finding herself alone with me.
Ah she quit the room I burst Into sobs
She turned back and said, “Bernard —
what Is the matter? Is it my faullT*
I threw myself on my knees and triad
to speak; but could only utter the word
“Tomorrow."
"Tomorrow? What do you mean by
'Tomorrow?* Are you unhappy here?
Do you wish to go away?"
"1 will go If you wish It."
"I do not want that at all* You will
stay—will you not"
'Command," 1 replied. She looked at
me In the greatest surprise “ A Mau
prat cannot do anything half way." she
huid. "ami since you have been good a
quarter of an hour It Is certain that
you will lead a noble life."
“1 will .Indeed." 1 cried.
"Truly?" she exclaimed with a naive
and simple joy."
"On my honor. Kdrnee. and on yours.
Dare you ahnke hands with me?"
"Certainly." she said She held out
her hand but It was trembling
"You have formed good resolutions,
then?" she said
"I have formed such resolutions that
you shall never have cause to reproach
me more,’’ 1 replied. “And now, Kdrnee,
retire, and do not bolt you* door any
more You have nothing more to fear
from me I shall never wish anything
but what you wish."
She could not take her eyes from me,
such was her surprise At last she press
ed my hand and withdrew The next
day ,us soon as It was light. I went to
the abbe'a room and said to him. "M
Aubert. you have several times proposed
to give me lessons I have come to beg
you to put your obliging offer Into exe
cution." \
1 had resolved to trest the abbe with
great pride and coldness Spite Inspired
me. 1 behaved like a gentleman In the
presence of an Inferior. I gave him no
chance to make me blush for my Ignor
ance. but stated tn advance of anything
he could sax .that 1 was utterly Ignor
ant All this was in s very bad spirit
you see I had some of the Coupe-
Jarret lingering shout me still In after
years. 1 so regretted my conduct that I
made a ««onfesslon of It to the abbe and
demanded hts absolution.
1 do not know whether l was-happily
endowed with Intelligence or not the
abb< assured me that tt xm*h the fact
At nn> rate 1 made rapid progress and
at the end of a month could express
myself with facility and write pure
French Mx own idea is that my rapid
progress was due entirely to my pride
arid courage.
I did not spare myself and was alto
gether too energetic for prudence Soon
1 xx as obliged to cense my studies
Change of diet, air and habits, my long
hours o fappltratlon to my hook*, the
lack of exercise- In a word the great
revolution my entire nature had under
gone and was undergoing as 1 changed
from a wild man of the wood® to an In
telligent being, brought on a nervous
attack that made me almoat (raav for
several weeks and a complete Idiot for
several daxa and which finally passed
* wax, leasing me an weak an a child,
• ompleteix annihilated with regard t«
the past but kneeded for the future.
Kdrnee came frequently to aee me
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when I became convalescent and Pa
tience often watched by my bedside, as
also did the abbe Marcasse, too, who
•had come to the chateau on hL« rounds
to clear the barns of vermin, I would
often s*e seated by my bed. In fact
the strange fellow seemed to have con
ceived an affection foi me. One day I
asked Patience of M. de la Marche.
“He has gone," he answered.
"Gone? Kor a long time?"
“Forever, if It please Ood," he re
plied. “I never ask questions: but I
was In the garden by chance when he
bid her good-by—and the parting wa®
as cold as a December night. Although
Kuin«». looked good and kind, as she
always does, the other looked like a
farmer who sees a frost in April. So
M dc la Marche had gone! Had Kdrnee
dlrmlsaed him—or had he withdrawn oi
his «wn accord? I felt that there w«t®
something in this that I did not under
stand.
CHAPTER X. I SET FORTH.
If I had not as yet acquired sufficient
nobleness of soul to relinquish my claims
on Kdmce. I at least had achieved enough
souse of honor not to recall them to her
upon iny recovery. M. de la Marche was
In Paris where, according to Kdrnee, he
had been called upon important business.
