The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-11-24

SShe aPPS"it"VS, anu tne pi3UEA Cnty or his lttN-
ry, every where procured him Ia favorable ~.
ception and relief. He had no NpalIoort. bn,
was never aked for one. He 6>ecame boldcr
and attempted lkewiie TO carry s.Nu his trade IL
the towns. He came to Cherbou IL, but y,s
foon taken up as vagrant. His father. the
tailor, being appriied of this, hate ned TO fetch
him, and was not little furpriied 10 find him
richly provided with money and jewels. He
brought him back TO St. Lo, where the brifk
Young blade did not, however, ifay long, but
loon ran away the fecond time, ftrollet through
the department of Calvados; and In ing inn
proved both in body and mind, he became
more ingenioufly inventive in his Tories tran nc
hrit. he fometimes pafed for fon Of the
Pnnce OF Monaco, and fometimes for tb,, tr;r
OF the Duke d'Ufel in the Netherlands. \ a..
thus RATED himfelf, 0ep by ftep, and ere Tory
made himtelt relation of Louis XVI. az ,bS
emperor Joieph IL. and of the King of Prn5IiaI,
FOR the lake OF his fafety, which was threatened.
he travelled in women's clothes, pretru,;nr,
that ne had juft returned from England. wbrre
he had been taking fome money to his emiyrant
father. "''
Many, very many people of rank and educ3.
ton were deceived, for he hattered their for.
mer prejudices; the ladies, in particular, new.
ed decided Partially for him, becaufe he ad
dreiied their hearts. His adventures began TO
attract Tome notice and he was arrefted fecond
conducted
at Bayeux, at the dftance of only ten leaques
from st. Lo. His father came again TO procnr,.
his dehverance, which, in confederation .f h;s
youth, was indulgently granted, and the lad
replaced under paternal authority. He una
DOW to learn the trade of tailor: an ipfnfEer,.
BILE thought to his mind. He broke loofe third
time.
! In 1897, he was in the diligence or fare
coach, between Laval and Alencon, very plain
anti h.t>,% -
Not far from the latter place he aliehted, and
bruhed offto village on the road iide, called
Les Jonebe,fS. Being benighted he begged
quarters OF peafant, who directed him TO the
hou1e OF Mademoifele Talon Laco,nbe for bet
ter accommodation. To this LADY he declared
himielf to be one of the family of Montrorency.
who had cattle and eftates near Dresux, but
was Obliged to fly from his perfecutors She
conceived lively nteref for his ftuation. and
lnppned MN with money and clothes which he
promied to pay upon his arrival at Dreux.
Here he lived for while much at his cafe. acted
the part of a man Equality, and prefrnted. for
lnitance, the hotter, who faddled his riding
horfe, with louis dor.
| AT laft he felt hmfef induced 70 fet off. and
Madcmoiiee Lacombe accompanied him to
Dreux, to get back the value or what fhe adj
vanced to him They Gafeiy reached the place
but both cattle and etate had vanifhed Can a.
| nfty
Z, ors, and richer in experience the ladyreturn-
ed home. The young hero continually gained
! IN oodnefs In the month of MAY, 1901, he
ventured IN the diligence TO Meux, only eight
iraSues from Paris, and alighted at the Inn.
where he, indeed, obtained fome refrefhment.
but having no pahport, was refufed NIGHTS
lodging. The wife Of a Paris merchant, Lara
vine, who happened TO be at Meaux, took pi
ty on him, and permitted him to fleep in her
warenonie. This encouraged him to ak fur
| ther tavours, and he flcceeded He reprefent
ed himfelf as rich farmers fon at Domery,
who had fed to avoid being enrolled as re-
cruit' and Madame made prefent of four
louis d'ors, upon which he hired place in he
/ Diligence CT Strafburg.
| About one league from Chalons he difappear.
ed and the poftillion in vain waited his return.
he went to the village of Merry, and wiNhed to
make good his ftory at the cattle of Guinan,
court but being fnfpe6fed, he was mt un5sr
arreft, and taken before the iuffice of peace At
Cernon Being afked who he was, he myfteri-
ouiiy replied )" He had no anfwer TO make
iuch queftion." He was fent to Chalons.
where, being afked to give his name, he proud
| ~ iaid - you Will learn it but too foon.n At
lat ne laid he was called Louis Antoine lean
FRANCOIS de LangueviIle; that his father was
dead, 'and that his mother, Madame Sainte Fmi-
me- lived at Bauzeville, near Point Andemar, in
| ''N'e vi EuiC. III mutt ne cOnteffed
that u IS Impoiiible to tell lie more circu,n.
| ftantallv.
| Confined in the prifon of ChaIons, Berva.
gault aiiumed an air of grandeur, and myferi-
GUS deportment he tempted the curious, gave
ilgnlhcant hints, and in fhort ere long It was
whnpered about, cit is the Dauphiu the fon
of Louis XVI The TAILOR himfeIf believed
the tory, and advanced bin money. The
wives OF two merchants of the town Saienes and
feIize, were initiated in the fecret, which foon
Ipread about and no one anv longer doubted.
| HIS hgure, his manners" You need bnt Zee
hifn' exclaimed the credulous FOULS TO re-
cognie him at the very irft look" Alltbe in
| faoitants OF Chalons, of the privileged orders.
were oy degrees made conidents and adhe.
rents : and they all We'd with each other in fnn.
porting this laft Inflated offspring of their kings
his table was daily ferved with dainties of every
redemption, his rooms were elegantly furnif,ed
matters were given him, the TAILOR treated him
with Difference and refpe6f; his prifoner w..
allowed to walk about as often as he pIeafe5I
bnt always in the difguiGe of a female; in fine
ms dungeon was, as it were, metamorphofei
into peafure houfe.
Meanwhile the perfons who were Ietinto tie
iecret were not efficiently difcreet. A ,yrd
dropped here and there, in the gladnefs cf tle;r
hearts, aroufed the vigilance Of the rnaginrs4se.
and, after this mafquerade was PLAYED tvo
months, Hervagault was made to UNDERGO MA,
er examinations. With artifce and ;e4ureetba,
ieemed to belle his words he now dec,ared.L,,