LOUIS DUVAL.

 his protectors; and one thought, above all others,
 cast a glooni over his mind-the fear that some mys-
 terious danger threatened them, from which he him-
 self had been snatched by the affection of his father,
 but of which they were ignorant.
 On the following day Duval and his son commenced
 their journey to Paris-not, however, until the boy
 had been compelled to exchange the garments in
 which he had left St. Clair for others of a coarser
 texture. You will be taken for a young aristocrat,"
 said his father, "if you are seen in such fine clothes,
 and bring us both into trouble;" so Louis submitted.
 They travelled from town to town, sometimes on
 foot, and sometimes on hired horses, or in country
 carts. There was much that was mysterious to the
 boy in his father's movements. In every town at
 which they stopped, Louis noticed that his father held
 long and secret conversations with certain persons,
 whom, if he afterwards met in the streets, he did not
 appear to recognize. He was aware, too, that there
 was some secret sign by which they were known to
 each other. It was evident, also, to the boy that his
 father was in no want of money, and that in every
 place in which he stopped, he was able, if he pleased,
 to obtain a fresh supply from his numerous friends.
 As they approached nearer to Paris, Duval became
more communicative, and gave Louis a history of
many of the events which had taken place in Paris
and elsewhere since last they parted. He said that
some things had been done which could not be com-
mended or justified, but that such unfortunate occur-
rences must be looked for when a great but oppressed
people are striving for liberty against those who had
been their tyrants. On the other hand, he declared
that the Revolution was a glorious revolution, and that