Show the 1 abe iron mask A letter to louvois louvris by louis XIV written in cipher has been long in the archives of thy the ministry of war and haa has at length been deciphered in it the king orders louvris to arrest general de do burlando Bur londo for having raised the siege of conti without permission to send him to Pig nerol anil and to conceal hia his features under a loup or black velvet mask tho the order wua was nud and the presumption ia ther therefore eforo violent th man in tho iron 11 biuk thic it ft was wils a a blick bl ick velvet ono with iron springs waw cin cen oral do Bu roudo ta thy story lallee vii I 1 the known fact that the prisoner made repeated attempts to communicate bi his a namo name to soldiers that ho he was treated with respect by his military jailers and that louis XV who knew the truth of the whole affair declared it to be a matter of no importance the difficulty is to discover the kings motive for ench such a precaution but ho he may have feared discontent among hia his great officers or the soldiery it must however be possible to discover from the lists inthe war office whether general de do Buri Bur londe was recorded as missing or dead about the right time saturday review |