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The armorials show there were LeCours de Tilly; there were also LeGardeurs de Tilly, related to the LeGardeurs de Répentigny. You might thus claim possible relationship. But, as I have said, I leave to yourself the choice of excuses on that point.
Germain-des-Prés, then the family church of his family. Was his own name taken from its patron saint? Would its registers contain records of the Lecours? He knew at least his father's age born in 1736, it would make him yes, and also his birth month, June. Here were straws to start by. He lost no time in crossing the Seine and seeking the church.
"The name is a common one, sir, yet the list is not long. Indeed so common is the name, and so short the list of its stocks of distinction that there have been but two. One is the well-known family of Amiens, the other is now obscure." "What branch is the latter?" "The LeCours de Lincy, formerly a conspicuous race in the annals of Poitou and very ancient.
Packet after packet the precious archives of the Lecours de Lincy went upon the pile until he had emptied the muniment-chest; the fire raged and reddened into a solid mass, and they were irrevocably gone. Next he took up de Bailleul's will sorrowfully and hesitatingly, for it was his title to Eaux Tranquilles but the following instant he threw it also on the flames.
When the Lecours were rejoicing together at supper, a storm came on, producing a raw, wet evening, which was not unwelcome to the reunited family, for it kept them undisturbed. Old Lecour, to denote his satisfaction at his son's return, brought forth his fiddle and played some of the merry airs of the Province, an action which touched Germain's heart.
"Father," he said, "these young people ask your permission to give a dance in honour of Monsieur Germain." The Lecours appreciated the honour; the room was cleared, music struck up, and festivity was soon in progress. What a display of neat ankles and deft feet in mocassins!
The home of the Lecours half dwelling, half vaulted warehouse was one of four capacious provincial stone cottage buildings, standing about a quadrangular yard, each bearing high up on its peak a date and brief inscription, one of which read "À Dieu la Gloire!" "To God the Glory."
The Lecours are always going up, up, up. Our Germain's distinction is a glory for the whole parish. Lecour here ought to be proud of it." Flattery from his Curé weighed more with Lecour père than bushels of argument. The wife saw her accidental advantage and took it. "He does not like to pay for it," she remarked demurely. "What! what! my rich friend Lecour.
"A portrait of Notre Dame de Bon Lecours, I shouldn't wonder," said Jack; "but what had that to do with hot codlins: a codlin is a fish, is it not?" "I will explain that another time," said Willis, the shadow of a smile passing over his pale features. "The short and the long of the story is, that Sam once saw a ghost." "Well, tell us all about it, Willis."
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