He was to return at the end of winter—
a time now- fast approaching—and no
thing in the conversation of the chevalier
or the abbe gave indication that there had
been a rupture between the flancet*. “I
will force her to prefer me." I thought
and plunged again Into study. My con
duct was such that Kdmee’a confidence
wa« restored and she no longer feared to
bo alone with me.
Kor a time our life was tranquil and se
rene. But 1 soon troubled It by a vice
which education had developed in me and
which had, heretofore, been buried under
my more offensive faults. This vice was
vanity—seif conceit. They praised my
progress in learning so much that I be
gan to think myself a paragon of wisdom
and learning. I became as talkative as 1
had before been reticent, and my friends
were too much pleased with my babble. I
had not the good sense to see that they
listened to me us to a spoiled child: I
thought myself not only a man, but a
most remarkable man. 1 became arrogant
and supremely ridiculous, and aired my
newly acquired learning in lout Land vio
lent arguments with my uncle. The chev
allar though 1 »< out «>t piaoi for me to
seek these boisterous arguments with
him and told his duughter so. She gently
admonished me and 1 promised to be
more careful—but I did not keep my
word.
After several conferences xvlth the abbe
Kdtnee decided to persuade her father to
take us all to Paris for the last weeks of
the carnival. 1 trembled with joy at the
thought of seeing Paris, while Kdrnee
flattered herself that my pedantry would
be diminished by intercourse with the
world. In Parts I beheld a new world
full of marvels. Kor several days, how
ever, because 1 understood nothing, I was
astonished at nothing, itut soon I began
to comprehend; and then attributed a
very exaggerated superiority to the chief
actors who appeared on the scene, fully
convinced, however, that 1 would soon be
to Mttftl Lb* moM tain tad Mid pow
erful of them if I so desired.
My ignorance made me very suspicious
of the allurements of the capital and this,
xvlth the kindly guidance of the abbe,
saved ine from plunging into the frivolity
uinl vice of the great city. The Ameri
can \\ ar for Independence had broken
<*ut and Dr. Franklin was "all the rage"
at court and in society. The gilded ' sa
lons professed the greatest admiration
lot Voltaire Mid ovary body auotsd tbi
pholosophy of "Bonhomme Richard". I
was presented to Dr. Franklin, and Ar
thur L«0 honored me with a sort >'f L*
nevolcnt patronage My head was turned
and l too the greatest satisfaction In not
powdering my hair, wearing coarse shoes
and In appealing everywhere tn a simple
dress, extremely neat and dark In color—
in a word In imitating in every way I
could the style and bearing of the Amer
ican envoy.
We saw much of M. de la Marche In
Paiis. and Kdrnee treated us In public
Just as she did in private, showing a
preference for neither Mid a friendship
t
AX
ed from other eooiety men caused my
pangs of Jealousy, on* da> when
1 happened to be alone with Kdrnee. a
letter was brought to her with the In
formation that the man who brought it
was waiting for a reply. The letter seem
ed to cause her to fall into a profound
.s i mu answer and threat
It in the fire Ftnalix She composed an
answer which seemed to he to her satis
faction An she wrote she looked Intently
at me from time to time
"Kdrnee," 1 cried, "what is there In
that letter which makes you so ore-oc
ttipied. Mild what can It have to do with
me?"
“What ia that to you?"
“What Is that to me? What ia the air
l breathe, the blood that flows In my
veins?"
“IH* not talk nonsense Bernard." she
replied and. throwing the letter on the
table near me. went out to give her reply
to the messenger Ido not know whether
she Intended me to read the letter or
not I read it. It wan from M de U
Marche. He said: "1 have at last dis
covered the fatal secret which you think
forms an obstacle to our union Bern
ard love® you. but you do not love him.
If you did you would have told me frank
ly t have found out that you passed two
hours In the den of the Mauprsta Why
did you not confide your misfortune to
me at once? ! would have effaced the
I odious recollection hy an attachment
| proof against chance But nothing Is
hopeless I love you more than ever,
more than ever I am determined to tajie
your hand in marriage, deign to accept
It."
