Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-02

| from Aimee l kissed it and put 1t next my
| heart. Then with renewed courage
struck out for the station. Two hours later
1 was on the midnight express for Paris.
AT the first opportunity | took out
Aimee,s note. 1t was tender little ,epistle,
She gave me the address of an Intimate
| girl friend In Paris through whom 1 could
| send letters, an opportunity of which
| took daily advantage during the next ten
days.
Reaching Paris early In the morning
made my way to my old rooms, took
bath (the first in many days. and donned
familiar and violating clothes: The de-
| light OF being back In my old haunts,
away from strife and danger, was inexpress-
| ible, though / 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| Germans had withdrawn into Lorraine.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 night / returned to the club, and
was cordially welcomed by my old asso-
ciates. Brangers was at work on his
famous statue-the dying Generalissimo,
| though no Generalssimo had been close
enough to the fighting line to get even
scratched; Ouvrard had loaned the Gov
eminent ten million francs tat a fair inter-
est; Mongerval professed to be In hourly
| expectation OF n summons to membership
In the. Peace Commission. All tongues
|
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
| or Martini and Rechere, OF my capture by
| the Germans, and my compulsory service
| in the Dussars, emitting reference to my
participation I'm the actual fighting. We
talked for hours, ate, slept, and talked
| again.
I had been In Paris week when Latour
appeared, fresh from London, where the
Pence Commissioners were wrangling over
| terms. He regarded me coldy at first, but
warmed up when | told him how I had
pleaded for his llfe and how my sweet
hearts carriage had been the means of
Latoqr also brought news of the arrival
In Paris OF batch of German prisoners,
captured at Montepelier. With n sudden
hope in my heart left the party. MS soon
as possible and hunted up the barracks
where the prisoners were quartered. AS
/ had vaguely expected Fleischmann was
among them, sullcn and disheartened, but
well. He was overjoyed to see me. think
ing me dead. I found little difficulty in
securing his release through my friend.
Captain Maubourg. and took him to my
rooms, where i summoned tailor and
made Flelschmann into n Frenchman as
Lowenberg had long before turned me in
to German hussar. Then I unfolded to
him n plan in which he Joined heartily.
IL was nothing less than an expedition To
Bethel, and actually stealing Aimee from
her unce's house
Late the next night we left Paris and In
the morning were at Bethel had pur-
posey grown 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 a team-two half starved horses
and n numbering carriage, the best the town
stable afforded-and at midnight, leaving
| the carriage In n 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
] sweetheart appeared at the gate, followed