In Search of a Son

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Walsh William Shepard. In Search of a Son

CHAPTER I. THE DESPATCH

CHAPTER II. TWO FRIENDS

CHAPTER III. MONSIEUR ROGER

CHAPTER IV. MONSIEUR ROGER'S STORY

CHAPTER V. FIRE AT SEA

CHAPTER VI. MISS MIETTE'S FORTUNE

CHAPTER VII. VACATION

CHAPTER VIII. A DRAWING LESSON

CHAPTER IX. THE TOWER OF HEURTEBIZE

CHAPTER X. PHYSICAL SCIENCE

CHAPTER XI. THE SMOKE WHICH FALLS

CHAPTER XII. AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH

CHAPTER XIII. WHY LEAD IS HEAVIER THAN CORK

CHAPTER XIV. THE AIR-PUMP

CHAPTER XV. DROPS OF RAIN AND HAMMER OF WATER

CHAPTER XVI. AMUSING PHYSICS

CHAPTER XVII. WHY THE MOON DOES NOT FALL

CHAPTER XVIII. A MYSTERIOUS RESEMBLANCE

CHAPTER XIX. THE FIXED IDEA

CHAPTER XX. FIRE

CHAPTER XXI. SAVED

CHAPTER XXII. GEORGE! GEORGE!

CHAPTER XXIII. A PROOF?

CHAPTER XXIV. THE AIR AND THE LUNGS

CHAPTER XXV. OXYGEN

CHAPTER XXVI. WHY WATER PUTS OUT FIRE

CHAPTER XXVII. PAUL OR GEORGE?

CHAPTER XXVIII. MY FATHER

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The château of Sainte-Gemme, which was some miles from the village of Sens, had belonged to Monsieur Dalize for some years. It was in this old château, which had often been restored, but which still preserved its dignified appearance, that Monsieur Dalize and his family had come to pass the summer.

Monsieur Dalize had become the owner of the property of Sainte-Gemme on his retirement from business. He came out at the beginning of every May, and did not return to Paris until November. During August and September the family was complete, for then it included Albert Dalize, who was on vacation from college. With his wife and his children, Albert and Mariette, Monsieur Dalize was happy, but sometimes there was a cloud upon this happiness. The absence of a friend with whom Monsieur Dalize had been brought up, and the terrible sorrows which this friend had experienced, cast an occasional gloom over the heart of the owner of Sainte-Gemme. This friend was called Roger La Morlière. In the Dalize family he was called simply Roger. He was a distinguished chemist. At the beginning of his life he had been employed by a manufacturer of chemicals in Saint-Denis, and the close neighborhood to Paris enabled him frequently to see his friend Dalize, who had succeeded his father in a banking-house. Later, some flattering offers had drawn him off to Northern France, to the town of Lille. In this city Roger had found a charming young girl, whom he loved and whose hand he asked in marriage. Monsieur Dalize was one of the witnesses to this marriage, which seemed to begin most happily, although neither party was wealthy. Monsieur Dalize had already been married at this time, and husband and wife had gone to Lille to be present at the union of their friend Roger. Then a terrible catastrophe had occurred. Roger had left France and gone to America. Ten years had now passed. The two friends wrote each other frequently. Monsieur Dalize's letters were full of kindly counsels, of encouragement, of consolation. Roger's, though they were affectionate, showed that he was tired of life, that his heart was in despair.

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"Oh!" cried Miss Miette, in a disappointed tone.

"What is the matter, my child?" asked Monsieur Dalize.

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