se her husband back to life. But Monsieur le Cure
bade her not to come. The invalid was in good hands and progressing
rapidly. Soon she might send money for the journey, and the kind priest
himself would see the wounded Frenchman aboard a ship that would carry
him to America. It was the wisest plan. Both he and Monsieur Bretton
thought so. Then when peace was restored to the weary world, and the
family had sufficient money they might all come back together to
Bellerivre, never again to leave its sunny valley.

Thus argued the old priest.

But that day never came.

Pierre rose to a fine position at Paterson, enabling him to establish a
pretty home there in which his father and mother lived in comfort.
Marie, in the meantime, married an American and settled next door.

Thus the new land, once but a haven to a tempest-tossed household,
became the permanent dwelling place of the Bretton family.
Affectionately they remembered the green valley of Bellerivre; and the
friendship of the old priest and the faithful Josef. Tenderly they
spoke of their neighbors in the old home and ever loyally they loved La
Belle France, the soil that had given them birth.

But the spell of America was upon them. They did not wish to go back.

The golden path of opportunity lay in the country of their adoption and
in exchange for all that it was giving them they resolved to return a
devoted citizenship.

And so between the two great sister Republics another bond was
established--a humble bond to be sure, but one that linked in loving
ties the old world and the new; and daily spanned the distance between
them with many a kindly thought, and a speeding message of good-will.

The Stories in this Series are:

THE STORY OF COTTON
THE STORY OF GOLD AND SILVER
THE STORY OF LUMBER
THE STORY OF WOOL
THE STORY OF IRON
THE STORY OF LEATHER
THE STORY OF GLASS
THE STORY OF SUGAR
THE STORY OF SILK
THE STORY OF PORCELAIN

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