Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-15


 In the morning she was taken before tho magistrate and charged with tho theft of the money. Of course the ser geant had to tell the story of the escape of the other prisoner. Those in the court room were much interested in the recital, and when his description was given one of tho scndarmes who had newly come to the station said:
 That must be the very man who es- capped from the galleys at Marseilles after killing two of the guards"
 He was immediately interrogated as to the antecedents of the murderer, and Marie had to listen while the whole cat alogue of her husbands iniquity was un- folded. With growing horror she learned that he had been many times in priSon from which he had by some trick or sub tcrfuge escaped on each occasion; that he was a criminal of the deepest dye -rcmOrsclcss. pit!loSs. cruel; that hi want of gratitude to those who had helped him i'll his times of trouble had alienated even those who had clung to him the longest; that he had been ac- cuSCd of several murders and suspected of many moro, but that his cunning had been such that he had been able to prove on nearly every occasion that the guilt had rested with some of his dupeS; that he had never hesltated to betray his fel- lows and accomplices when it had served his purpose. In the opinion of the speaker there was not 50 black n criminal i'll the whole roll of crime Finally he had been convicted on q charge uf murder and condemned to the gallrys for life. He had been in the gang at Marscilles for only short time when he had escaped by an effort of des- peratc courage having in the doing so murdered two of the guards under cir cumstancrs uf peculiar atrOcity.
 When the recital had come To an end, the magistrate said that su far as the charge of the theft was concerned he would have been content 10 let it lie owe. until a later ti.la had there not been ii rect evidence of the woman having taken the money and it's being discovered in her pC>Stssiou. As from the fact of her husband being such Il desperate charaC- ter it would have been presumably as a tool ill his hands that sine had committed the theft. -AS. however. he had escaped with her assistance. ii would be neces- sary that she should b,, held in custody for both charGvS-that ut the crime with which sho was charged and tho addi- tional one If couuivinE with and aiding in the csCaIn' of an arrested fOrCat. At the same time. s;id the magistrate, ''un account of Inc prisoners extreme youth and owing to the urgency of her condi- tion. and further relying on the fact that she may lave Nu her trial some cxplana- tion tO give which may mitigate in the eyes of the corr. her moral delinquency ill the matter. Nn willing that every kind of personal consideration should Lr shown to her consistent with her safe GUS. todv.
 Tine l1ul of the magistrate vas Il | lost on tE" .,~.syln; or his kind hearted wife. and when she returned with them to the @rudlrmvrir they shared with her whatever comforts they themselves pos stss,d. But though she had some measure of comfort h,r state If mind was pitiablr ill the cxtrylu,. M one fell blow she had lost all that earth had tn give htr-hus- band-fur N.,~ uot ih,. discovery of hi. true cclla:..,'Tyr wer~" than death: father. mother. !a.s;'. lrivuI-, honest name. all that muk>'~ he happiness uf life. Nav. was she not even at the moment q lris- oncr on a criminal charge: A prisoner. so thar her child mus, L.. horn in prison and he stained fer :u its life with the prison laiut'
 The idea appalled, her. and ill the great anguish of her ~1ul wild idca camc 10 her She v,u@lI run away if sho could from ll-a prison. She had every oppor- tunity, for tho room she occupied vas not even locked. since 10 one thought it possible that s2v coUlI even make an at tempt to lSc..Ist. S.lo wo0lI sruE shcl- ter soncwLcTJ J-2nywherI-iu her trou- ble She Inish; die. starve or perish from tho cold. but death had no tcrrors for her. All she hoped was that her child would not born in the prison. She felt that if >Ar could once get out into the free air. nA matter where. her little one might escape the prison taint- that 1T might not Lc cursed with lhe sins of its father ur with hcr own unhappi- ness.
 While thr thought WAS upon her she rose m and stole to tine door Ii was night. Nvt sound was to be heard save the gentle ru>tAuC If tAr Irr1s She was q Iuo1utaiu brrl girl, and the sound this voice If uI;urr to which she was accustomed coming through the still ne>s-hrouEhI an unuttcrablc relief 10 her soul. \ sense of freedom came to her through all the pains that racked her.
 She passed into the night and fed on her way with ono blind hope ever before hCr-th3t her Ilill should not bear the prison taiut.
 As the morning was hroakiuEsh she found herself close to a little waysidc shrine. Her strength Was going fast. but the sight gave her renewed energy. As she looked through the grating that guarded it in front she saw the figure of the di- vine lupthcr, and her heart gave a glad throh "s sine sank to her knees in the dust and bowed her weary head whilo sho prayed. She felt no fear now. With thnt divine image of motherhood and suffering before her she felt that her prayer was heard. and that her child would be ireC from the curse uf iys ia thCrhood. Thrrr alone. save fo~ what sine felt tO G" the presence of the Mother of sorrows, she eniur sl all tho pangs of her maternity.
 As the light grew i'll the east her thoughts h0verel between the child that lay upon Ter breast and that other Child whose star v,a~ secu in the eastern sky 90 many centuries ago, and the solace of her pain CaInr ir the joy that a man was born into the world.
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