Show tT j he RED ROSE BY ALEXANDRE ALEYANDRE DUM DUMAS S AR S J Translated Ir horn from m the French by Mark Mayo Iao and andT T j published here for the tile first time This story do dots docs s I not appear in the collected works of Dumas Durnas y rATERS Gen General A 1 of nr the Ih an nn army In she Ih ull i in Ii In hI Vendee I a n perona persona ona t nehe It 1st rt de Beaulieu of ut the he M. M d dv d. Beaulieu leader o or t t he ro roy f i i f nta l III t t 1 If el y-A y A t of II U marquis ol dl d to the family and the th royal fOal ca cave e. e r a waya I on nn tI he 01 when n wanted anttI r. r the authors authon Dumas Bowin Rosem of Marceau i hl l 1 personae and father of or A litter Com or nr r of the th r people pl under w dl dl- th the campaign against the r 19 sa b being Carrie ton on r An An historical por c pro consul of ot Nan Nantes an noted for tor tits his brutality At Pierre At the h height of hl his 10 power e r. r t. L t L- L Not ot far from Cholet In the d Apartment of or la Ie a Vendee II U. Afterward at Nantes anttI and Paris Faris j t December January 1193 I r Che h for her hr part having at fir first firt t drawn rawn to by a natural oL of I gratitude attributed to in thiu this thia u DM the various emotion that asu ag as WM u it not Dot perfectly t-ih t natural aid uld coD oon t wish ish for the Qt the lite nan min who had gavel I l her OW she sho ho he hl indifferent I to th f fell from his hill li iii lix 1 9 7 pot BOt Jt to be h t stirred to viI pit pity b by hr othi features r tamp stani-erl stani P d with Quad found QU d melani 1 Ant And when JT iced i that he bp sighed an as he ht heet et t her rv wall was a she hp he not 1101 always on nn onit ont I it It t of Baying navine What that can un T i do doVia Via ell o In ray my friend T Y You Ton hn have ha e done so en jot m mI me I under under the away rIY of emo I which each h day da la famed ewh new ew e th h h. h that Blanche Blanth and urine ring rin the early part of their stay sta ita At last t the hI time d I e marriage of ot the young oun genera generals general's Ig arrived amoD among the tho jewels ordered d for selected elected a brilliant and ornament r which he hI offered d to ton n e. e At first he ehe looked at it ft that hat feminine interest t akin to tor r then quickly cloin closing the casket it ri Tight right bt for for forme me to wear jewels Las I am amt she ehe asked askel sorrowful- sorrowful Jewels for me me while while mv my father fathers s flying from farm Carm to to farm It a crust trust of bread to keep body 55 soul ool to together his bill only shelter I Ita a It aa a whilst f t whilst I I. I also a fn fugitive No tin No o WY W simplicity conceal me inn from all i- i Remember I might ht be I t tiM tiM- Marceau nr in- in sl vain n she ehe would consent to accept nothing but an arti arti- filial i ial red ro rose rost e which she found among the tJi ornaments The churches being lo ed t the p marriage mar I ridge riale took place phil at the Hotel lintel de dt yule Villa 1 The ceremony was short and depressing The girls missed the thA lighted tapers and floral decorations of the tho choir the can can- op t that ba t is i held over o the heads of the bride an and bridegroom t the hE covert overt smiles of those that hold it it and ancl the blessing of ot t the hI priest who say says Go Go lo my DIY Children chil- chil dren a and luay vou mu be happy t At t the door of the Hotel de dE' Ville VilIl a aI atron I tt tron n of watermen awaited the wh wedded pair This Thie mark of respect re re- re was as due duc to the bride in consideration consid nation cration of the tank LInk held by her brother On One of the th men whore who hot e features iw seemed m d I familiar to had two t bouquets ts He Ile presented 00 one to t the h generals general's sister I the thru Hd an d toward Blanche who ho i was 11 looking at hint him attentively and I offered her the other I where is i is mv my father I asked Bl Blanche growing in p pale lt At tt t Saint Florent replied the waterman Take thi this bouquet there is is a letter io it lnig 1011 live lire the tho kin king and aull I the hI good cause I Blanche wished to stop him to tt speak to 10 him to quest question i on him but he lie had Ital disappeared dis dis- appeared had the thc guide and could not but hut admire the I peasants peasant's II a devotion skill and darin daring Anxiously Blanche rend read the letter lear The ode dos had bed sustained defeat after after aft aft- er rr defeat An entire population was I retreating before fire firo and famine Camine The Tire Therl rl remainder of the be letter was filled with thanks thank to for Cor through h the watchfulness of oC Tin lIv the marquis had hall learned d t r everything Blanche BianchI was ns dejected This letter carried her mind hack hak to the horrors of the war ar She leaned le on Marceau's awn arm mote than usual and addressed I him hint in tones that were ere full of tion Man can could have wished her herto herto herto to be he still till more mort sorrowful for tho the deep deep- deeper er lr the sorrow the more do vre we e give si way to it it and aDd as I have ha already said love Jo loveis i is tr very