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door, aud head bowed upon h., hands. ina,
as be va. len whom his visitors departed
Halo Are ysa going 70 bed 20 night.
Senior Counti'
The jsilor pat his hand upon the prison.
sr's shoulder As be spoke, but the latter usi
ther Moved nor made areplJ.
Come, coms-wake upP
The jailor g We smart jerk as bs utter.
cd this, and The man before bin tun blsd over
upoa the aOsr With quick cry Of alarm
the keeper set down his lantern aud ,toop
ed over the prostrste FORM lie lifted IL
up, aud 10 vas hgbtlik . bag Of rsg.l He
pulled sway bis haad, from she fassy ssl
found that be had nothing but . yeril.bis
man Of rags' for q prisoner
Fer few nsmenis the astounded man
vas sn.eie even to think; bat quickly be
raised his lantern 20 txamine hi prize more
cioseiy IL usss perfectly formed image.
consisting OF an outer case of stout liuea.
neatly stuffed With rags and cotton Their.
we're strings leading from the feet AID head
70 'hs wrists, aud 90 nicely arranged that
IN walking, all the natural movements could
Dc initiated The face Was Of wax. aud eI
aaisitsiy nsulded but that portion OF The
work had not been necessary. The hair w,s
very naturally arranged, as we're all oihsr
parts
As 5000 as possible the alarm was given.
and the soldiers were sent Ia search Of the
prisoner aud his Acc9mpliees They wsut
to SohiIs house bat they fesnd no Que there
They went to the dwelling Of AriIlo and
PaIroli bat With the same result
In the DorniSg tho Duke w.s frantic
With rage He rushed 70 the prison and
saw the image. He caused two men to
place 1t between tbem aud work the strings
In the arms aud the result satisfied hin
that his j.ilor might easily have been De.
esived Rewards were offered. and soIdisr's
sent; but il svailed nothing. The escaped
prisoner was beyond reach.
In the meantime Sohli aud his friend,
we're on their way 90 place Of safety. Be
fore visiting the prison, Pazzoli aud Arrixro
had gathered up all their money and lev.
els, aud MiunA had done The sane. small
feluca lay at single anchor between Genoa
aud Nervii aud when the carriage left the
prison IL was driven around 10 the Count's
palace, where Minaa and her maid entered
and then away eat of the city, PaxEoli hsV.
ing pass for 30 doing In half an hour
they reached the feluea aud in another
bali an hour the arm friends were upou the
dark waters Of the Gulf where the wife res.
ted upon her husbands bosom withou. fear;
aud where he could embrace his I've noble
friends and ask them to forgive him for hay.
ing, under a startling provOeation, once sus.
pected them.
But there could be no more doubt Of q
friendship which has proved itself thus
and II there vas pabg at the thought Of
leaving their native land, perhAps forever
II was slleViated by the memory that, While
they ieft an old home, they went forth 10
seek their liberty which the land of ,Asir
birth could not afford
The. sslueca made safe run 10 TsuIou
where our fugitiVes found passage to Glib.
raltsri aud thence they sailed for The Uni
ted States, where they nov enjoy beneath
the banner OF heavens own stars and rain.
bsv stripes, ths privilege Of worshippinS
God aher the dictates Of their own ooascisn.
sss. and Of singing their songs cf liberty
without the fear OF dungeons aud death be
fore their eyes,