Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-03-06

that led to the Place de la Revolution
be went toward the guillotine. A rum
brel passed him. loaded with persons
going to execution. and among them
he saw the condemned child. She, too.
saw him, smiled and waved her hand.
He hurried on. When he reached the
guillotine the victims were being IN
loaded. Stepping up to the ex~ecutioner.
he took from his pocket the parchment
appointing him a judge and showed it
to him.
Il condemned these prisoners yester-
day." he said. land ! made a mistake.
This child is not to be executed"
The executioner looked at the paper
and said nothing. 1t was none of his
business who was to be executed. De
Bowler then spoke to the officer in
charge of the troops surrounding the
guillotine. but did not show the evil
dence of his authority. for be was
known to the officer.
"This child got on the list by mis-
take"
Yes. NJ. lie Juge.'
81 am going to take her away"
The officer hesitated. then said that
he supposed it would be all right. only
he would expect the judge to take the
responsibility in the case. This De
Bowler then spoke to the officer In
child by the hand. led her away.
He did not hurry till he entered
a narrow street leading from the
Champs Elysees. then walked as rap
idly as the child was able. Taking her
to the room he had hired. he shaved
off his beard. then put on the bakers
costume, tied the handkerchief about
his neck. dressed the little girl In
boys clothes and cut off her long hair.
Then. putting the receptacle filed with
the bread on his head and taking the
child by the hand. he went downstairs
and out on to the street.
Meanwhile. a new batch of prisoners
were brought to the courtroom to be
condemned by Judge de Bowler. The
Judge did not appear. but those in
charge of the prisoners, thinking that
he had been belated. waited for him.
When an hour had passed without his
coming. q messenger was sent to his
lodging. He was not there. An an
nouncement Of the fact that the judge
was not at court and could not be
found was made to Robespierre. At
once notification was given to all In
sympathy with the revolution to look
out for the missing judge and arrest
him If found. An hour later word
reached Robespierre that the missing
Judge had taken away Louise de Chap
poral from the guillotine. The man
ager Of the revolution was now certain
that De Bowler had disobeyed his or
der and had taken to fight. But he
must pass the city barbados. and or
ders were given to the ~gatekeepers to
look out for a man and a little girl.
De Bouvier's object was to head for
the coast and escape to England.
When he reached the barricade. the
soldier of the gate was about to pass
him when a man darted up on horse
back with Robespierre's order. The
fugitive was refused a passage till he
could be investigated.
"Investigated!' cried De Bowler. II
have no time. | must carry this bread
to my customers living outside the
barricade."
"But am ordered to stop Judge de
Bowler" replied the sentinel. land a
little girl
De Bowler laughed. do | look like
a Judge? And you are told to stop a
girl. not a boy"
The sentry called a sergeant. who
looked at the two wayfarers and con
suited the order. For a moment the
man and the child were between life
and death. Fate threw the die. and
life won.
go on" said the sergeant. There's
no need to keep persons from their
bread"
The barricade once passed. De Bou-
vier found himself on the road leading
toward Calais. But he had not gone
far before he took to the woods for the
day, and on reaching another road he
changed his direction. resolving to
head for the Belgian frontier. He ped
died bread along his route. and when
he had sold one lot he bought another.
Couriers we're sent out notifying the
revolutionists on this route, the one
usually taken by emigres, to stop any
young mar with or without a little
girl who answered the description of
the missing judge. De Bouvier's two
precautions threw those who were
looking for him off his track. They
did not know he was disguised as q
baker nor that the child with him was
a girl. Besides, the fugitives appeared
to be commoners and not aristocrats.
Is was given out
After several narrow escapes De
Bowler, with his charge, crossed the
border into a country where he was
safe. He went to Belgium. where he
turned Louise over to some emigre la
dies. who on hearing her sad story