The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-03-28

m uOU0TI3k1u8. WAS u 0IUI p0E8JyS90
at the calamity that had befallen him
and her. But out of her despair came
q wonderful concentration Of will pow.
er that developed In cunning. While
there was life there WAS hope She
determined t. make a desperate effort
to save her husband.
Two things were necessary. She
must assist him to effect an escape.
and she must have the means at hand
to get him out Of the country in case
he regained his liberty. for II he re
mained in ireland he would he hunted
and doubtless captured rs he had been
captured before. The latter part Ut
the plan must be attended to frst.
France was in those days a refuge
for both English and Irish persons who
were hunted to be punished for trea-
son, which e usually an attempt
to throw oil an oppreSsor. O'Donohue
was wOrshiped by his people, and his
young wife had no difficulty in finding
those who would provide a ship to take
him to the French coast A vessel was
procured and stood ready ut the near
est practicable point to the jail where
the prisoner was confined.
Kathleen, having seen this arrange
ment perfected the day before her hus
band vas to- be executed. went to the
officer who had captured him and beg
ged that she might he permitted to
spend a short time with the condemned
man that night. the last that he would
spend on earth. The conQueror could
not withstand the pleadings. the tears.
Of a young and beautiful bride who
was about to be forever parted from
her bridegroom. He gave an order
that her request he granted.
After darkness had fallen Kathleen.
with her sister. was carried in a "chair"
to the prison, and both were admitted
to the prisoners cell. They remained
with him half an hour. when they
emerged. the young wife leaning uron
and almost carried by her sister. Kath-
| leen seemed broken with grief. Her
sobs were he%artrending as her sister
tried vainly to comfort her. The
guards could not but sympathiZe with
| one who 50 o to be bereaved had
Just hidden farewell with the n she
| loved. The women went to the chair
In which they had come and entered 1t
amid the sympathetic silence Of their
observers.
Not far from the prison was a wood.
and as con as the mourning party
were concealed in 1t the door of the
cabin was thrown open and the figure
that bad appeared to be Kathleen. but
was really her husband. jumped out.
throwing OF his woman's garments. A
horse stood ready. and. mounting it.
he dashed OF into the forest.
Meanwhile nothing was suspected
at the jail. At the hour when the last
visit to the prisoner was made for the
night the jailer went into his cell. The
man who was to die on the morrow
knelt beside his cot with his face bur-
led on it. The jailer. supposing him to
be engaged in prayer. waited awhile
till he should have finished. But the
prisoner showing no signs Of bringing
his devotions to an end. the other ad-
dressed him, asking him II there was
duy LuluS JIG COuIu w lOl I'M.
The figure remained silent. his face
still buried in the bedclothes.
Now, the O'Donohue was a tall man
and his wife a small N This
disparity in size had seemed sure to
block the plan adopted. To reduce his
height O'Donohue. in leaving the pris.
on as Kathleen. had feigned to be so
paralyzed With grief as to be obliged
to cling rather than walk with the
sister. This enabled him to appear
shorter by bending his knees. But
Kathleen, who was DESTROYS Of con
ceaIing her identity in order to give
her husband time to get as far in his
flight as possible. had no neal OF
making herself larger than she was
The jaller stood looking at the diminu-
tive form and was puzzled. Then It
came over him that something was
wrong. He called again upon the pris.
oner to speak. and. the latter still re-
naming silent. be went to him and
lifted him from the cot. He saw at
once a woman's face and knew that
O'Donohue had gone out In his wife's
clothes.
The TALLER was springing away to
give the alarm when Kathleen seized
him with a view to delaying him. But
she was no match In strength for him.
and. freeing himself from her grasp.
he rushed from the cell. and In q few
minutes men were .hurrying to recap
ture the escaped man.
The O'Donohue had e furnished
with the 6eetest horse that could be
obtained. and he knew every road by
nath hoO and tanrlod fnrnst in the re