Contents. xi 



General E'scobedo — What happened in the Hacienda de Hercules — 

 General Refugio Gonzales a Marplot — The convent of the Capuchins — 

 The Emperor forced to remain in a grave vault — Colonel Villanueva. 



Page I 86 



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CHAPTER XIII. 



My pkns to save the Emperor — What Consul Bahnsen thought of them — 

 Visit to the Emperor at midnight — A letter to Juarez — Politeness ot 

 Escobedo — Preparing to go to San Luis — Consul Bahnsen's fear justi- 

 fied — His sleeping partner —Another audience with Juarez — My plead- 

 ing for delay —Mr. Iglesia on my side— Victory — Return to Queretaro — 

 A wide-awake partner of Mr. Bahnsen — A fearful journey — How I 

 looked — Scene on my arrival in Maximilian's prison described by 

 another eye-witness . '194 



CHAPTER XIV. 



My husband's plans for escape — I do not believe in them — I ofifer to go to 

 Mexico to fetch Baron Magnus, lawyers, and money — Delays— How 

 I managed Escobedo — A telegram makes my journey superfluous — 

 Consul Bahnsen again in a fright — ^Judge Hall — Arrival of the For- 

 eign Ministers in Queretaro — Impression made by it — Baron Magnus 

 — Money no object — The Austrian and Belgian Ministers — Mr. 

 Curtopassi —My plan to save the Emperor — Money wanted — Baron 

 Magnus gone to St. lAiis — Colonel Villaneuva — Colonel Palacios — 

 How I tempt him — Two bills for one hundred thousand dollars each, 

 but no cash — Baron Lago in deadly fear for his neck — Plis cow- 

 ardice ... 200 



CHAPTER XV. 



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Dr. Basch arrested on leaving my house — General Escobedo wishes to see 

 me — A grand scene — A furious General and a resolute woman — What 

 Escobedo thought of the great Ministers — The carriage with four 

 mules at my door — How I frighten a little captain — Negotiations^ — 

 Getting in the carriage — How I got out of it — Villanueva --T am 

 brought to Santa Rosas — Go from there to San Luis — Lenience of 

 Mexican Generals against attempts to escape — Reasons for it — How 

 I was received by Mr. Juarez and Mr. Iglesia — Respite of three days 

 — What Baron Magnus might have done if he had been somebody 

 else — My last pleading for the Emperor's life — Jaurez will only grant 

 that of my husband — Madame de Miramon's audience with the Presi- 

 dent — Death of the Emperor — Mr. Lerdo — Return to Queretaro — Go 

 to Mexico — Again to Queretaro — Salm's prison life — A roguish doctor 

 — Transportation of the prisoners to Mexico — To Vera Cruz — My 

 husband in Tehuacan — How he was treated by Porfirio Diaz and 

 General Baz — Exertions for the release of the Prince — Success On 

 my arrival in Vera Cruz, Salm had left with Baron Magnus — My. 

 despair — Going to New York and Washington— On board the ' Ville 

 de Paris' — Arrival in Europe. 216 



