LOUIS DUVAL.
 during those changing years, the Count and Countess
 St. Clair had regained their property and returned to
 their former home, while Henry Duval and his son had
 risen to honour and fame as officers in the army of
 "France.
 "f Ah, General," says the Count, as the little party,
 standing together on the broad steps of the Chateau,
 watched the setting sun, if it had not been for you


















 and your brave son, we should have perished miserably
 in yonder cave."
 Ah, Count," answers the General, "had you not
had compassion on the starving, friendless boy, he, too,
would have perished unheeded."
 "And that story," continues Louis Duval, which
Madame has embellished with so many wonderful
adventures, would not have been written."
 And, in reply, Madame smiles.