Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-28
our salvations" questioned Richie

lieu.
make no noise. monsieur" I an
swered. land 1 will show you"
Tho sentry was opposite US. A step
moro and he had passed. In that in
slant l was upon him, my fingers at
his throat. Before he could make q
sound. or. indeed. understand What had
happened. I had dragged him down into
the shadow. Richelieu caught his gun
as it fell and seizing the rope from
the parapet, had bound his feet to-
gether In a trice.
"Quick. quick" I whispered. "Per-
haps there is another sentry. This n
must not be missed"
1 stripped of the fellows coat while
! Richelieu stuffed his handkerchief into
his mouth. Then We tied his hands,
gagged him and rolled him into the
his hat. picked up his musket and
| continued along his beat. A moment
later I saw the form Of another sentry
approaching through the gloom.
"Montjoy." he cried - he neared me.
The old battle cry OF France flashed
into my mind in an instant. I can
call 1t nothing less than, Inspiration.
'St. Denis." I answered.
"AlIs well.'' said the man and passed
me.
1t was a simple thing to reach out
and clutch his windpips. Richelieu'
heard h struggle and ran to my 90.
sistance. I tore our rope into shorter
secured.
Are there n othersf" asked the
| duke.
II do not Know" I answered. wait
and I will make the circuit" I picked
up The u again n started OH the
round. I completed it without encount-
ering any n There are only two
l a0nfr1oao aofA no Z NainNnnd D{rhn.
| lieu.
Good he answered." and now
what?"
MY plan is to put on the clothes Of
these men and TAX their guns. When
the guard is changed we will descend
out without question. II any one tries
to stop us. we must kill him. At least.
we shall be armed"
Splendid" cried Richelieu. "By my
soul, de Brancas. you are a man after
my WI heart"
Let us see how long We have to
wait" I said. and loosened the gag
in the mouth of our first prisoner. TEL
us. fellow" I said to him, how soon
are the guards changed?"
I'm an hour" he answered sui
lenly.
I replaced the KaK. and as I did so
q new difficulty struck me.
W. 0SS Il0 VI IuCSG lIlGu, j
said: IF the guards who come after
us find them, they will give the alarm
and the prison will be aroused In q
moment"
But we cannot kill the,n," cried
Richelieu. and I heard the two pris-
oners breathing heavily.
NO." I answered, but we must get
rid Of them. nevertheless. Wait a mo-
ment.' and I made a rapid circuit of
the roof. II AVE 1t. The chimneys."
THE chimneys?"
yes; we car lift them over and drop
them inside"
but they would fall to the bottom?"
to the nearest chimney. drew myself
to the top Of 1t and carefully let my
self down within. My feet encountered
an obstacle, and I cautiously bore nv
weight upon it. It seemed quite Arm,
and released my hold Of the chin
ney ana stopped down to Investigate.
! Found that I was standing upon
e heavy iron grating solidly nm
bodied in tho masonry. In a
moment I understood. It had been
place. there to eve any one crawling
up the chimney and perhaps escaping.
the thought that this grating, which
had been designed to prevent escape,
should be Of assistance to US. Come,
this Is excellent" / said, clambering
out, and I explained to Richelieu what
I had found. "Onc man in each Chin
ney. we'll bound and gagged. I war
rant o they will not be soon dis
covered"
But they will be smothered." ex-
claimed the duke.
by what?"
"By smoke and heat
"Ah. o forget. MONSIEUR" I said,
how few fires there r in the bastile,
and how small are the few which do
exist"
True" murmured Richelieu, ana
added. "you seem to think Of every
thing my friend"
It was the work Of only a few mo-
ments to strip our prisoners and draw
a q dagger in his belt. and these also
we appropriated. Our hats we dropped
| down the chimney nearest US.
tho two men. who were '1 SILVER ~
Ing in the icy wind which swept
across the building. you arc soon to
be In q warmer place. No, do not fear.
we are not going to harm you-that 10,
IL you keep still. We are going to slim
each OF you down one Of those chin.
neys. where. about six feet from the
top. there Is a grating upon which Won
an stand very comfortably. I promise
you. moreover, that II you are quiet ana
do not struggle We will send Q messaRe
to the governor in the morning telliiiR
him where o are. 80 that he can Re.
lease you"
I saw that the gags were fast and
that their hands and feet were secureiv
bound. Then I mounted the chimney