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CHAPTER VIII.—CONTINUED. "Ha! that looks very well!" said Paul "few French girls wear the English King's image round their necks "I know an Englishman who wears a French girl's picture in his heart," said Dick, who, with a sly wink at Paul as a preface, thus made his first bold advance. "A what?" inquired Leontine. "A poor devil,"replied Dick, ''who doesn't care how long he's shut up in a French prison with such a pretty little Mounseer for a jailor." "Ha, ha! you English know how to pay compliments," answered Leontine, who knew just sufficient English to understand Dick's attempts at French. "Yes, we're considered a very purlite people," replied Dick, "and we have a purlite custom when we goes to prison of shaking hands with the jailor and kissing the hand of his pretty daughter. As Dick said these words, he first grasped the hand of the jailor, and then raised to his lips, redolent of tobacco, the pretty hand of Leontine at the same time he whispered to her, "Don't forget that I have a secret."'

Far from being disconcerted at Dick's politeness, Leontine naively remarked: "You can't tell a secret before three persons, but we shall have plenty of opportunities, for you may pay us a longer visit than may be agreeable."

Dick in reply to this remark suddenly assumed one of his most mysterious expressions, and winking one eve at Leontine. he placed Lis forefinger upon his lips as though to enjoin silence, and whispered in her ear: "Make an opportunity the secret's about your brother."

CHAPTER IX.

'More than two months had passed wearily in the French prison, during which both Paul and Dick Stone had been buoyed up in inaction by the the hope of carrying into execution a plan for their escape. The only view from the prison windows was the sea, and the street and beach in the foreground. The Polly still lay at anchor in the same spot, as some difficulty had arisen between Captain Dupuis and the captain of the corvette that had to be settled'in the law courts.

In the meantime both Paul and Dick^tone had not only become great friends of the jailor, Jeau Diore, and his daughter, but Dick had quickly found an opportunity to disclose his secret, which succeeded in winning the heart of ^he enterprising Leotine. Dick had made a declaration of love, and to prove his sincerity he proposed that he should conduct her direct to her brother in the English prison, whose release should be effected by an exchange and he had persuaded her that, if she should aid in the escape of Paul and the entire crew of the Polly, there would be ne difficulty in obtaining her brother's release when the facts should become known to the English authorities. Paul had added his persuasions to those of Dick Stone he had excited the sister's warmest feelings by painting the joy she would feel in rescuing her brother from a miserable existence, and he had gained her sympathy by a description of the misery and suspense that his own wife must be suffering in ignorance of all that had befallen him. Leontine was won she was brave as a lion, and, her determination once formed, she was prepared to act without flinching.

Many times Dick Stone had lighted his pipe and puffed, and considered as he took counsel with Paul on the plan that the latter had proposed all was agreed upon.

Paul had thus arranged the attempt at escape: All was to be in readiness for {the first gale that should blow from either west or south. Leontine had provided him with a coupie of large files and a small crowbar about two feet long, which she had purchased in the village with money supplied by Paul these she had introduced to his room by secreting them beneath her clothes.

At various times she had purchased large supplies of strong twine in skeins, which, to avoid suspicion, she had described as required for making nets: these she had also introduced daily, until sufficient had been collected for the making of ropes, at which both Paul and Dick Stone worked incessantly during the night and concealed them in tne daytime within their mattresses, by cutting a hole4 beneath. Whenever the time should arrive, dt had been arranged that Leotine was to procure the keys of the cells in which the crew of the Polly were confined, and she was to convey the prisoners at night into the apartment occupied by Paul and Dick, whence they were to descend from the window by a rope into the fosse which surrounded the prison fortunately, this ditch was dry, and Leontine was to fix a stake into the ground above the fosse, from which she was to suspend a knotted rope after dark to enable the prisoners to ascend upon the opposite side.