I Scarcely had I finished reading the let*
Iter when Kdrnee re-entered the room and
approaching the fireplace anxiously, seis
ed. with evident relief, a crumpled piece
of her first answer which had earai*ed
(the slams "Kdmee." 1 cried, "let me see
; that letter. I will submit to the sentence
dictated by >our first impulse At the
same time 1 handed her the letter of M
de la Marche "Will you re ally do so ?"
*he replied coldly If l love M de la
Marche and am making a great sacrifice
Itn giving him up for your sake will vou
|be generous enough to release me?" For
| a moment 1 hesitated. I looked at her
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steadily, but her eyes did not betray her
thoughts.
Had I believed that she loved me and
was making a trial of my virtue 1 might
have played heroism. But I feared a
snare and was carried away by passion.
"You love him!" I cried, "acknowledge
that you love him."
"And if it were so where would be the
crime?"
"The crime would be in having lied
hitherto in saying that you did not love
him."
"Hitherto is say a great deal. If I
compare his conduct and yours today I
see on the one hand a man without pride
and without delicacy, who takes advant
age of an engagement w'hich, perhaps,
my heart has never ratified; and on the
other I see an admirable friend whose
sublime devotion braves all prejudices;
who believes me sullied by an inefface
able Insult yet persists in offering me his
hand."
"What! The miserable coward thinks
that I insulted you and does not chal
lenge me?"
"No, Bernard, he know’s that you res
cued me; but thinks that your succor
came too late."
“Edme, he is either a sublime mail —or
he is deeper in debt than we think."
"Silence." cried Kdrnee; "this odious
explanation of his generous conduct
shows a hard heart and a perverted mind.
Answer me! "Without knowing what l
am going to do. do you understand that
you ought to give me my liberty and re
nounce your barbarous rights?"
“I understand nothing." I replied, “ex
cept that I love you with a furious pas
sion. 1 will never suffer you to marry
another He will have to walk over my
dead body to put the marriage, ring on
your finger. I will dishonor you with my
latest breath by declaring that you are
my mistress; and if I can stab you in dy
ing I will do it so that, in the tomb at
least, you will be my wife. I swear it
by the name of Mauurat!"
“Mauprat Coupe-Jarret," she replied
scornfully and left the room. I passed
the greater part of the next (lay shut up
in iny chamber. At daybreak the follow
ing morning I was at the house of Lafay
ette- lie sent me to Spain, where his
expedition was only awaiting his arrival
to sail for the United States. I left a
letter for Kdrnee telling her that she was
free, i also left a letter for my uncle,
.saving that I cou'd not think myself
worthy of all his kindness until I had
won my knightly spurs. In due course
I reached America end enlisted in the
army of Washington.
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FARM PAPERS FAVOR
THE LEAGUE COVENANT
New York.—The verdict of the agri
cultural preen overwhelmingly favors rat
ification of the league of nations cove
nant In Us present form, judging from
the results of a canvass announced to
day by Fros W. J. Cgbpbell. rural exten
sion secretary of the League to Mil force
Peace.
Kdltors nnd publishers of sixty-six
farm papers Including nearly every prom
inent publication of this kind In the coun
try. answered a questionnaire recently
sent out bv the league. Sixty-two of
these unqualifiedly favored ratification
of the covenant as It stands Two were
for ratification conditioned upon on dear
er understanding of the covenant’s mean
ing. One was non-committal; and only
one absolutely opposed.
In reporting the results of this canvass,
Prof. Campbell says that It is more con
vlncingfl even that the long list of several
hundred faborable resolutions adopted by
granges and other agricultural organiza
ti. nr and now on file at the National
Headquarters of the Ijeague. Many edi
tor* wrote that In their stand for the
covenant they voiced the opinions of the
vast majority of their readers The sixty
six papers represent a constituency cov
ering forty-three states. Six of them,
all favorable to the league, report a com
bined circulation of 2.100.00 b.
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