, 1886-09-17

mel will be here tomorrow. Let him de-
eide. What il there in that toweri"
Two soldiers ct cred one of the four
towers which stand at the angles OF the
chateau.
"There is only one room lighted by loop
holes
"All right. Take the prisoner in there;
unite him. give him n bundle of straw
so he dan sleep, and place a sentry at the
door"
And the prisoner disappeared within the
tower.
was quite pale.
what are they going to do with that
poor young mnir asked Therese, greatly
affected
aThey are going to shoot him, I'm afraid.
It's the law Of war. would do the same
were | in their place replied the cointe.
"How dreadful He must be rescued.
There are two Of youi Help me to devise
some means of escape. Father, have not
heard yom say TINT 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 IA
hook, opens into the ceiling Of the room. ~
Therese made no reply"
returned in the evening after dinner.
About 10 o'clock tine comte and | climbed
mp on the terrace and raised the trap. The
room was empty.
We were in a pitlable state of perplex-
lty. Could his place of confinement have
been changedi As we returned to the
apartments In the first story Therese's
maid gave her father this letter;
"DTAR FATHER: Do not give yourself
any anxiety If | am absent until to-mor-
row night. 1 have borrowed from the
sure one Of his cassocks and made NJ. de
brissnc put 1t OF after cutting off his
beard.
Il have also had the phaaton brought out
md started with the little groom, Jean
Bridant. | am taking the unhappy man
through the woods to my nurses, five
leagues from here on the Aubury farm
II shall wait for nightfal 10 return
With jean. Do not expect me, therefore,,
lntll to- morrow evening. They would
have noticed II mans absence. A young
girl VINO is not often seen will not be
missed. May God protect us.
"THEREsE."
At early dawn heavy connonalIng was
beard and the entire squadron took horse
md set of at the top of their speed, to-
ally forgetting their prisoner.
The comte aud | started u quarter Of an
hour later in search OF his daughter. On
arriving Mt the Aubury's she informed us
that Pierre mad hardly taken time to rid
himself OF the cas,ock when he babe her
goodbye.
"-And what did he say to yous"
That he was carrying information and
orders to n French corps stationed four
leagues from here, aud when / asked him,
II you are the bearer of dispatches, what
lava 100 l-.A .t.l al--U
laughing; According to custom, | learned
them by nenrt and then swallowed them.
| have eaten nothing else today The
poor young man would not take anything
but n piece of bread and a glass Of wine,
and set out
smiled.
is That allf"
NO, | told him that 1 would pray to
God with all my soul TO watcn over
him.
And them
"Tnen. he replied, " and here she blushed
and looked down. Thanks. pray earn
estly, for 10 die without seeing you again
would he to die twicel'
The comte glanced at me.
"Wouid you like to bet" / said to him
In n low tone when l was leaving him
after we ha reached tie chateau again.
that the -overpowering inclination for a
religions life has not been driven from
your daughters heart by my rogue of Il
nephew and made TO take n second
place.
81 can only hope you are right"
"And was right, exclaimed the doc
tor, ending his story. "You met the
old ComIe de Brassy this morning riding
In the forest with his three grLndsons Oh