tLOUIS DUVAL.
 "Not until he explains how he came to discover us."
 "That is easily done, sir," said Louis; once
when I was taking a bird's nest from one of the high
trees just by, you passed beneath, and I saw you
push aside the bushes at the entrance of the cave.
You looked around first though, as if to make sure
you were not observed. Then, when you came back,
and as you again passed beneath the tree, I heard you
say quietly to yourself, It will be a safe hiding-place,
for no one besides myself knows the secret but old















Stephen, and he is even now dying.' And so, indeed,
it was, sir, for old Stephen, the charcoal-burner, died
that same day of age and ague. Well, sir, as soon as
you were gone, I got down from the tree, and found
out the cave, too; and that was how I knew where to
look for you."
 But how did you know we had not escaped alto-
gether, Louis ?" asked the lady.
 "I did not think it possible, madame, for since
the attack on St. Clair, the country has been closely
watched."