The great difficulty would be in avoiding the sentry, who was always on guard within fifty paces of the spot where they would be forced to descend, and whence they must afterwards ascend from the ditch the affair was to be left entirely in the hands of Leontine, who assured Paul and Dick that she would manage the sentry if they would be ready at the right moment to assist her. When freed from the prison, they were to make a rush for the beech, seize the first boat, of which many were always at hand, and board and capture the Polly

BY SIB SAMUEL W. BAKER.

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once on board the trusty lugger a westerly or southwesterly gale, and Paul knew nothing could overtake her.

Such was the plan agreed upon, and everything had been carefully prepared" in readiness for some days, but the favorable weather had not yet arrived. Daily and hourly Paul looked from the crated window upon his beloved Polly which lay still at anchor idle in the bay, about fift}r yards from the French corvette.

At length, as one early morning he as usual looked out from his prison he saw a boat pulling from the shore, followed quickly by several others carrying cargo, and steering for the Poilv the bustle upon the deck and the refitting of ropes and rigging, plainly discernible from the prison window, left no doubt upon Paul's mind that the Polly was about to leave the harbor, and perhaps be lost to him forever.

At this painful sight Dick lighted his pipe [and smoked with violence until the tobacco was half consumed, when suddenly, in a fit of excitement that was quite unusual, he hastily put his adviser in his pocket, and seizing a file from beneath his mattress, he immediately commenced work upon the bottom of an iron bar that protected the narrow window. "That's x*ight, Dick," said Paul "now or never. The clouds are hurrving up from the sou'-west, and I think it is coming on to blow. As old Mother Lee says, 'Luck comes from the sou'-vest so bear a hand and give me the file when you get tired."

As Paul had observed, the scud was flying rapidly across the sky 'from the right quarter, and both men worked hard alternately, and in an hour they had divided the thick iron bar close to the base. "Now for the top," said Dick. "We'll soon cut it through, although it's harder work, as we can't put our weight to the file-" "Never mind the file," said Paul, who now grasped ths severed bar in his iron hands "with such a purchase I could wrench the bar asunder. Something shall give way," he said, as with the force of Samsom he exerted every muscle, and wrenched the bar from its loosened base. The stone in which it was fixed first crumbled at the joint, and then suddenly cracking, Paul fell sprawling on his back, with the bar in his hands, while a heavy fragment of stone fell upon the floor. "Take care captain," said Dick "gently with the stones. We shall alarm the jailer if we make so much noise! Why, you have settled the job in one pull." "HereDick," continued Paul, as he sprang from the floor, "take the bar while I remove a stone from the side with the crow. We won't take it right out, least the jailer should notice it if he comes with the breakfast but we'll loosen it so that we can remove it quickly when neccessary, as the window is too narrow for our shoulders."

Paul then inserted the thin edge of the crowbar, and by gently working it backward and forward he removed the stones and enlarged the aperture sufficiently to admit the passage of a man he then replaced the stones, together with the bar, and so arranged the window that no one would have observed any disturbance without a close inspection. Hardly had they completed their work when footsteps were heard without,succeeded by the turning of the key in the creaking lock of their door. In an instant Dick, who had lighted his pipe, leant upon the window bill and lood steadfastly out of the window at the same time he puffed such dense clouds of smoke tnat would have effectually screened any damage that had been done by the work of the crowbar.

