The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1855-11-01

/ apron. Her mother sent TO inforpo ho.
hat she should be compelled to return
her daughter 10 her.
! Then. with her in ny arms. we will
perish together p was the heroic renlv
From this place of conceament she
procured passage in boat hat wos
going to Sens. In it she had a. feIyov
passengers Two monks, priest. two rosr.
caahi' and their wives. At Tourneilles
their passports we're demanded, and sha
had none. She is a Huguenot and
must be drowned -
Come out OF the boatp' were ,ba
sounds that greeled her ears.
lake Ele 10 the house Of NJ. de Voy-
senson, he will answer for me- she re-
piled; and accordingly two soldiers
were dispatched with her to the house Of
the person she nam9d. Fortunately thew
remained below while she went uD stairs.
An, madam" exclaimed NJ. de Vow
senon, have YOU come to tako ruifuos
under my roofl'
Hasten down, Monsieur, I beseech
you and may God enable you to deliver
me from the soldiers below who suspect
me Of being Huguenot."
N. de Foysenon descended. "Iassare
you," said he to the soldiers, "that I
have often seen this lady at the house Of
Madame lEpruness, good Catholic.
That may be, Monsieur, but it is the
lady herself, and not Madame l'Epruness
that We are inquring about.
A respectable woman who was passing
hearing what was going forward, inquired
What they wished to do with tie lady.
By Heaven" they replied, ''this is a
ilu3ucnot, and must be drowned for we
see how terrified she is.
You know me-" quicklyanswered the
female 4" | am no Huguenot; goeyery
day to mass but | am 50 frightened for
these eight days past l have been in fe-
yer.
And l, yea all of us, have been no
little agitated, replied one Of the soldiers
with an oath.
They took her back to the boat, observ-
ing, " had You been a man you would not
have escaped SO easily"
At the time Of this arrest, the lodging
she had Quilted was ransacked, so that her
escape was most providen.ially timed
When they arrived at their sleeping place,
the monks and merchants chuckled over
the massacre Of the Protestants.
"What happy riddance !" observed
one Of the monks "the hereto Hugue-
nots have received their death blow at
Lust
Yes" replied one Of the merchants,
eve shall have but little trouble from
them for the future, hope
Hope there can be 10 doubt that the
cursed horesy will be ex.erminated, said
the monk.
"By St. Dennis, this ladys voice
smacks like that Of Huguenot, observed
another.
On quitting the river she lodged in dis
guise in a country village, where she mar
rowly escaped the soldiers, WHO hunted
their victims like blood hounds.
She then went to the estate of her
grandmother, and from thence othe house
of her eldest brother, who had consented
to 60 to mass. His conscience, however;
was i'll at ease and his sisters arrival in
creased his anxiety; she resolved howcv-
er, to relieve him Of her presence as soon
as possible. Scantily provided with mon
ey and clothing, she proceeded to Sedan,
which she reached on the first of Novem-
Der. Here, at last, she found numerous
friends, who received her with kindness
and supplied her with every comfort
The heroine of the story was Madame
de Fouquers, who subsequently became
the wife of Philip de Mornay, Lord of
Plessis Marty distinguished Hugue not,
who himself happily escaped to England
on this occasion.
Let us learn from the record of this
lady's suferings to be grateful that we are
not under the iron grasp of Papal despot-
ism, and to detest the spirit Of persecu-
tion.-LeiSure Hours.