New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

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following story Is
only instance
OF many that could he told 1t IS however renar k
able among them for the very audacity which it
reveals.
Dolores Morizon. an aristocrat of aristocrats be
fore the war, was one OF the few French noble
women who remained in Paris during the siege,
Cevoting her money and her energies TO the relief
Of suffering when she found it. Established IN her
little house in the Rue des Irlandais she went out
daily TO minister to the wounded IN the churches
and the hospitals, to carry luxuries to the poor,
and TO show above all that example OF rare courage
and self-sacrifce which among the few honest
lessons war has to teach. The people naturally
idolized this brave and charming girl; nor did they
hesitate 10 summon her to their houses whenever
trouble fell upon them
Grown accustomed TO this sisterhood of charity,
II was no surprise 10 Dolores to be accosted, late
one afternoon IN January. 1879, as she was leaving
the church OF Ste. Genevieve, by young girl.
apparently no more than fifteen sixteen years OF
age who implored her for the love OF God to come
TO house in the Rue de Seine, where young
soldier Law diving Of his wounds
Exceedingly pretty and frank and ingenious,
the girls distress earned a sympathetic answer,
and Dolores accompanied the child down the
Boulevard St Michel. and, thence turned into the
famous Fauborrg St.-Gernain.
They had walked perhaps a hundred yards down
this fine thoroughfare when, stopping without
warning before the wicket-gate OF of the finest
houses the 1aubOuTg, the glTI KNOCKED Twice
upon II. and was answered instantly from within
1t IS here 1nade1nOiselle she said eagerly.
''Nv brother Is here. Our father the concierge,
YOU know. How good II Is OF you take pity upon
Us, Oh InadenOiselle, please be quick, tor he IS
DYING"
1t had been so ceverly done. so quick and well
planned that Dolores found herself within the court
ward OF the great house before the smallest sus
Iicion troubled her. If she remembered that the
child had spoken 6f the Rue de Seine second
thought reminded her that this mansion stood al
most at the corner OF that thorOughfare, and such
. manner OF speaking would be natural enough.
Then the story that the wounded man was the
son OF the concierge entirely deceived her. The
house itself she remembered had belonged to the
Italian aaneJr Count Bracheli, who had fed from
the CITY as so many Others before the siege began
But chiefly, perhaps, the young girls distressing
anxiety TO return to her brothers side and the
gratitude she expressed so frequently reassured
Dolores
Convinced that she had come upon a real mission
q charity she passed through the outer courtyard
and entered the hall OF the mansion. 4 moment
later the bronze doors changed behind her and she
understood that she had fallen into trap and
that her liberty certainly her life perhaps might
be the price Of her confidence
How then, was this discovery made? The
answer to that question Is found IN one OF those
accidents into which the most cunning of men are
BETRAYED when custom has schooled them to deT7de
the peril OF their calling
It had been dusk when Dolores LETT the church OF
Ste. Genevieve Here in the hall Of Count Bra
chelli's house-that superb hall to which 50 many