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shrli voices, rising above the hoarse shout of
men, ana the thunder Of cannon The fury of that
squaiid army has come, and we must describe her.
h'ght PLAIN is 1t that this woman does not support
i'e oy Standing all day at bakers rope 10 get lit
Tie poor bread, nor yet by watching raj traps She
tidesa splendid horse like queen only she is astred
one is young too, and beautiful The cheek is
| CRIMSON with health, and the superb eye gances
WIN authority Anoine,ie even when Burk saw
her, was not so beautiful. dense mass had pres
sea around her. and she speaks. Words of fire break
P, from her lips. The mad Pythouess never brea,hed
Out such Inspiration, and Ike hers it was from be-
meath; UP,urned faces grow black with rage, and
eyes k'hded with passion, and skinny hands clutch
together fiercely, this Fury speaks of France of
FAMINE, and of Anoinet,e. The pulse of the mul-
'ude beats fever heat, and then she shouts s'deah
70 me austrian woman! ~ shrek of rage bursts
from every tongue, and by common impulse the
mighty throng of women move forward like an av-
, alanche.
Did we say all that throng was made NJ of hays?
IL So we were wrong This female sanscullo,lism
was the web and part of the wouf. but they were
such workers that they wove up some better materi-
ais. Look down the street; yonder comes hack
with the windows closed. The mass flows round
IL ana there is no escape. The driver is interroga
TED iercely perhaps by the mother of little Pierre
VINO mad died OF hunger. She is evidently in earn.
est, and has power enough to enforce what she saws
Who is In there Whip?' she says pointing 10
the hack door
look for yourself, good mother" replied Whip
trembling lest mlssiep may suspend him TO the
nearest amppost.
Forthwith the door is wrenched open and there
sls delicate and beautiful woman She too has
had no acquaintance with bakers rope, or other
more nauseous modes of living
"Good morning sister," says the shrivelled har
10 The trembling woman. Come. we are on visit
to the Austrian woman, and would be Glad of your
company!'
AT this slrill laugh burst from the women near
esl. There is no use Of opposing and SO the deli
ca'e woman. IN her pretty slippers, on that raw
morning in October, decends into the mud to add
unit To The rushing multitude. We are told that
many such queer Examinations to morning drives
came upon some of the fashionable ladies of Paris al
the time we speak Of
little further down the street we Get another
look at this singular mpressmeni A tidy miner
her own person 50 tricked out to be good show
case OF ner wares, was standing behind hercounter.
In behind glass door, under the eye of their mis-
tress, sal number of griseites whose looks indicate
0eter iare than is enjoyed by women in Paris
ne multitude is hnrrying by like torrent when
one happens to see our goodly milliner. The shop
door Is thrown open in no dainty way, and sharp
voice addressed the ladv.
nice and we'll fed as possible, my sleek lady !:
Tome, you are able to walk, 90 along with us, we
may give the Austrian woman call this morning -
| by THIS Time several bony figures were aiding the
miiiner INTO the street, when the original speaker
sped The young women in the back room. Open
hew me door, and her vinegar face was thrust in
! Tome, my sweet dears, my tender Ones. we
want some such as you TO grace our fair procession
iou need't wait to wash or dress. Come as you
are !"
| All this was said with a mock -respectful tone,
and the women behind her laughed. One remark
ed mat good mother must have been to court when
she was younger and prettier!" But bo this as
1t may. the inmates of the millinery were driven
/ out to swell the deputation about to wait on the
Austrian woman
One more glance will not be out of place. A fair
woman was looking out of her window, and the
hags saw her. a stout foot--for there Were some
men aiong--drove in the door. and hideous figure,
the very image Of guant famine. hurried nm 70 the
shrinking, trembling creature
/ "Havn't got much appetite this morninp. nv
DEAR have youH Had breakfast, suppose? How
nice 1t is TO eat, | havn't eaten since Yesterday
morning. would stay and dine with YOU only
am In hurry. Come, the queen of furies wants
You, as we are going to wait on her for morning
! call DON'T keep us waitng!''
And forth they dragged her out also And 81
progressed the queerest and most savage mob Any
woman who was unfortunate as to come in sigbt
! was Impressed. There was no help. She must
90 along 10 augment the torrent with which thew
hoped To drown panr Marie Antoinette. MANY dra6
ged their aching limbs along the muddy road. whose
hearts Were not IN the barbarous business hut there
u was choice between obedience and death
AT this time the National Assembly held its Sos
slons at Versailles beautiful CITY fen miles diston,
rom Paris. 1t is not probable the mob Of women
mao any very definite plan at first They felt hun.
ger and under the prompting Of that they bprap to
assemble. Their rage had definite object but
now to get at it was altogether Indefinite. They
caught an-nnpopuar baker. and came near hanging
nun. ~ flrst the women went to the rooms occu-
pied by the municipality of Paris They rushed
ny the guards and finding an obnoxious nries, cro.
! ceeded to hang him. Some one cut the rome and
me man escaped bv falling some twenty feet This
! priest was the same one. who durno the jnsurrec.
/ ton which demolished the Basile. had deal, out
powder to the mob. One democratic SOVEREIGN
VINO was drunk, insisted upon il rs his roht n
smoke his pine among the powder. and was not re-
strained until the priest bouoht the nj no for round
Prre'N mus secured the weapon so dangerous there
The women seized all the arms and ammunition
ofthe place. and what would have been their nov,
violence cannot be told little incident started
I me living de'uTe toward Versailles whore ,verc
me roval family and National Assembly And he.
fore giving IT. let sneak of orr pfncira actor in
IT, He IS man ofordnary sze. hut AGILE and atb.
etic. His face is passioness but his heart is nm
hre with had passions. Keen on the track Of vic
TINS as bloodhound. he was nercilpss az = tiorer
when they were in his power. lie had sirn,lizcd
himself at the stormng of the Bastie. and was re-
garded as one chief instrument by Damon in cvo-
cutting the bloody purposes Of the revolution. His
snare IN the massacre of The prisoners was nGamons
y nnotorlous. Such was Malliard.
This man was in the building which the women
| wefe sacking, and in moment he seized sinai
drum, with the shout of "away TO Versailles -
ihey all followed him with enthusiasm, and the
4 moo was soon on ITS weary march NJ ten miles -
/ L., Il = r
They rushed into,he hall Of tho National Assemble
with CRIES Of "bread. bread - and forco ;.....a