The door opened, and fortunately Leontine appeared instead of her father she brought the breakfast. "Quick!" she exclaimed there is no time to lose. The wind has changed, and people say we shall have a gale from tne sou'west. The Polly is to sail to-morrow Captain Dupuis has loaded her, and he will himself depart in the morning, should the wind be fair. You must all get ready for the work," continued the determined girl, as her large eyes flashed with energy. "We have not been idle, my pretty Leontine," said Paul, as he exhibited their morning's work, "but we now depend upon you. It will be quite dark at eight o'clock. You must have the rope ready Jsecured to this small crowbar, driven into the earth on the other side the fosse the bar is sharp and heavy it will make no noise if you can manage to strike it into the ground in exactly the same spot three or four times, and simply hang this loop upon it, pressed close down to the base." At the same time he gave her the bar, and a rope coiled about twenty feet in length. Paul continued, "You must also be punctual in bringing the other prisoners here at half-past eight, and tell them to take their shoes off and to tie them round their waists. But how about the sentry?" asked Paul. "Don't be afraid," said Leontine "I have already arranged every thing this morning. Fortune has favored us Francois is to be on guard tonight the guard is relieved at eight o'clock, at which time he will come on duty, therefore we have nothing to fear for some hfturs. I will manage Francois leave him to me. He is an old lover of mine, and I have appointed to meet him to-night."

At this confession, thus boldly made, Dick Stone puffed violently at his pipe, and was almost concealed

by his own smoke, when Leontine continued: "He is a sad fellow, and has given me much trouble, but I shall pay him out to-night. "Look here, Dick," she continued, "if you are worth having, you'll help me quickly to-night, for I shall depend upon you. I have agreed to meet Francois this evening at half-past eight, as I have pretended to accept his love. To avoid detection (as he will be on guard), I am to be disguised as a soldier, and he will send me the clothes and arms today. I shall keep my appointment and engage him in conversation so closely that he will not hear you but at the last moment, you must be ready to rush upon him and secure him, while I endeavor to prevent him from giving an alarm. At the same time," continued Leontine, "you must promise not to hurt hkn, for Francois is a good fellow, and is very fond of me." "Only let me get hold of him," cried Dick Stone. "Will you?" replied Leontine "then the" enterprise ceases at the very beginning. You shall not escape unless you swear that no harm shall befall Francois." "Do not be afraid," said Paul "but," he continued, "it may be a difficult affair if he is a powerful man. .What size is he?" "Oh," replied Leontine, laughing, "a little fellow, about as big as I am. You could soon manage poor Francois he would be a mere child in the grasp of such a man as yourself." "All right," said' Paul, "then there's no fear of murder depend upon me, Leontine, no harm shall touch him." "Mind you seize the right man," said the gay Leontine, "when I give the signal, as I shall be in a soldier's uniform and you may mistake me for Francois. The signal will be, 'A friend the instant that I give the word, seize and disarm him before he can fire his musket. You will then have two muskets, mine and that of Francois, with which you must take your chance in boarding the Polly." "That will do," said Paul "let me only set foot on the Polly's deck, and I'll soon settle accounts with Monsier Dupuis. But now," added Paul, "we are agreed upon all points, and we depend upon you, Leontine do not forget to visit the beach, and see that the oars and a boat hook, with a sharp axe to cut the cable, are placed in readiness within a large boat, to which you must guide us when we leave the prison." •'Never fear," said Leontine, "I shall not fail in my part, and I shall give the signal as the clock chimes half-past eight you must be ready on the instant. Here is a letter," continued the girl, as the tears started to her eyes, "that I have written for my father you must leave it on the table when you escape, and it will explain all, he will then, perhaps, forgive me when, he knows, that I risk my life for Victor." Saying which, she left the room and locked the door behind her.

Leontine now hurried her preparations, while the day passed wearily away to those who were awaiting the hour of their deliverance.

Paul and Dick Stone counted the hours as the neighboring church clock struck heavily on the bell. "We shall run to the Cove in twelve hours," said Paul, if this breeze lasts it's blowinsr a gale out at sea, and the Polly 11 fly like a witch on a broomstick." "We've got to take her first," replied the wary Dick. "There's many a slip 'twixt the cup end the lip!" "We are short of weapons, no doubt," said Paul "but we must take off the sword bayonets from the muskets and give them to two of the men. I will be first on board, and knock down Dupuis. Let the men rush to the mainmast and secure the arms from the rack the moment they reach the deck, while you, Dick, seize the helm. I will tell off four men to loose the sails and to cut the cable directly that we get on board. This will leave us ten men to do the fighting. If all goes well, we shall find the better part of the French crew down below, and, once in possession of the deck they will be at our mercy. This gale of wind will start the Polly like a wild duck the instant that the cable is cut, and we shall be round the corner of the island before the corvette can bring her guns to bear upon us. Then, with a dark nig*ht and a heavy gale, the Polly can take care of herself."

