The Press., 1915-06-02

de Tenace and Reveilton. These made another hole in the floor of their own
 cell and had not La Porte been so closely watched would have had no diff ficulty in passing the missive on to
 him. They learned that the warden
 usually left La Porte for a few min
 utes in the morning. Waiting till they
 heard him go out, they passed down
 the letter.
 The goal was won. La Porte made his confession tally with that of Anne of Austria, and the cardinal for once was outwitted. Being convinced that he had got the truth and the whole truth, he advised the king to pardon his wife, whom Richelieu believed to have been led into mischief by Mime. de Chevreuse. The pardon was granted on condition that the queen would hold no further correspondence with the mischief maker.
 Anne, whose conscience was very elastic, regarded this promise solely as pertaining to letters. Through Mile. de Hautfort she had contrived to in form the duchess that if their machi- nations against the cardinal were go ing well she would receive prayer book bound in green. If there was danger it would be bound in red and she must look out for herself. Through some misunderstanding Mime. de Che vreuse one day received prayer book bound in red. She decided upon flight.
 An official whom she had enthralled provided her with directions for pro- ceeding to Spain, and thither she di- rected her course. Ordering her car riage, she gave out that she intended to visit friends in the neighborhood. She set out near evening and as soon as it was dark ordered her coachman to stop and stepped out disguised as a man in a long cloak and riding boots. A horse was waiting for her, and mounting, followed by two servants also mounted, she rode southwark
 In her excitement she had left in the carriage the officials directions as to the route and was obliged to proceed without them. Riding all night, she arrived at a town near which a noble man, La Rochefoucauld, was at the time stopping. He had carried mes sages between her and the queen, and she knew she could trust him; but, not willing to compromise him, she wrote him as a stranger who had kill ed a man in duel and was flying from the authorities, begging him to send carriage and a valet.
 La Rochefoucauld sent the carriage and the valet, and the duchess set out for another of his houses occupied by a gentleman in his service named Nal basty, where she arrived before day light the next morning. Mime. Nal basty recognized the valet as servant told her that the gentleman he was was an intimate friend of his master and related the story about the duel. M. Malbasty asked the duchess how he could serve her. She replied that she would tell him tomor- row and asked him to go with her, since the two men she had brought from town might be recognized, and she wished to leave them behind until she should send for them.
 Malbasty consented, the carriage was sent back, and. mounting horse which was provided for her, the duchess pro- ceeded on the journey, accompanied by her host and the valet. She had band aged her head to conceal a wound that she said she had received in the duel.
 The hairbreadth escapes from recog- milton that were made by the fair fugi- tive were many. She was constantly meeting persons who knew her and was obliged to resort to various devices to avoid acknowledging her identity. One man she met said that if she were dressed as woman he would certainly mistake her for the Duchess de Che freuse. She replied that she was a rela- tive of the duchess.
 Despite the fact that as soon as her flight was discovered the cardinal sent after her in great haste, she reached Spain, where she was safe.
 Philip ". brother of Anne of Aus tria, was then king of Spain, and as soon as he learned that his sisters ad- herent was within his dominions he or dered that she be received with great distinction and sent several royal car riages, each drawn by six horses and occupied by his representatives, to fetch her to the capital. On her ar 'ival the people turned out en masse to zee the disting uished stranger who had come to them after so many romantic The king, like all other men. was captivated with her, and the queen showed her every attention.
 From Spain the duchess went to Eng land, whose queen, Henriette Maria, was a sister of the king of France and a bitter enemy of the cardinal who her brother. There she re- cAived no less a welcome than in Spain.