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1 "1 ' -r I "3? d .i- .. V7 -- From-tht (BonwlCMumtiaii Cehtinch . '"-tr-;. 4. iV." i ot uis omccr u cxiraaea trow a late publication, -entitled " Secret Anecdotes of the 1 8th FriififcbT, -(SepfaTi Ceported to Ouiana, Written bv tbemfelves'H 1 "When I was taken ajeaV aid ttie gallant ComV feodore, !. I was accomparfd by mytecretary and Mi de Tr , a.Frciith gentleman who had JcrEi'grated from ti's cpuntryt and who it had Veen agreed wilt(? pafs for my fcrvint, in the hope of faring 'his: life bjK that difguifc. ' Nor wei? our expeftations fruit rated ; for John (as I called bi:c) wasjuicky enough to clcape all fufpTcion, r : ' . " - On my arrival in France, t was treated at fijft with unexampled n'gour, and was told that I ought to be tried under a milicaiy com m:ffiorrt" land thCrSCa'fyi The Goverhrcht hcvcver, gae Gr3cra iorjnf'fe:. to Paiisjl togejtLer with my two compaiiiojia in aiififdrtUne, waa - . v. . kept a dole priloncr. ' Mr-AiytM'hilf thr pvTrnf riudorwieTe tne con " ," Rant oljecVbn which we cnjploytd our minds. The tvtrdovf of our.prifon wis toward" the llreet j and frorn , ihis circUiritlance we derived a liopfconerx)rilater to cffcdl our object. Wc already contrived to catry on a mertts, and who feenacd to take the moll lively intcrell x in our fate VThey propofed themfclve3 to aliiit in facli-: tating my liberation; an offer which 1 accepted with1 great pleafure ; and it is my duty to confefs, that riot- vithltan.ling ihe ehoimous expences occafiontd by ihcir fru.'tlefs atttmpts, they liave- not Ids claim to roy gratitude. Till the time of rny departure; in &hich however: they hacfb-'ai'eTlheirlbTe. employ 1 , nient .was" eiideaVdbtiog to fave roe ; and they had the addrefs it alj'-timts to deceiv? the vigilance of my .J:ieepers.l-0 o both hde wc ufed hoirowed namesV unJ ? der which wc correrponded, tfceira being Ja-ken frojh the ancient mythology ; fa that I had nyw diiect com- xnunication with Thalia, Milpomene and Clio. . " At length I. was reciovcijto the Tc;.iple, vthere acy three Ms f''O' tr'vsd Vp.fans of irtthigeneef and evtry day cifVred me new fchemes foi cflV&ing my 'tfcape. At fir in eagerly tcccptqd them all, though reflediun focn dtftroyed the hopes to which the love of liberty had given birth. 1 was alfo refolved not to. leave my Secretary ini prifon, andflill lefs poor John, whofe fafety was more dear to me than my own tiTian cipation, . fc ' . " In the-Templcjr John was allowed to enjoTcoti fiderable degree of liberty. He sw as, lightly drefTcd like an Englifli jockey, and knew how to aiTume the manners that corresponded with that character. Eve ry onejvas fond of John, who drnk and frateriiifc'j. with the turnkeys,, and made love to the keeper's would hotr perhaps havei honeft man ; for until then h hacj cflucli ( hirnfelf as fuch. rHis cqbtjrtiptrfe think him formed by natAjfc'1 for the commifliori of crimes. Every thing wasnow priehared forthe eitecuttori of our pfbj:ft. The means fpropbfed by Chi L'Or feali appeared - practicable, ana wc refolved to adopt Uetn', A hbli twenty feet lobg was to; be matle.in a cellar Jadioinjiik to the prifo'V and the apartmcftti of which the cellar belonged wire at cur difpofal, Ma. dpmoifelle D rejding cVer prudential cotifjder ation, generoufly came there Q refi Je for!a" wcfik, and being young the other lodgV.ri "attributed tp hcr'aloue the frequent vifits of Ch. L'Oifeau. Thus every thing 'tecnied U favour our viflie8 No one in the.hqufe in queftion had