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Show Few Years of Poverty in Victor Hugo's Life I'nllke many great writers, Victor Hugo had a happy childhood; was a brilliant pupil, and when be fell In love, at n early age, he did not become dreamy and Impractical, but worked harder than ever to achieve success. His first experience of real tragedy came with the death of his mother. His relationship with her bad been unusually Intimate and tender. For several yours the mother bad boon estranged from her husband, which hud resulted In drawing her closer to her voungest son. Soon after his mothers death bis fntlier married the woman who bad caused the estrangement. estrange-ment. The elder Hugo had no sympathy with his son's desire to write. He otTered him n sufuVlont allowance If ho would give up authorship and devote de-vote himself to a eanvr that promised s large Income. Hugo Indignantly refused, re-fused, and shared a Paris nttlo with bis cousin. Here be gained the knowledge knowl-edge of poverty that ho revealed In "Los Misrrublos.- But be was not as poor us many young geniuses havo been, nor did he know poverty for any grent length of time, ht IS" ho married the girl with whom be had fallen In love when he was soven-toon, soven-toon, mill this brought a reivnellla-Hon reivnellla-Hon with his father.-Kansas City Times. |