The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-06-08

| from Aimee. kissed 1t and put 1t next my
heart Then with renewed courage
l was on the midnight express for Paris.
At the first opportunity l took out
full of love and protestations of loyalty.
She gave me the address of an Intimate
girl friend in Paris through whom ! could
send letters, an opportunity of which
took daily advantage during the next ten
days.
Reaching Paris early in the morning
bath (the first in many days. and donned
familiar and well-ftting clothes. The de-
ghy ron, OF being o onGk IN my Oh nannts,
ible, though l longed to have Aimee with
me. From the newspapers found that an
armistice had been declared close on the
heels of the great land and sea battles.
| President Roosevelt and King Edward
were making strenuous efforts toward
peace, and prospects were favorable. The
Germans had withdrawn into Lorraine.
The Kaiser was in Berlin.
That Gor nsht returned to the club and
ciates. Brangers was at work on his
famous statue-the dying. Generallsslmo.
| though no Generallssimo had been close
enough to the fighting. line to get even
scratched: 0uvrard had loaned the Gov
eminent ten million francs lat n fair inter
expeectation of n summons to membership
| In the Peace Commission. All tongues
were Gathering with the glorious success
Of the French arms. though for the life OF
me could not see that either side had
gained the least advantage. / told the
story OF my reconnaissance. of the death
OF Martini and Rechere, of my capture by
the Germans, and my compulsory service
in the Hnssars emitting reference to my
participation In the actual fighting. We
talked for hours, ate, slept, and talked
again.
had been In Paris n week when Latour
appeared, fresh from London. where the
Peace Commissioners We're wranglng over
terms. He regarded me coldly at first, but
warmed up when told him how / had
pleaded for his life, and how my sweet
hearts carriage had been the means of
Latour also brought news of the arrival
in Paris of batch of German prisoners.
hope in my heart | left the party as soon
as possible and hunted up the barracks
where the prisoners We're quartered. As
/ had vaguely expected Flelschmann was
among them, sullen and dfsheartened, but
well. He was overjoyed to see me, think
ing me dead. ! found little difficulty In
securing his release through my friend,
rooms, where l summoned a tailor and
made Fleischmann into n Frenchman as
Lowenberg had long before turned me in
him a plan in which he Joined heartily
1t was nothing less than an expedition 10
Bethel, and actually stealing Aimee from
her uncle's house.
Late the next night we left Paris and in
the morning were ut Bethel had pur-
posely grown n beard. and felt certain that
] would not be recognized as the German
spy"
Before leaving Paris had sent letter
to Aimee telling her of my plan. We
secured teammtwc half starved horses
stable afforded-and at midnight, leaving
the carriage In a nearby grove, went to the
back gate of the chateau. The prearranged
signal. the boot of an owl thrice repeated.
was answered by the appearance Of dim
light In Aimee's room, and presently my
sweetheart appeared at the gate. followed