The sun., 1893-08-13

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| whole place she went back and sat down ol
her bed. She remained there an hour. deepl
absorbed. Then she listened again: there wa
now not the faintest breath OF sound In tn
house. She returned to tho window an'
glanced out, but doubtless ono OF the horns o
the moon. which was still visible behind ont
OF the trees. seemed an obstacle to hor. for sh'
sat down again to wait At last 1t seemed t.
hor that the hour had come. The night wa'
absolutely dark. she could no longer see tht
sentinel In front OF the mill. and the countr,
lay spread before her like sea OF ink. She
hardened an instant. and then prepared to act
An iron ladder ascended near the window
consisting OF crossbars riveted into tho wall
| which went UP from the wheel to tho garrett
and had formerly served the millers foi
visiting certain parts OF tho machinery: the
mechanism had since been altered. and now
for a long time the ladder had beon concealed
| under the thick ivies which covered this side
| OF the mill.
FRANCHISE stepped resolutely over the balua-
| trade before her window. reached over to one
Of the iron bars, aud found herself in space.
She began to descend. Her skirts embarrassed
her movements greatly Suddenly stone
| was detached from the wall and fell into the
Morello with resounding splash. She stop
ped. frozen with alarm But she perceived
that the waterfall. with its continuous roar,
| would at a short distance cover any sound that
she might make: and she then descended
more boldly. feeling in the ivy. with her foot;
make sure Of the stepS Mnen she ybh hsh
unforeseen difficulty almost caused her to lose
room was. not opened resalsrly below tke
winddGw OF her own room. % but IVA Was ,dnr ddite
and When she stretched n ele out her hand she
| could feel nothing but the wall. Would she be
oeliged to 60 up again to her room sr wthqHt
and the murmuring e sound OF the Morelle be-
| low her was beginning to make her Eiddy;
and threw them against Domnique's window.
ne did not hear: perhaps he was % asleep; d she
She ielt that at her IS strength W was, exhausted and
that thai she was falline backward, when at last
sna sSy his TpsGW c quickly
He leaned out; grasped her and lifted he, her
liable tt Of weeping. sitting her sobs so that no
one one might hear her. At tlength. bya supreme
Are You guarded 7" she asked softly
Dominique. still stupened at seeing her
tina Tso & s s%sSS sSe sSn %
snoring. was heard the sentinel. yielding to
need Of sleep, must have lain down On the
that the prisoner should not be able to stir,
You must escape" she resumed earnestly.
,, have come to beg you to go and to bid you
Put he did not seem to hear her.
Mhat IT. This is YOU this is you" he re-
lqH Tsht taSt hsa haze S,bds Killed
lear that must H die Without seeing @ You 1as aaai n
s hsye e nsg o Sao0 an hour
with f,i,o YOU /. ,Si,7l shHl be ho ready s
and now her head was lying on his shoulder.
Danger brought thom neal. together. They
f0!gIh IN hi smSrsS
louis our pceted wed ding S"S day. 81 Sotn ohe
% u srsn SES "F
MasSss 1t Ct trass This is now the morning of our
Yes. yes" she,repeated. "the morning of
:, They kissed each other with a shudder.
as the terrible reality rose clearly before her
me4ea bspe S9 ySa muss g9 she STAN
As he reached out his arms in the dark ness
to EN- brace her again. she called him thou.
rs shis sf'6 % 5s i thSa as oss sfsh
dsr dowe o the % Ts
could heir, himself BY the blades, and could
get into the lit little ., boat which lay in the
gain the other side OF the river and make his
escape.
first willow"
Francoise shuddercd She put into his hand
a knife which she had brought down with her.
There was silence.
nas ennnat so sSalS
away those soldiers might murder you. You
me of consent to guide them IRESs throurh 10 the he
forest Of Sauyal: I they should lose me they
The young girl did not stop to discuss.
sh. pen Sve hs P s5
Then she promised to 60 to her room again.
Nobody should know that she had helped him. him.
kissing, him and ,persuading him with an out out.
burst Of extraordinary passion. He was van
me that Sour qai aher snoRs Of tn.
step yon have taken and that he advises me to
ut was my father who sent me-" boldly an
swered Franchise.
She was lying, At tho moment she had but
safety. to escape from the abominablo thought
tha the Wh.h e, tS be be the signal Of
fortunes might break on her. 1t woald seem ,
ism Of her tenderness demanded him alive
II is we'll" asserted Dominique. Il will do
Then they spoke no more Dominique won't
to open the. window. But suddenly a sound
ttranshxed them. The door was shaken. and
paro had heard ther voces And dttasnfy standagy
tightly .clasped in each others arms they |
waited In unspeakable anguish. The door was |
shaken again. but It did not open. They each |
stood that 1t must be- the soldier. lying on the |
other side OF the doorsill. who had turned over.
And. in fact there was silence again. and the |
Dominique absolutely demanded that, first
OF all. Francoise should go up again to her |
a mute farewell; Then he assisted her in
grasping tho ladder and afterward stepped |
out on 1t himself. But ho refused to descende |
single step until he knew that she was in her
room. When Trancoise had gone In she let faIl
q whisper as light us breath:
Farewell till We meet again: love theew
She Leaned over the window sill and tried to
follow Dominique's movements The niaht
was still very dark She looked for the sentie
made pale spot, 4, in the midst Of the shadows
inique's body against the IVY. Then the
man had found the bont., minute later.
indeed, she distinguished the dark outline OF
ne -, boat NOR. on tho gray surface Of the
her BY the throat At every second
she thought she hoard the sentinei's
alarm: tho faintest sounds, diffused in
tho darkness, seemed to her to be the hurried
of soldiers tho clashing OF arms t6a