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Brotherly Love.
BROTHERLY LOVE .
BY ALEX . HENRY GIRVEN , AUTHOR OF "REGINALD SELWYN , " & c . ( Continued from p . 322 . ) CHAPTER XL DISCLOSURES—A TRAGEDY . THE conversation which Simon overheard was well calculated to arrest his
attention . Our readers remember that , in his interview with the Maniac , he received from him an address to winch he was to apply , as Simon believed , for the purpose of ascertaining some information relative to his parentage . That address was Monsieur Lefebre , at the Chateau Madelaine , near a hamlet in Burgundy , and minute directions were given for ascertaining
the exact locality . " It is a strange tale , " said one of "the speakers , " it is something like romance . " " And yet it is quite true , " said the other . " It was related circumstantially to me by Lefebre . " " And where is the Count living ?"
" Ihat Lefebre did not feel at liberty to reveal , but I coidd understand that he had secluded himself from society , and was leading a kind of eremite life . Indeed , it appears , that since the death of the Countess , his reason has been partially affected—that he is a sort of lunatic . " "And his son , this Simon le Trouve , has no knowledge of his descent , or anything about the noble Chateau Madelaine , or the estate of which he is to become the future possessor ? "
" Not the slightest . It was a part of the eccentricity of the Count to conceal from him his birth , though he took care to provide him with money . The estate is managed by Lefebre , whose extravagance long since impoverished his means , and made the agency desirable . He is also related to the Count , and perhaps feels a family interest in the matter . Some change has taken place in the mind of his eccentric kinsman , who
has desired him to institute inquiries after this Simon , who departed suddenly from the neighbourhood where he had been living , without leaving any trace by which to find him . Indeed , it is rumoured , that he partakes of the insanity of his father . But I must retire to rest , after the fatigue of the day . " ' The speakers here separated , leaving Simon overwhelmed with
astonishment at what he had heard . He reflected that at least he was not isolated in the world , for he had a parent living , though that parent had deserted him , ancl was , to all appearance , a lunatic . Still , there was one livin ° - being bound to him by the closest relationship , and . he was suffering . Here a new feeling sprang up in his mind , and that was sympathy for his own flesh and blood . The neglect of his father was not produced by
want of natural affection , but by mental disease , which rendered him an object of compassion rather than of resentment . Besides , that parent had not entirel y deserted him , but had provided means for his support and educa-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brotherly Love.
BROTHERLY LOVE .
BY ALEX . HENRY GIRVEN , AUTHOR OF "REGINALD SELWYN , " & c . ( Continued from p . 322 . ) CHAPTER XL DISCLOSURES—A TRAGEDY . THE conversation which Simon overheard was well calculated to arrest his
attention . Our readers remember that , in his interview with the Maniac , he received from him an address to winch he was to apply , as Simon believed , for the purpose of ascertaining some information relative to his parentage . That address was Monsieur Lefebre , at the Chateau Madelaine , near a hamlet in Burgundy , and minute directions were given for ascertaining
the exact locality . " It is a strange tale , " said one of "the speakers , " it is something like romance . " " And yet it is quite true , " said the other . " It was related circumstantially to me by Lefebre . " " And where is the Count living ?"
" Ihat Lefebre did not feel at liberty to reveal , but I coidd understand that he had secluded himself from society , and was leading a kind of eremite life . Indeed , it appears , that since the death of the Countess , his reason has been partially affected—that he is a sort of lunatic . " "And his son , this Simon le Trouve , has no knowledge of his descent , or anything about the noble Chateau Madelaine , or the estate of which he is to become the future possessor ? "
" Not the slightest . It was a part of the eccentricity of the Count to conceal from him his birth , though he took care to provide him with money . The estate is managed by Lefebre , whose extravagance long since impoverished his means , and made the agency desirable . He is also related to the Count , and perhaps feels a family interest in the matter . Some change has taken place in the mind of his eccentric kinsman , who
has desired him to institute inquiries after this Simon , who departed suddenly from the neighbourhood where he had been living , without leaving any trace by which to find him . Indeed , it is rumoured , that he partakes of the insanity of his father . But I must retire to rest , after the fatigue of the day . " ' The speakers here separated , leaving Simon overwhelmed with
astonishment at what he had heard . He reflected that at least he was not isolated in the world , for he had a parent living , though that parent had deserted him , ancl was , to all appearance , a lunatic . Still , there was one livin ° - being bound to him by the closest relationship , and . he was suffering . Here a new feeling sprang up in his mind , and that was sympathy for his own flesh and blood . The neglect of his father was not produced by
want of natural affection , but by mental disease , which rendered him an object of compassion rather than of resentment . Besides , that parent had not entirel y deserted him , but had provided means for his support and educa-