The Yale expositor., 1914-02-19
CHAPTER xVII.-continued.

CHAPTER HVIl.-Contlnueo
This is the way you are to get
there. In the wine-cellar of the cas-
tie. which opens from the governors
room-in old times always the room
of the lord-in that wine-cellar, on the
north wall, is a square block of stone
projecting slightly beyond the wall. If
you press the lower corner on the left
hand side, of the stone under this, the
big stone above will swing out and
show an opening large enough for
man 10 pass. Going through, you close
the door by pressing the same stone.
and YOU then will find yourself in an
underground passage which leads
straight half mile through the earth
TO Riders Hollow The passage is five
hundred years old and only the family
of the Zappis have ever known OF it,
| went through it once in my boyhood
with my father, and il was in perfect
condition, so | believe it will be now
1t was built with solidity-as one may
believe, for il the old Zappis wanted II
AT all they wanted it in working order.
Your part will be difficult, Fran
co.'s, but believe you can do it. You
will have to get the key of the wine
cellar, or else force the lock. Can you
do that? II is necessary to do it,,
Francois. for we cannot get on with
out you, and we shall from now live
only TO set you free. | send you some
thing which may be useful
Francois dropped the letter and
picked up the long loaf and tore it
apart. There was file in the center.
As il a powerful tonic had been in
fused into him he felt strength and
calmness pour through him. He read
the letters over and over till he had
them by heart; then he concealed them
carefully, with the file, in his mattress.
After that he sat down and concen-
trated his mind with the new force
working in 1t. on his plan.
The governor was almost certain to
have him down to dinner again In two
or three days; it was a pity that while
he was there, all but on the spot. he
could not possess himself of the key
and escape. He thought over one or
two plans on that basis, but they all
shipwrecked on the fact that the
guards were accustomed to take him
back TO his room at eleven, and that
failing notice from the governor, they
would certainly come TO find out why
il they were not called. That would
start the pursuit; he must have the
night clear. So he unwillingly let 10
OF the great advantage of his own
In % re-
near the scene of action, and planned
otherwise. With infinite forethought
with an eye to every contingency pos
sible to imagine, he planned, and when
the notice came. two days later, that
the Count Won Gersdorf wished him t.
dine with him that night Francois
heart leaped madly but exultantly, fol
he was ready.
Never had the young Frenchmar
been more entertaining, more winning
to his tyrant than tonight, but the ex
element of what was before him made
II almost out of the question TO eat
the counts dinner. AS before, the
count prescribed old wine as a tonic
and took Francois with him to get II
Tonight there were three bottles
brought up-the count was preparing
20 drink hard. And Francois had some
trouble in not drinking with him; but
he kept up his end with singing anC
acting, with dance or two out OF the
peasant repertoire of the Jura with
a mock drill Of an awkward squad al
Saint-Cyr, with clever limitations Of tn,
few people whom he had seen about
the castle Battista's grunness and
mangled German words. and the sniff
fling mixed with grandiloquence o
one OF the guards; finally he grew dar
ing and initiated the governors su
perior officer who had visited IN,
prison six months ago and had seer
Francois among the others. Francois