The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-04-24


needed medical attention and other
comforts His children were without
wholesome food. Like gift from
heaven had come his proportion of the
counts money. Not only that; Nthe
count, being informed of Nine. De-
nier's condition, had sent his own ply
stefan. who had treated her, and she
had been restored to health.
The memory of this benefaction in a
twinkling produced as great revolu-
ton in the heart of Henri Denier as
was being wrought in the government
of France. He resolved that if he
could save his benefactor by giving his
own life he would do so. But his self
control was perfect He sat apparently
unmoved even under the reproachful
glance of the count as the latter passed
out of the room between two soldiers.
Then the work of condemnation was
| resumed.
| Denier after having been some time
in Paris, noting the trend the revolu-
ton was taking. had gone to his home
in disguise for day and left a cipher
code with his wife by which he could
| communicate with her without any
one except himself or her knowing
what he wrote her. One morning q
| girl about fifteen years old appeared
at Nine. Deniers door and handed her
q bit of paper on which there was writ
ing.
WHO is this from?" asked Nine.
| Denier.
Read it, was the girls only reply.
Mime. Denier. seeing a tumble of
words. remembered her cipher code
which she took from its hiding place
and interpreted the message:
Count de Lisle condemned. Send wine.
The recipient read much more than
was expressed. She knew that her
husband meant that she was to find
some person or persons to come to
| Paris and help him save the man who
had saved her when she had been ILL.,
But What did the words "Send wine"
mean?
She took the message to the count
ess. whom she found Frustrated at
news Of her husbands arrest, which
they interpreted the Send wine" to
mean this: Denier had just before the
revolution set himself up as wine
seller in Paris. bringing wine in casks
to Paris and returning the casks
empty. They were to send some casks
of wine to his shop What this would
have to do with the counts condemna-
ton the women could not determine.
Not two hours after the receipt Of
the message q man named Francois. q
servant in the chateau who attended
his master. loaded several casks of
wine on Il cart and started for Paris.
When they reached Deniers shop the
girl who had accompanied Francois
went for Denier but he did not leave
his official duties till dark On ar
rival at his shop he was pleased TO
see Francois and told him that on his
GOODNESS and courage the counts life
depended. He was to remain that
night in the shop and return the next
morning. ostenSibly to the chateau.
but once having passed the walls of
Paris after proceeding some distance
In that direction. he was to diverge on
a road TO the Belgian border.
Denier. having been one of the most
radical of the revolutionists. was thor
oughly trusted by them. Indeed, he
had become q leader. About 10 o'clock
on the night of Francois arrival in
Paris he sent a small squad of sol
diers under a corporal to the con
ciergerie prison with an order to send
Citizen de Lisle TO him since his testi-
mOny was needed to denounce an enc
my Of France. The count was sent to
1.-THE judge" svho was in the room
where he sent persons to the guillo-
tine. Announcing that he would in
terrogate the prisoner privately, he or
dered the soldiers to withdraw.
No sound having been heard for
some time from within. the corporal
raped at the door. There was no an
swer. The door was opened. and the
room was found to be empty. A win,
dow had been left open. The corporal
had nothing TO do but go back to the
prison and report the circumstance.
A commotion was stirred up by the
disappearance of the judge and his
prisoner. who on gaining the street
had made straight for Denier's shop.
where Dener got into one empty wine
cask and the count into another, aft
err which Francois put the heads on
the casks. 1t was expected that the
shop would be searched. so Francois
placed the casks Oh his cart and drove
it away, moving about the streets till
sunrise. when he turned his course to
a gate in the wall on the north side
of the city. Since it was the same gate
as the one through which Francois
had passed on entering and he had
treated the guard literally to the wine
he had carried he found no great trou-
BILE in passing out with the casks.
which had evidently been emptied.
France being wine growing coun-
try. with the product constantly pass
ing to and fro, the fugitives expert.
enced no difficulty i'm reaching the Dor.
der. and once in foreign country
they emerged from their confinement
and embraced Francois. whose cool.
ness. wit and resource had saved them
from exposure on several occasions.
The two men were Joined I'm Brussels