any fufpicioHi ; and the araiible littfe chilcT Madameqifelle had with U'erV and 'who "was only 7 years bll was fo -far frffm bctraiu fecrcti that fh Tioitewhile the ,w tlc cellar.. Meanwhile" L'Oifeau had continued his labours a if&ir.b! tjtntr without -apy appearance of day light, and he was apprehenfive he had attempted the opening coniiaeraftiyjoo law. It was neceilary therefore, that teIL-iOiX0011?nd for this purpofe a ma-: fouvas fequiied. T adame dc Tr----recommendc(tl one, and . Ch. lQifea T5T3eta:n hlrai rit he cellar until wehad efcapejMck perceived the obje& was tofjVe fome of the; victims of iiimiwiuix, syju t;jme wuiioui neutation. ne only faid, " If I am arreted take carejof my poor children." " But what a misfortune now fruftrated all our hopel ! Though the wall was founded with the great-. eft pJ-ecauOin', the Jatl'ftonc ftil out, nd rolled into It ; the alarm was given i the guard arrived ; and all was difcovered. Fortunately, howevex, cour friends had time to makc their .cfcapeand none of. them were 1 " They had, indeed taken their meafures with the greatcftVcate y. and when the Cammiffiaries of the Bu reau Central came to citamirjc(tlic celljrand apartment, they found -only "a few p(r:esf furiiituie; tricks filled wi i! Ii I ug, s x f "wrjuri a n fJ fl 3 y , " a r d t ti e n -i t s w 1 1 h in co loured cockades ptotided for' our flight, as ihufc we wore were black. ' This, fiilt attempt, though extremely well conduct ed, having failed, 44 I wrote;" continued Sir Sidney, to Madame de Tr , both to centals her and ur young fitiend, who was miferable at having founder ed jult as he was. ggjiiptiL-.port-We-wfrt- fo f ar, Tiowcvcr, from fuITe ring ourfelves to be'Jdifcouraged, tint we dill continued to fonn new fchenes for pur deliverance, the keeper perceived it, aVl-'Twas fre quently fo opeu as to acknowledge the fact. A Com mudore faid he, your friends are defiiou3 of libera ting you, and they only ditchare their duty.- I am. a'fo doinjf mine in watciji')g you ft i 11 more narrowly. , : '-Thii manRad a vciyaccuratc ides bf the obliga tions ofhonor; go Upon ur paiolebecaufc.I fhould be 'certain of.y .yooi letunny Very Jipnt (1 prilootrs anait rny- fcU among the reftr would not return in the like cafe ; but ahfficcr,nd holds his honor dearer than his life. 1 know it to be a fact, CQmrnbdorcid jherefbrc:l Slhould , belcfs utt cafy if he defircd the gates to be always opot .A, ;V t My keeper v was right. While ii joyed, my li bertyrj endeavored, even to loqfe jfihV oCtneJ jdfa of f : efcape ;; ati I hbulB have been avcrtolemploy fcri X that object, means' that had occurred to my imaginatl-' -on during my KoliVs of libct ty.l ' One iayI received a w ieiter containing matter of great importance, which I had the ftrongeft defire immediately to read ; but as ( its contents related .to tut intended delrveiaaceliaflcedl io return io my room, anu nrtaK ore tne truce; l nc keeper however, refufe f wanted to take fome flaep. Accordingly he lay down, ahd I poftponed the pei ufil of fn y letter until the evea- ing- , , . . ' - 44 Meanwhile no opportnmty of fl'ght offered j but, on the contrary, the Directory ordered jne to be treat cd with rigourr" orders be received T and he; who; the preceding even- ngrtadlJlftcdrhe the grcateTTliberty, no w doubled my guaid, daughter, who was perfuaded that he would marry her j and as the little Eniiih jockey was not fuppofed LT.hoiigh thi' -keeper w'as.a'.rnan of (uoparejlclrd feveri- i- ! n 'l . r rr. l:. native tongue. 