The Morning herald., 1876-08-11
A Tar.lllas Stcry Of Partisan Lie.
CHAPTER VII.
THE RECOGNITION.

Not many minutes after Mother Fro
charl went in search of jacques, Louise,
recovering her consciousness, which she
had lost through the beating the old VIC
man had given her, to force her to remalh
in the saret, pushed with all her feeble
strength against the door Of her prison,
ud as Pierre had loosened the scre~s, II
Yielded TO her pressure, and she was freed
from her place Of torture.
For moment she stood at the head OF
the stairs, with her ears strained to the ut,
most tension to catch any sound that 0ou'd
bctoken the pres:nce of anyone in the hut.
Bat all was still, and she commenced TO
descend the stairs, feeling her way careful
y, lest she should stumble on some of the
decayed boards.
"ihey are all gone," she murmured:
"Picrre told me the truth, the lock would
not hold. Yes, will follow his advice. II
can find my way to the street through
that long passage, will ask the first pas
s!r hy to take me to that good doctor at
the Hospital St. Louis"
Trembling with excitement, she felt her
way 10 the foot of the stairs, where one step
further in the same direction would have
brought her in contact with the insensible
body Of her sister; and then cropping fol
the wall, she reached the door.
"With cry ofjoy she reached it, she
telt, with eager, teaverish hands, tor the
rite latch.
Eagerly she tried to open il, but it resist
ed all her efforts, and as the truth flashed
over her mind, her hands dropped by hel
'lLc, and she sank to the floor like on'
s'nlen with the palsy.
Locked locked! What shall do"
The sudden change f.sm hope that wa
almost certainty, to deep despair, overpow
cred her for the moment.
lnt at last she remembered what sh'
should have thought of before.
Pierre told me he had made anothc
Key for it" and starting, she groped he
way across the room toward her bed, al
most brushing the garments of that siste
SAe was 80 anxious to meet, as she passed.
With hands trembling SO that she coul
hardly control them, Louise felt for th
precious key that should assure her Of free
dom.
A cry ofjoy burst from the pallid, quiS
erins lips, as her finger came in contat
with the precious object.
Good, brave Pierrev' she exclaimed
thankfully. "Now will 90 ut once"
i, S'e arose to her feet, and made two
,Aiee attempts in the right direction, whe
Aer foot came in contact with the clothir
Henriete.
Hastily she stopped down, and felt Of Il
lnanimate body.
"A womanp she exclaimed, in accen
dead p'
terribly alarmed at what she could n
@e' y the poor girl, believing herselfto be
nle presence of death, covered her face wi
"er hands, and crouched close to the floc
"oh, heavensw she cried. "they ha
committed some terrible crime and fed
she timdly stretched out her h2nd, al
lassed it once more over the still forn.
~ aolng, she felt the heart beat, and wi
glad cry, she raised tae head of the pt
Son before her.
She is not dead! madame, madam
'peak, speak to ME. She does not he
me' What shall l do? L cannot leave h
Dear as was her liberty to the poor bli
::'l'ia, she could not leave fellow creatu
al Al alstiess, and she tried by every mea
7" ner Nwer to awake the insensible gir
wllsn she was thus engaged Moth