The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-12-03

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lments they were wearing each to
don the others suit. s-5t
At first, the marquis refused to
comply with the suggestion of his
servant, nor did he finally yield Until
! the latter assured him that both
might thus escape-the master un-
der the disguise of a servant, and
himself, as he trusted, through his
shrewd management Of the case.
The deafening yells and execra-
tions of the rapidly approaching rab
bic, drove them to this last resort
with all possible speed. The noble
man was soon attired in the guise
of menial, and other changes, the
rough clipping of his long, wavy |
hair, the shortening of This beard,
made the transformation in his per-
sonal appearance complete.
Touched with gratitude at this
display of fidelity on the part of his
old servant, the Marquis seized the
latter warmly by the hand, and took
leave of him with many expressions
Of sincere regard and friendship
He then departed openly, avoiding
the main body Of rioters, and disap
peared from view.
Jules Fleury was presently dis
covered and seized by an armed
band who entered the building ,and
was conducted away to prison. They
of course, believed him to be the
Marquis, never having seen the lord
or his servant before. 1t was the
positive order of one of the revolu
tionaray movement, that he should
be secured and held a prisoner, if
/ possible, until he could see himself.
So the faithfulsservant in the dress
of nobility, lay in aprison dun
geon, heavily ironed. @
Meantime the mob, ransacked the
Government building, and discover
ed that the treasure had been moved
even to the last cent This discov
cry enraged the greedy Williams be-
yond control-They clamored for
; the Marquis life, believeing their
prisoner to be the nobleman. But
this desire of theirs was not grant
ed.
Certain of Jules old time acquain
tances, renegade servants, then be-
: thought them of him, in connection
with their emty Golfers, and finally
came to the conclusion that he had
identified himself with the nobility,
and that he had succeeded in remov
/ ng and investing the Government
i treasure before they had seized the
: house -- -a.
: They fastened at once to Jules
house. but found him not there. nor
: did his wife and daughter seem TO
know where he was at the time.
This they accepted for additional
cause for suspicion.
: "He's gone with the many, the
l traitorous renegade" the Williams
S yelled fairly wild with passion. 1t
: was useless to reason with the mad
men they ransacked the humble
, abode of the absent man, and finding
still neither himself nor the money,
they touched the torch to the house
and burned it to the ground, with
5 every thing that was in it. Nay.
more, certain of the more diabolical
! of the crowd returned after the par
/ ty had departed, and fell upon the
helpless wife and beat her until she
lay unconscious on the ground.
Three days he lay alone in the dark,
I damp dungeon of the prison fed on
/ provision which was so repulsive
to be eaten by any but starving
! man. At the expiration Of that time
i one Monsieur Lepine, a leader OF
;. the mob, who had given orders that
the Marquis should be taken alive
: and be held a prisoner, came into
: the prison to see the captive and,no
doubt, to torment him and glory
u over his defeat.
v What, then, was his astonishment
: at beholding the servant of the man
L he sought! His first conclusion
e was that Jules had visited his mas
ter in prison, and had assisted him
u to escape by the changing of the
clothes they wore. His anger was
1t aroused to such a pitch that he few
e at the PROSTATE man, to sever the
head from his body at one powerful
blow and surely would have done
so had not his sword struck beam
n of the low ceiling with such a. force
q that it broke the blade short off a
J the hilt. e.
The infuriated man then went out
e side, with the intention ofprocurins
u another weapon, and there he was
n informed by one Of the guards tha
the prisoner was the same person
II whom they had taken for Marqui:
Leville. -;
= Several days elapsed again ere any
- change occurred, whel, without pre-
yious warning, Jules was removed
- from the noisome prison, and placed
with many others on board a grea
r. ship, where they remained anchored
= in the harbor for week or more
: On board this vessel there was s
- :. man whom Jules had long known
- By him he was told that his hom'
. had been burned, his wife beaten tt
~ death, and his daughter turned ou
I, alone on the world. The poor MAJ
- - at once gave up all hope of future
e happiness and fell into state of Sc
= tied melancholy,
The people on board this vessel
!, were, for the most part, people o
- and aristocracy, and good families
y whose only offense was connection
- with the nopility, by blood relation
all of them people who had livee
!, so qnietly as not to give offence tt
b the revolutionists by any act o
lr their lives.
1t With these penple. Jules was inca
I'll corated. 1t seemed that ooe o
is his friends had been using his influ
o anca in his bahalf 10 save his life