The Press., 1912-09-04
The Two
 Sisters A Story of the Reign of Terror In France
By F. A. N11rcE1EL

\ uOuSE WueE6 LAGEe were BSNGEd1 BHAS
 who stood horror stricken at his wilt
 appearance, for they knew well that i
 meant death by the guillotine if hG
 were caught. The youngest of the girls
 but seventeen years old. showed tht
 greatest coolness of all. Taking thG
 young man by the arm. she ran witt
 him upstairs and showed him into (
 room, saying:
 "You'n find plenty of girls clothes
 in the closet. Put them on and hid'
 your own."
 She shut the door, and when the
 pursuing party entered the house she
 was quietly descending the stairs. 4
 dozen or more persons of the lowest
 class, armed with all sorts of weapons
 from a carving knife to a fintloch
 musket and with blood In their eyes
 came pouring in, demanding the aristo
 crat who had taken refuge there.
 "Ah, messieurs," said the girl de
 scending the staircase, "I fear you are
 too late. The villain came in her a few moments ago and ran down into the
 cellar. But expect he has gone out by
 a back door. If you don't find him be
 how run quickly along the passage, and | I think you will catch him." While she was giving this false In | formation the pursuers were descend. ing into the cellar and running out through the passageway. But within few minutes some of them returned and insisted on searching the house. Louise Pellicier, who had thus far kept them from the fugitive, leaving her sisters to talk with the revolution fists, ran up a back stairway to the room in which she had left him. She found him half dressed in woman's clothes and hastily helped him to com plete his toilet. Nineteen years old. he had not a sign of beard, and his features were of the cameo type, deli cate and refined. He made up as a girl remarkably well.
 Hearing the heavy tread of the searchers on the staircase, Louise again exercised her wits for another scheme to throw them off again. "When they enter here," she said to the young man, ''lean out of the win dow and say: There he goes! An aristocrat! Stop himr Then, throwing one of those white kerchiefs worn by women at that time over his shOul- the door and threw 1t open, facing the crowd. At the same moment the fugi- tive began to cry out as he had been instructed.
 There was a rush for the window, but the young man kept his face out ward that it might not be seen by any of his pursuers who would recog- nize him. All struggled to see, and he could not have well turned to them, even if he desired to do so. Finally he cried, Hes gone behind the shed" By this time most of his pursuers had started on the new trail indicated by him, but one or two were left in the house. and they thought best to do some searching where they were. When they had made a superficial ex- animation they went on after the oth- CTS. Then the young man, seizing the hand of the girl who had saved him, was about to press 1t to his lips when the door opened and one of the search CTS came back to ask some questions as to the probable route the fugitive had taken. The hunted youth fortu- nately had dropped LOuise's hand and strengthened up before the man step ped inside.
 Are you all sisters3" asked the new conner after having interrogated the young ladies.
 'All of us," was the reply.
 ''I don't doubt It. There is a strong family resemblance between you, es- pecially you two," designating Louise and the fugitive. With that he went away, and they were not disturbed again.
 And now, monsieur" said the old est sister to the youth, may inquire who you are?"
 The young man put his finger to his lips and, casting a quick glance about him, said in low tone:
 Since yesterday, when my father died on the guillotine, am the Mar Quis de Lavalette."
 There was an awed silence for a few moments. when the oldest sister ask ed, What do you propose to doT'
 Make Belgium if possible"
 '"Then." said Louise, 'I would advise you to travel in your present disguise In that costume no one would ever take you for man.
 "Mademoiselle." said the marquis, "I live by your kindness and ingenuity The man who has just left us said that there was a family resemblance be- tween us. Travel with me as my sis ter. civing me the benefit of your re- markable quick inventive power, and shall be saved. Without 1t have but little hope of making my way from this helPs inclosure The sight of my father torn away from me to be drag ged to the guillotine has unnamed me. I have not the nerve to turn aside the dangers I shall meet on the way"
 Monsieur" said the elder woman reproachfully. "what do you ask-that my sister should travel with you? | am astonished. You know that this would eust a stigma upon her from which she would never recover"
 "Mademoiselle," replied the marquis, my life belongs to your sister since without her efforts ] would now be dragged back to prison and later to the guillotfne. If she will go first with me to priest aud then assist me with her wit beyond the border promise to de- vote my future life to her, if indeed i she succeeds in saving it."
 All looked to Louise to hear her re- ply. When it came she spoke in no un- certain tones: "I will go with you as your sister"
 'LOuisew exclaimed the other girls | h horror. T know myself" said Louise, land nm responsible only to myself and 10 ny God. Tonight we will set ont"
 "I cannot permit you to be injured n the sight of the world, :" the marQuisd protested. T beg of you to consent to