The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-04-02
rom his horse, and held out to Lafay
tie the bride of the third horse, say

from his horse, and held out to Lafay
cite the bride Of the third horse. say
! ing:
You are free. noble sir: take this
! horse, and fortune be your guide"
At the same time Huger tried to
hel p Lafayette take the sword from
| the officer. In the melee that follow
! ed the led horse, which was mettle
some animal, took fright, broke away
and galloped off across the plain.
Bollman, who had just come up, at
once followed the runaway horse to
try and recapture him. Meantime
the Austrian officer was roaring lOud-
ly for help. He was thrown to the
ground and Hugpr forced a bandker
chief into his mouth for gag Then
| Lafayette obtained possession of the,
sword, and, having been disarmed, the
Austrian officer was freed. He at once
ran back to the carriage. The alarm
was given and the guard was rapidly
coming mp.
Huger now thrust a purse into La
fayette's hand, and with the greatest
generosity, said to him:
I'VE are all right. Everything is
arranged Save yourself, for the
alarm is given Go to Hoff
Atthis. Lafayette. supposing Huger
had some means Of escape, gallOped
off, leaving the gallant American
alone.
Meantime Dr.. Bollman had in vain
pursued the runaway animal, Seeing
that the horse had taken the road
toward 5he city he gave up the chase
and returned to Huger. The Ameri
can jumped up behind him and they
galloped away together. They had
not gone far when the horse, unequal
to such burden, stumbled and fell
Both riders were thrown violently and
Bollman was so bruised that it was
only with great difficulty that he
could rise from the ground. At this.
accident the noble Huger again as
sumed the role Of hero aud said:
This will never do. The marquis
needs you to help him escape. Talks.
this horse and hurry after hirn. | c;srE
very easily get away on foot"
Bollman objected, but Huger rara
| across the prairie toward some woods
be could see in the distance.
When Lafayette left Huger he hael
misunderstood the Americans words
Instead of ''go to Hoff," he thought
Huger had simply told him to gooff.
lie consequently went at random
toward the Prussian frontier He
10 la bocJ on, op+;raIx. ,lI~+oDcOI nm,
suit. Escape seemed certain, when
suddenly his horse gave out complete
ly and would not proceed another
| step.
Just then peasant came MP. La
fayette offered to pay him handsome
ly if he would obtain another horse
, for him. The man promised to DO so,
and left on that errand. But the fel-
lows suspicious had been aroused oy
! the marquis appearance, his steam
| ing and played-out horse, his foreign
accent, and the inquiries he made
The peasant thought he must be an
/ escaped prisoner. SO he hastened to
/ the nearest village and returned with
( force that arrested the sstonished
, fugitive, and. despite his entreaties
and offers of gold. led him before a
magistrate
/ Lafayette retained his self possession
/ however, and gave the most plausible
answers to the questions put to him
! lie said that he was an exiied French
man who was serving in the Austrian
/ army. That he had obtained leave OF
! absence to visit a friend at Olmutz
and had suddenly been taken sick an6
| thus delayed so that he had TO hasten
! back to his post al topmost speed il
order to reach it before his leave
! should expire