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letter through these two cells to that
:, De Jars enlisted in, his service a
young fellow named Bots d 'Arcy, the
>valet Of a prisoner who was confined
with his m aster. :. p rcy while Elm at
tendance ON his master at the, hour Of
exercise found a. broken, stone with a
sharp point, which by eluding the OBJ
serNation1 Of the sentinel he nanaKed
time asked the aid of the Bordeaux
prisoners. Any prisoner was ready to
do anything for another unfortunate,
and they at once granted the request.
fhen- they were given the broken
stone for an implement. -, 8
The m en- succeeded in boring a hole
through the floor to the cell next be-
low and passed the letter through
to Baron de Tenace and Reveilton.
These made another hole in the floor
of their own cell and had not La Por.
tie been so closely watched would have
had no difficulty in passing the mis-
sive on to him. They learned that
the warden usually left La Porte for
q few minutes in the morning. Wait
Ing TIL 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 Nine.
de Chevreuse. The pardon was grant.
ed 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. Though Mile.
| de Hautfort she had contrived to in
form the duchess that if their machi-
nations against the cardinal were 60
ing we'll she would receive a prayer
book bound in green. If there was
! danger 1t would be bound in red and
she must look out tfor herself.
through some misunderstanding Nine.
de Chevreuse one day received a
prayer book bound in red. She de-
cided upon flight. .
An official whom she had enthralled
provided her with directions for pro
eeeding TO Spain, and thither' she di.
rected her course. Ordering her car.
riage, She gave out that she intended
to visit friends in the neighberhood.
She set7out near evening and as soon
as 1t was dark ordered her coach"
man to, stop and stepped out disguis-
ed as man in a long cloak and rid
ing boots. A horse Wast 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 pro-
coed without them.< Riding all night,
she arrived at a town near which a
nobleman, La Rochefoucauld, was at
the time stopping. He Had carried
messages 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
killed a man in a duel and was flying
from: the authorities, begging him to
send a carriage and a valet. t.:--..
La Roche foucauld sent the CARR.
age and the valet, and the duchess
set out for. another of his houses oc-
cupied by a gentleman in his service
named Malbasty, where She arrived
before daylight the next morning.
Nine: Malbasty. recognized the. valet
as, servant of La Rochefoucauld, and
the man told her that the gentleman
he was conducting 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 tomorrow and asked him to go
with her, since the two men she had
brought from town might be recogniz-
ed, and she wished to leave them be-
hind until she should send for them.
Malbasty consented, the carriage
was sent back, and, mounting horse
which was provided for her, the Ouch
ess proceeded lon the journey, accom-
panied by her host and the valet She
had bandaged her head, to" conceal a
wound that she said she had received
in the duel. -.
The hairbreadth escapes from rec.
ognition that were made by the fair
. fugitive were many. She was con:
stantly meeting persons who knew hel
and was obliged to resort to various
devices to avoid acknowledging he1
identity. One man she met said thai
if she were dressed as a woman he
would certainly mistake her for the
Duchess de Chevreuse. She replied
that she was a relative IF the duchess
Despite the fact that as soon as he1
flight was discovered the cardinal SEN
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 a:
soon as he learned that his sisters ad:
herent was within his dominions hi
ordered that she be received with
great distinction and sent tseveral'ros.
al carriages, each drawn by six horses
and, occupied by his representatives
to fetch her to the capital. On he1
arrival the people turned out en- mass
to see the distinguished stranger VIII,
had come: to them after SO many 70
mantle adventures The king, hk'
all other men, was captivated will
her, and the queen showed her ever!
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