, 1886-08-08

onel will be here tomorrow. Let him do
eide. What is there in that towerr"
Two soldiers etnered one of the four
towers which stand at the angles of the
chateau.
"There is only one room lighted by loop
holes.p
All right. Take the prisoner in there;
unite him; give him a bundle of straw
30 he can sleep, and place a sentry at the
door,
And the prisoner disappeared within the
tower.
1 was quite pale.
"Wha are they going to do with hat
poor young man;n asked Therese, greatly
affected.
"They are going to shoot him, I'm afraid
It's the law of war. / would do the same
were / in their place. replied the comte.
"How dreadful He must be rescued.
There are two Of you'll Help me to devise
some means Of escape. Father, have mot
heard you say that there were secret pas
sages leading to the towerf"
ayes. You can pass from the terrace OF
the chateau to that of the towers, where a
trap door, closed on the outside with a
hook, opens into the ceiling of the room"
Therese mad no reply"
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About 10 o'clock the comte and l climbed
up on the terrace and raised the trap. The
room was empty.
We were in a pitiable state OF perplex-
lty. Could his place of confinement have
been changed As we returned to the
apartments in the first story Therese's
maid gave her father this letter:
DEAR FATHER: Do not give yourself
my anxiety If l am absent until to-mor-
row night. 1 nave borrowed from the
ture one Of his cassocks and made M. de
Brissac put it on after cutting off his
beard.
II nave also had the pheton brought out
and started with the little groom, Jean
Brilliant. / am taking the unhappy man
through the woods to my nurses, i've
leagues from here on the Aubury farm.
al shall wait for nightfall to return
With Jean. Do not expect me, therefore,
until tomorrow evening. They would
girl who is not often seen will not be
missed. May God protect us.
"THEREsE."
AT early dawn heavy -connonading was
aeard and the entire squadron took horse
md set off at the top of their speed, to-
ally forgetting their prisoner.
The m and l started n quarter Of an
hour later in search OF his daughter. On
arriving at the Aubury's she informed us
that Pierre had hardly taken time to rid
himself of the cassock when he bade her
goodbye.
And what did he say to your"
"That he was carrying information and
orders to a French corps stationed four
leagues from here, and when l asked him,
II you are the bearer of dispatches, what
aaua r~ntt dana xrtfb fhA.rs h. ran1fa1
laughing: According to custom, l Learned
them by heart and then swallowed them.
| have eaten nothing else to-day The
poor young man would not take anything
but a piece Of bread n q glass Of wine,
and set out"
smiled.
ais that allf"
mo, | told him that / would pray to
God with all my soul to watch over
hims"
"And them"
"Then. he replied, " and here she blushed
and looked down. Thanks, pray earn
sstly, for to die without seeing you again
would be to die twicei"
The comte glanced at me.
would you like to bet" l said to him
in a low tone when 1 was leaving him
after we had reached the chateau again,
that the o-verpowering inclination for a
religious life has not been driven from
your daughters heart by my rogue of a
nephew and made to take a second
placer
al can only hope you are right"
"And was right" exclaimed the doc
tor, ending his story. "You met the
old Comte de Brassy this morning riding
in the forest with his three grandsons on
their ponies. They are the children Of
Therese and of the Commandant Pierre