Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-31
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AN EPISODE or TIE
FRENCH REVOLUTION. !
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

wedding party assembled in chateau
near town on the banks of the Loire.
The young Marquis Jean de Lefevre
was about to marry Aetinse Binoinette,
the daughter of neighboring noble.
The two had grown up together, and
their passage from a childish compan-
ionship to youthful love had been 50
gradual that they did not recognize
the latter when 1t 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 mobiles then setting In. Then he
leave Artinse behind him, and Artfnse
discovered that she could not bear to
be left behind. The countess, Jeans
mother. pleaded with him to hy at once.
but he resolutely refused to 90 unless
he might take Artinse with him. And
20 hasty wedding was arranged be-
tween these two young people, both OF
whom We're still in their teens.
The ceremony had been performed
and the pair pronounced man and wife
when 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 T.efevre. 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 Indicators had
been imprisoned. but which was now
turned into political jail.
For a time Artinse gave way to hys-
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 he remarkable. She planned an es-
cape for her lover and planned it her.
self without suggestions from others.
But. having once conceived 1t. she Sc
lected a few confederatee to assist her
In carrying 1t 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 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 a
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 a
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 of the wax. he came to a ball OF
tissue paper Carefully unrolling it SO
that he should not tear it. he spread It
out aud saw that it was covered with
written words:
Be on the watch at II midnight. A
rope will be thrown over the roof 50 a.
to hang in front Of your window Seize II
and pull X up You will secure a bundle
Of keepers clothes. a nie and rope
Cut out window bars. put on suit, let
yourself down by the rope. the rest al
best you can. We will have team ready
on the bridge half mile down river from,
IL till a. 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 thu
wall. Soon after II that night, while
listening at his window, he heard some
thing strike the roof The effort wa,
doubtless Il failure. He waited for an
other effort. but heard nothing. Thrust
ing his arm out between the bars, b.
grasped string. This he drew up ani
took IN the articles mentioned Will
which to effect his escape
The suit he concealed under his mat