The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-11-08


my brothers example and make my
confession, as he has made his.
would rather he had spoken for me,
but he is too generous to say any
words except such as he thinks may
save me from sharing his punishment.
refuse to be saved unless he is saved
with me. Where he goes when he
leaves this place l desire to go. What
he suffers l am willing to suffer. If he
is to die, believe God will grant me
the strength to die resignedly with
him.
"This is what l now wish to say
as to my share in the offense charged
against my brother: Some time ago he
told me that he had seen my husbands
mother in Paris disguised as a poor
woman; that he had spoken to her and
forced her to acknowledge her identity.
Up to this time we thought that she
had left France, because she held old
fashioned opinions, which are danger
Gus to hold now-had left France be-
fore we came to Paris. She told my
brother that she had indeed gone, with
an old tried servant Of the family to
help and protect her. as far as Mar
settles and that, finding difficulty there
in getting farther, she had taken it as
q warning from Providence not to de-
sert her son, of whom she was passion
ately fond and from whom she had
been most unwilling to depart. Instead
of waiting in exile for quieter times
she determined to hide in Paris, know
ing her son was going there too She
assumed the name of her old and faith
full servant, who declined to the last to
leave her unprotected. She purposed to
live in the strictest secrecy and retire
ment, watching the career of her son
and ready to join him when the settle
ment of public affairs would permit it.
MY brother thought this plan full of
danger to herself and her son and the
honest old man who was risking his
head for his mistress sake. thought
so, too, and in an evil hour l said to
Louis, viii you try in secret to get
my husbands mother away and see
that her faithful servant makes her
really leave France this timer
NlOhSiy ooASu NY DlOtAcl " uO Ills
for selfish reason Of my own-one
connected with my unhappy married
life. | did not succeed in gaining my
husbands affection, and he treated me
unkindly. My brother, who has always
loved me far more dearly than l de-
serve, increased his kindness to me as
my husbands diminished This made
Ill blood between them. My thought
was that if we succeeded in saving my
husbands mother without danger to
him we should appear to my husband
in new and better light. | should
have shown how well / deserved his
love, and Louis would have shown how
well he deserved his brother-in-law's
gratitude, and so we should have made
home happy at last and all three have
lived together affectionately My broth
er had SO used me to accept sacrifices
for my happiness that l let him endan-
ger himself to help me in my selfish
plan. repent this bitterly now. l ask
his pardon with my whole heart If he
is acquitted, will try to show myself
worthier Of his love. If he is found
guilty, l, too, will go to the scaffold
and die with my brother, who risked
his life for my sake"
She ceased as quietly as she had be-
gun and turned to her brother. Louis
leaned his elbow on the rail before him,
covered his face with his hand and
wept. The audience had heard Rose in
silence-a rare tribute to a prisoner
from the people of the Reign Of Terror.
This statement Of the female prison
er complexities the matter" said the
president. rs there anybody in court |
who knows where the mother of the
Superintendent Danville and the sery-
ant are now?''
Lomaque came forward.
why, citizen agent, are you over |
come with the heat too?'
"The fit seemed to take him, citizen |
president, when the female prisoner
had made an end of her statement ex- |
planned Magloire, pressing forward off
ciously.
Lomaque gave his subordinate a look
winch sent the man back to the official
group and said, in lower tones than
were customary with him:
Il have received information relative
to the mother Of Superintendent Dan
vile and the servant and am ready to
answer any questions that may be put
to me-"
Where are they nowr
she and the servant are known to
nave crossed the frontier and are SUD-
posed to be on their way to Cologne.
But since they have entered Germany
their whereabouts are necessarily q
matter OF uncertainty"
Have you any information concern
Ing the conduct of the old servant while
he was in PARISH?
Il have information enough to prove
that ne was not an object for political
suspicion. He seems to have been ami
mated simply by servile zeal for tbe
woman's interest, to have performer
Tor her the mental offices of n servant
IN private and to have misled the
neighbors by affecting equality with
her In public"
rave you any reason to believe that