The day at length passed away, and the sun set. The wind roared through the narrow streets of the town, and whistled loudly around the pointed towers of the old prison. "There could not be a better night," said Paul: "the wind roars like a lion, and nothing will be heard by the sentry."

As he was speaking, the clock struck eight. As the last tones of the bell died away, the lock of the door creaked as the key turned from the outside and presently, without a sound of footsteps, thirteen strapping fellows, who had been liberated by Leontine, softly entered the room, carrying their shoes strapped to their belts, as had been directed by Paul.

No time was lost in useless greeting but the severed bar of the window was at once made use of as a lever to remove the heavy stones, and in less than ten minutes an aperture was ma|e sufficiently large for an exit. .*•

Paul now fastened a rope that had been concealed in his matre&s to the centre of the iron bar the#, lowering the other end from th$ window until it reached the fossef, he fixed the bar across the base^so thatit was secured on either side bv the masonry.

All was now ready, and should be dfctumfl, Di

having reeeived the key from Leontine, locked the door on the inside. Paul went first. It was with some difficulty that he squeezed his broad shoulders through the narrow opening but, once without the wall, he nimbly lowered himself to the bottom—a depth of about sixty feet.

In a much shorter time than might be supposed, the active sailors had succeeded in reaching the bottom of the fosse, without having made the slightest noise. The wind blew louder than before there was no moon, and merely a faint light was given at intervals by the stars, that every now and then peeped from between the driving clouds.

Carefully leading the way, Paul crossed the broad fosse, and felt with his hand the opposite wall, against which he expected to find the rope arranged by Leontine. He was followed noiselessly by the crew for about twenty yards, when he suddenly halted, as he caught the dangling rope.

With extreme care, Paul now climbed, hand over hand, to the top, having previously whispered to Dick Stone to hold the end of the rope, and to ascend when he should give a jerk as a signal of safety.

Arrived at the top, on the soft green turf at the edge of the moat, Paul lay flat upon the ground, and listened he could see nothing, therefore he knew that he could not be seen but he fancied that he could hear a supressed voice in the direction of the sentry. He gave a slight jerk to the rope, and presently Dick Stone'arrived, and crept to Paul's side, quickly followed by all the others. They all remained flat upon the grass, which, being about afoot in height, effectually concealed them in the darkness of the night. Paul now crept forward upon his hands and knees, followed in the same manner by Dick Stone: the other men had received orders to jump up and join them immediately upon hearing the signal, "A friend."

In a few minutes, Paul was within a dozen yards of the sentry, and, as he and Dick then lay flat upon the earth, they could faintly distinguish two figures standing close together and, in intervals between the gusts, they could hear voices.

We will return to Leontine. She had not failed in any of her arrangements: the unsuspecting Francois had fallen into her snare, and, delighted with the assignation, he had run great risk in the hope of securing the love of the charming Leontine. He had borrowed for her a comrade's uniform and arms and, thus accoutred as a soldier she had met him at the appointed hour. They were now standing together by the edge of the moat, and Leontine had listened to his warm declarations of affection. Francois was enraptured for more than a year he had vainly sought to win her love. As the belle of the village Leontine had many admirers a certain lieutenant was reported to be a favored suitor thus what chance was there for a private such as Francois? True or false, the jealous heart of Francois had believed these reports, and he had not yielded to despair. Judge of his transport when, within the last few hours, he had been led to hope and now, when he had nearly given her up as lost, he almost held her in his arms. Alas! for military discipline when love makes the attack! Francois thought of nothing but his love. There was a railing by the edge of the moat, against which Leontine had rested her musket the unwary sentry did the same, and the two weapons leant peaceably side by side as the soldier, intoxicated by his love, suddenly caught her round the waist with both arms and pressed his lips to her cheek. At this moment the dull clang of the prison clock struck the half hour. Struggling in his embrace, Leontine exclaimed: "Oh. if I could cali 'a friend!'

