Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-09-25

our secret flight. HaSSan was away.
Once Cecile had been in his power, he
had made no effort to force her love :;
he trusted to time, to absence from all
other ties, and to his devotion, to ulti-
mately obtain her love.
At the thought of this my heart beat
with rage and terror. I resolved to de-
lay no longer. Vessels were sailing ev-
cry day to France, but I wanted not a
vessel full of passengers, but some
small merchant vessel, where none
would know even of Cecile's presence.
At last it was found, and all was ar
ranged. A European dress was procur-
ed and conveyed to Cecile. In these
one night, without any interruption, she
passed out of Hassan's palace the way I
entered it.
We were in the street; dared bring
no conveyance. We had to walk with
rapid steps down to the quay. On we
rushed, when suddenly a man darts
from one of the dark porticos, and
stands before us.
1t was my friend, the Jew.
You are pursued" said he 4; cher
here is my house. I can shield her
No one will suspect me. You can save
her only thus, and only thus save your
self the disgrace which, as an officer,
will fall on you"
"Disgrace - cried Cecile, starting
from me "take me, lead me anywhere.
Raoul, fly"
"With me she is safe come to-mor-
row she will be ready
But she will miss the vessel it sails
tonight"
"There will be another, then but I
hear footsteps fly"
The Jew and Cecile disappeared into
one of the houses, and I, bewildered
and deeply mortified, went to my quar-
tiers.
The next day there was great rumor
in the town-the French authorities had
been appealed to-a most daring rob-
berry had been committed one of the
favorite slaves of the dethroned Dey
had escaped from his palace with jewels
of enormous value. She was a Eu-
ropean, too-some dancing girl he had
had picked up from the French Theater
in Algiers !; she had sailed for France, it
was supposed, but where and how, and
who had been her accomplice, it was
impossible to discover.
[ heard this with indifference and,
as soon as I deemed it safe, proceeded,
rackei with anxiety, to the Jews house.
L reached it, and on the threshold
SGOOu The AraD WOu1dll.
"Cecile," said I.
She presented me with a note without
speaking word.
I tore it open.
81 am safe 4; you will not betray me,
for if you do 1 will swear that you are
my accompice. L have long been wait
ing this opportunity, and I thank you
for helping me and the Dey's jewels of
together. am merely the Dey's slave
"a Partisan with only her beauty and
her wits. Now L am rich, and will pray
for you, my gallant and credulous cava
ier. You!should not have confded YOU
secrets and your love to the Jew. He
is with me, and we will not forget you,
''CARMEN.
I stood as if turned to stone. I coulc
not collect my thoughts. Cecile an i'm
poster? No, not Cecile at all and
the dupe and accomplice of this bold
bad woman.
My first impulse was to denounce he
at all risks-to tell the truth. But tn
fear of ridicule or the dread of disgrace
at last restrained me, and made me con
sent to endure the terrible completely.
Carmen was never found, nor wer
the jewels traced. Probably she hat
sailed from France for America, and 81
evaded the police.
AS for Cecile, six months later I foun'
her by her mother, pure, fresh, and in
nocent and not until we had been maj
ried two years did I relate to her m
adventure in Algiers.