The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-08-12


instantly by giving him a cordial
welcome They threw them selves
upon him, embraced, and kissed him
LecOmpte amazed, shed tears Of fear
and weakness. At last, unbound aud
his wits little restored, he was pre-
sented TO the President. He recog-
nized me. / delivered vehement
speech, and took for my theme this
precept of Solomon er Uisu cOglo-
sC-itur Uir-at sight man is judged. L
demonstrated that those who had ar
rested Lecompte were imbeciles that
it was not allowable to deny the con-
dition of citizenship that this unpre-
tending, modest manner indicated.
/ added to these words fish chow
der, so that all these dignitaries went
with Us to eat on the banks of the
Seine. The repast was friendly, al
though noisy. left at last, and took
with the good and virtuOus LecOmpte
the road to Melun, leaving the whole
village IN an ecstasy, AID building the
greatest hopes upon the activity OF
the new JacObin. NJ. Leeompte was
quite dazed he did not know wheth-
er he was awake or not, nor il it was
in II 6Ah NnCh bC G0
some misgivings about that which
had transpired, | said tn him: Vide,
Thomas, Vide LGtus, vide pedes, vide
BIdRus +, the cords had left their inn
press at every point He gave me
my papers aud money. Tte follow
ing day, early, he returned to Paris. /
had a young aud pleasant travelling
companion, who eaFiv informed me
that be was called l. Pelletier, and
that he had come out from the CApu-
chins he had exchanged a shaven
crown for very pretty wife, with
whom he kept cafe at Auxerre. Our
conversation grew animated.
l WAS fortunate enough to interest
him, and he insisted that | should go
to his house and stay with him.
yielded TO his entresty. | found his
wife charming, and n sister who was
staying with her was no less iaterest-
ing. | was kindly cared for st this
house, and was earnestly entreated to
remain some days, and had the weak
ness to consent. Pelletier went into
the country for tWenty-four hours.
His household did not suffer in his
absence his wife and sister thought
/ deserved to be q Capuchin; but alas!
this absence was so short
His return awakened me from my
dream. / realized all the danger OF a
position so uncertain. / decided to
depart.
The diligence passed at IL o'clock
ia the evening. My friend, the Cap
uchin, accompanied me TO the Hotel
de Vile, where Maure was presiding,
one of the representatives then on q
mission at Auxerre. My passport
was very Irregular he conducted me
to Ions he Saulnier, but my papers
had not been signed in any large city
in the province, an Imperative cOndi-
ton at this fearful moment. | did
not know what expedient to use, but
concluded to make a scene What"
/ exclaimed ; "you say there is rep
resentative OF the people here? 1t Is
a subtsrfuge [ am indignant. l
shall inform the head society of this.
1t is not possible that they have a rep
resentative here !" The Cspuchin
tremblingIy drew me away by the
coat. At last / drew near the infam-
Gus NJ. Maure, and threw him my
wretched passport, saying: "See IL L
am en- regIe w He, in a great hurry
to send of SO violent Jac0bin, has
tened to sign it, without reading it,
and graciously returned my papers,
remarking: "Would to God every
one was as exact as you are." Our
delight was mutual, and we were
pleased to be rid OF each other.
FASTENED to the diligence, where
for lack of seat inside, took one on
top. In this way reached Avalon,
where, weary and chilled through, L
left this uncomfortable conveyance.
Stopping at good inn, / had reason
to fear being recognized, and taking
my bag upon my back, made two
stages on foot. At RonvarI 1 took a
post-horse and stopped to sleep at Wit
teux. There l purchased horse.
He was blind, but travelled well. On
the 2lst l arrived at Dijon after q
day OF rest, which I greatly needed.
| travelled toward Dole five or six
leagues from this city, / overlook q wO-
man, child, and little man in cart.
I asked them at what place l should
stop to enable me to get dinner. The
young man directed me to a good inn
one league ahead, and said it was his
intention also to stop there. He told
me that he was married in ala Ven
dee,n where his son was born f; that
he, Vanderbourg, was a drummer,
and fearing l doubted this, never fin
ished a sentence without singing,
"Ran tan plan tire lire en- plan."
In my situation, / considered this
acquaintance useful. [ went in ad-
vance and ordered a good dinner, an d
did the hOnors. We were the best
friends in the world, and soon learn
ed the history of all the drummers in
the army of La Vendee, and that of
VanderbOurgs, a rich carrier at Dole,
where the young family were going to
present the pretty little boy whom the
grandfather was mpatiently expect
ing. Fortunate in meeting the good
people, l shared their joy; they
praised the paternal mansion, and ex-
acted the promise tn stop there. Be-
hold me, then, established in the car
rier's house at Dole, and with the
greatest intimacy with the drummer,
whose father, with tears in his eyes,
assured me his son was charming,
bright fellow, but little fiighty. At
this grandfather's, great comfort
reigned. It was very neat. They pre-
vailed upon me to remain two days.
Accompanied by so powerful protec-
ors, ] went to the municipality, where
my passport was instantly Uiseed, and
WAS set on the right road to POntar-
lier. Kindness was heaped upon me
at this estimable abode, and did rOt
leave it without regret. | arrived in
the evening at Pontarlier, and stop
ped at the CrOix Blanche, at NJ.
Pion's, very pronounced JacObin.
He questioned me i'm q manner that
convinced me he had suspicious. He
was a city official, aud appeared to be
intelligent. He asked why 1 had not
vet presented myself at the munich
pality. I informed him l was re-
serving that pleasure for the morrow.
1 ordered a good supper and invited
him to share it with me. l urged
him to drink, and imbibed much my
self, but seeing that nothing moved
his sang froid, and unable to dissipate
his suspicious, saw that was in the
greatest danger, aud, glass in hand,
showed him to the door, assuring him
that on the morning very early L
would report myself. 1 was careful
not 10 fall asleep. took in my valIse
what 1 deemed indispensable, and
two hours before dawn left the house
where left horse, some linen, and
few books. I was not acquainted
with the country, but / had con-
pass to point the way toward the
mountains. / plunged into the forest
to the east of the town two-:hirds of
the way to the top, | relaxed my
speed the weather was very
cold, the night dark, and the
way difficult. Soon / heard sounds
which renewed my speed. was
forced to turn to the left to reach
the wood, by way at any other
time ] would have considered i'm
practicable. Finally, by using my
hands as well as feet, l gained the
summit of the mountain, and went
down the opposite side, half the way
breaking my own road. always dis
tracted by the cries. / ran for six
hours in this manner. 1 traversed
r2vines and preeipices, often to my
knees in snow, and torn by brush
wood. Exhausted aud bresthless,
leaned against tree. / took out my
pistols, resolved to thus welcome
those who had SO relentlessly pursued
me HanDilu fhav uara nnt aninat-