434 John appeared very attentive and eazcr in my fcr- vice, and rlyrays fpoks to his mailer i.i a very refpecl:- ful manner. 1 fcolded hirii from ti:iie to time wij.h much gravity ; and he phryed hiu part foell, . that I .i--fxcquentiyfurpri -r " f rioyfly giving orders to the valet, At leng th John's . wife, Madame de Tr , a very inferefting )ady, ar ' rived at Paris'.and made the riioit juncoMThon exertions to free us from our captivity. She dared rial come; libwevcrio, ttfefeniple- th'foagbfear .bf.difcoy.cry . but from a neighbouring houfe fhc daily h. held her hufbaad, who,; as he walked to and fro, eVpyed alike .. . io-fecret the pleafure "ofcmtemplatiflhT his bofom. Madame de J r -,now commtinicated - a pian foiejit.erifrom priipn to a Jfcnftbb and courageous youncr man of her acquaintance, who im mediately acceded to-it without heliiation., This ; Frcnchman,whawas Uncerely atjacherhto jlTio coun - try, faid to Madame Tr , I -'will, ffve Sidney Smith with pleafur;, becaufc -1 believe"'the Eglif!i government intend to reilore Louis IVU1, to the throne but if w the Commodore is tot light aginfl France,and not fot' the K,ing of France, . Heaven' for ; bid I fhcu'd affi t hi !" ' ': S-rljpifctt for that war-the oameryQUfig' -fri entV atFa met )"7V3reOTnc j: T . .ggTiheTlotifinliJ to : the-'ltanpie, and . for whom ,';;;.; he ws a!fo cqntiiving t intended wpihaiih? all crrt nff tcaeier Tf. l.A Vilheurv jnwt'r -ein i mptifonihent, t, was refolved not to ; quit his prefent fituatiiin ; but ' Btothicr arid Duvcrne dc .Prefle were to follow , out ck- I know is now 3 ty, yet he nevet' departed from t.hc rules of civility, and poiiitnels. -- lie trnted a.l the pnlpuets wtth kiudnefs, and even ciilced-Jiimftjf on his' gefierolity. ; Various, prbpofalj were made to hm but he itjtctedhem.all watched ui the more cloiYly, and prefjrved the pro fouhdeft filence.y' One day when I dined with him,-he percejved that I fixed itiyjiUi partly open, and whi;h looked upon the. (licet. I faw his uneafinefs, and it amuled me ; however, ' to put. an end to it, I faid to him laughing what vou aie thinkingof jbut feariot. It q'clock, I.will make a truce with you until midnight ; and I give ou my word of honor that until that time even, were the '"doors epen I would not efcape. WJhca that hour is paffed, my promife is at endand... we are enemies again, ?!"4 Sir, replied lie, yoUr., wcrd isiifaferJbQndthan my bars, and bolts ; untilmidnight, therfore, lam perfectly eafy," . v u 4t When, we rofe from the table, the keeper took me afider aid fpeaking with warmth, faid, Commo dore, the Boulevard is not far, if yoa aie; inclined to take l.he air hcre I will conduit you.'' My'aftonifh. ment was. extreme ; nor could I conceive how " this man, who appeared fo fevers, and fo -uncafy, Jhould thus fuddenly petfuade himfelf to make me fuch apro- pofal. I accepted however, and in the evening we went oitU Front" that time forward, this-confidence al's pelctliber tyi I offed1tiT51i$po of icmTun til a certain hour TThis my generous' enemy never re-; fufed ; but hen the armillice was at an irnd, his vigi lanfieaiiabbifdedi and if the government ordered that I fhould be kept tlofei -the order was eaforccd with the ijreateft care. . riius I wa3 again fiejo Contrive and prepare for tnv aeriorxercnc a more pet!tct vigilance. 