The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-06-05
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Lekain was a great a-zEfsa~ Of excca E
tons He never omitted aay oFrorse- Z
nifty Of seeing man hans. broken en- rae E
wheel, or quErtered- Thls celehzats3 .
tFaged.an vas So wen kn8wa az a.. I'lsle .
de Grsrs, that the first or The exceuslal-
eT's assistants, Who observed hiaa. vas z
accustomed 70 make sign % hrs cou- F
rades and the soldiers Of the glar3. ay-
ing, . let tajs gsHflsHsaR Eas--ts is as .
GHsGteHri" And Lskain, wao c0gll las
claim the privilege OF the Eclles. 0i
standing on the scaffold during ex-cz f
tons, was admitted. WI,hoat dl.Ecu'ty.
within the enclosure surrounding -
The Parliament II Paris bai coalsma-
ed man 10 be broken alive en- the sh1el- Z
The day Of execution had arrived, an
LekaIn was going. IN great haste, e. th-
Place de Grgce, not WISHING. IS &c s2l1.
20 be absent AZ the raising e. the c1rtAla-
and desiring u see every thing. trom the
first preparations 10 the 6uzI stroke tha,
the exscut0ner was accustomed % Ejv1
the patient, after he hsd separately sro-
ken all his limbs.
On the way he mci- b. accident. Caz.
OF his most Intimate irIsnds, Dss-ol-
tdlnes, 4 mild, modest ssan. verF mlcz
esteemed as = man OF letters, aal te
whom we are indebted for = tFaEsla-i1a
OF Virgil IN prose, AM Two or Ihrue
tragedies, even the niles c. Whlsa have
been long forgotten
'-COms with me-" said Lekz5l. = VEssh
you to see very curious sxh5bl-laa-7
What IS itl''
IAN executionl a man : zb0lg % e
broken on the wheel Il IS thing tAaI
one must see"
Desfontaines At first 0..ly replied by =
gesture Of horror.
''COme, come, We have net sziauts
70 lose; they are about 70 se-Ia-7
No, certainly, ! VAL nos go I woal3
dream Of Il for six weeks"
'-Whac 6 child yea are One shnli1
see little Of every thing n this ~0Fl3-
| assure you Il Is very curious
And Lekain, ssizlag his fEIea1's ara
led him on n spite OF himself Thsv
reached the Place e Gr-re IN company.
and at the words, "Isf tRls es-f'sz-z
pass-hs is an Gnzstsurf'' the ranks cpea-
/ ed bslOre Lekain. and closed against
Desfontaines, with whom nc1s q tacs-
temPloysd about the Place were acsaain-
l ted.
Lskain. feeling that he had lost The
/ arm Of Desfonlain-s. turEsd back an1
beheld his friend separated from him ~
q line OF soldiers .-Lst th5s gea,.=u-a
pass said the trGgslian. .-he IS The eX-
ecutioner Of Orleans
| st this TeTersd Ezas the ranks we're
again opened, and L.ekain, ssiEing h0li 81
Desfontaines, drew him towards he sat
fold, and there, like = true eicsrazs. ex-
planned the particular use 0f each n
strument OF torture
Desfontaines, TO his great diSPieas1re.
was forced % witness al the details q
the execution. When terminated. hs
retired with Lskain, greatly Sissressel
in his mind and feelings
q am going to play Al FOatainsblsaa. +
said Lekain, on leaving him = Thsy
are about 10 represent a nsw psecs a.
the Coincide Franchise this evsnlz-; ycl
will much oblige me ey writing M. az
ter the performances, 4 the pay has ssc-
ceeded. On carrying your letter = the
carriages OF the court. you vilI 6n1 sone
one 10 take charge Of H.
Twill do So"
Dssfontaines returzed hone The
words "executioner OF Orleans th= ute
which had been 50 nexpecfedlv gIEsn aEzs
could not get out Of MS head He the1g1t
of it till night; II followed him svea =
the theatre II was With 6iEhcElry thai
he could pay attention to the Psrfsr-
nance.
The piece was successful As soon As
the author was named, Desfontaines
fastened TO quit the theatre. wross =
note, ana carried Il 20 the stand whencs
the CARRIAGES Of the court SCI or Only
one remained, which was intenEsd fer
the Prince Of Condo; the door vas cpen.
and the Prince was already preparing
to enter, when Desfontainss stepped hiua,
and requested thar he would, sn arriving
at Fontainebleau, have = letter. whicA
he desired to entrust 70 him, sent = L.
kahn.
Very willingly, sir replied the Prineei
shut from whom!H
"From his intimate friend
s'His intimate friend, Nj
The prince waited for name, : aleh
Desfontaines, distracted, sought n van :;
at last the unfortunate designation q the
morning again got possession CT hrs.
mind
"His intimate friend" replied he, '-ths
lexecutioner Of Orlea IS
He Immediately quilted the place The
Prince was at first sstoaIShsd Al thls Sia-
guIar intimacy between the eslehrafel