The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09
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be used as a hospital The doctor,
who rejoined his wife in Brussels aft
er the disaster Of Sedan, was eager to
return to Paris and take charge Of the
wounded in his apartment. How he
succeeded in reaching the capital was
one of his favorite stories.
Sought to Return.
''Some days before the armistice OF
Jan. %, 1871, was concluded" the doc.
tor would begin, my friend Jones'
then minister plenipotentary of the
United States in Belgium, came and
told me of the arrival of his colleague,
Elihu B. Washburne. Washburne,
provided with safe conduct, had left
Paris, surrounded by Germans, by
way of st. Cloud.
Zones, who, knew that I was not
friendly with Washburne, as he was
a friend Of my uncle Thomas, told me
that an armistice would be signed in
Paris within week. 'Washburne has
just received the news from Berlin
Jones added, and has decided to re
turn to Paris at once
every good l replied, but am de-
termined to be one of his party, as I
must get back to Paris
"'Quite impossible Jones cried
You cannot expect Washburne to al
low you on his special train. l shall
be his sole companion
Il saw it would be useless to insist
and betook myself to Burgomaste1
Anspach, great friend of mine. l
told him my plan of returning by
Washburnes train, and he gave me a
letter of warm recommendation, beg
ging any one to whom showed it tc
do his best to assist me-
''The director of the railroad on see
ing this document was thrown into a
state Of perplexity. He could not see
how he could help me. I suggested
that a baggage car should be placed
at my disposal. would take my place
in it half mile from the station and
then it could be attached to the train.
'"The train started. All night we
crawled along and in the morning STOP
ped at st. Quentin, well over the
French frontier. Washburne had
heard of our presence on board dur
ing the journey. He was furious.
Learned of Plot.
"At St. Quentin we left our car to
have a comfortable breakfast at the
hotel. We were just beginning when
the two ministers appeared. They pre-:
tended to be greatly surprised at see.
ing US. They took their places at
the other end Of the dining room, and
1 went across to shake hands with
JONES'
1--WE are travelling together l said
to my friend. That's delightfulr And
I asked Washburne, who stretched out
his hand to me, You are going to Par
is, then, in my train?
"a little later Jones rose and went
toward passage, making me a sign
to follow him. Pretending to want to
speak to the landlord, I went and
found Jones.
"'You cannot possibly go any far
ther,' he warned me. 3Washburne has
+ just denounced to the authorities GER
tain spies who have taken places in
his train in the hope Of getting to
Paris
II thanked Jones and, leaving my
wife taking cup of coffee, while
Washburne and Jones had not vet
reached the dessert stage, took Legacy
to the police commissary. This Off
clal, who had just received a descrip-
ton of us, hardly expected the visit.
"'We have been denounced as SPIES
I began. We'll, these spies are not
afraid of the police, for here we are.
These documents will explain our iden-
tlty and our plans showed the bur-
gomaster's letter and other papers, and
the police officers usage grew lighter.
Turned the Tables.
1 don't understand. I can't under
stand he repeated. 4 have the utmost
respect for DR.. Evans and am glad to
shake his hand. But what does it all
mean?
't'You will soon know. Do YOU
know the man who denounced US as
spies?
mo, but he told me he was United
States minister at Paris. he was. at
any rate, with the minister at Brus-
sels.'
"'Qulte so. His companion is Mr..
Jones, but I don't know the other at
all. How do you know he is not de-
ceiving Mr.. Jones? Did he prove to
you he was minister at Paris? No?
Well, think it over we'll. Remember it's
always the robbers who are first to
shout "Stop theft" Does it not seem
possible to you that this man has tried
to get me arrested just to prevent my
interfering with his criminal designs q
The commissary hesitated a minute,
then, handing me note, said:
II thank you extremely and advise
you to leave at once. As to the man
you have denounced. will SEQ to him I,