The Forrest City times., 1913-11-07
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 ''To visit the dungeons"
 The dungeons?" My lady's face changed.
 And incidentally inspect their lat est guest! Some of you heard of him when We were here before-Le Seign- eur Noir--the Black Seigneur!"
 "Le Seigneur Noir!" They clapped their hands Yes, let us see him! Nothing could be better What do you say. Elise?"
 She started to speak, but for the instant her lips could frame no an swcr; with faint, strained smile, con- fronted him, when some one antici- pated her repdy.
 Did she not leave it to us? It is We who decide
 And a merry party they swept along, bearing her with them; up the broad stairway, cold. gray in the morn; beneath the abbot's bridge black, spying span!-to the church, and thence to the isolated space be fore the guard-house to the dungeons. Here, at 1he sound of their voices, man, carving d bunch ct keys-but outwardly the antithesis to the hunch. back peered from the entrance Unless l am mistaken, the new i jailer.' With q wave of his hand, the Marquis indicated this person. The commandaHt was telling me his EXceIleney had engaged one from Bi- cetre, or Fort l'EyeQue. believer" 1 "Bicetre. my lordh said the man gravely. And before that. the Bas- tile"
 An" laughed the nobloman. That i pretty place some of the foolish people are erumblng about AS if ] We could do without prisons any more l than without palaces. But we have come my good fellow, 10 inspect this lower world of yours," 1 The mans glance passed over the paper the Marquis handed him: then 1 silently he moved aside. and unlocked the iron doors.
 Are you not coming?" At the threshold the Marquis looked back. When frs they had approached the 1 euard-house. inyoluntarily had the i GeH crnors daughter drawn aside to 1 the ranparts; now. with face half aNertad, stood gazing off.
 Coming? Surprised, the Marquis noted her expression; the fixed brightness of her eyes and her parted i lips Oh. yes" And turning abrupt i ly. she hastened past him. ] Would they have 10 be locked in ?-- the half-apprehensiye query of one of the ladies caused the taller at first 10 hesitate and then to answer in the negative. He would leave the doors i from inc outer room open. and him i self await there the visitors return i With which reassuring promise, he ] distributed lights: called d guards. man, familiar with the intricate un defground passages, and consigned l them 10 his care
 1 One of the gay procession, the Lady Elise stepped slowly forward: the guide proved a talkatiye fellow. and seemed anxious to answer their many 1 inquiries concerning the place The i sale de Ia question: Yes, it existed; l but ihe ancient torture devices for the 1 'intefrogatory ordinary" and the fin. l teTroeatory extraordinary" were no longer pressed into service; the King
 had ordered them relegated to the shelves of the museum The caba ] mons, or black holes? Louis XI. built l them, the carceres duri and wade in ! pace, however, dated from Saint Mau. l rttius, fourth abbot of the Mount.
 And lhe Black Seigneur? How have ! you accommodated him."
 In the petit eNil; just 10 the left, l We are going there now"
 'I-am going back" 4 hand | touched the arm of the Marquis. last Of th" file of visitors, and, lifting his 1 candle, he held it so that the yellow 1 gliHmcr played on the face of the ! Governors daughter Her eyes looked deeper; full of dread as if the very spirit Ot rhe subterranean abode had seized her. He started.
 Surely you. Elise. are not afraid ?"
 'l prefer the sunlight,o she said Lairiedly n q low tone. Tit is not l cheerful down here' No. do not call
 tl" guide -og let the others know I'll
 return alone, and walt for you at the ! euard-nouse
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