. The rise and fall of the Paris commune in 1871; with a full account of the bombardment, capture, and burning of the city . the Prefect ofBordeaux, who sent it to M. Thiers. In this letter, hesaid, Leave at once for Brussels, and engage the sameapartment as iefore; I will meet you there on the 20thThe Gaulois of Versailles published this letter, whichEocheforfc repudiated in the most indignant manner; andin his journal, the Mot dWrdre, of date the 20th of May,printed on the 19th, the last number published, he said: I would not have condescended to notice this con-temptible invention, but seve
. The rise and fall of the Paris commune in 1871; with a full account of the bombardment, capture, and burning of the city . the Prefect ofBordeaux, who sent it to M. Thiers. In this letter, hesaid, Leave at once for Brussels, and engage the sameapartment as iefore; I will meet you there on the 20thThe Gaulois of Versailles published this letter, whichEocheforfc repudiated in the most indignant manner; andin his journal, the Mot dWrdre, of date the 20th of May,printed on the 19th, the last number published, he said: I would not have condescended to notice this con-temptible invention, but several journals have reproducedit. I have only at Arcachon my sister, my daughter, andlittle boy, who came to see me when I was sick. I wrotethem some days since, not to invite them to retain anapartment at Brussels, but to join me at Paris, where Ihave but little fear of the entry of the Versaillese. Theonly dread the publication of this note gave me was thatmy letter had fallen into the hands of the Prefect of Bor-deaux, because it contained a check addressed to myfamily to pay their expenses from Arcachon to Paris; and. H^ ROCHEFQRTW of Mot dQrdre: 187 1, ARREST OF ROCHEFORT. 279 it is possible that, faithful to the traditions of the Empire,that functionary has at the same time kept my letterand pocketed my money. As soon as the Minister of the Interior had read Eoche-forts denial in the Mot dIOrdre, he supposed with reasonthat tlie ex-president of barricades would leave for Brus-sels the same day. The Minister immediately sent tele-graphic despatches to all the departments, ordering thesurveillance to be doubled. At two oclock in the morn-ing he received a despatch from Meaux stating thatEocheforfc had been arrested in the act of getting into therailroad train. He had left Paris in a carriage accom-panied by his secretary, Mouriot, and was travellingunder the name of Le Comte de Saint Luce, a respectablesouvenir of his true name—Comte Henri de KochefortLugay. Previous to Eoc
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