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 It was during the reign of terror that relieved France of her king and queen and many of her nobility that small wedding party assembled in chateau near town on the banks of the Loire. The young Marquis Jean de Lefcvre was about to marry Artinse Bnoinctic. the daughter of neighboring noble. The two had grown up together, and their passage from childish compan- ionship to youthful love had been so gradual that they did not recognize the latter when it came till they were about to be separated. Jean was only nineteen and Artinse only sixteen, and no thought of marriage had come to either till it became evident that the young man must cross the border II he would escape the general massacre of nobles then setting in. Then he discovered that he could not bear to leave Artinse behind him, and Artinse discovered that she could not bear to be left behind. The countess, Jeans mother. pleaded with him to fly at once. but he resolutely refused to go unless he might take Artinse with him. And so a nasty wedding was arranged be- tween these two young people, both of whom were still in their teens.
 The ceremony had been performed and the pair pronounced man and wife when a dozen or more citizens ap- peared at the door, and, pushing their way in one of them laid his hand on the groom's shoulder, saying:
 "Citizen Lefevre, you are wanted by the committee of safety
 Alas, the departure had been delay ed too long! The groom was torn from his bride and carried away to the jail in which common malefactors had been imprisoned. but which was now turned into a political jail.
 For time Artinse gave way to hys- terical shrieks, then quieted down, and at last began to concentrate her facul- ties upon some method of freeing her husband. The prospect of the guillotine. instead of paralyZing her, sharpened her wits. serving as goad to an in ventive faculty which had hitherto lain dormant, but which now showed itself to be remarkable. She planned an es- cape for her lover, and planned it her self without suggestions from others. But, having once conceived it. she SC lected a few confederates to assist her in carrying it out.
 Once every day she was admitted to the prison where her husband was con- fined She was not allowed to see him alone, but to talk to him through the steel bars that separated his cell from the corridor. On the third day she went on her daily visit ready to communi- cate to him her plan. the principal part of which fell to him. But how was she to do this. guard standing watching her slightest motion and listening to every word? She had provided way, and on it's success depended the whole matter of his escape.
 Having been taken to his cell, the two stood on each side of the bars talking. Artinse gave her lover a look to warn him that he was to expect something When the time allotted for the visit had passed she put up her mouth for q kiss. The kiss was long one, and dur ing the period their lips were together Artinse contrived to push with her tongue little pellet into her husband s mouth Then when she saw that she had succeeded she withdrew.
 This beginning. without which the escape was impossible, thrilled Artinse with hope, and she went home in 2 tremor of excitement Still, there was much to be done, many ways by which even the attempt might be frustrated then the guillotine.
 As soon as the marquis was alone he took the pellet from his mouth and found the outside to be of wax. Pull ing off the wax. he came to ball of tissue paper. Carefully unrolling 1t so that he should not tear it, he spread it out and saw that it was covered with written words:
 Be on the watch at F midnight. 4 rope will be thrown over the roof so to hang in front of your window. Seize il and pull it up. You will secure bundle of keepers clothes, a file and a rope, Cut out window bars put on suit. let yourself down by the rope, the rest as best you can. We will have team ready on the bridge half mile down river from F till g. m each night till you are ready.
 Jean's cell was on the third, or top story of the jail. Below and some twenty feet from the building was the wall. Soon after F that night, while listening at his window, he heard some thing strike the roof. The effort was doubtless failure. He waited for an- other effort. but heard nothing. Thrust ing his arm out between the bars. he grasped string. This he drew up and took in the articles mentioned with which to effect his escape
 The suit he concealed under his mat tress. He worked all the time he was unobserved, filling up the gaps filed with the black bread given him to eat, and on the second night was ready for escape. Putting on the suit and attach ing the rope to the window bars he had rot fIo1 ho lot hircolf 6owp ood