Litchfield enquirer., 1880-02-05

thsnk aarinE OUT interview could lead them sa rsUezsxnce I shall precede them to the srzEo1d wouId that could teach them how calmly true penItent can await his execu- Tinns v
 MmndrSa was> affected to tears as he spoke ThzS. zud 9 ReEe the ladies They promised tk<sr good 05ces with the governor. Accord Tzgly they wen1 to zee him, and asked him to do a kzsx kGu61s8 for Monsieur Mandrin, He ySes3ed to thezr impoTtunity, and granted the de<zred indulgence. coupled with the condl- Esoa th&z tbsy would keep the secret to theLn- sezve&
 The ruesss st dusk were brought into their czzxxizis cell Maodrin addressed them in kx new character of penitent, and appeared to use hix influence over them with great effect. Tee doGE1y Of the audience and the eloquence of Shs rrxScseF touched the heart of the jailer. He c,Gsezied to pledge them in social glass. TAue w5ae had been drngged beforehand. In sew unzaes the poor man slept the sleep of zhe SzsG M40dTin locked him up in the cell, kru&e the fes@x from the legs of his compan- souSA creued thecaEes and doors, and marched AosSIy oz1 of pCzs0a walking aa the head of kH hz1d. wbo Hag as they passed into the <crsez EszT soon they were in the mountains, hzrzug- h the words of the French idiom, se- c-e1 TAe key Of the fields. An hour or so z%se- rhey had BeEt- servant brought the chief af slAe EHS-s-cta Ussee & bunch of keys which hs& A@sz szng into his room through an open wza5s~- Dse chief recognized the prison keys xg1 hxsse8es a scee what had taken place sae-g- Tsse rdSs=s were all gone. A regi- ueM wz< Ezls1izzely sent after them, but il w2k ss szsz The 5silOr was incarcerated in shE ESsos 8f The pgSsO0ers, and the ladies re- rx=reS zz z61gnl1Son never again to interest zsaemSesreS in fe fsse of an attractive criminal Nzs3-sn c9upaesed his andacity by writing zsasS-e n0ze 10 his late confessor, requesting As< x-uezSz3ce z1 some futnre time when he sbgzls really be on lis way to the scaffold.
 Tss8aca-he yursai was hot, he managed to ssa5e discovery. bus. having lost his chateau, he had Er some time no fixed place of abode 9r A7rE.ss2z e his soalOwers- He therefore had sscgu-Se 10 a hold expedient He ordered sgEw EF hss hand 50 take possession of her. BiE@E e1zVanleEzly saazfed on hillside to xxS Sse Aersit- and b keep him in safecus- aBaE Tasese a=aer~ were executed, and few hsg-x zsre--wz-as MxBdrin took possession of slst ht~EssI- e SstE One ~f his men was already o-=sss1 En Gs former propgietor's robe, but SaseE treated tbe holy man with great consid- szx-sBz- camsuEing him in every difficulty, and E5arsiuinC from hIm zsoch kDOwledge of the neEnbHbS06 and 0f i1s manners and GUS ssn&
 2 he ach@Be wzs an entire success The Ez8st he-HC wax even more popular than the --Re 8nE sad s88n FeBtxred to visit the grand EIcsr aE zbe diocese He informed him with us=ssk submission tha- his predecessor had szsz semss'e6 h- za ecclesiastical superior, and Ess-6 sise .c8ans1nsnce and protection of Hss mex -eve-eue faEher- which were imInedi- x1Esy Hccrae6 hIIn t..
 Assured Sf slBe favor Of the ecclesiastical HzEbT71lsx. NzBarsn and his band settled ssseEu@tsUsz csGfJr-shay sn tbeir new quarters. EiSln -En6 =hT-1r bx3ai1s brought all their be- saEsCHEsx ET1s Eise ht-sn5tage, and. under pre- asIErs aE asSIug aims, usey thoroughly ex- s8irSssss z1st BtacAsE5ag coGHuv
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 He wz< md b10g Ecfs At peace in his new quar- t<rx His gAp4o5ss in the neigbOrhoOd soon 
 FSwssn- Ills xsyt1sn w@s once more invaded. He tired ta escape through an underground pa.zszAsre cs1aecklag the hermitage with the es1Szntrv eeyU1d bat the pCevot of the archers, Whe h&a seea seat ol fhe expediiion, had kunwisiEe of The outlet, and had filled up the u8csash of t with great quantity of dry brlsh- wuot- to which he sci fire The wind was high. and drove the smoke and flame back on the fuyifives~ NaairIn was unwilling to he harnesi alive He turned back and burst into the hermit4se, hraving his enemies He was kEocked down. however, and again foundh him. self tn prism; this time al GrenUble, where all possible pEecanttOa were taken against the intervention of pioas women. Mandarin was allowed to see DO one but his judges. He was condemned to death, and was led forth to ex- ecutiOn-
 The only favor he asked was to walk to the scaffold This was granted him. His arms were pinioned and his thumbs secured with a cord He was led thus towards the place of execution AS soou as he saw the preparations for hls death, he gathered himself together, made mighty effort. broke the ropes that hound him. overturned the cenfeiier and the executicner, burst through the archefs, lowered his head, and dashed through the astonished crowd, made tor the city gate and was soon in the mountains
 The assistants all ran after him, but he ran faster. His two brothers and many of his hand were, however, put to death
 The strength required for such an escape must have been wonderful but few days later he vas retaken in . forest about night fall. The archers could not get him back to Grenobie that night, aud were greatly alarmed lest he should again escape them. They load ed him with all the letters. weights, and ropes they could command, and put him down into an empty cistern. They laid over the mouth of It boaFds and stones, and placed two senti- nels on guard whom they relieved every two hours. .- -t-t- . -r
 But Mandrin got away before morning after all. He broke hIs fastenings. cast off his weights, and used his handcuffs to break hole through the side of the cistern which was dug close te acellara He struck a light eex- amined tue premises unbarred door, and was of through the paths of the forest
 After these two marvellous escapes he or. ganZeu an 'ther band of followers. He was then on the frontier of. Savoy. On ran open plain he sst- up aR altar of turf and LstOnes with seats around it for his followers, the one intended for himself being higher than the others. From this throne he addressed his men and announced that he declared war against all farraers ofthe public taxes, d race of pu6licans very odious to all men for their exactions, crueltes. and dishonesty. He then, called upon his men to swear as he did All took the oath. Mandrin walked up to the altar, drew his sword, and opened a vein in his arm then, with his hand raised, he swore by his own blood the same hatred to tax farm. CTS and their tax -gatherers, that Hannibal had once sworn to the Romans. f'f
 He kept his oath, and thenceforward was dangerous man. .ssNo.words can give mod ern society an idea of his audacitv. He and