Republican Herald

Conjugal Affection.—In one of the western departments of France, a man of the name of Le Fort, accused of conspiracy against the Republic was seized and committed to prison. His wife, trembling for his fate, used every means that courage and affection could inspire to restore him to liberty, but without success. She then bought, with a sum of money, permission to pay him a single visit in the prison. At the appointed hour she appeared before her husband, clothed in two suits of her own apparel. With the prudence of not allowing herself, at so critical a juncture, to give or receive useless demonstrations of tenderness, she hastily took off her upper suit of attire, prevailed upon her husband to put them on and to quit the prison, leaving her in his place. The disguise seemed to her wish—Le Fort escaped, and the stratagem was not discovered till the succeeding day. "Unhappy wretch!" cried one of the enraged Committee, "what have you done?" "My duty," she replied, "do yours."