HE AMERICAN
THE WANDERING JEW
III KrtiKKK Sl'K.
CHAPTER XX. Cowtincip.
You speak of this book in blameable terms,'
laid Father d'Aigrigny, severely; " you were the
victim of a too lively imagination. It is to
tiiat you must attribute this fatal impression, and
tto an eicellent work, irreproa liable for its
anuria! mirnose. and dulv authorized by the
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church. You are not able to judge of such a pro
duction."
.
" I will speak of it no more, father," said Ga
briel; and he thus resumed: "A long illness fol
lowed that terrible night. Many times, they
feared for my reason. When I recovered, the
past appeared to me like a painful dream. You
told me then, father, that I was not yet ripe for
certain functions; and it was then that I earnest
ly entreated you to be allowed to go on the Amer
ican missions. After having long refused my
prayer, you at length consented. From my child
kood, I had always lived in the college or semin
ary, in a Btate of continual restraint and subjec
tion. By constantly holding down my head and
eyes, I bad lost the babit of contemplating the
"heavens and the splendors of nature. But, oh
what deep, religious happiness I felt, when
found myself suddenly transported to the center
f the imposing grandeur of the seas half-way
between the ocean and the sky! I seemed to
come forth from a place of thick darkness; for
the first time in many years, I felt my heart beat
freely in my bosom; for the first time, I felt my
self master of my own thoughts, and ventured to
examine my past life, as from the summit of a
mountain, one looks down into a gloomy vale.
Than atranrro doubts rose within me. I asked
toyself, by what right, and for what nd, any be
ings had so long repressed, almost annihilated,
the exercise of my will, of my liberty, of my
reason, since God had endowed me with these
gifts. But I said to myself, that perhaps, one
' day, the great, beauteous and holy work, in which
I was to have share, would be revealed to me, and
would recompense my obedience and resignation."
. At this moment, Rodin re-entered the room.
Father d'Aigrigny questioned him with a signifi
cant look. The socius approached and said to
kirn in a low voice so that Gabriel could not hear,
" Nothing serious. It was only to inform me that
' Marshal Simon's father is arrived at M. Hardy's
factory."
Then, glancing at Gabriel, Rodin appeared to
interrogate Father d'Aigrigny, who hung his
taad with a desponding air. Yet he resumed,
ajtain addressing Gabriel, whilst Rodin took his
ld place, with his elbow on the chimney-piece:
"Goon, my dear son. I am anxious to learn
what resolution you have adopted."
" I will tell you in a moment, father. I arrived
at Charleston. The superior of our establish
ment in that place, to whom I imparted my
doubts as to the objects of our society took upon
himself to clear them up, and unveiled it all to
me with alarming frankness. He told me the
tendency not perhaps of all the members of the
company, for a great number must have shared
my ignorance but the objects which our leaders
have pertinaciously kept in view, ever since the
foundation of the order. I was terrified. I read
the causists. Oh, father! that was a new andl
dreadful revelation, when, at every page, I read
the excuse and justification of robbery, slande r
adultery, perjury, murder, regicide. When I
considered that I, the priest of a God of charity,
justice, pardon, and love, was to belong henceforth
to a company whose chiefs professed , and gloried
i,n such doctrines, I made a solemn oath to break
forever the ties which bound me to it!"
On these words of Gabriel, Father d'Aigrigny
and Roding exchanged a look of terror. All was
lost: their prey had escaped them. Deeply
moved by the remembrances he recalled, Gabriel
did not perceive the action of the reverend father
and the socius, and thus continued: " In spite of
my resolution, father, to quit the company, the
discovery I had made was very painful to me.
Oh! believe me, for the honest, and loving soul,
nothing is more frightful than to have to re
nounce what it has long respected! I suffered so
much, that, when I Jhought of the dangers of my
mission, I hoped, with a secret joy, that God
would perhaps take me to Himself under these
circumstances; but, on the contrary, He watched
over me with providential solicitude."
