The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-16
IN A FRENCH CELL.

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appeared at the door, and pushing
their way in, one of them laid his
band on the groom's shoulder, say
ing:
Citizen Lefevre, you are wanted
by the committee of safety"
Alas, the departure had been de-
layed too longl The groom was torn
from bis bride and carried away to
the jail in which common malefac-
tors had been imprisoned, but which
was not turned into q political jail.
For a time Artinse gave way TO
hysterical shrieks, then quieted down
and at last began to concentrate her
faculties upon some method of freeing
her husband. The prospect of the
guillotine, instead of paralyzing her,
sharpened her wits, serving as a
goad to an inventive faculty which
had hitherto lain dormant, but which
now showed itself TO be remarkable.
She planned an escape for her lover
and planned 1t herself without sug-
gestions from others. But, having
once conceived IL, she selected few
confederates to assist her in carry
ing 1t out.
Once every day she was admitted
to the prison where her husband was
confined. 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
communicate to him her plan, the
principal part of which fell to him.
But how was she to do this, guard
standing watching her slightest mo-
ton and listening to every woro?
She had provided way and on its
success depended the whole matter
of 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 ex-
pect something. When the time all
lotted for the visit had passed she
put up her mouth for a kiss. The
kiss was long one, and during the
period their lips we're together Ar
tinse contrived to push with her
tongue little pellet into her hus-
bands mouth. Then when she saw
that she had succeeded she withdrew
This beginning. without which the
escape was impossible, thrilled Ar
tinse with hope and she went home
in tremor of excitement. Still
there. was much to be done. many
ways by which even the attempt
might be frustrated, then the guillo-
tine
AS soon as the marquis was alone
he took the pellet from his mouth
and found the outside to be of wax.
Pulling off the wax he came to a ball
of tissue paper. Carefully unrolling
II so that he should not tear 1t. he
spread IL out and saw that it was
covered with written words:
BE on the watch at IL midnight.
A rope will be thrown over the roof
so as to hang in front of your win
dow. Seize It and pull it up. You
will secure a bundle of keepers
clothes, file and rope. Cut out win
dow 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 ~ till 2 a. m. each night till you
are ready"
jeans cell was on the third, or top
story of the jail. Below and some
twenty feet from the building was the
wall. Soon after 12 that night, while
listening at his window, he heard
something strike the roof. The eff
fort was doubtless a failure. He
waited for another effort, but heard
nothing. Thrusting his arm out be-
tween the bars, he grasped a string.
This he drew up and took in the ar
ticles mentioned with which to effect
his escape.
The suit he concealed under his
mattress, 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 attaching the rope to the
window bars he had not filed, he let
himself down and walked to the
gateway. There stood sleepy
guard, whom he ordered to open the
gate, saying a prisoner was Ill and
| he must go for a doctor. The guard
obeyed, and the marquis walked
away
At the place appointed he found a
carriage waiting. Opening the door,
he stepped in and was clasped in
the arms of his wife.
The young couple we're driven
rapidly for the rest OF the night and
as soon as It came light left their
carriage and proceeded on foot. con-
triving to exchange fine clothes for
peasants costumes, In this way they
succeeded in reaching the border
which they crossed safely. Once in
a foreign land they knelt and gave
thanks that the husbands life had
been saved.-Adelaide Ruth Hill.
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