The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-20

| Of the pair or the simplicity Of this prison
| vieuX jou, which allows chem to fabricate
| at ease several instruments ana 1400 feet
| of cord, a ladder $50 feet long, out of 2lS
pieces of wood, to conceal the whole, be
| tween two fNr1rs, without anybody taking
! the pains to see it all to bore a hole
| through a wall four and one-h half feet thick
and to escape without having been once
| fred at"
In the early morning the rassers-by saw
the ladder on the wall, the escape became
known. and the people laughed at the po-
lice. The two prisoners were found and
arrested. Allegro at Brussels and Latuds
in Holland 1hs time Latude was guarded
with more severity. but il did not hiader
MIN from demonstrating and protest ny
without ntermissipn He was sent TO the
prison of Vincennes. and was promised his
freedom II he would condescenl TO remain
quiet for while He was on the point of
be ng liberated when ne preferred to es-
cape, which was very easy. as he was al
lowed TO walk in the moat of the chateau.
lie was arrested again, kept again for a
while al Vincennes. and as he was consid-
cred TO be somewhat out OF his mind he
was urged TO 30 to his own pays and re-
main with his family This did not suit
hun; he remained in Paris attacking con-
stantly and publicly Nj. de Sartlne and NJ.
ne Mdrleny, writing memoirs, claiming
enormous damages, eXtorting money by
threats from a lady etc. The rolce lost
patience, and latude was finally sent TO
Biceire as dangerous mailman. The long
chatter which Nj. Finck- Brentano hat
written on Latude is sort of psychological
study which is not without interest. We
have numerous letters of Latudc's. h ap-
pears IN them all as full OF q morbid vanity
and as an impudent and insupportable per-
son.
NJ. Funck- Brentano has auothr chapter
on the Man Of the Iron Mask" confess
that, before reading IL, | was ignorant that
this enigmatlc parsonage had been sent
from Pignerol to the Baa;ille. but NJ. Funck
BreLNano gives us the text of a passage II.
| the register of De Junca. lieutenant OF the
king, at the Bastille in these terms: "On
| Thursday September Is. 1898. M. de Saint
| Mars, governor OF $50 chateau of the Bas-
lille, arrived from his government OF the
! Islands Saint Marguerite and Saint Homo
| rat, bringing with him. IN his litter q prs-
| oler whom ha had AZ Pigncrol. who..1 he
keeps always masked and whose name Is
not revealed This prisoner is treated with
| much care, and second report says that
| he died on November 49,. 1908. without
having had any great malady." In the reg
: lister OF the Church of Saint Paul the dead
prisoner, buriai in this cemetery Of thar
church, Is entered as Marchioly. aged 10
years NJ. Fun,k- Brentano writes at great
I ,ergth OF what no calls the legend of The
| iioA -hdoh' VIII uOl lltat9 on IL, as | re-
member story which was told me in Eng
| land about Disrlell. One OF his admirers
hloughf HIM one day a son. young man o,
! great promise, aud asked Disraeli 10 say TO
this young man something which he might
remember all his life time Well" said
Dlsraeli ~ YOU aim TO become writer
| never write anything About the author Of
the letters of Junius, because YOU would be
consIdsred bore, and nsyer try TO find OFT
who was the Iron Mask because then Won
would be q still 'eltsr bore"
The end OF NJ Funck- Brentano's work Ia
devoted to the famous July IA. the day Of
the fall cf the alssille MANY are the d1cu-
msnts ON this historical event very petty
In what may be called the military sense,
almost ludierols in some details. horrible
in others but very great as landmark
for Freaos. Thu BRStille was s.ormei by
the mob the insurgent soldiers and by bri-
has' These brgands have been trans
formed into great men. When the Duke OF
La R1chefoucauld woke up Louis XVI 10
nnEcun'e 20 him the taki7gaf the BsstiIIe
Why, IL Is revolt" said the king. .No
sire. said the duke. sit is q reyolntion' I"
Taine has described in Ills great vorl, |
me effect all over France OF the fall of tbe |
basiille TNs r-opa became IN n m9ment |
iawiess' pillage, fire. assass, nation markea
IN hundred places the end OF a reei,,a |
winch was no longer defended. The disor-
gar. zatton was complete, The 1ith OF .Iuly
was tue turning OF leaf In the hook ~ |