The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-06-24
he turned upon US With NOW I've

Al lhl- NcFltacle stand ana ueilv-
err" Bopper. with some pride. pro-
duced his lurse. containing some zoe
. francs.
You didn't look like Il. you know, v
murmurcd the tEnnderstrnck briga.
der
When Aou"lshel over l.oOl francs
before him, he could only add:
Nor you. either
Pleased at the favorable impression
our resources had made upon the poor
brigad err. who had probably never
seen so much none AT one time in
his life before, Bopper deigned TO
produce Our railway return tickets
from Paris to London. Dupont ad
mitted this "a evidence But his
next question startled us.
"Can you speak SPANISH"
This finished OR examination. lie
would give no explanation. On the
sounding OF a little bell gendarme
entered and ssluted. He was not
our keeper. whom we saw, grimly
keeping guard at the door. The
brigadie- handed his big report to
the man, VINO WEIurtW.
Boppcr returned 10 the charge that
the police had no right TO stop us on
the highway. The brigadier admit
ted that papers were no longer neces-
sary, but
IL am instructed to arrest you on
specified charge
What charger we demanded to-
gether
He only smiled slyly, and told us
that an old hand like him was not so
easily caught as all that The only
hint he would give us was that il
would be twenty years at the hulks
il proved against US. We felt secret
~ pleased at the obvious enormity OF
our otfen-e-
English spies, OF course" sneered
Bopper.
English pickpockcts more prob
ably" retorted the brigadior, who
certainly scored there; but no. gen
tlcmen, it is neither. / may be able
to tell you when | get a reply to my
telegram
do you mean TO say you tele-
graphcd all that sheet about us2n
asked Bopper, with pride he could
hardly conceal.
.'But yes, perfectly; its the rule"
where did you telegraph to-"
.'Ah. gentlemen make questions.
Pardon me.
Our conceit in oar own Importance
was seriously damaged by the interim
reply.
"Commandant at breakfast Keep
prisoners till further notice"
Dupont was annoyed. Bopper was
furious. am philosophers. The
bell rang again. We were conducted
TO sort OF cell, whore we had form
TO sit on. We were locked in. We
both felt secretly aggrieved az not
being put into irons. Even the cell
was fraud The window was very
high up, IL is true; but there was
only one iron bar across il a YER
tical one. We had no pallet OF straw.
or any OF the regulation cell furni-
ture. Instead. there wa; quite a
collection Of riding boots and spurs
and belts hanging round the walls.
On a shelf there were several brown
paper bundles Standing upon our
bench we could reach the shelf; but
self-respect forbade
Two hours afterwards Dupont came
himself to take US out. Our exam
ination seemed perfectly satisfactory.
Besides, the police at Glen had
clue. Only we were to be kept till
o'clock in case of accidents. IL no
word 10 the contrary came before
then, we were TO be set free. Mean
while, we were kept in a very mild
state OF bondage. In fact, our cell
was the kitchen. Nine. Dupont
wanted to converse with the terrible
Englishmen.
Dupont had again put on his apron.
and was busy handling little girl of
I. Madame was preparing the beans
for dinner. Bopper soon made his
way into the parental hearts by un-
doing bandage round the ears OF
the eldest-a boy OF about 9-and
after examination prescribing
some specific. His home experience
gave MIN great advantage over me IN
the good graces OF the family.
Soon he began to worm out of the
father the charges on which We were
detained. 1t was no less than Aid
ing a, Spanish prisoner to escape from
the state prison at Glen"
The reasoning was conclusive. He
had escaped during the very night
we had been at Glen. We were for
eigncrs He was foreigner. There
fore We aided in his escape. The
thing was as plain as pikestaf.
Dupont, however. put it in a some
what better light for the authorities.
We had been making careful in
quiries about the prison. $50 that
miserable chateau we had so much
was the state prison. Little
wonder the gendarmes smiled at our
desire TO get into it, We had sat
for an hour on the bridge carefully
examining il. In our hotel VIC con-
tinucI our Investigations SO far as to
arouse the suspicious OF our landlady.
We had started at an unearthly hour
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