The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-30

husband adieu on the night before his
execution, and went TO the tower with
two women, who were In her confidence.
One had on two suits of outer garments,
and after leaving suit in the Earl's
chamber she Immediately quilted the
prison. The second gave the Earl her
clothes and put on those which the first
had just taken off. Wrapped in long
cloak, and with handkerchief to his
eyes, the prisoner then passed through
the sentinels, and took ship for France.
Lady Nithsdale remained behind in her
husbands stead, but she soon regained
her liberty.
The escape Of the Duke of Albany,
imprisoned in Edinburg Castle by his
brother, James III, Is one of the most
dramatic episodes of Scottish history.
Albany, and his brother, the Earl of
Mar, were as great favorites with the
people as James was not. The King
caused Mar to be bled to death. Albany
was menaced by the same fate, when his
friends resolved to rescue him. A little
sloop sailed into Reith Roads with a
cargo of Gascony wines, of which two
small casks were sent as a present to
the captive Prince. When the Duke
came to dip into them, he found in one
ball of wax containing letter urging
him to escape and make his way to the
water side, where he would find the
little vessel waiting for him. In the
al of
which would enable him to drop from
the walls of his prison to the rock on
which the castle stands. His faithful
Chamberlain, who shared his captivity
promised to aid him in his enterprise.
The main point was to make sure of the
Captain of the guard. Albany invited
this officer to sup with him under the
pretext of wishing to have his Judgment
on the wine; and the Captain, having
posted his men with due circumspection,
led three of them into the Dukes room
with him, and then took his place at
the table. The meal over, the Duke
proposed game of trictrdc, and took
care, while it was going on, to ply his
guest freely with the wine, while the
Chamberlain was no less attentive to
the three soldiers. The drink, and the
heat of great fire, near which they had
artfully placed him, soon made the off,
Ger very drowsy, and the men, too,
began to nod their heads.
Then the Duke, who was strong
man, jumped up, and laid the Captain
dead at his feet. In another moment
he had dispatched two of the soldiers,
while the Chamberlain, with his own
dagger, finished the third. Their work
was the easier to do as the drink and the
fire together had almost stupefied the
poor wretches before blow was struck.
They threw the bodies on the fire, and,
making their way to an out-of-the-way
corner of the walls, began their perilous
descent.
The Chamberlain went down first to
try the cord, but it was too short, and
he fell and broke his leg. He uttered no
cry of pain, but simply told his master
went back to fetch his bedclothes, and
finally made the descent in safety.
His first thought was to provide for
the injured man, and he did not bestow
thought on himself till he had carried
his faithful dependent to hut where he
might remain in perfect security until
his recovery. This done he few to the
sea-shore, and, boat answering to the
signal agreed on, he boarded the sloop,
which instantly set sail for France. In
the morning the grand round found
nothing of their prisoner but room full
of suffocating smoke and four bodies
roasted to Goals in the ashes of the fire.
Tom Paine tells his escape from the
guillotine, during his confinement in
the Luxembourg, in this way:
"The room in which L was lodged
was on the ground floor, with the door
opening outward fiat against the wall,
SO that when it was open the inside of
the door appeared outward, and the
contrary when 1t was shut. When per-
sons were to be taken out of the prison
for the guillotine it was always done in
the night, and those who performed
that office had private mark by which
they knew what rooms to visit. The
door Of my room was marked one morn
Ing, when 1t was open, and fiat against
the wall; being closed in the evening,
the fatal line of chalk came Inside, and
thus the destroying angel passed by. A
few days after this Robespierre fell, and
Mr.. Monroe arrived to reclaim me.''