The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-10

that of La Porte, though between the chcvalier's and La Porte's cell were two others. It was hoped by the queens udhcrcnts that De Jars might find some way of conveying a letter from the queen to La Porte De Jars had suffered a paralytic stroke and YVES allowed the privileges of an invalid, be- ing permitted to receive friends and converse with them in the courtyard of the prison.
 Mile. de Hautfort early one morn- ing issued from the palace of the Louvre before the inmates ere awake. being dressed in the costume of a maidscrvaut MadcmOiScle's hair, which was uNuriant and beautiful, was concealed under q large cOif, and she was robbed in a loose gown which concealed her superb figure. Calling a facrc. she was driven 10 the Bastille, where she asked to see the Chevalier de Jars. saying that she was a lady s maid of a niece of the chcvalier and bore message for him.
 The hour Was before the prisoners time of rising, and the queens maid of honor was obliged to wait in the guard. room among a let of soldiers of low degree. After some time the chevalier arrived and asked what was wanted Madcm0isrl,c drew him into the court and. raising her coif. showed him who she was and handel him the queens letter with Ter majesty'S request that he find means to convey it 10 La Porte Dp Jars waS no coward. as he had demonstrated ia the schemes in which he had embarked to overthrow the car dinnl. Nevertheless hc hesitatcd to become mixed uD in q scheme which if discovered would cost him his head
 But when mademoisclIe reminded him of the terrible risk she was herself running he consented
 The queens messenger returned to the palace without having been discov' cred. De Jars, who was full of re- source. worked out the problem of get. ting the queens letter to Ia Porte
 Had fhr Iattrr occupied cell directly beneath his own De might conIfive tC get the letter through thc floor. But to pass it through other floors was impoS. slblc. The Mrxt cell below the cheya. 1 Hers was occupied by some men who | had been implicated in an inSurrection ! in Bordeaux. The next cell below | theirs held the Baron de TenaCe and Q man named RcyeiItuu, who had been a ] servant of a uOblcwHn who had lost i his head for a conspiracy against the cardinal The chcyaIipr planned 10 pass the queens letter through these two cells to that of I.a Forte,
 De Jars enlisted in his service a young fellow named Bois darcy, the valet of a prisoner who was confined with his master. D'Arcy while in at, | tendance on his master at the hour of { exercise found broken stone with a sharp point, which by eluding the ob' 1 servation of the sentinel he managed l to slip in his pocket and at the same time asked the aid of the Bordeaux l prisoners. Any prisoner was ready to l do anything for another unfortunate, and they at once granted the request. l Then they were given the broken stone | for an implement
 The men succeeded in boring a hole | through the floor 10 the cell next below and passed the letter through to Baron 1 de Tenace and Reyeiton. These made another hole in the floor of their own cell and had not La Porte been so l closely watched would have had no diff.
 ficulty in passing the missiye 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 lerrez.
 The goal was won. La Porte made his confession tally with that of Anne of Austria, end the cardinal for once was outwlued. 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 | Cheyreusc. The pardon was granted on condition that the queen would hold
 no further correspondence with the mischief maker.