As he said this, Gabriel felt a thrill, for he re
membered a Mysterious Woman, who had saved
his life in America. After a moment's silence,
he resumed: "My mission terminated, I re
turned hither to beg, father, that you would re
lease me from my vows. Many times, but in
vain, I solicited an interview. Yesterday, it
pleased Providence that I ahould have a long con
venation with my adopted mother; from her I
learned the trick by which my vocation had been
forced upon me and the sacrilegious abuse of
the confessional, by which the had been induced
to entrust to other persons the orphans that a dy
ing mother had confided to the care of an honest
soldier. You understand, father, that, if oven I
had before hesitated to break these bonds, what I
heard yesterday must have rendered my decision
irrevocable. But at this solemn moment, father,
I am bound to tell you that I do not accuse the
whole Bociety; many simple, credukus, and con
fiding men, like myself, must no doubt form par
of it. Docile instruments, they see not in their
blindness the work to which they are destined. I
pity them, and pray God to enlighten them, as
lie has enlightened me."
"So, my son," said Father d'Aigrigny, rising
with livid and despairing look, "you come to ask
of me to break the ties which attach you to the
society?"
" Yes, father; you received my vows it is for
you to release me from them."
" So, my son, you understand that engagements
once freely taken by you, are now to be consid
ered as null and void?"
"Yes, Father."
" So, my son, there is to be henceforth nothing
in common between you and our company?"
1 No, father since I request you to absolve
me of my vows."
"But, you know, my son, that the society may
release you but that you canntt release your
self."
"The step I take proves to you, father, the im
portance I attach to an oath, since I come to you
to release me from it. Nevertheless, were you to
refuse me, I should not think myself bound in
the eyes of God or man."
It is perfectly clear," said Father d'Aigrigny
to Rodin, his voice expiring upon his lips, so
deep was his despair.
Suddenly, whilst Gabriel, with downcast eyes,
waited for the answer of Father d'Aigrigny, who
remained mute and motionless, Rodin appeared
struck with a new idea, on perceiving that the
reverend father still held in his hand the note
written in pencil. The socius hastily approached
Father d'Aigrigny, and said to him in a whisper,
with a look of doubt and alarm: " Have you not
read my note?"
" I did not think of it," answered the reverend
ather, mechanically.
Rodin appeared to make a great effort to repress
a movement of violent rage. Then he said to
ather d'Aigrigny, in a calm voice: " Read it
cow." ....
"Hardly had the reverend father cast his eyes
upon this note, than a sudden ray of hope ilium
ined his hitherto despairing countenance. Press
ing the hand of the socius with an expression of
deep gratitude, he said to him in a low voice:
You are right. Gabriel is ours."
CHAPTER XXI.
THE CHANGE.
Be 10 re again addressing Gabriel, Father d'Aig
rigny carefully reflected; and his countenance,
ately so disturbed, became, gradually, once more
serene, lie appeared to meditate and calculate
the effects of the eloquence he was about to em
ploy, upon an excellent and safe theme, which
the socius, struck with the danger of the situa
tion, had suggested in a few lines rapidly written
with a pencil, and which, in his despair, the rev
erend father had at first neglected. Rodin re
sumed his post of observation near the mantel
piece, on which he leaned his elbow, after casting
at Father d'Aigrigny, a glance of disdainful and
angry superiority, accompanied by a "significant
shrug of the shoulders.
After this involuntary manifestation, which
was luckily not perceived by Father d'Aigrigny,
the cadaverous face of the socius resumed its icy
calmness, and his flabby eyelids, raised a moment
with anger and impatience, fell, and half-veiled
his little, dull eyes. It must be confessed that
Father d'Aigrigny, notwithstanding the ease and
elegance of his speech, notwithstanding the se
duction of his exquisite manners, his agreeable
features, and the exterior of an accomplished and
refined man of the world was often subdued and
governed by the unpitying firmness, the diaboli
cal craft and depth of Rodin, the old, repulsive,
dirty, miserably dressed man who seldom aban
doned his humble part of secretary and mute
auditor. The influence of education is so pow
erful, that Gabriel, notwithstanding the formal
rupture he had just provoked, felt himself still
intimidated in the presence of Father d'Aigrigny,
and waited with painful anxiety for the answer
of the reverend father to his express demand to
be released from his old vows.
(To be continued.)
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