Brother! Well Met!

The President nodded , and there was supposed to be at that time of rabid fanaticism a great deal in the " nod" of Mirabeau , as there was also supposed to be in the " sneeze " of Robespiere , the " sniff " of Marat , the " snort" of Danton , and the " giggle " of F ' onquier Tinville . Our young friend started , for the Marquis de Merilhac was his cousin and friendaud he was head and ears in love with Adele de Merilhac . Poor M .

, de Puisac , our readers will say , and his anxiety was still more increased when another cowled member arose ancl said , " To-morrow I will denounce him to the Club of Jacobins . He will go before the ' revolutionary tribunal . ' " What was to be done ? To hesitate was to condemn his friend to the guillotine , for these were dreadful words then to a Frenchman ' s ear ! After the meeting he , more hastily than was his wont , excused himself

from the great " Lion" of the hour , and hurried home to his modest "troisieme " to " collect his scattered thoughts . " " I have still , " he said , " twenty-four hours ! " As he was on his way a person passed him who turned back , as some people do , and then said "M . le Vicomte . " To his intense joy this was a member of the lodge "Amitie et Honneur , " who had been its " venerable" and was now

, acting as its " secretaire , and whom he had not seen for three or four years . " Ah , " he said , " Frere Juviennot , I am delighted to see you . " " But you seem troubled and ' in haste , ' " said Juviennot . Ancl so this foolish young man , who trusted a brother Mason , told him his story and his fears . Juviennot smiled ! " I also know , " he said , " the Marquis de Merilhac" ( who

was also a member of lodge " Amitie et Honneur , " ) " ancl am ,. like you , very anxious about him . But courage ; I will see what I can do for the sake of our Masonic fraternity to help yon and hiin , and above all Mdlle . Adele ! You know that 1 am a Municipal officer , and it is my duty to help a brother , especially one persecuted by these ' Illumines , ' who do an infinity of mischief . Look here , Frere Vicomte ! If I can get you a passport can you get your friend out of Paris and France ? "

" Get me the passport , " said the Vicomte , " and they'll leave Paris in the morning . They are , poor people , in hiding , and in fear ancl trembling , that is to say the women are for him , for he , like an old soldier , is probably coolly smoking his pipe . " " Come with me , " said Juviennot ! They went down two or three streets , and stopped before a building where two or three ill-dressed men were loungingbut all seemed to recognise

, Juviennot , and pay him much deference ! " Sit here , Citoyen Brune , " said Juviennot , " while I speak to our commissaire ! " As Juviennot went in he saw on the table , for the room was empty at the time , seven or eight passports signed by the Communal Committee of the section , and like a flash of lightning the thought struck him , " It will never be missed , " ancl be put one in his pocket .

When M . Octave Goubin ( "Scevola" as he affected to call himself ) returned he greeted Juviennot , and taking up the passports proceeded to fill them up . When he had finished he said , " How stupid of me , I thought I had filled up eig ht , " and immediately took another " form" from a drawer and filled it up too . After a few minutes friendly conversation Juviennot left the room , picked

up M . de Puisac , and said to him " sotto voce , " " Now for the Marquis , and the Ladies , and Liberty . " "To-morrow evening , " said the vicomte , "he will be denounced to the Jacobins . " " To-morrow evening , " said Juviennot , "he will be in the English Channel . There will be several others off to-morrow . Let them go dressed as good Republicans with daybreak , and by the evening they will be at Calais , and should at once cross on pretence of business for the Republic . "