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OR The GUlLLO1lNE.

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the guloline was the great master OF socIe-
ty, and to escape from it became the bust
ness of life, as TO die by it became little more
than II law of nature. In the period OF this
confusion, one evening, as citizen jacques
Tissot, a federe in one of the novels OF Pa
rs, was buckling on his cartouch box, and
getting his musket ready for the nights guard
he heard tap at the door of his attic in the
Marras. He opened the door, and saw
figure wrapped in large cloak, and with
mans hat, standing outside.
Il want your assistance for a moment
said the stranger.
Then you cannot have it, was the an
swer of Jacques, for in five minutes more
| must be on the guard at the Hotel dc Viii
le.'
i know that said the stranger, and can
tell you further, that you will be sent with a
party in covered wagon, at twelve Tonight,
on the st. Dennis road to bring back "a pris-
oner.'
swell, what of that = said Jacques, lift
Is my duty | must do 1t, that's ALL
of course said the stranger, but as the
night is cold, handful of francs will do no
harm either to you or your comrades; have
brought them to you So saving the stran-
ger took out purse and shook it dazzlingly
before the eyes of Federe.
Jacques was about to be indignant, but in
the act he discovered that the purse vbrated
in the fingers of small and pretty hand
Jacques's sagacty was awakened, whilst his
fidelity was relaxed, and the result of the me-
gotla,ion was, that the fair embassadress, the
feme de- chambre of Countess de - should
have the advantage of his services, in obtain
ing ingrcss and egress TO the house where
Madame La Countess was confined by Ro-
bespcrre.
To pass further explanation, all turned
out as bad been expected. Jacques was
drafted off with party to bring the lady in
the conciergerie from which her next trip
would inevitably have been to the scafold.
The night was tempestuous and dark as
pitch. The half dozen rabble warriors who
had formed the guard, were found carousing
in the kitchen of the mansion and very much
disinclined to be relieved. The new REIN
forcement were equally disinclined to return
while the prospect of such excellent fare and
prodigious wood fire, was before them
There was even difficulty in finding any
one of the party disposed to keep guard at
the gate, until jacques volumicorel, and
gained great applause for his heroism in de-
sorting the co,eles and vim de Bourgogne
which was at once so new and so tempting to
the appetite of the sovereign people.
He had not been long on guard when, in
the mids, of new rush of ram, lie heard the
voice of the feme. de- clamhre behind him
was informed of what he had to do, and be-
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musket Oh the ground, holding fast the line
e of a rope ladder, which was thrown out OF
an upper window, and receiving descend
D ing form in his arms. The form was the
Countess disguised in the dress of one of our
e, women, and taking advantage of the moment
to effect her escape from the grasp OF Ro-
besperre. Unluckily, the vehicle in which
she was to have been conveyed across the
frontier had waited so long under the shelter
r, of some ncighboring trees, that its driver
growing weary of the time, and sufficiently
= pelled bv the tempest had slpt into the kitch-
en-, and beng SO hospitality received by hi,
brother sansculottes, he was by this Time dead
he drunk. The horses, like heir master tired
of waiting, had also marched of, and wher
the fenced -chamhrr, who had been sent t.
reconnotre, returned with this disastrous IN
, tellgence all seemed lost. In the meantime
IA flash Of light from the kitchen window had
shown Jacques that his present prolege wa.
a handsome brunette. His hear, had beer
little touched by the bright eyes of the fe
me- de chambre, but the noble air of the
Countess touched at once his taste and vani
ty, and he fell in love at the moment, accord
ing to the manner of Frenchmen. But VIVA
was TO be done In five minutes more the
coporal who commanded the guard woulC
march the whole party to Paris, and the fat,
of the handsome Countess would be decided
for life. The thought struck him that as the
cart which brought him there remained, i
would be much better employed, conveying
the lady and himself across the frontier, than
carrying party of ragmufiins, who were
perfectly well accustomed to walk back t,
their hotels. The idea was excellent, bu
the difficulty of such matters lies in the exc
. cution. The Countess, the teme- de- cham
in bre, and Jacques, got into the covered cart
;e A burst of the whirwind and "A roar of tn,
D. thunder seemed to favor the project, ant
I'd Jacques took up the reins with all the con
is sciousness of hero; but he was bad cha
ID riuteer, and after two or three rearings ant
r. plungings of the horse the brute dashed il
fe one of the windows with his head and brough
A. out the whole party. Jacques was caugh
rs with his companions. Al other times ihi
D. would have been IA matter of drum head cour
" martial, aud Jacques would have died in iron
r. of a dozen of the best shots of the corps
Is but he lived in the days when the life of
" sansculole was not to he taken for trilles
J. aud the Corporal only commanded him and hi
,c companions to be brought into the house, ahC
= there Intercepted as to the purpose Of then
~ escape.
r. The feme- -chambre was nearly deaC
er with fright, but she was pretty, and the cor
of poral's heart melted towards her. TIL,
lis Countess was all but dead ,and between faint
as ing and fright could by no means rival he
or attendant; the disguise, too, was of The ham
he blest kind, and the party of connosseurs vo
lie ted that the old woman was no very slrk
~ ing evidence Of the taste of their comrade
a Jacques acknowledged the fact but deman
nj ded loitlly, whether it became a son of til,
OF republic to deser, his wife?' The circl,
he gathered round, and Jacques by degree
81, made them comprehend that Madam, hi
H. wife, having heard of his being ordered Of
service, and not altogether approving of hi