The Detroit times., 1913-09-15

- ms tyfant tnan tonight. IN
- o1citemcnf Of what was befor
~ made II almost out OF the ques
t}1&0 70 eat the counts dinner. A
14ofo, the count prescribed old win,
TT 4 tonic, and took Francois will
&1Ds 70. get II. Tonight there wer'
1l3feo bottles brought .up--the coun
tos preparing to drink hard. An:
4oDc0is had some trouble in no
drinking with him: but he kept al
kts end with singing and acting, viii
W dance or two out OF the peasant
Of the Jura, with clever i'm
e }tnttQns OF the few people whom he
#1o6 seen about the castle Battista l
4 6TuRness and mangled German words
Z mud the SMILING mixed with grand
v lloQuence OF one OF the guards: finally
" ~ grew daring and initiated the gov
orn0r's superior ofilcer who hady Wis
.ltoa the prison six months ago and
seen Francois among the others
e ffoncois, With his body. bent out. and
I'M Eat waddle. and an impoverished
I 6ye~Glass and aspursy .short-bres,hed
finanner, spoke OF the governor So
\, 'xefeIy. ppnlng At Him between sen
q te1ces, reprOving him, among other
|5xh1h8s, for having prisoners dine with
Az And the governor roared with de-
1jGht. for this man was HIS rival and
~ did his soul good to see him made
4 Ridiculous. He roared, and drank 10
y M imitation, and the imitation re-
kgl1Ied his levity throatily, till the
s &o31fnor roared and drank again and
%4hU0ted for more. And Francois, ey-
#c1sod, exhilarated, did more: and
&0k0l the governor drank a. he acted.
s. Ana the vaudeville went on. SO that
|3When the guard came- at eleven the
&N0&nt was lying across the sofa. too
#tjr1y to get to bed alone. and Fran
kf5o(s had to wait, pretending to be
#hopxy with wine himself. while the
3t&p soldiers put the governor to bed.
At last he was taken upstairs be-
tN&en them, leaning on them Imply;
$4t4 last his door changed shut; he
<oned to the footsteps Of the two
9fQg away down the stone hall,
II kn the staircase ~ then Dwsftly he
4 )x1W out the fiie and the letters from
B 14 mattress; he, hid the papers,
gxpped tight In their oilskin ooyer,
M coat lining. he set to work
61oh the flie to finish iron bars al.
ElU60y three-Quarters flied through.
E&ok was done. and With fingers that
3 ned to work @ tast ~ iptelligent-
~ his brain. he tore the bedclothes
4 ~ stout strips and tied them to-
Aer With SQUARE lr1c4o " Mich would
slip, and tied knots III the line
va Xteyvals 0f ! few 'fUGt which, might
) : mans nfkSf1 ffOi1 slipping.
" Md 70 guess how iong the rope
-, hut the bSdCicthet we're al
and the rcpessv8sN n19ny syerde
eondle ends wI ~ AAd; saxt4|
AZ pocket; h& 69 &c end q
"trip fast to ~ Stfnched Iron
of his windoxsys1l Weighted thc
G. vi end: then hes look W ebOpts -
mt. half TO sea 4 AL of 1ifg ynlal Y
9rces had been repnembered. hallf
m elance Of farewell toi place
~ 40 had passed hoprs never; 20
1DrGotten. SSs 80
lItk chat he vapited 70 the, VIM
~I6dge and took the frst knot In
Nm grip aud let himself out Into
dnrk. still night His feet hung
NV nir. his hand slid fast--sast--
IN saat poor ladder Of torn stun;
~ ne was cast; he was going to
~ unknown: he had taken a dcs-
(Rte chance and might not go back
he slipped down, down, from
20 knot Suddenly he came TO-
1nnt kHdk He had fastened BIT
YOU'D there 30 that he might know
n Ne got to the end. What was
{XXkx~<m &s<1s hn loa L.
NJ OF wood scraped his hand as
Aold Il; but his feet did not touch
here he hung, swaying In black
not knowing how far he might
III hove the earth. not knowing what
o Only q moment. for instantly
< knew that In any case he could
10 back, II he would, up that
a. swinging rope: he must drop,
1ntNyor happened He bent his
- ready for the fall and let go.
ID i shock he landed and rolled,
~ and out OF breath. but not
1nted: he looked up and In the
8nees saw the last knot with Its
81 " wood swinging In air twelve
- 20 from the ground.
I'M he had no time given him to
j<No6Ider this point, for at that second,
~ the far end OF the closed yard.
loor opened, biase Of light poured
<6nt and squad of six soldiers step.
~ fSUm the castle, torches In the
~ Of the foremost Francois
1nped, crouching into the shadows
INST the wall. but his heart grew
- he realized the futilty OF this,
soldiers were coming straight To
~ Kim.
2(y1th that, CLEAN on brighter
2EHGo than the ground met his sight.
m the level OF the ground. His
searching the darkness, made
- great butt OF water, sunken by
&HGtle wall. Instantly he slid into
70 his neck Il Was not quite
/. and his head did not show in
Aa4oWs OF the inside. The blaze
foscheo swept close. brighter,
cuis, shivering In the cold wa
)uod himself to the dark side;
nne Of the torches waved, shad
tnmtic, across the water and
ifle wall; he heard the SOL
Hook In short deep words; 1t
~ % evil dream. and II slip
t0fchee and dsrk-swinging
~ ~ heavy tread of men and
IL 49,. Ike . dream. The
~ shut, the lights were gone.
Was ofiu.
;S ~ than alive, Francois
X G36n the water-butt. The
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