Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-10
The Daily Story
LOUISE DE CHAPPoRAL-BY JOHN L TREVOR
Copyrighted. Associated Bureau g q

and said nothing. 1t was n6ae - (.
business who was to be execn,a6 e e
Bouvier then spoke to the orSss~. !,
charge OF the troops surroundsr~ !,
guillotine. but did not show ~ =
denee Of his authority. for - "
known to the officer. ~
This child got on the list ~
take" ~
Yes. NJ. lie JUICE"
II am going 80 take her awav.
The officer besitated, then ala :.
he supposed it would be an rich, 's'ss
be would expect the judge to tat. q,
responsibility IN tire case. Tb,s Is
Bouvier then spoke to the of.;ee-
child by the hand, led her away
He did not hurry till he s,,,..,
a narrow street leading fro,, :. s
Champs Elysees. then walked !.
idly as the child was able. Tak;n~ u
to the room be had hired. he shs.~.
off his beard. then put on the Ist.s.
costume. tied the handkerchief 49,
his neck. dressed the little gin 4
boys clothes and cut off her Iony ~.
Then, putting the receptacle filed MA
the bread on his head and taklnr IS
child by the hand, he went downsfs,,.
and out on to the street.
Meanwhile. new batch Of prfsope,.
were brought to the courtroom n s.
condemned by Judge de Bowler. III
judge did not appear. but those 4
charge of the prisoners, thinking ths,
he had been belated. waited for hin
When an hour had passed without Il.
coming. messenger was sent to hi.
lodging. He was not there An Al
nouncement of the fact that the, Jude,
was not at court and could NOT {
found was made to Robespierre A,
once notification was given TO ali r.
sympathy with the revolution to loos
out for the missing judge and arrpxi
him if found. An hour later word
reached Robespierre that the mIssiu,
Judge had taken away Louise de Chan
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 b.
must pass the city barbados, and or
ders were given TO the gatekeepers tt
look out for man and a little girl.
De Bouvier's object was to head fu
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 b
Gould be investigated.
Investigated" cried De Bowler. -
nave no time 1 must carry this bread
o my customers living outside the
But l am ordered to stop Judge DE-
replied the sentinel. "and
title girl"
De Bowler laughed. do look llks
judge? And you are told to stop
irl. not boy"
The sentry called sergeant. who
ooked at the two wayfarers and con
ulted the order. For a moment the
ian and the child were between life
nd death. Fate threw the die, and
fe won.
go on said the sergeant. There's
o need to keep persons from Their
read"
The barricade once passed. De Bou.
Ter found himself on the road leading
,ward Calais. But he had not gons
If before he took to the woods for the
ny, and Oh reaching another road be
hanged his direction, resolving to
cad for the Belgian frontier. He ped
ed bread along his route. and when
= had sold one lot he bought another
curriers' were sent out notifying the
on this route, the one
;ually taken by emigres, TO stop a1T
)ung man with or without little
ri who answered the description OF
e missing judge. De Bouvier's Two
'ecautions threw those who were
oking for him off his track. They
d not know he was disguised as
lker nor that the child with him was
girl. Besides, the fugi'ives appearea
be commoners and not aristocrsH
was given out.
y
,uyier, with his charge, crossed me
rider into a country where be was
fe. He went to Belgium, where De
rned Louise over to some emlgre ~
es, who on hearing her sad sto's
reed to care for her. Then he wen
sleep. happy that if he had peen
liged to condemn certain persons !"
rIlI
ath be had been able to save cnia
d had escaped with his own lie
When Napoleon was made First Cor
| De Bouvier returned to Paris, ne
tered the army and became a coio
|. Louise de Chapporal did mol y
IN TO France till the restoration o.
; Bourbons after the final fall OF ~
leon. She was then woman an
gan to hunt for the man who nag
red her from the guillotine. ThrousS
use to whom ne had COMMITTEES -
Belgium she learned his name ~"
1t him word that lady wished nm
call upon her. He did so and wa
ormed that she was Louise dc onap
-al
fademoiselle or. rather. the CouDlsS
Chapporal regained her esta's
'ough the king and was very ne-
e gave herself and her fortune y
man who had during those tHso 4
days risked his own life TO ss'
q.