At the same instant, with both her hands, she slipped into his mouth a wooden instrument called a gag, that was used to silence uproarious prisoners.

The signal, "A friend," had been given in a loud voice, as though in reply toEithe usual challenge, and before the unlucky Francois could relieve himself from the gag he was caught from behind in the tremendous grasp of Paul's arms, while Dick Stone, by mistake, rushed upon Leotine a vigorous smack from her delicate hand immediately undeceived him. "Take that musket," whispered Leotine, "and come along!"

At the same time she seized the remaining musket, while Paul pinioned the arms of the prisoner with his handkerchief, and threatened him with instant death should he resist.

No time was lost. Paul threw the sentry over his shoulder as though he had been a lamb, and the whole party hurried after Leontine, who had led the way to the beach.

The affair had been managed so dexterously and quietly that no sound had been heard except the reply, "A friend," that was the preconcerted signal of attack, but, upon arrival at the beach, the rattling of the shingle as the large party hurried toward the boat threatened to attract a dangerous attention.

A large number of boats were drawn up upon the beach, but Leontine without a moments hesitation led Paul and his party to one that had the oars already arranged and the powerful crew seizing it by the bow and stern ran it along the steep incline and launched it through the waves.

Not a word had been spoken, but there was a sound of many feet as the crew jumped into the boat that could not be mistaken. Paul laid his struggling burden on the beach,

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the boat whispered in the captive's ear: "Francois, if you give the alarm I'll never love you again." With this coquetish adieu she followed Paul and Dick Stone, who were the last of the party. "Steer straight for the Polly and give way, my lads, for there's no time to lose," said Paul, who had taken his position in the bow of the boat with Dick Stone, both of whom were armed with muskets, while two men with sword bayonets were ready to follow them. "Make a rush on board," said Paul, "and knock down everybody without asking questions, then seize the arms from the rack and chest."

The water was deep in the rocky bay, thus the Polly was moored to a buoy little more than two hundred yards from the shore a light was visible on board and the lanterns of the corvette wei'e also burning about fifty paces distant, where she lay moored by stem and stern.

They now pulled swiftly but silently toward the lugger Paul's heart bounded with hope, while Dick Stone, as cool as ice but determined upon the event, waited for the command they neard the vessel. "What boat's that?" was the sudden challenge from the lugger's deck as the boat came within a couple of oar's length. "A friend," shouted Leontine, in French, and almost at the same instant a man in the bow of the boat, caught hold of the mitzen shrouds of the lugger with his boat hook and held on.

Paul seized a rope, and in one bound he was on the lugger's deck, while Dick Stone followed like his shadow. To knock down the first man with a double-handed thrust with the barrel of his musket was the work of a moment at the same, instant, Dick struck and fell a Frenchman who had rushed to the arm-chest a shot was now fired by one of the French crew, and several men made a dash at the arm-rack, but Paul was there before them, and with the butt end of his musket he struck down the leader of the party. At this moment a loud, shrill cry was heard from the shore. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

No Getting Used to Earthquakes. San Francisco Chronicle.

It is a curious fact that the earthquake scare is the one danger to which we can never become accustomed by familiaifxy. The oftener we feel it the more we become demoralized. I cannot better illustrate this than by a story told to me by Col. Bailey Peyton, United States Minister to Chili in 1862, and City attorney of San Francisco in 1856.

