Litchfield enquirer., 1871-01-19
WHOLE NO aae1

marrow room, with sanded floor, and no furniture but two rush-bottomed chairs and deal table, the only ornament of the walls being an a6iche containing the rules of the ofice..9 z-=sia.f -s-5sss1 ag ,bre'e
 2 s'It is a mistake, of course, said Madame de Llsle, as soon as we were alone; "but we are Tn great danger. The temper of the people is such that any suspicion is as bad as reality for us. When the officer returns, IT will talk to him. "s @ ga
 That functionary appeared very quickly, and my companion discoursed to him with such presence of mind, and lied so adroitly. and maintained so strongly that she was the elderly Englishwoman she purported to be, that the officer was little staggered; and am not sure but we should have got of, had it not been for the untimely arrival of baggage train, from which leaped my my gendarme, who rushed to the station where we were. I.s. ,-S .-s. 9Q> a..t
 '"En voila uni he cried; i've have earth ed them at last. An, mon garconl yon will bring no more billets-douS from fine ladies -eh?" -L 7-a ..Ta .E s g1..s
 The case was hopeless. The qindefatiga- ble police had been on our track from the moment l had left the Rue de POratoire. We had evaded them by the skillfully- plan ned move from the Avenue Montague; but they had recovered the scent just too late to arrest us before we quilted the city.
 The accusation was clearly defined.
 Madame de Lisle was shown to have been Tn constant correspondence with Prussian officers of high rank. It was known that her connections in Paris gave her the entrSS to circles of distinction, where all sorts of political knowledge was to be obtained, and that she had disposed of the same to l fhn hnet o6vo Gncni0inno had hoaVN entertained for some time concerning her correspondence, and the note to M. Hassler contained proofs of her complicity in his own well-recognized movements for the spying out of the hostile city. -f s.. ..,...
 All this fell upon me with the force and certainty of truth,' accompanied by the consciousness that had made an egregious ass of myself in allowing madame to make Q cat's~paw of me where an American would l necessarily be above suspicion. Twas just 1 ly indignant sf .1as.7 ."s f714 O. F. But any asseveration of innocence on my part would be useless, of course, and did not feel like backing out, angry as l was, and even still entertained hope of being able to render some service to my fascinating and adroit friend; but, if the worst came to the worst-well, man could but die once, and what did it matter? But, of course, expected to get out of it some. how. .e.... .. ,rs. .. .-....5n. .g azu.z had no chance of communicating these sentiments to madame but she seemed to read them in my face, and, removing her blue spectacles, now that their concealment was useless, she shot upon ne glance at once so deprecating and so confidlng that I forgave her all the mischief she had done, with that weakness that we all suffer from where pretty woman is concerned. gi&egf l After some hours detention under strict surveillance, it was decided to send us back to Paris in the charge of squad of Garde Mobile that were just on their way from the provinces to Paris, and directly we heard the tramp of the soldiers outside, and the clear voice of an officer calling, "Haltw,
 Something sounded familiar in the ring ing tone; the door opened, and who should enter but Bourgogne! .aa,,., .s... s,
 was very near bursting forth with an l exclamation that would have ruined every thing, but was deterred in time by quick motion of Madame de Lisle. which tele- graphed to me and to Bourgogne hint of silence that my friend of the Quartier Lat. in was too far practised hand not to re. cognize, and which helped him to receive the instructions of the police with an un- faltering steadiness of demeanor.
 "You will conduct this lady and gentle man, said the chsf, always civil, ito the bureau of the second arrondissenaent, and signify to the officer in, charge that M. Jouffroy will report upon the case. " "'-s 7" "Bien, monsieur" I9A. a8as <a fad '.And you will use every preoaution to prevent their escape" .,-.5......-...s. .f
 ''AssurGd1y, monsieur. .srr With this final caution, we were deliver oro6 form onH 1nt.o1 in fhas centre of the company to the railway sta-a ton, which was only few rods off,. .,. |. There Bourgogne drew mo aside, and demanded of mo, sternly, what the devil l. was doing in that galere2 .f..s ssoE rsi l gave him 8 succinct account of my en- deavors to do my duty by his cousin, and detailed our adventures. t5sE si45i % He unused solemnly. It Was astonishing to see Jules solemn. The result of his, meditation was savage o1tburst against women in general, and declaration that he was at his wits end. T i14il GHallQE
 "Go and see madame" l said, ''and she will help you" .....g-...;.s...s,,,
 She was safely locked in the ladies' room all the time. Jules hesitated, then follow ed my advice. He returned in g few mos ments with Q time. table, addressing no re- marks to me, except few orders which he gave In his tone of military command, for effect upon the men. aa1elaaf ssaa4y ia
 At last the train arrived, There seemed to be hopeless confusion about getting the troop into their places in the carriages. Bourgogne ordered them hither and thith. CT. with want of system that gave me a melancholy idea of his capacities as com
 nander. The guards swore the soldiers looked snllen; Bourgogne flew about, com. plicating matters terribly. The train vas fifteen minutes behind time and the off. cials were growing furious. sat in one of the. compartments with Madame de Lisle, who watched the confusion calmly. aosteaiG H The hustle augmented. The out express train came tearing into the station on the other track, and are up beside us. Oar windows looked directly into those of on empty compartment of the fifst.class. The doors of the two carriages were opposite, and the space between the tracks was wide enough to allow them to, open. ,3 fas, Madame de Lisle pulled down the ,cnr- tain on the station side of our car, put her hand out of the window, turned the lock which found was Furpoeely left unbolted, and stepped into the vacant space between the two trains Luckily, the carriage op- posite was also unbolttd. We stepped iH, and Madame drew down the cur ainSto conceal uS In another moment the tiairf