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Show Gambetta's Historical , Escape From Paris During1 the Siege. THE COWABMCE OF TRICHET. j An Historically Famous Oak Tree iu Epiueuse Where Gambetta Lauded. From tlie Herman, j DAHIS had bK'U completely locked iu for ieveral days by the (icrmans, ' , hen (ianibeMa, who felt shut it, concluded to make his escj u iu nu unusual unus-ual and the 01 y possible wav through the air. The balloon bal-loon Armani Barbes was chosen and a dart was to be made on the 4lh of Oct ber, but it was a misty day and .the following days 'were also nnisty. They believed it w as more dangerous to make nu acen-iou at night and in misty weather than iu the bright daylight, although al-though the air ship was certain to attract at-tract the attention of th besiegers on a bright day. At night I might have landed in' the midst o the Prussians without know ing it. (iambctta was impati' nt to leave on the 7th of October aiu iu any kind of weather. The well k own aeronaut. Nadar, had made sewn . -eight successful success-ful ascensions and so had won confidence. confi-dence. He invited ace tain Triehct to at company (ianilx'tta tnd Spoiler in the balloon. Nadar ren cscntcd Triehct to be a balloonist, although the latter had only madu ascensions on fair grounds." and when once up in the air no other thought occupied him than to descend to the earth again as quickly as possible. This thought iiccupicd Triehct on this historical trio also. On the morning of tins 7th of October, ilw.i-tlv- l.i. font 10 n'eleek. (iambctta. Triehct and Spuller made au ascension. The balloon tirst Hew over Saint (iiien. upon which the liesiegers greeted it with bullets, vet it was not damaged, Triehct wanted to come down then, while (iambctta wanted lo go further. The tirst landing was attempted nt Chantilly. The weather was splendid. The farmers w ere working in tho liehls in great numbers. They hurried to the balloon and held the gondola fast, (iambctta (iam-bctta informed them of 'the stale of affairs af-fairs in l'aris.and asted if tho Prussians were in that neighborhood. "Quite near, ami you would do well to get away," was the reply. , Again ll'ie balloon arose quickly in the air. When it passed over Cricl it was shot at again. Triehct again wanted lo land. They noticed Jm Iow the premises of a f uinyard in which there was auimunition stacked. Triehct thought he recognized French soldiers. When the balloon mured the mrtuohc supposed French soldiers turned out. to bo I'luashais, who Kent .yholo volleys at. il.,. l.nlliuni. Mini nrobably made several I holes in it. The balloon rose again for some lime, when it noticeably lost gas. The travelers saw that ihey must land, i'iiev noticed a si ream beyond w hich they thought they would be safe. Il was :l o'clock when the ba.loon fell at Kpiucuse. Here the farmers ran lo-'ether lo-'ether and helped, (ianibella was saved. The travelers were n ived and kindly entertained by lite mairc of Kiiineuse (lumbetin. however, would not rest until he reached Amiens the same evening, where a consultation was held. , , ... The oak at which (iniubetta landed in Immense became historically famous, and tourists gathered there in great crowds. The owner of the wood to which the (ianibella tree" belonged did not appreciate the enthusiasm caused by the tree. The crowding ol strangers through the forest was cx- , iliugl v burdensome to him. Iu smle of nil the protestations one day ho had the tree felled. '1 hen money was co -lecled to erect a monument on thespot. (iniubetta never forgot the services of the Mai re Dupuis. The latter often visited (iainbetta in Paris, and was always al-ways admitted to the ministry or the Palais Bourbon unannounced. |