Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-13

she was the Mr.. Lewis / had known. Al
tered and changed in every respect as che
hands together, and twisted her fingers
with q nervous, frightened air, and looked
anxiousiy at me. - -
Who-who are your" asked. "Why
are you dressed like this, Who is the
20, Mrs. Gerranr' she cried, throwing
move to stay her, forgive my deceiving
you, and still be my friend. If you are
not kind and true to US we are lost. We
It will soon, / trust, be different; but at
this moment my poor husband is a fugi-
tive, an outlaw, q convict, and price is
set upon his head"
"A price upon his head!" echoed. as
aye, she said, interrupting me, al
though she was sobbing as if her heart
would break, Eyes, my husband is Colonel
La Trouble, the Fenian We are Ameri-
cans, and we are only waiting for pursuit
TO cool, when we shall Cross to France,
and can then easily regain our home,
never more, trust, to leave it." Il
"Rise up, my poor dear girl" I said,
lifting her on to chair; "and believe me
that no money would tempt me to betray
your husband; for your sake, Of any rate,
will be true to you both. I hope for
your sake, too, that he will leave his
dreadful and desperate schemes"
90, Mrs Gerran," she answered, "do
not think him bloodthirsty man; there
never breathed gentler or kinder being.
He was sadly deceived in the business
which brought him here; but pray, come
and see him, that he may know he is safe
under your roof"
l went with her and found this desper-
ate Fenian quite mild, gentlemanly per-
son. He was full Of gratitude to me; and
although his close cut hair, now he sat
without his wig, and his dark face made
him look stern enough, yet his eyes swan
with genuine tears over and over again,
when he spoke of his wife and her devo-
ton to him.
OF course, every one can now see how
it was managed. When he was sent to
Portland his wife came down, dressed as
a man, and, while lodging with me, took
care to familiarize the neighbors with the
fact that had a young man ledger. One
of the warders had already been gained
over-so Robert at the "White Lyon"
was not far wrong in his guess-and he 1t
was with whom had seen the supposed
Mr. Lewis talking, and who came to my
house twice. On his second visit he came
to say that all was arranged, and that her
husband would get away soon after dark
the next night. 1t was, fortunately for the
scheme, very stormy one; so La Trouble
got past the station, and followed the
Chesil Bank until he thought it safe to
strike the line, and then got over the rail
way bridge without being recognized. He
had large railway rug over his shoulders
which hid his convict dress; and the only
really dangerous part of his journey was
through the streets TO reach my house but
the dreadful storm cleared away all pas
sengers, and he entered our street without
having met half dozen people. His wife
was watching from her window, and, see
ing him, slipped down and opened the
street door without my knowing anything
about it. Then they removed the stains
from her face, hands, and neck with
washes which she had brought with her,
and he wore wig, made to resemble her
curls. Poor young thing! she showed me
such beautiful locks which she had cut
off, to enable her to look more like man |;
they must have been nearly yard long, l
am sure They thought NO place was SO
safe as Weymouth, and they were right,
for the officers were hunting all over Lon
don, and Ireland, and Liverpool, and good
ness knows where besides. La Trouble
showed himself little, but not too much,
and no one ever suspected the change in.
my dodgers. In about q fortnight he got
quietly on board fruit sloop which was
going back to France; and both he and
his wife wrote to me when they got there,
and also when they arrived at New Or
leans. I don't know who the warder was,
nor what he received for his services, but
heard, shortly after from Robert at the
White Lion, that one Of them had left
Portland to go and take very handsome
public house in London; so had my
suspicious. I know that il / wanted
money, which, am happy to say, thanks
to my poor, dear husband, do not, l
should only have to tell Mrs. La Trouble,
or go to the great house in Liverpool, of
which they gave me the card, and l could
have all wanted.
She would make me accept her gold
watch and chain, and have worn it, and
shall continue to do so, in memory Of her.
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