Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-05-17
THE GRISETTE
AND THE GRANDE DAME.
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ued to call her companions The alarm
was given, easements Were thrown open,
and the neighbors from their windows en-
deayored to ascertain the cause Of the
cries. It was already dusk, and nothing
could be seen; but the screams continued
and once the cry Of 'tmurder" was heard.
Old and young now hasteaed to the spot.
As they entered the house they met Ell
enne coming from the garden.
"For Gods sake % said the foremost !;
"what is the meaning of those cries 2"
"Cries J" he repeated. 81 have heard
none. am this moment returned, and
came in by the back way"
"There have been dreadful Shrek.
heard from your house." was the answer
"lou are wrong, neighbor," interrupt
ed ali old woman they were not from
the house. [ opened my window at the
first alarm, and | am sure the screams
came from the pavilion. Let us so
there'
The pavilion !" said Etienne starting.
''There is no one there-It is locked, and
have not the key"
"Neyertheless," said the old woman
pertinaciously, Il am positive it was from
there they came: and it is my advice that
we search it.
EtiCnne in vain demonstrated. "Nv
friends" said he, as they pushed past
him, ''let me enter first, there is person
"Why, just now you said it was empty
and locked" said one of the men.
perhaps Monsiew pEtu7iant has one
of his masters there - observed another,
with laugh.
"Or mistresscs," put in third. "Come
Monsieur Eticnne, allow that there is a
lady in the case, and we will wait out
side"
There is a lady" said the student,
evidently confused. 4 must speak to
her before yon enter" He sprang to the
door of the pavilion without perceiving
that the old woman who had followed
him, was stealthily peeping in. A shrek
from her brought the rest of the people
Etienne, his face as white as death, his
whole cOuntenance the picture of horror,
was leaning over the body of Susette La
garde, which lay weltering in blood at his
feet. The murderer was Immediately
seized. He made little defence, but seem
ed confused and overwhelmed by his sit
uation. Indeed, taken almost in the fact
as he had been, it was generally expected
that he would confess to save himself from
the torture, and though he did not direct
ly ayow his guilt, his silence when inter
rogated on the subject was looked upon
as a tacit confession. It was only On the
day Of trial, and with the horror Of his
impending fate before his eyes, that he
seemed desirOus Of making an effort to
avert it !; but he confined himself to gen
eral assertions of his innocence, and beg
ged his Judges to have mercy On his youth,
and finding this appeal unsuccessful, he
exclaimed, almost wildly, that he was not
guilty. He was condemned to be broken
on the wheel. AS the time Of execution
approached, he requested to see the priest
already mentioned. Father Gerard had
been deeply offended at the duplicity q
Etienne, whose disorderly courses he had
not suspected until the trial made them
known: but though as rigid in his own
principles as strict in exacting the per-
formance of their duty from others. Chris
tian charity forbade him to refuse the
the prayer of penitent. An interview
took place between them. Etienne was
to die on the morrow, and as some hope
had been entertained that a less painful
death might be inflicted, it was part Of