To a party of friends in 1856 ho said: "Boys, it's of no use talking we can become accustomed to all dangers, no matter how imminent, by familiarity, except the danger of earthquakes. The more you feel 'em the more you don't like 'em, and the worse you hate 'em. I have heard the whistle of bullets and the roar of cannon in battle, and never dodged. But my experience in Chili took the starch out of me. I had been but a few days in Santiago, the capital of Chili, when I visited the leading store on the Plaza In that city. While standing behind the counter, in an instant, without any premonition, the proprietor and twenty clerks simultaneously leaped the counter and rushed out of the front door. I looked at them in astonishment, and said to myself, "Are they crazy? What's the matter with them? Slowly they returned to their places. I asked them what was the matter. They replied, 'El temblor! Didn't you 1'eel the temblor?" To me it was a trifle. Two weeks later I was giving a swell dinner to the diplimatic corps in Santiago. In the midst of it came a temblor, a very lively one, and every man of the party leaped from his seat and rushed for the door or window. I said to myself, 'Of all the cowards I ever met with these people exceed." But, boys, I hadn't been in that country more than three months before no quarter-horse in Tennessee could beat me in a break for the front door when one of those temblors made his appearance. You can stand bullets and cannon balls, but the temblors will fetch you."

Clothier.

"Now see here, porter," said he briskly, I want you to put mo off at Syracuse. You know we get in there at about six o'clock in' the in the morning, and I may oversleep myself. But it is important that I should get out. Here's a live-dollar gold piece. Now, I may wake up hard, for I've been dining to-night and will probably feel rocky. Don't mind if I kick. Pay no attention if I'm ugly. I want you to put me oft at Syracuse." "Yes, sah," answered the sturdy Nubian, ramming the bright coin into his trouser's pocket. "It shall bo did, sah." "The next morning the coin-giver was awakened by a stentorian voice calling: "Rochester! Thirty minutes for refreshments!" "Rochester!" he exclaimed, sitting up. "Where is that coon?" "Hastily slipping on his trousers he went in search of the object of his wrath and found him in the porter's closet, huddled up with his nead in bandage, his clothes torn and bis arm in a sling. "Well," says the drummer, }Tou area sight. Been in an accident? Why didn't you put me off at Syracuse?" "Wha-at!" ejaculated the porter, jumping to his feet, as his eyes bulged from his head. "Was you de gen' man what guf tei me a five-dollah gold piece?" "Of course I was, you idiot!" "Well, den, befoah de Lawd,^who was de gen'man I put off at Syrar

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Interesting Notes About Colors.

Harper's Young People.

A dog belonging to Hercules Tyrius was one day walking along the sea-shore, when he found and ate a murex, a species of shellfish. Returning to his master, the latter noticed that the dog's lips were tinged with color, and in this manner Tyrian purple was discovered. The color was used in the robes of emperors and nobles, and the expression "born to the purple" meant that the person was of high birth. It is strange to think that the favorite color of royalty can be traced to the curiosity or hunger of the dog of Tyre.

In the seventeenth cesttury the favorite color of the Scotch Covenanters was blue, and blue and orange or yellow became the Whig colors after the revolution of 1688. Green is the color of the Irish Roman Catholics, while opposed to it is the grange of the Orangemen or Protestants of the north of Ireland.

Ecclesiastical colors include all the primary colors and black and white, ivhich are used at various Church jffices. The cardinals of the Roman Church have adopted scarlet as their olor, which was originally red. In indent Rome the occupation and rank of many people were made fnown by the colors of the garments ivhich they wore. Black is in common ise among us for mourning, but the Dhinese wear white, the Turks wear violet, and in Ethiopia brown is the proper hue. White was originally he mourning color in some European countries, but black is generally accepted now. Different^ colors aave frequently been adopted by opDosing parties, and the colors of various nations are incorporated in their flags, for instance, the "red, tvliite, and blue" of the United States.

He—"Shall I steal a kiss?" She—"Harry, I would not have pou commit a crime buta3 exchange is no robbery—well, yes, I think we jught to manage it between us.''— Boston Transcript.

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