44;A mong the:prifoners was a man condemned for certain political offences to ten ycats confinement, and whom all the other prifoners fufpeftcd of afting in the deteftabfc capacity of a fpy upon his companions. Their fufpicions indeed appeared, to have fotrie founda-. tion, and I felt the grcatett anxiety on account of my friend John. L was,JiQwc jafter to obtain his liberty. - An exchmge of prifoners being about to take place; I applied to have my fer- ' 0 'Vant Included ia the cartel ; and though Jthis requejlCci, might ha ve cafihy been ""jfefufed,"" fortuoately no difficul -1 ty arofe, and it 'was granted. ' -; " When the day of his departure arrived,' rny kind and aff'eftionate fiiend-juid fcarctly be prevailed oli to leave me ; until at lentffhe yjelded to my molt eariuil .entrties...'. -Weusne'd -Air iears in ur eye wliiCh to "me "were" the 'tears of pleafuie, bcCiufsf mv If!ebd.w.j8 leaving a fituatjon ' of the greatcit danger. The amiable jockey wis irgrettea by every one j our 77 turnkeys irank a good journey' to him, nor could the girl he coucted, help weq ing for his deparlure ; while ber motbj:i who thought John a very guod youth, ho pe J Ihe Ihoiflu one day calft him fon in lawA ' i wa3 fobti informed of his arrival in Lonhn ; and. this cirCumilancc rendered' my own caDtivity left " painful. I fhould have, been happy to 'have alto txr charrged try fecreUry hut as he had no other dangers to encounter than thofc which' were common to us ' both, he always regretted the idea, confidtiing it is a violation of that fricndfliip, of which he ..has given me fo many prcifj(3, -yr . - 44' On the 4th September ,(28ih Fruftidor) the ri gour of tny confKiemcnt was ftiil further increafcdi ,: Hie keeper whofe na'me was Lafue, was difplaced j I. .. vya8 ag-.iin kept clofe piifonir '; and, together with my liberty, loftthe hopes i f a per.ee, v.hiclvl. had thot . approaching, and which this exent niuit co'ntrihutc to . po ftp one. .-.'"-'.,-'.' '-.'V'. '-""if-' At this t ime'a propoGt was "fnaCe to me for rr.y efcape, which I adopted a3 my lift refouice. The. plan was, to have forged ordsri diawn up for my re- . moval to another prifon, and thus carry me offi A French Gentleman, M. dc' Phtlipeaux, a man of equal intrepidity ana generplity, ortered to execute this cn terprixe. The order then being accurately imitated, , and, by means of a bribe, the Veal !tamp of the Mini- ' . fter.'a hgnatur- procured nothing- rcm.iTicd burro" fih'd""' men., fufficient ly bold to put ..the. pU'nT in execution. Phclipt"aux and Ch. Ij'Oifcau would liave eagtrly ur.. dertaken it ; but both being knoH,n and even noto rious at the temple,,it was abfo)utel neceffaty tcTea; ploy pthers.-Mt ffrsB t - a nd - Ii-; therefore, . both men of tried courage, accepted thib office with pleafurefnd alacrity; ' , " ,. ,. f , ' With this order-then they came to the Temple ; M. B . in the drefs of. an Adjutant, , M.X as ah officer. The keeper liaying perufed the brdei, and 1 attentively examined- the . niiuifter's -fignatijirc,-wctit iBto'another rpom, Jeaving my two deliverers for foniC" tfmlt length he rethrned, accordbanitdby the Regiller (and - L Greffier) 4, ofjh 'prifon, and ordered me to be called.. W hen the Kej? i iterjn to IJirectoi'y,- I pretended to be very much concertied at it but the Adjutant affured -mei. in the moft.ferious ;manner,.'Av,iit the Government were very far from inicnaing f aggravate my nrtigiortnwf , ariiii ina j. r : amplfo f . Ha4 our fchemc fuccceded hjajejej ' ami he to tiete11h-iitmfHTgorf 1 -iterlarbc ; very copfortablc at thdpilcc whither he wav -'-M ' .. Lir - - V,. ,.' r.,: -.J .. "t. Yl'::--': 'fj-j-': ' V-"' "V-V' ' '.Z . ' -: s. r r''i V.- .'v.i:
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