selfish During the ceremony I a stranger fr who came tame he lIe said with ith something of the utmost importance to communicate to Marceau farcau had been introduced introduced in in- into the salon On their return return re re- return turn to the house hous o Blanche and the general general gen ten eral entered the thC room together her arm resting rr in his Marceau l whose head was as bent toward Blanche did not at first notice the tho strangers stranger's presence Suddenly however howe he felt the girls girl's irl's arm tremble tr and looking up ur found that they were face to face with Del- Del mar The representative of th the 5 people advanced advanced ad ad- slowly his eyes ets fixed on Blanche and with a smile on his lips Marceau with perspiration starting from hi his i brow watched him approach as Don Titan Juan watched the statue of the commander have ha you rou a brother 1 Blanche stammered unintelligibly unintelligibly- and all b but Wt t threw herself into Marceau's Mar Mar- 5 arms D Delmar lm r W Jf If If my Calory OrY and aDa your emr likeness to him do doot not oot Cehe ne me we e breakfasted together its Cb et itchY flow is it that since that time 1 t haw have pot not seen U hi him bit iu lu luthe the ranks rank of the republican arm army I Blanche felt her lIr fn strength tb about toi to fail Dolmar's e eye eve t followed i i the progress of her hiti confusion and abe b trim Willi on the tbt point of falling urd under r his hill ase aa e p when hen he tume l l and fixed his bis eton t e eyes eynon on Marceau I Then Theil it was nas that trembled The rung general stood with hie hi bund baud dv clutching at it the hilt hill of his bis sword The Tho of th the n II u upie's O pies pie's ftp 1 soon toon o n rr rl resumed their normal expression UP tI appeared appealed to toI I have completely tom forgotten what he hI bail had just lyco tea co saying anc and tal taking hv lw iv tb the arm ho hI led let him bins into the re re a of a n wio window ow ol d oi i-oi ver ed with ith hi biti tor r some time oo on th the I situation tu io in Ln Y Vendee nIl nIland and t told ld him biDI that he hI bad batt come to 10 Nantes Xante to deliberate with ith terrier Carrier as 3 to tar tC now new mea of re re which it would t be bf arv m J to take lake in dealing with the rebels After announcing n that General Dumas had Ixon hren c to Paris Taris h he bf took his leave cave pawing a with II a abow how bow and a smile cmil before orp the tho arm chair thair into inlo which had sunk and j where she till still remained pale rale and andI I I I trembling C. Two hours boars afterward u r received t- t d orders to set out without d delay lay join th the army of th the west and there re- re flU some the command of hi his brigade This Thi sn sudden and unexpected order surprised ed hint him Ho lie thought lie hI saw II some fome connection between 11 it find the scene Roene which h hl d taken r glace 5 in the saon a Ihor short whilo while since t His llis leave t ea e did dil not nol for or another fortnight In Tn the tho hope bolo of obtaining some ome ex Ox- he hI hastened to Delmars Delmar's lodging The latter latt r had left Ifft imm after t with Carrier farrier He lie must t obey To hesitate was to tobE tobe tobe be loft At this time the generals were fre th the authority of the thc subject to it ea of the tho people sent b by th the e convention on and if some reverses r were I enticed caused I bv by their want of If experience more more than thin one tine victory wa was a due to Io the alternative constantly before these chiefs either to win th the battle hattle or lose their heads on the scaffold was with Blanche Blanch when ben he received the order Staggered b by so FoO unexpected 1 a blow hlo he hl had not the courage to tell her of his departure which would I leave her alone and unprotected unprotected un un- un- un protected in a city eit- that each day dar rat rap ran with blood of her countrymen But is as she noticed his hil distress ss her uneasiness overcame o her timidity and she approached ap approached ap- ap p him with the anxious look of ofa a R well beloved wife who knows she has a right to her husbands husband's conCi- conCi dence denee Marceau handed her the order he had just received d Scarcely had Blanche ca cast t her eyes eves over o it before she understood the danger dauler to which dis disobedience disobedience dis- dis obedience would expose her protector Her Tier heart was breaking Nevertheless Xe erthe less she summoned sufficient strength h hof of will to prevail pre on him to set lIet off without delay delav Women possess this sort of oC roura courage e to a greater degree dee than men because with them it is in a wa way allied to modesty Marceau l looked at ather ather her ber sorrowfully And I And you you too too Blanche said h he do you ou order me to go fO away awat In In- Indeed In- In and if deed he added rising as speaking to himself what could make me believe the contrary t Madman ladman that I am When I thought of this departure departure departure depar depar- ture T r sometimes sometimes- sometimes believed believed belie it it would cause caulle regrets and tears To Be Continued |