Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-24
The Daily Story
Couple of Wine Casks-By r. A. Mitchell
Copyrighted. Associated Literary Bureau

glance OF the count as the latter rs ,a-.'a.
our OF the room between two sold1.-1
Then the work Of condemnatlor -
resumed. was
Denier after having been som. a.
In Paris, noting the trend the rsvsa-
ton was taking, had gone to his ~
IN disguise for day and left a .,,,. -s
code with his wife by which he -.
communicate with her withou, ~
one except himself or her kro-.s-S
what he wrote her. One rnorrt.-s
girl about fifteen years old anraa...
| at Mime. Denier's door and hanAaSra
bit of paper on which there was
ing. w
who is this from?" asked ".
Denier. s
Read it, was the girls only renr-
Nine. Derier, seeing a tumbia :.
words, remembered her cipher "a"
(which she took from its hiding nI.as
and interpreted the message:
Count de Lisle condemned. Send win.
The recipient read much more th.r
was expressed. She knew that A..
husband meant that she was 10 "a
some person or persons to come "a
Paris and help him save the man wbo
had saved her when she had been IN
But what did the words Send VIM
mean?
She took the message to the coun,.
ess, whom she found Frustrated a,
news Of her husbands arrest. which
she had already received. Together
they interpreted the Send wine" N
mean this: Denier had Just before tbo
revolution set himself up as a vim
seller in Paris, bringing wine in casts
to Paris and returning the casks
empty They were TO send some cask.
or wine to his shop. What this would
have to do with the counts condemEa.
ton the women could not determine.
Not two hours after the recent NJ
the message man named Francois.
servant in the chateau who attended
his master, loaded several casks of
wine on cart and started for Paris
When they reached Denier's 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 10
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 a leader. About 10 O'Clock
on the night of Francois arrival in
Paris he sent a small squad Of sol
diers under corporal to the con-
ciergerie prison with an order TO send
Citizen de Isle to him since his testi-
nony was needed TO denounce an enc
NY of France. The count was sent TO
the judge" who was in the room
where he sent persons to the guillo-
inc Announcing that he would In
errogate the prisoner privately, he or
Tered the soldiers TO withdraw.
No sound having been heard for
ONE time from within, the corporal \
apped at the door. There was no an
wer. The door was opened, and the 1
DOM was found to be empty. A win
ow had been left open. The corporal
ad nothing to do but go back to the
rison and report the circumstance.
A commotion was stirred up by the
isappearance OF the judge and his
who on gaining the street
ad made straight for Deniers shop.
here Denier got into one empty wine
ask and the count into another, aft
: which Francois put the heads on
he casks. 1t was expected that the
lop would be searched, so FRANCOIS
laced the casks on his cart and drove
away, moving about the streets un
Inrise, when he turned his course 70
gate in the wall on the north side
the city. Since it was the same gate
} the one through which Francois
Id passed on entering and be had
Gated the guard literally to the wine
e had carried he found no great frou-
e in passing ont with the CASKS
hich had evidently been emptied.
France being q wine growing conn- Il
v. with the product constantly pass
9 to and fro. the fugitives expert
ced no difficulty in reaching the Dor
r. and once in a foreign COUNTY,
ey emerged from their confinement
Id embraced Francois, whose coor
IS, wit and resource had saved tnem
pm exposure on several occasions.
The two men were Joined in BRUISES
their wives. whom Francois had aa'
sed while on the route of the human
ntents of his casks. When the STORM
revolution had spent its force inc
unit and countess returned TO tnen
ateau The Deniers remained IN De-
In longer. being fearful of return
, to the revolutionists Of PARIS
lose cause the husband deserteu
,wever, when the Bourbons we'e
throned again and they felt ASSURE
protection Denier went back 10 NJ
neshop and continued 10 bring ~
ne from the country. sending oa'N
casks to be refilled. But ne.e
ce that eventful journey maze
a and De Isle 10 the border mas 10
Il out casks filled with human
S.