The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-08-30

ticre he bowed profoundly. Tn. n
o NY arm gracfously returneu 8
saiutat!on, and said:
y shall be delighted to recei~ y
~ my husbands friends at our w
home In Par's. Come Albert, we are oe-
laying the others"
Next moment VIC we're hurrylng TO the
::A!H. while un5"moiselle was profusely
expressing the thanks that I could not
~ my life make out how | had de-
raiNed.
"Iiow nice Il must be to be in the
nnblic service" she said; but for your
friend knowing you. should never have
Cot through"
We reached Paris without further ad-
venture. where l saw my fair fellow
traveller into a facre. promising at the
same time to call upon her on the NOR
rov. | reported myself at headquarters,
whore my reception was OF a very cor
d!al Kind, for my efforts had been APP
rrccisted. l returned there again in
the evening, provided with a detailed
report in writing Of the latest move on
The part OF the anarchists. l was sitting
talking to our chief, when suddenly the
room in which we were seemed to rock.
there was a crash Of breaking glass, and
tDsn a GcaIPDlnB TOAr DLGSl upon OuE
ears and l remember no more.
When | came to, found myself In the
hospital. terribly shaken. but fortu-
nately without any loss OF limb. Others
OF our men had not been so fortunate.
! learned that bomb had been explod-
I'd on the ground floor of the offices Of
the Bureau of Public Safety, and that
the whole place had been wrecked, and
Of ~, c1ar.icaI Stam wounded
man had been captured Immediately
after the explosion, and the contents Of
a black bag found in his possession had
led to further arrests. My own presence
was urgently required at the prellm-
mary, or extra judicial, examination OF
the prisoners, for one, If not more, had
been traced as coming from Lcndon.
and It was thought l might be able to
give important evidence as to their
identity.
And so. on the first day the doctors
Judged 1t safe for me to leave my room.
l was taken to the house OF the magl-
etrate intrusted with the investigation.
In an ante-chamber l found Chollet sit
ting, but he did not recognize me at all
when l nodded to him as | passed My
head was partly enveloped in bandagec,
and no doubt my appearance was other
wise very greatly altered. But that as
not the reason OF the blank stare he
favored me with. | was unable to
identify either Of the first two prisoners
brought forward. as, in fact, had never
set eyes on them before. They were re-
moved, and then a third was brought in,
a young woman. followed by Chollet,
who carried IN his hand a black bag,
which / had some dim recollection Of
having seen before.
Remove your veil" said the magis-
trate to the prisoner. do you know
this woman?" he then asked. address,
Ing me-.
Speak out, Abort, tell them the
TRUTH" said the lazy br!skly.
And then / wished The explosion nad
indeed killed me. 1t was Mademoiselle
Guer!n whom l was confronting.
1t would have gone hard with me
at the trial which followed. and in
which I had to take my place in the
dock along with the other three. but
for maden,otselle's confession, in which
she described how she got me to carry
the fatal bomb, and frank" har through
Paris without being once asked for her
papers.
I'VE had found him oct IN London"
she added, complacently. "and thought
1t we'll he should be made to help US"
They were sentenced to long terms Of
got year, and when 1
came out found that my occupation
was gone. And yet. what else could I
have done, or even you, reader, who are
no doubt much wiser, in such circum-
stances as l have narra ted From the
French.