Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-10

Manson, becauDe this could be easily bro
marry a lady whom Count Zendovsky. ar.
had chosen 10 be his wife The marriage
would have to DO celebrated within the
castle In which he was imprisoned, and not
until the wedding wcs over would he regain
his liberty. IL he agreed to these terms his
father was willing 10 pay Miss Nenson's
fare across the Atlantic and sum OF
$4,000 wherewith she could begin life again
| In America.
Count SigismuRd promptly rejected these
propositions, and so he remained a prisoner
In the turret chamber. The steward OF the
estate supervised the arrangements for
guarding him, and trusted retalners whose
fathers and grandfathers had been In the
service of the Zendovskys carried out the
orders of the head OF me family with IN
wavering loyalty. believing that IL was all
for the good of the young and misguided
noblemsn.
Among these retainers. however. was A
man who although he was proof against
any offer OF brides. could not withhold his
sympathy from the young lovers. and al
lowed himself to be enticed by Count Sigls-
mund into forwarding a letter to Miss Nan
son at Budapest. In this letter Count Sigis-
mund Informed her of his whereabouts ana
explained that II another way OF escape
could be planned he would prefer that the
matter should not be made public. because
he feared that the story OF his ptuTe ana
imprisonment would make him a ridiculous
figure In the eyes OF all his fellow arIstO-
Gratis
xshiss lulAy appreciated THIS con-
sideration and began 10 plan the rescue OF
her incarcerated lover. She went about il
in highly romantic way She journeyed
down to the Carpathians. disguised herself
as a peasant woman and took up her quar-
tiers In the house OF the retainer who had
communicated with her II appeared i'm
possible for Count Sglsmund to escape by
way or the staircase because various doors
which were kept barred and bolted wnuld
have to be passed and he could never
emerge from the castle without being cap
tured According to Miss Manson. acting
on knowledge derived from various novels
sent through the friendly retainer first of
all the implements with which the count
could loosen the bars which secured his
windows. Subsequently she sent a long
rope OF the strongest. nghtest material
These preparations took a fortnight Alto
gether. for the rope had to be purchased
and obtained from Budapest.
The escape was planned for a night ON
which the friendly retainer was on duty
at the foot of the turret to guard the
prisoner. Count Sigismund, meantime had
contrfved to loosen sufficient bars of one
window to allow him to pass through
after he had removed them. He accom-
plfshed this without being detected and
on the night arranged he wrenched the
bars from the masonry and opened the
window. Beneath him was a bare wall
and l20 feet to the ground. The count at
ldcheo one END or the rope TO the bars of
another window and then took the coil
and dropped 1t through the window so
that the lower end touched the ground
Clambering on to the window sill the
count swung himself over and began TO
let himself down hand over hand in the
darkness. He accomplished the perIlous
task, reached the ground safely and ran
away in the direction which had been
designated TO him in advance
Miss Manson. who had planned all the
details of the escape and had made all the
necessary arrangements. was waiting OUT
side the boundary of the Zendovsky es-
tate with two fleet Hungarian horses
ready for flight. After a hasty embrace
the count mounted one horse and Miss
Manson the other. and together they rode
of in the direction of the railway station
which they reached I'm the early hours Of
the morning, nightly pleased with the
success OF their romantic adventure
They are now in Budapest and the count
Is endeavoring to overcome the new legal
objection to his marriage raised by his
father. which makes II doubtful whether
the wedding can be solemnized in Hun
gary 1t appears that Count Zendovsky
senior, has advanced q claim on the basis
OF ancient records that his son cannot
marry without his assent. and II his claim
be legally sound the wedding cannot take
place In the country. In this case the
young couple are determined to proceed
to some other country where no such
obstacle can be raised Meanwhile they
are taking great precautions to prevent q
repetition of the act of violence which led
to the counts capture and abduction.
M. J.. ROSENBACM.