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passion to afford them food aud shelter.
lie permitted them to hide in the loft OF
his barn, but even there they were forbid
den the boon Of sleeps for, no sooner were
they concealed, then a party of soldiers
took possession of the lower portion of the
barn, preparatory to spending the night in
revelry. They did not dare to sleep lest
they should move about or snore and thus
attract the attention of those below. Each
kept the other awake until it was nearly
morning, wnen-the revelers having fallen
into heavy slumber-they stole forth and
renewed their flight. Daring the next
day, and for many succeeding days. they
concealed themselves, travelling only by
night, and when they became hungry be-
yond endurance, trusting to the sympathy
of the more humble Of the peasants to give
them food. In this way they proceeded
until they passed the boundary of Prussia
aud entered Switzerland.
Worn out by this fearful journey, Mr..
Schurz fell i'll. and for several months he
lay Frustrated with fever Upon his re-
covery he learned that one of his associ-
ates in the revolution, Gottfried Kinkel,
like himself condemned to death, had had
his sentence COMMITTED to twenty years
imprisonment. The young hero had saved
his own life, after the narrowest escapes,
and he had the world before him. But he
was possessed OF too generous a heart
and too chivalrous a nature seltishly to en-
Joy his own freedom without making an
effort TO rescue lis friend from prison, and
to this end he bent all his energies. lie
spent several months at Zurich and Colo
sne, arranging his plans, and ut length
he set out upon his knightly errand
Spendan was a fortified town. few
miles from Berlin, surrounded by high
wall, having eight guarded gates. aud was
the stronghold in which State prisoners
were confined. Upon his arrival there,
disguised, he obtained, through his friends
relatives, the eRtrcc OF the fort, and made
the acquaintance of the officers in charge,
passing himself off of course. as being
friendly TO the throne. kinkel's friends
were wealthy. and supplied Schurz plenti-
fully with funds His plan was to bribe a
guard within the fort and a sentinel at one
of the outer gates. lie spent weeks in
soundin. them, before venturlng 10 make
his proposition, knowing that If they de-
cinel his offers and betrayed him all would
be lost. The bargain was finally conclud-
ed, and he communicated his plans to Kin
kel. Still he could not be certain that the
guards, whom he entrusted with his Sc
crct-. would not betray him at last, for
they had made il a positive condition OF
the bargain that they should receive their
money in advance. AZ length proplious
night arrived. There was 10 DC u great
ball within the fort, and Schurz VA, invited
to attend. lie therefore fixed upon that
night for the escape, and did not omit To
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liquors which the officers would use,
When the revelry was at it, height by
the connivancc of the jailor, whom he had
brlbcd, lie liberated kinkcl from his cell,
when they made their way to the roof OF
the fort, and descended To the ground by
means ofa rope ladder which he had been
provided. The sentinel at the gate true
TO hi- agreement, passed them without the
wall, where their friends were in waiting.
Fleet horses were In readiness, aud they
set a iunu1aI iafatx- ITar,httrty oh
was the nearest port. Relays had been
provided along the route and they reached
their destination without accident or adj
venture. They lay concealed several days,
when, securing fishing schooner, they
embarked for Scotland. II was then the
month Of November, and the voyage was
most perious and painful. They reached
Edinburgh in course of time and went
ashore, weary, forlorn and hungry, having
hardly tasted food since the ni.ht ottheir
departure from the prison. They then
proceeded to London and for the two
years following Schurz vas engaged in
London aud Paris, as teacher. aud a a
correspondent of the German press.
During this period an Interesting circum-
stance occurred which ought, In this con-
nection, to be related. When It became
known that kinkels deliverance from
prison had been affected through the BRAY
cry and address OF his faithful friend, Young
Schurz became hero throughout Western
Europe, his fame even reaching England.
Men marvelled at his powers and maidens
painted him in their fancies as a fair
knight-errant, brave and handsome as
eyer was celebrated in ancient tourna-
ment. They pictured him as another C9ur
deLeon, or called to mind the story of Da-
mon and Phythias. At this time (lS6l)
there was a maiden of sixteen in the city
of Hamburg whose parents were prcpar-
ing to set out with their daughter to at
tend the Great Worlds Exhibition in Lon
don, and the maiden's first thought when
she learned that she was going to London,
was that she might there see the young
hero, Carl Schurz. Her wish was realized,
and the sequel of this story is that that
maid of Hamburg is the Senator's wife.
Tho popy-P;hor,c Micc;on