Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-05-19

ing upon uur bench We could reAcn the
shelf; but self respect forbade.
The pleasant feeling soon wore off.
1t WAS intolerably hot. We were not
IN the least hungry, but We were very
thirsty. ventured TO kick at the
door. A man at once asked what was
the matter. Our petition was immedi-
ately granted in the form of pitcher
of leau de- vigne.
Two hours afterwards Dupont came
himself To take us out. Our eXamina-
tlon seemed perfectly satisfactory.
Besides, the police at Glen had clue.
Only We We're to he kept till o'clock
in case of accidents. II no word to the
contrary came before then, We were to
be yet free. Meanwhile, We were kept
Ill n very mild state of bondage In
fact, our cell was the kitchen Nine
Dupon. wanted to converse with the
terrible Englishmrn.
Dupont had again put on his apron,
and was busy dadling II little girl of
four Madame was preparing the
beans for dinner. Bopper soon made
his way into the parental hearts by UNI
doing n bnnduge round the ears of the
eldest-n boy of about nine-and after
examination prescribed some specific.
His home experience gave him an i'm
men5e advantage over me in the good
graccS OF the family.
Soon he began to worm ont of the
fathcr the charge upon which We were
detained. II was no less than "Aiding
II Spanish prisoner to escape from the
State prison Mt Glen.
The reasoning WAS conclusive. He
had escaped during the very night va
had been Mt Glen. We were foreign.
crs. He was n foreigner. Therefore,
We aided him to escape The thing
was as plain as pikestaif Dupont,
however, put 1t i'll somewhat better
| light for the authorities.
We had been making careful in.
qulries about the prison. $50 that
miserable chateau We SO much admired
was the State prison. Little wonder
I the gendarmcs smiled nt our desire to
! get into III. We had sat for an hour
on the bridge carefully examining it.
| In our hotel we continued our invcsti-
cations So as to arouse the suspicious
of our landIadv. We had started at
an uncarthly hour in the morning,
What would You have?
Put that way we had to admit that
our case did not look quite so well.
After iudiciously submitting to &
little instruction from madame i'll tn,
art of preserving beans, Bopper ven
tured to pump Dupont again.
"What was the Spanish prisoner
crimc?"
My opinion now is that Dupont did
not know. He asserted that duty for
badc him to tell.
"Only may let You know that he
Ind only been in prison for IA fortnight
ths term was fourteen years, and TINT
he escaped during the night in hi
shirt
We were getting along splendily
Boppcr and | were quite sure We were
going to be asked to share the dinner
We We're helping to prepare, when hey,
presto another telegram from til,
Commandant spoiled everything.
That wire must have conveyed {
snub of some kind to Dupont, for h,
Mt once stiii'rned up in the most dis
agreeable style, and snapped out to III
he did not even put III the "Mcs
sleurs -
"You may put yourself en- route"
We took him Mt his word, and were
soon swinging along the highway. Al
we passed the big stone marking thu
boundary between the LOiret and thu
Nievre, we heaved II united sigh Il
being out Of the Commandants beat.
We began quite to understand tn
easy descent into the criminal classes
For days after our arrest we mad
little detours to miss the iron flag an,
the signboard "Gcndarmeric.
| know tins sketch is Incomplete y
soon Ms We got home Bopper and
tried to get the details filled in. W
wrote to the hrigadicr, inclosing
stamped and directed envelope, askin
what was the Spanird's crime, an
whether he was cHupht again.
No answer ever came Either tn
brigadicr never got over that final wiz
or police regulations made 1t danger
GUS to answer such letters rs ours. -
Cornhill.