The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-12-21

Ntlt ptISNdutu llldt lnC p'lSVuC'S
would obtain their pardon. made
Yrs. Mills take off her own hood and
put on that which | had brought for
her. then took her by the hand
and let her out of My Lords cham
Der; and in passing through the next
room, in which there were several
people, with all the concern imagin.
able said My dear Mrs. Catherine,
go in all haste and send me my wait
ing maid, she certainly can not re-
fleet how late it is she forgets that l
am to present a petition tonight,
and if let slip this opportunity l am
undone, for to morrow will be too
late. Hasten her as much as possible,
for l shall be on thorns till she comes
Every person in the room, chiefly the
guards wives and daughters, seemed
o compassionate mo exceedingly 2;
and the sentinel ofiiciously opened
the door. When l had seen her out
l returned back to My Lord aud fin
ished dressing him. l had taken care
that Mrs. Mills did not go out crying
as she came in, that My Lord might
the better pass for the lady who came
in crying and afflicted aud the more
so because he had the same dress on
which she wore. When l had almost
finished dressing My Lord in all my
petticoats excepting one, l perceived
that it was growing dark, and was
afraid that tho light of the candles
might betray US, so l resolved to set
out. l went out leading him by the
hand, and he held his handkerchief
to his eyes. l spoke to him in the
most piteous and affecting tone of
voice, bewailing bitterly the negli-
gence of Evans, who had ruined me
by her delay. Then, said !, My dear
Mrs. Betty, for the love of God, run
quickly and bring her with you. You
know my lodging, and if ever you
made dispath in your life do it at pres
ent for l am almost distracted with
this Disappointment The guards
opened the doors, and l went down
stairs with him, still copjuring him to
make all possible dispatch. As soon
as he had cleared the door l made him
walk before me, for fear the sentinel
should take notice of his gait, but I
still continued to press him to make
all the haste he possibly could. At
the bottom of the stairs l met my
dear Evans, into whose hands l con-
tided him. 1had before engaged Mrs.
Mills to be in readiness before the
Tower to conduct him to some place
of safety in case We succeeded. He
looked upon the affair as so very i'm
probable to sudceed that his astonish-
ment when he saw US threw him into
such CONSERVATION that be was almost
beside himself, which Evans perceiv.
ing, with the greatest presence of
mind, without telling him anything,
lest he should mistrust them, con-
! Quoted him to some of her own friends
on whom she could rely; and so &C.
cured him, without which We should
have been undone. When she had
conducted him, and left him with
them, she returned to find Mr.. Mills,
who by this time had recovered him
self from his astonishment. They
went home together, and, having
found a place of security, they con-
Quoted him to it,"
After being concealed a few days
in London, the Earl passed with the
retinue, and, in the livery of a Vene-
tian ambassador, to Dover, where,
hiring a small vessel, he escaped to
Calais, and thence travelled to Rome,
where he died in the year l744.