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ICO of the King, and stood so high la theesteem of King I^oult XIV that the mon-«rrh often trusted him to carry official paper* that require^ the King s personal signature, and on# of th*%r papers was the mean* of saving the liberty and perhaps the life of the Huguenot officer and hla wife, Countess Susannah Lavillon, when they made their escape from France. King I^ouis XIV had such a high regard for tflls officer that before the Revocation ofthe Edict of Nantes he sent a priest to the villa where Dupuy realded to warn him of the Impending revocation of the edict and to* urge his renunciation of the Protestant faith The officer asked a few hours forconsideration This being allowed him, hesent for ft tailor, whom he ordered to make a stilt of livery for a page and to complete It within six hours. This was done, and his wife, attired In the masculine garb, they gathered together such money, jewels and Bibles a *ere In tbeir immediate pos session and fled at midnight across the frontier. Challenged by the frontier guards, the Kings officer displayed the King's si*-« Hi isa mmA ft Am a mtrnA aa#a aaoAv# +4 * K *
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Baltimore Sun
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sun, Jul 07, 1907
Page 17
Full Page
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Massillon P.
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