A Romance In Real Life.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 139, 22 November 1884, Page 2

A Romance In Real Life.

The romance of real life was nerer better exemplified Mian m. the history of M. Lemaire, who was .uiu.il .recently French; Consut-Gehoraii at-Sbimg-liai, and now minister at Hue. T wen ty-fiVe years ago he was at school at Tpnerre, where he passed nuder the soubriquet^ of Jan? not. When about 15 yeaVs of ag(| lie spent a vacation wjtfr an, liriclo m Burgundy, where he J had for a playmate a cousin somewhat younger than himself. Both were fond, pi" playing at soldiers, and while L6mair& carried an old,' rnsty, 'flm£ gijn, ' But companion flourished an equally - old and rusty sabre. Not .knowing that the gun was loaded, Lemaire pointed it at his cousin and fired, blowiug out his'brains. Leihaire's fainiiy, horrified at the occurrence, sent him 'off to sea. He sent no letters home, and for years was never heard oflEl -Xt was however discovered that he hatl settled at Saigou, had learned Chin«|e, and \vas eiuployed. as intrepretei^'ai the French' Consulate. Later '.new«f came that lie had married a OoehiiiChinese lady, and now France recog-. nises him us the most apedm^ished diplomatist it possesses among \he "heathen Chinese, ['.'" ", ;